IELTS Listening Practice Test 1
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SECTION 1 Questions 1-10
Complete the notes below.
WriteONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBERfor each answer.
HIRING A PUBLIC ROOM
Example
- the Main Hall seats 200
Room and cost
- the1 Room seats 100
- Cost of Main Hall for Saturday evening:2 £+ £250 deposit [3payment is required]
- Cost includes use of tables and chairs and also4
- Additional charge for use of the kitchen: £25
Before the event
- Will need a5 .licence
- Need to contact caretaker [Mr Evans] in advance to arrange6
During the event
- The building is no smoking
- The band should use the7 door at the back
- Dont touch the system that controls the volume
- For microphones, contact the caretaker
After the event
- Need to know the8 for the cleaning cupboard
- The9 ..must be washed and rubbish placed in black bags
- All10 must be taken down
- Chairs and tables must be piled up
SECTION 2 Questions 11-20
Questions 11-14
Complete the notes below.
WriteONE WORDfor each answer.
Fiddy Working Heritage Farm
Advice about visiting the farm
Visitors should
- take care not to harm any11________________
- not touch any12 _______________
- wear13 ___________________
- not bring14 _________________
Questions 15-20
Label the map below.
Write the correct letterA-I,next to Questions 15-20.
15Scarecrow
16Maze
17Café .
18Black Barn
19Covered picnic area
20Fiddy House ..
SECTION 3 Questions 21-30
Choose the correct letter,A, B C.
Study on Gender in Physics
21 The students in Akira Miyakes study were all majoring in
Aphysics.
Bpsychology or physics.
C science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
22 The aim of Miyakes study was to investigate
A what kind of women choose to study physics.
Ba way of improving womens performance in physics.
Cwhether fewer women than men study physics at college.
23 The female physics students were wrong to believe that
A the teachers marked them in an unfair way.
B the male students expected them to do badly.
Ctheir test results were lower than the male students.
24 Miyakes team asked the students to write about
A what they enjoyed about studying physics.
B the successful experiences of other people.
C something that was important to them personally.
25 What was the aim of the writing exercise done by the subjects?
Ato reduce stress
Bto strengthen verbal ability
Cto encourage logical thinking
26 What surprised the researchers about the study?
Ahow few students managed to get A grades
Bthe positive impact it had on physics results for women
Cthe difference between male and female performance
27 Greg and Lisa think Miyakes results could have been affected by
Athe length of the writing task.
Bthe number of students who took part.
Cthe information the students were given.
28 Greg and Lisa decide that in their own project, they will compare the effects of
Atwo different writing tasks.
Ba writing task with an oral task.
Ctwo different oral tasks.
29 The main finding of Smolinskys research was that class teamwork activities
Awere most effective when done by all-women groups.
Bhad no effect on the performance of men or women.
Cimproved the results of men more than of women.
30What will Lisa and Greg do next?
Atalk to a professor
Bobserve a science class
Clook at the science timetable
SECTION 4 Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below.
WriteONE WORD ONLYfor each answer.
Ocean Biodiversity
Biodiversity hotspots
- areas containing many different species
- important for locating targets for31 .
- at first only identified on land
Boris Worm, 2005
- identified hotspots for large ocean predators, e.g. sharks
- found that ocean hotspots:
were not always rich in32 .
had higher temperatures at the33 .
had sufficient34 .in the water
Lisa Ballance, 2007
- looked for hotspots for marine35 .
- found these were all located where ocean currents meet
Census of Marine Life
- found new ocean species living:
under the36 .
near volcanoes on the ocean floor
Global Marine Species Assessment
- want to list endangered ocean species, considering:
population size
geographical distribution
rate of37
- Aim: to assess 20,000 species and make a distribution38 for each one
Recommendations to retain ocean biodiversity
- increase the number of ocean reserves
- establish39 .corridors [e.g. for turtles]
- reduce fishing quotas
- catch fish only for the purpose of40 .
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ANSWER
- Charlton
- [£] 115/a/one hundred [and] fifteen
- cash
- parking
- music
- entry
- stage
- code
- floor/floors
- decoration/decorations
- animal/animals
- tool/tools
- shoes
- dog/dogs
- F
- G
- D
- H
- C
- A
- C
- B
- B
- C
- A
- B
- C
- A
- B
- A
- conservation
- food/foods
- surface
- Oxygen/ O2
- mammals
- ice
- decline/declining/decrease
- map
- migration
- consumption