IELTS Listening Sample 1

 

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SECTION 1

Section One - Questions 1-10

Questions 1-5

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD

VIDEO LIBRARY APPLICATION FORM

EXAMPLE              ANSWER   
Surname                 Jones

First names:   Louise Cynthia       
Address:    Apartment 1, 72 (1) .............................. Street Highbridge     
Postcode:    (2) ............................
Telephone:    9835 6712 (home)    (3) ................................ (work)
Driver's licence number:     (4)  .................................
DOB: 25th Month:   (5) .................................. Year: 1977


Questions 6-8    

Write THREE letters A-F.

What types of films does Louise like?
A   Action
B   Comedies
C   Musicals
D   Romance
E   Westerns
F   Wildlife

Questions 9 and 10
Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS.

9.  How much does it cost to join the library?
10. When will Louise's card be ready?

 

SECTION 2

Section Two - Questions 11-20

Questions 11-13 
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Expedition Across Attora Mountains

Leader:    Charles Owen
Prepared a  (11) ...........................................  for the trip
Total length of trip   (12) ................................

Climbed the highest peak in   (13) ...................................

Questions 14 and 15
Circle the correct letters A-C.     

14.   What took the group by surprise?
      A the amount of rain              
      B the number of possible routes                          
      C the length of the journey            
        
15.   How did Charles feel about having to change routes?
      A He reluctantly accepted it.                
      B He was irritated by the diversion.                     
      C It made no difference to enjoyment.

Questions 16—18
Write THREE letters A-F.

What does Charles say about his friends?
A   He met them at one stage on the trip.                               
B   They kept all their meeting arrangements.
C   One of them helped arrange the transport.                       
D   One of them owned the hotel they stayed in.
E   Some of them travelled with him.                                     
F   Only one group lasted the 96 days.

Questions 19 and 20
Write TWO letters, A-E.

What does Charles say about the donkeys?
A   He rode them when he was tired.                                
B   He named them after places.            
C   One of them died.                                                              
D   They behaved unpredictably.                            
E   They were very small.      

 

SECTION 3

Section Three - Questions 21-30
 

Questions 21-25
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
 

	Tim	Jane
Day of arrival	Sunday	(21) ...........................
Subject	History	(22) ...........................
Number of books to read	(23) ...........................	(24) ...........................
Day of the first lecture	Tuesday	(25) ...........................

 

Questions 26-30
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
 

26. What is Jane's study strategy in lectures?             
27. What’s Tim's study strategy for reading?
28. What is the subject of Tim's first lecture?         
29. What’s the title of Tim's first essay?
30. What is the subject of Jane's first essay?

 

SECTION 4

Section Four - Questions 31-40
 

Questions 31-35  
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
 

Course	Type of course: duration & level	Entry requirements
Physical Fitness Instructor	Example  Six-month certificate	None
Sports Administrator	(31) ...............................	(32) ............................... in sports administration
Sports Psychologist	(33) ...............................	Degree in psychology
Physical Education Teacher	4 years degree in education	(34) ...............................
Recreation officer	(35) ...............................	None

Questions 36-40
Write the appropriate letters A-G against question 36-40.

MAIN ROLES
   
Job                                                                     Main Role
 

Physical Fitness Instructor                                    (36)

Sports Administrator                                             (37)

Sports Psychologist                                              (38)

Physical Education Teacher                                  (39)

Recreation Officer                                                 (40)

 

A   the coaching of teams       

B   the support of elite athletes

C   guidance of ordinary individuals

D   community health

E   the treatment of injuries

F   arranging matches and venues

G   the rounded development of children

 

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Answers-

Section 1
1  Black
2  2085
3  94561309
4  2020BD
5  July
6, 7 & 8:   B, D, F (in any order)
9  $25/ twenty-five dollars / 25 dollars (refundable)
10  next week / in a week / in one week / the following week

Section 2
11  route book
12  900 miles/ nine hundred miles
13  North Africa
14  A
15  C
16, 17 & 18:   B, C, E  (in any order)
19 & 20:  B, D (in any order)

Section 3
21  (on) Friday
22  Biology
23  57/ fifty-seven (books)
24  43/ forty-three (books)
25  Wednesday ( NOT the day after)
26  use a cassette/ record the lecture/ (she) record(s) them/ (she) record(s) lectures/ recording
27  skimming / (he) skims (books) /  skim (the) book first / skim reading
28  (The) French Revolution
29  Why study history? Why study history
30  animal language / (the) language of animals

Section 4
31  4 month certificate/four-month certificate
32  (current) employment / job
33  1 year diploma/ one-year diploma
34  none/ no (prior) qualifications
35  6 month certificate/ six-month certificate
36  C
37  F
38  B
39  G
40  D