Section 3 Listening is usually a dialogue between students and/or a tutor.
However, you might also get an ‘Interview with an expert’ Section 3, where the expert is asked questions.
Learn more about how to listen for signals and signposts (especially in Section 3).
How to avoid distractors in Section 3 (Thor Heyerdahl)
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An interview with Grant Freeman, Australian quarantine officer.
21 Where in Australia have Asian honey bees been found in the past?
A Queensland
B New South Wales
C Several states
22 A problem with Asian honey bees is that they
A Attack native bees
B Carry parasites
C Damage crops
23 What point is made about Australian bees?
A Their honey varies in quality
B Their size stops them from pollinating some flowers
C They are sold to customers abroad
24 Grant Freeman says that if Asian honey bees got into Australia
A the country’s economy would be affected
B they could be used in the study of allergies
C certain areas of agriculture would benefit
An interview with Grant Freeman, Australian quarantine officer.
21 Where in Australia have Asian honey bees been found in the past?
A Queensland
Good morning everyone. I’m sure that you know that the quarantine service regulates all food brought into Australia. Well obviously they want to protect Australia from diseases that might come in with imported goods, but they also want to prevent insect pests from being introduced into the country, and that’s where I have a part to play. Anyway, my current research involves trying to find a particular type of bee, the Asian Honey Bee and finding out whether there are any of them around in various states of Australia. We discovered a few of them in 21. Queensland once and eradicated them. Now we’re pretty keen to make sure that there aren’t any more getting in, particularly to New South Wales and other states.
22 A problem with Asian honey bees is that they
B Carry parasites
What’s wrong with Asian Honey Bees? Are they so different from Australian bees?
Well, in fact they look almost the same, but 22 they are infested with mites – microscopic creatures which live on them, and which can seriously damage our own home-grown bees, or could even wipe them out.
23 What point is made about Australian bees?
C They are sold to customers abroad
Well what would happen if Australian bees died out?
Well the honey from Australian bees is of excellent quality, much better than the stuff the Asian bees produce. In fact 23 Australia exports native Queen bees to a large number of countries because of this. When the European Honey Bee was first discovered out in the bush, we found they made really unpleasant honey and they were also too big to pollinate many of our native flowers here in Australia.
24 Grant Freeman says that if Asian honey bees got into Australia
A the country’s economy would be affected
That must have had a devastating effect on the natural flora. Did you lose any species?
No we managed to get them under control before that happened but if Asian bees got in there could be other consequences. 24 We could lose a lot of money because you might not be aware, but it’s estimated that native bees’ pollination of flower and vegetable crops is worth 1.2 billion dollars a year. So in a way they’re the farmers’ friend. Oh and another thing is, if you’re stung by an Asian Honey Bee it can produce an allergic reaction in some people, so they’re much more dangerous than native bees.
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