Cycle tour leader: Applicant enquiry
Name: Margaret Smith

About the applicant:
• Wants a (1)  job
• Will soon start work as a (2)
• Has led cycle trips in (3)
• Interested in being a leader of a cycling trip for families
• Is currently doing voluntary work with members of a (4)

 club
• Available for five months from the 1st of (5)
• Can’t eat (6)

Contact details
• Address: 27 (7)  Place, Dumfries
• Postcode: (8)

Interview:
• Interview at 2.30 pm on (9)  
• Will plan a short (10)  about being a tour guide

15. the Reynolds House  
16. the Thumb  
17. the Museum  
18. the Contemporary Art Gallery  
19. the Warner Gallery  
20. Nucleus  

Presentation of film adaptations of Shakespeare’s play

(21)                 (22)  
(23)                             (24)  

Comments
A clearly shows the historical period
B contains only parts of the play
C is too similar to another kind of film
D turned out to be unpopular with audiences
E presents the play in a different period from the original
F sets the original in a different country
G incorporates a variety of art forms

Films
25. Ran
26. Much Ado About Nothing
27. Romeo and Juliet
28. Hamlet
29. Prospero’s Books
30. Looking for Richard

Noise in Cities
Past research focused on noise level (measured in decibels) and people’s responses.

Noise ‘maps’
• Show that the highest noise levels are usually found on roads
• Do not show other sources of noise e.g. when windows are open or people’s neighbours are in their (31)
• Ignore variations in people’s perceptions of noise
• Have made people realize that the noise is a (32) issue that must be dealt with

Problems caused by noise
• Sleep disturbance
• Increase in amount of stress
• Effect on the (33)  of school children

Different types of noise
Some noises can be considered pleasant e.g. the sound of a (34) in a town
To investigate this, researchers may use methods from (35) sciencesWhat people want
Plenty of activity in urban environments which are (36)

but also allow people to relax

But architects and town planners
• Do not get much (37) in acoustics
• Regards sound as the responsibility of engineers

Understanding sound as an art form
We need to know
• How sound relates to (38)
• What can be learnt from psychology about the effects of sound
• Whether physics can help us understand the (39) of sound

Virtual reality programs
• Advantage: predict the effect of buildings
• Current disadvantage: they are (40)