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Section 1

Audio script:

Policeman: Hey! Stop your car.

Roma: (Stopping her car, surprisingly). What is the matter?

Policeman: You have violated the traffic rule.

Roma: What are you saying? I havent committed any offence.

Policeman: Dont tell a lie. You should have stopped your car at red light but you skipped it.

Such negligence may cause an accident.

Roma: (Realizing her mistake) Oh! I am extremely sorry. In fact the crossing was free and I was in a

hurry, thus I failed to notice the red light.

Policeman: But you are expected to drive carefully and cautiously on the road. You cant endanger your

or others life.

Roma: Would you please pardon me this time?

Policeman: How can we allow persons like you to create chaos on the roads? Traffic police is for your

safety. I am booking you. Take out your driving license.

Roma: (Showing her driving license) here is my driving license. Please try to understand me. I didnt

commit mistake intentionally. I assure I will be more careful in future.

Policeman: Please dont try to argue, and give me $....... It is the minimum penalty.

Roma: (Seriously) try to realize my helplessness. I have only 3 dollars in my purse, I may need it. My

friend is seriously ill. I am going to her house to enquire after her health.

Policeman: Okay, okay..... You are being pardoned this time. Henceforward follow the traffic

rules carefully.

Roma: (Having a sigh of relief) Thanking you very much.

Fill in the gaps with the correct information in the following:

A. The driver has _____1_____ the traffic rule. But she believes that she hadnt done_____2_____.

B. The policeman told her that she ____3____ when the light was _____4_____. Such negligencecan _____5_____.

C. She is expected to drive _____6_____ on the road.D. The policeman _____7_____ for the offence.E. The lady did not do it _____8_____ as she was ____9_____ her friend as she was

_____10_____.

Section 2

Audio script:

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REMEDIOS: You may say what you like, Don Cosme, I can't agree that Teresina is quite as complex as

you think she is, and I'm certainly not subject to illusions. I know the World; I'm not an ingenuous child; I

say I'm not because, good Lord! no widow has any business to be one. Although I must admit that as far

as years go, and in looks and manner, I am still something of a child. But that's because of certain

characteristics. Don't you think so? Why don't you speak? You understand my character? [Turning

toward DON COSME and looking carefully at him.] Good Lord! the man's asleep again! Up at ten thismorning, it's now eleven. And he sleeps! No, sir! I must have somebody to talk to. Teresina is in the

garden flirting with the two of them--spinning like a planet between her two poles, Juan and Eugenio.

Don Pablo has gone on his usual walk. Don Hilarion? No one knows where he is! Here I am left alone

with Don Cosme, and he sleeps, leaving me in full monologue. I won't stand it! I came to this house on

the express condition that I should not be bored, and the condition is not being fulfilled. The place is

beautiful--Art, Oh! plenty of Art--pictures, tapestry, statues, bronzes, porcelains; and Nature, Oh! a great

deal of Nature, woods and flowers and lakes and water-falls and sunsets! But all that's not enough.

There is no Life! No warmth! As they say nowadays, the warmth of humanity. And he goes on sleeping!

This life is giving that man softening of the brain. Don Cosme! Oh, Don Cosme! [Striking him with her

fan] Open your eyes!

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate information.

A. You may say what you like, _____11_____, I can't agree that _____12_____ is quite as complexas you think she is, and I'm certainly not subject to _____13_____. I know the World; I'm not an

_____14_____ child; I say I'm not because, good Lord! no widow has any business to be one.

Although I must admit that as far as years go, and in _____15_____, I am still something of a

child. But that's because of certain _____16_____.

B. I must have somebody to talk to. Teresina is in the garden flirting with the two of them--spinning like a planet between her two poles, _____17_____. Don ____18_____ has gone on hisusual walk. Don _____19_____? No one knows where he is! Here I am left alone with Don

Cosme, and he sleeps, leaving me in full _____20______.

Section 3

Audio script:

Visitor: Excuse me.

Receptionist: Yeah, what can I do for you sir?

Visitor: Could you help me to meet Mr. R.K. Bhatia, the manager of this company?

Receptionist: I am sorry you cant meet him today. He is extremely busy. Did you take an appointment?

Visitor: Yes, I did. He himself called me today.

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Receptionist: Actually he is busy in an urgent meeting with a delegation from Japan. And he ordered me

not to allow anybody to meet him till 3pm today.

