A woman signing up in person for a car-share club, where members book
IELTS Listening — IELTS Practice Originals, Listening Practice Test 8, Section 1
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{# Shown in full, as the review screen does after a sitting: it is the text a searcher is looking for, and hiding it would leave this page with nothing on it but a heading. #}Section 1. You will hear a woman signing up in person for a car-share club, where members book and share cars by the hour. First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5.
Now listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 5.
MAN: Hello, welcome to WheelShare. Thinking of joining?
WOMAN: Yes, please, I don't own a car but I need one now and then, so this looks ideal.
MAN: You've come to the right place. Let me set up your membership. First, your full name?
WOMAN: Diana Merchant. Merchant like the shopkeeper, M-E-R-C-H-A-N-T.
MAN: Merchant, with a C, right. Now, we do two plans. The Occasional plan has no monthly fee but a higher hourly rate, and the Regular plan is six pounds a month but much cheaper per hour. If you'll drive more than twice a month, Regular pays off.
WOMAN: I reckon I'll use it most weekends, so Regular, please.
MAN: Good choice, the Regular plan. That's six pounds monthly. There's also a one-off deposit, it's refundable when you leave. It used to be seventy-five pounds, but we've just lowered it to fifty.
WOMAN: Fifty-pound deposit, fine.
MAN: Now I need your driving licence number, it's on the pink card. Read me the long number.
WOMAN: It's MERC, then seven-oh-two-six.
Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 6 to 10.
MAN: MERC seven-oh-two-six. Lovely. Now, our cars. Your nearest ones aren't at this office, they're parked in the residents' car park on Chestnut Road, just behind the station.
WOMAN: Chestnut Road, behind the station, got it.
MAN: To get into a car, you don't use a key, you tap your phone on the windscreen reader, so you'll need our app. But the engine only starts once you key in a PIN, and I'll set that to four-nine-one-three for now, do change it later.
WOMAN: App to unlock, PIN four-nine-one-three to start.
MAN: And your membership can begin on the first of next month, that's the earliest, as the checks take a few days.
WOMAN: The first, that's fine.
MAN: When you come to collect your card, please bring your passport, not just the licence, we have to verify photo ID separately.
WOMAN: I'll bring my passport.
MAN: Last thing, if a car ever won't start, don't ring this desk, there's a twenty-four-hour helpline, and the number is oh-eight-double-oh, three-three-three, two-one-two-one.
WOMAN: Oh-eight-double-oh, three-three-three, two-one-two-one. Perfect, thank you.
MAN: You're all set, Diana. Welcome aboard.
That is the end of Section 1. You now have some time to check your answers.