Listening audioscript

THE STUDENTS ARE DISCUSSING A PROBLEM THE MAN HAS. DESCRIBE THE 
PROBLEM. THEN SAY WHICH OF THE SOLUTIONS YOU THINK IS BETTER AND 
WHY. 
 
MINI-TEST 5 
 
 
LISTENING 

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Questions 1 through 5. 
Listen as a student consults with a worker in a 
university office. 
(Woman) 
Yes, how can I help you? 
(Student) 
I’m not sure if I’m in the right place . . . I’m looking for an application for 
the Academic Scholarship program. Is that something I can pick up 
here? 
(Woman)
Yes, you’re in the right place. Those applications are right here. Let me 
get one for you. . . . Here you are. 
(Student) 
Thank you very much. . . . By the way, is there anything I need to know 
to complete the application, or is the application self-explanatory? 
(Woman)
It’s fairly self-explanatory, but let me go over a few things with you, just to 
be sure. . . OK, the first really important thing is the date. The 
application’s due by March 1, by the end of the business day on March 1. 
(Student) 
That’s kind of soon . . . 
(Woman)
It is, and the date is absolute. No applications will be accepted after the 
first. 
(Student) 
But it’s not so involved, is it? Will it take a long time? 
(Woman) 
Actually there are quite a few parts to it. You may have to hurry. 
(Student) 
Oh. Alright, well…um, anything else you can tell me? 
(Woman) 
Uh, yes . . . make sure you fill out the application completely. Every 
single question must be answered. If you omit any questions, your 
application won’t be considered. 
(Student) 
But some of these questions don’t seem to pertain to me. 
(Woman) 
Like what, for example? 
(Student) 
Well, look, question number 20 asks about my high school ranking. 
(Woman) 
Why doesn’t that pertain to you? 
(Student) 
Well, the high school I went to didn’t give rankings. I didn’t go to high 
school here in the United States, and they didn’t give out rankings. 
(Woman) 
OK, so then for that question, just write the explanation you gave me. 
Just be sure not to omit any questions; if you think a question doesn’t 
pertain to you, then write an explanation why. 
(Student) 
Are they really going to be that picky? Why would they do that? 
(Woman) 
I’m not sure if they’ll go through and get rid of any applications outright 
that aren’t completed, but I know that the decisions can be pretty difficult.
If your application has information missing, it will be much easier for them 
to decide against you. I mean, they’ll give the scholarship to some 
other…um, equally qualified candidate whose information is complete.
Besides, it’s academics, so attention to detail matters. They want you to 
show them that you can dot all your “i’s” and cross all your “t’s.” 
(Student) 
OK, I get it, I guess. . . . Anything else you can tell me? 
(Woman) 
Well, there are the essays. . . . You know you have to write two essays to 
accompany the application? 
(Student) 
I see. That’s a lot of work. I assume the essay questions are included 
somewhere in the application? 
(Woman) 
Yes, on page seven of the application. . . . Do you see them . . . at the 
bottom of the page? 

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(Student) 
Yes, I see them . . . there are four questions there. . . . I thought you said 
I needed to write two essays . . . oh, I see. It says to choose two of the 
four essay questions to answer. Now, is that all I need to do? That must 
be all. 
(Woman) 
Well, not quite. 
(Student) 
Seriously? What else? 
(Woman) 
There are the letters of reference. 
(Student) 
Letters of reference? Are these letters that I write? 
(Woman) 
(laughs) Oh, no . . . you don’t write the letters of reference yourself. You 
need to get three people to write letters of reference for you. 
(Student) 
Do the letters of reference need to be written by professors, or can they 
be written by other people? 
(Woman) 
Two of the three letters need to be written by professors . . . you’re 
applying for an academic scholarship, after all. 
(Student) 
So I need two letters of reference from professors and one from 
someone else? 
(Woman) 
Yes. 
(Student) 
Can the third letter of reference be written by a friend, by a student? 
(Woman) 
No, the third letter can’t be written by a student. 
(Student) 
How about by my advisor? Would that be OK? 
(Woman) 
That would be great. 
(Student) 
And do I need all of this by March 1st, even the letters of reference? 
(Woman) 
All of it, if you want to be considered for the Academic Scholarship 
program. 
(Student) 
OK, so you were right, I’m going to have to hurry to get all this in on time.