iBT_Q3_08

Directions: In this question, you will read a short announcement and then listen to a dialogue on the same topic. You will then answer a question about them. After you hear the question, you will have 30 seconds to prepare your response and 60 seconds to speak. 

Narrator: The local state University is planning on moving their campus bookstore across campus. Read the notice about the move. You will have 45 seconds to read the not ice. Begin reading now. 

Attention! Bookstore Moving! 

The university bookstore will be moving to its new location across campus for this Fall semester. The new location of the bookstore will be next to the Delaney Building on Wang street. Construction of the new bookstore will be completed this summer and the store and inventory will be moved and  ready for the Fall semester the week of September 4. This location will remain open through the  summer, and students will be able to sell their textbooks back after the summer semester here as well.  

Narrator:  Now listen to two students as  they discuss the announcement. 

Student 1(male):  Wang street??? That’s just great!

Student 2(female):  That is a little far away from the old location, but I think it is for the best.

Student 1:  A little far away? This campus  here is huge. That is about a 20 minutes walk from here to there.  All of the dorms are right across the street from this location. Why would they move the  bookstore so far away?

Student 2: Well, this bookstore has been a little crowded lately. And because there are only 3 counters, sometimes the line to buy books at the beginning of the semester stretches out the door. I heard the new bookstore will be a lot bigger.

Student 1: That’s great and all, but I still think they could have found a more convenient place for students to go. And what are they going to put in the old bookstore? I hope it doesn’t turn into an empty eyesore.

Student 2: I read in the school paper that it will become a coffee shop for students. That will be real nice to be able to just walk across the street for coffee now.

Narrator:   Now get ready to answer the question.

Narrator: The woman expresses her  opinion about the move the university bookstore has announced. State her opinion and explain the reasons she  gives for holding that opinion.