Visitor: It is very important for me to meet him today as I am flying to America tomorrow.

Receptionist: Would you wait for a minute? Let me check with the manager please. Whats your good

name sir, and from which company are you coming?

Visitor: R.S. Sagoo, Senior Computer Engineer,

Thunderbird Graphics.

Receptionist: Thank you sir. (After talking to the manager on intercom).... I hope you wont mind sir. You

will have to wait for half-an-hour. Mr. Bhatia will definitely meet with you.

Visitor: Its all right. Ill wait.

Receptionist: (Pointing out to sofa) please have a seat there. Meanwhile I am arranging coffee for you.

Visitor: (Smilingly) Thanks.

Listen to the conversation and complete the following passage.

The visitors name is _____21_____ and he has come to meet _____22______. The manager is busy in

_____23_____. The receptionist asked the visitor to _____24_____. The name of the manager is

_____25_____. Visitor will leave for _____26_____ on _____27_____. The visitor by profession is

_____28_____. He works for _____29_____. The receptionist offers _____30_____ to the visitor.

Section 4

Audio script:

A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships

were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a

fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a nation's naval

power from the 19th century up until World War II. With the rise of air power and guided missiles, large

guns were no longer deemed necessary to establish naval superiority, and as a result there are no

battleships in active service today.

Battleship design evolved to incorporate and adapt technological advances to maintain an edge. Theword battleship was coined around 1794 and is a contraction of the phrase line-of-battle ship, the

dominant wooden warship during the Age of Sail. The term came into formal use in the late 1880s to

describe a type of ironclad warship, now referred to as pre-dreadnought battleships. In 1906, the

commissioning of HMS Dreadnoughtheralded a revolution in battleship design. Following battleship

designs that were influenced by HMS Dreadnoughtwere referred to as "dreadnoughts".

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Battleships were a symbol of naval dominance and national might, and for decades the battleship was a

major factor in both diplomacy and military strategy. The global arms race in battleship construction

beginning in the late 19th century and exacerbated by Dreadnoughtwas one of the causes of World War

I, which saw a clash of large battle fleets at the Battle of Jutland. The Naval Treaties of the 1920s and

1930s limited the number of battleships but did not end the evolution of design. Both the Allies and the

Axis Powers deployed battleships of old construction and new during World War II.

The value of the battleship has been questioned, even during the period of their prominence. The Battle

of Tsushima (1905) was the only decisive clash between steel battleship fleets, and apart from the

indecisive Battle of Jutland (1916), there were few great battleship clashes. Despite their great

firepower and protection, battleships were increasingly vulnerable to much smaller, cheaper ordnance

and craft: initially the torpedo and the naval mine, and later aircraft and the guided missile. The growing

range of naval engagements led to the aircraft carrier replacing the battleship as the leading capital ship

during World War II, with the last battleship to be launched being HMS Vanguardin 1944. Battleships

were retained by the United States Navy into the Cold War only for fire support purposes. The last

battleships were removed from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register in March 2006.

Battleships were the largest and most complex, and hence the most expensive warships of their time; as

a result, the value of investment in battleships has always been contested. As the French politician

Etienne Lamy wrote in 1879, "The construction of battleships is so costly, their effectiveness so

uncertain and of such short duration, that the enterprise of creating an armored fleet seems to leave

fruitless the perseverance of a people". TheJeune cole school of thought of the 1870s and 1880s

sought alternatives to the crippling expense and debatable utility of a conventional battle fleet. It

proposed what would nowadays be termed a sea denial strategy, based on fast, long-ranged cruisers for

commerce raiding and torpedo boat flotillas to attack enemy ships attempting to blockade French ports.

The ideas of theJeuneEcole were ahead of their time; it was not until the 20th century that efficientmines, torpedoes, submarines, and aircraft were available that allowed similar ideas to be effectively

implemented.

Fill in the gaps with information from what you listen to and complete the summary.

A battleship is a large _____31_____ with a main battery consisting of _____32_____. The word

battleship was coined around _____33_____. Battleships were a symbol of ____34____ and

____35_____, and for decades the battleship was a major factor in both diplomacy and

_____36_____. Battleships were retained by the United States Navy into the Cold War only for

_____37_____. The last battleships were removed from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register in

_____38_____. Battleships were the ____39_____, and hence the most _____40_____ of their time.