IELTS Listening Sample 8

IELTS Listening Sample 8

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Section 1: You will hear a woman calling a local museum, about children’s art and craft workshops. First, you have some time to look at Questions 1 to 5.

You will see that there is an example which has been done for you. You should answer the questions as you listen because you will NOT hear the recording a second time.

Listening Audio: [Click the start button to play the audio]

Section 1

Section 1 – Questions 1-10

[Listen carefully and answer Questions 1 to 5.]

Questions 1-5
Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

CHILDREN’S ART AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS

Example                                      Answer
Workshops organised every:     Saturday

• Adults must accompany children under 1 ………………..
• Cost: £2.50
• Workshops held in: Winter House, 2 ……………….. Street.
• Security device: must push the 3 ……………….. to open door.
• Should leave car behind the 4 ……………….
• Book workshops by phoning the 5 ……………….. (on 200765).

Questions 6-10
Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

    Next two workshops

Date
Workshop title
Children advised to wear:
Please bring (if possible):
16/11

Building 6

……………

7

……………

8

…………….

23/11
9

…………….

(Nothing special)

10

…………….

 

Section 2

Section 2 – Questions 11-20.

You will hear a customer services official giving information to a passenger at a railway station in a town called Trebirch. First, you have some time to look at Questions 11 to 17.

[Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 17.]

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

TRAIN INFORMATION

11. Local services depart from ………………….. railway station.
12. National services depart from the ………………….. railway station.
13. Trains for London depart every ………………….. each day during the week.
14. The price of a first-class ticket includes ……………………

Questions 15-17
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

 Type of ticket

  Details

Standard open

no restrictions

Supersave

travel after 8.45

Special

travel after 15

………………….

and at weekends

16

…………………..

buy at least six days ahead limited numbers
17

…………………..

essential

Questions 18-20
Choose THREE letters, A-G.

Which THREE attractions can you visit at present by train from Trebirch?

    A    a science museum
    B    a theme park
    C    a climbing wall
    D    a mining museum
    E    an aquarium
    F    a castle
    G   a zoo
 

Section 3

Section 3 – Questions 21-30.

Questions 21-30
Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Dissertation Tutorial Record (Education)

Name: Sandy Gibbons

  Target previously agreed
  Work completed
Further action suggested

Investigate suitable data analysis software

– Read IT 21

………………….

– Spoken to Jane Prince,
Head of the 22

………………….

Sign up for some software practice sessions.

Prepare a 23

………………….

for survey

– Completed and sent for review

Add questions in section
three on 24

………………….

Further reading about discipline

– Read Banerjee
– N.B. Couldn’t find Ericsson’s
essays on managing the
25

………………….

Obtain from library through special loans service.

 

  New Target
  Work completed
  Timing

Do further work on Chapter 1
(Give the title: Context 26

…………………..

)

– Add statistics on the 27

…………………..

in various zones

– Include more references to works dated after 28

…………………..

By the 29

…………………..

Prepare list of main sections for Chapter 2

– Use index cards to help in organisation.

Before starting the 30

…………………..

Section 4

Section 4 – Questions 31-40
You will hear part of a lecture about the history of moving pictures. First look at questions 31 to 40.

[Now Listen carefully and answer Questions 31 to 40.]

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

The history of moving pictures

31. Some photographs of a horse running showed
    A all feet off the ground.
    B at least one foot on the ground.
    C two feet off the ground.

32. The Scotsman employed by Edison
    A. designed a system to use the technology Edison had invited.
    B. used available technology to make a new system.
    C. was already an expert in motion picture technology.

33. One major problem with the first system was that
    A. only one person could be filmed.
    B. people could only see very short films.
    C. the camera was very heavy.

 34. Rival systems started to appear in Europe after people had
    A. been told about the American system.
    B. seen the American system.
    C. used the American system.

 35. In 1895, a famous new system was developed by
    A. a French team working alone.
    B. a French and German team working together.
    C. a German team who invented the word ‘cinema’.

 36. Longer films were not made at the time because of problems involving
    A. the subject matters.
    B. the camera.
    C. the film projector.

 37. The ‘Lantham Loop’ invention relied on
    A. removing tension between the film reels.
    B. adding three more films reels to the system.
    C. making one of the film reels more effective.

Questions 38-40

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

38. The first motion picture was called The ……………………….
39. ……………………… were used for the first time on film in 1926.
40. Subtitles were added to The Lights of New York because of its ……………………….

Answer: (Click the button to Show/ Hide Answers)

Section 1
1. 8
2. (in/on) Tamer
3. green button
4. library
5. educational department
6. castles
7. old clothes
8. bottle tops
9. Undersea Worlds
10. Silver paper

Section 2
11. King Street
12. central
13. half hours / 30 minutes
14. refreshments
15. 10.15
16. Advance
17. (seat) reservations
18, 19 & 20. C, D, G [in any order]

Section 3
22. catalog(ue)s
23. computer center /centre
24. checklist
25. teaching experience
26. classroom
27. review
28. schools
29. ((the) year) 2000
30. end of term

Section 4
31. research
31. A
32. B
33. C
34. A
35. A
36. C
37. A
38. Great Train Robbery
39. Sound effects
40. poor sound quality

 

[Source: Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS 6]

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