SHIRLEY: Hello?
TOM: Oh hello. I was hoping to speak to Jack Fitzgerald about renting a cottage.
SHIRLEY: I’m his wife, Shirley, and we own the cottages together, so I’m sure I can help you.
TOM: Great. My name’s Tom. Some friends of ours rented Granary Cottage from you last year, and they thought it was great. So my wife and I are hoping to come in May for a week.
SHIRLEY: What date did you have in mind?
TOM: The week beginning the 14th, if possible.
SHIRLEY: I’ll just check … I’m sorry, Tom, it’s already booked that week. It’s free the week beginning the 28th 【Q1】, though, for seven nights. In fact, that’s the only time you could have it in May.
TOM: Oh. Well, we could manage that, I think. We’d just need to change a couple of things. How much would it cost?
SHIRLEY: That’s the beginning of high season, so it’d be £550 for the week. 【Q2】
TOM: Ah. That’s a bit more than we wanted to pay, I’m afraid. We’ve budgeted up to £500 for accommodation.
SHIRLEY: Well, we’ve just finished converting another building into a cottage, which we’re calling Chervil Cottage. 【Q3】
TOM: Sorry? What was that again?
SHIRLEY: Chervil. C-H-E-R-V for Victor I-L.
TOM: Oh, that’s a herb, isn’t it?
SHIRLEY: That’s right. It grows fairly wild around here. You could have that for the week you want for £480.
TOM: OK. So could you tell me something about it, please?
SHIRLEY: Of course. The building was built as a garage 【Q4】. It’s a little smaller than Granary Cottage.
TOM: So that must sleep two people, as well?
SHIRLEY: That’s right. There’s a double bedroom.
TOM: Does it have a garden? 【Q5】
SHIRLEY: Yes, you get to it from the living room through French doors, and we provide two deckchairs. We hope to build a patio in the near future, but I wouldn’t like to guarantee it’ll be finished by May.
TOM: OK.
SHIRLEY: The front door opens onto the old farmyard, and parking isn’t a problem – there’s plenty of room at the front for that 【Q6】. There are some trees and potted plants there.
TOM: What about facilities in the cottage? It has standard things like a cooker and fridge, I presume.
SHIRLEY: In the kitchen area there’s a fridge-freezer and we’ve just put in an electric cooker.
TOM: Is there a washing machine?
SHIRLEY: Yes. There’s also a TV in the living room, which plays DVDs too. The bathroom is too small for a bath, so there’s a shower instead. I think a lot of people prefer that nowadays, anyway.
TOM: It’s more environmentally friendly, isn’t it? Unless you spend half the day in it!
SHIRLEY: Exactly.
TOM: What about heating? It sometimes gets quite cool at that time of year.
SHIRLEY: There’s central heating, and if you want to light a fire, there’s a stove. We can provide all the wood you need for it 【Q7】. It smells so much nicer than coal, and it makes the room very cosy – we’ve got one in our own house.
TOM: That sounds very pleasant. Perhaps we should come in the winter, to make the most of it!
SHIRLEY: Yes, we find we don’t want to go out when we’ve got the fire burning. There are some attractive views from the cottage, which I haven’t mentioned. There’s a famous stone bridge – it’s one of the oldest 【Q8】 in the region, and you can see it from the living room. It isn’t far away. The bedroom window looks in the opposite direction, and has a lovely view of the hills and the monument at the top. 【Q9】
TOM: Well, that all sounds perfect. I’d like to book it, please. Would you want a deposit?
SHIRLEY: Yes, we ask for thirty percent to secure your booking, so that’ll be, um, £144.
TOM: And when would you like the rest of the money?
SHIRLEY: You’re coming in May, so the last day of March, please. 【Q10】
TOM: Fine.
SHIRLEY: Excellent. Could I just take your details …
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
听前预测：定位词为 week、May；提示词为 available、beginning，此处应填表示日期的数字。
题目解析：本题可通过录音中女房东的提问“What date did you have in mind?”预测答案即将出现，但需注意排除男租客的回答 14th，因为接着女房东说“it’s already booked that week.”，然后女房东提到“It’s free the week beginning the 28th,”，男租客表示同意“we could manage that,”，因此答案为 28th。
听前预测：定位词为 cost、week；提示词为 £，此处应填表示具体金额的数字。
题目解析：本题可通过录音中男租客的提问“How much would it cost?”捕捉相关词汇，女房东接着回答“it’d be £550 for the week.”，因此答案为 550。注意男租客随后提到的数字 500 是他们住宿的预算，并不是度假小屋的租金，因此排除。
听前预测：提示词为 Cottage，此处应填表示小屋名称的词。
题目解析：本题难度较低，女房东先提到小屋的名称 Chervil Cottage，接着给出了 Chervil 的拼写，按照所报的字母拼写出即可。
听前预测：定位词为 building；提示词为 originally、a，此处应填辅音开头的单数名词。
题目解析：本题难度较低，定位词 building 原词出现，在录音中女房东提到“The building was built as a garage.”，其中（was built）对应题干中的 originally（表达过去的时间状语）。答案词 garage 不难捕捉，无干扰信息。
听前预测：定位词为 doors、living room；提示词为 into、a，此处应填表示房间类型、以辅音开头的单数名词。
题目解析：本题难度较大，答案先于定位词出现。男租客先提问“Does it have a garden?”，可判断出 garden 符合该题的语法和语义，可先记下来。接着女房东回答“Yes, you get to it (garden) from the living room through French doors,”，其中定位词 doors 和 living room 都原词出现，it 指代前面录音中的单数名词 garden，可确定 garden 为正确答案。注意录音中的 deckchairs 是名词复数形式，不符合题干的语法要求；patio（露台，平台）目前还没有建成，因此排除。
听前预测：定位词为 spaces、front；提示词为 spaces，此处应填修饰 spaces 的名词或形容词。
题目解析：和上题一样，本题难度较大，答案先于定位词出现，考查考生的抓词能力。女房东先提到“parking isn’t a problem”，接着解释原因“there’s plenty of room at the front for that (parking).”，其中定位词 front 原词出现，spaces 被替换成 room， 但替换难度不大，因此答案为 parking。
听前预测：定位词为 central heating、stove；提示词为 burns，此处应填表示燃料的名词。
题目解析：在录音中女房东提到“There’s central heating, and if you want to light a fire, there’s a stove. We can provide all the wood you need for it.”。可以看出，两个定位词在录音中都原词出现，it 指代上文的行为 light a fire，因此答案为 wood。注意排除干扰信息 coal（煤），虽然录音中也提到 coal 这个表示燃料的名词，但根据录音“It (wood) smells so much nicer than coal,”可知，此处女房东意在强调 wood（木 头）的优点，因此不填 coal。
听前预测：定位词为 old、living room；提示词为 views、old，此处应填表示风景的名词。
题目解析：本题难度较大，答案先于定位词出现。在录音中女房东提到“There are some attractive views from the cottage,”，其中 views 提示接下来会介绍周围的风景，可准备好捕捉合适的答案词。接着女房东提到“There’s a famous stone bridge”，其中 bridge 与风景相关，符合题干要求，可先记下该词；随后，在录音中题干定位词原词出现“it’s (bridge) one of the oldest in the region, and you can see it from the living room.”，因此可确定 bridge 为答案。
听前预测：定位词为 hilltop、bedroom；提示词为 view、hilltop，此处应填表示风景的名词。
题目解析：本题定位不难，定位词 bedroom 原词出现，根据录音“The bedroom window … has a lovely view of the hills and the monument at the top.”可知，at the top 对应题干中的前置修饰语 hilltop，因此答案为 monument。本题词汇的拼写稍有难度，想拿高分的雅思考生需要注意积累较难词汇。
听前预测：定位词为 deadline、final payment；提示词为 end of，此处应填表示时间的名词。
题目解析：本题可通过男租客的提问“And when would you like the rest of the money?”预测出题句即将出现，其中疑问词 when 是时间提示词，the rest of the money 对应定位词 final payment。接着在录音中女房东回答 the last day of March，其中 the last day of 对应题干中的 end of。注意排除干扰信息 May，录音中提到“You’re coming in May,”，可以看出，May（五月）是男租客和他妻子到达度假小屋的时间。