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IELTS CDI Listening Practice Test 25
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Questions 1-10: Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Holiday Rental

Owners’ name: Carol and Dave Marriott

Aster Cottage

Available for week beginning: 1

Cost for the week: 2 $

Periwinkle Cottage

3. Part of a building that was first used as a 3

4. The living room leads out to the 4

5. View of the 5 from the bedroom

6. Bring our own 6

7. Doesn’t have a 7

The town

8. The owner recommends the 8 restaurant

The town is well known for its antique shops

Payment

9. Deposit: 9 $

10. Deadline for final payment: final day of 10

Questions 11-15: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

11. What does Mark say first attracts people to working for Johnson Jones?

12. Mark says the company is one of the country’s most successful retailers because it

13. Mark says that because Johnson Jones is a partnership, the staff

14. What is the typical annual bonus that partners receive?

15. To qualify for the leisure and holiday facilities, partners must have worked for the company for

Questions 16-20: What information is given about each of the following staff holiday centres?
Choose FIVE answers from the box.

Options:
A. available for celebrations and parties
B. suitable for families with children
C. regularly used by senior management
D. also supplies food to the company’s supermarkets
E. spa facilities available
F. similar to being in someone’s home
G. good for short breaks

16. The Grange 16

17. Meadow House 17

18. Coombe Manor 18

19. The Barn 19

20. The Stable 20

Questions 21-24: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21. What is the topic of the research?

22. The research finds out in the restaurant

23. The first few questions in the questionnaire are

24. The questions in the questionnaire came from

Questions 25-26: Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO are the main reasons given for choosing a restaurant?

Questions 27-30: What is people’s attitude toward the following music?
Choose FOUR answers from the box.

Options:
A. people will spend more money in the restaurant
B. people don’t even notice the music
C. people will come back again
D. people don’t think the restaurant is worth the price
E. people will leave the restaurant right after eating
F. people don’t like the restaurant at all

27. no music 27

28. jazz 28

29. classical music 29

30. pop music 30

Questions 31-40: Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Research on Children’s Humour

Aim of study

  • to find out what children laugh at school and at home, e.g. the types of 31 told in the playground
  • humour on television at home

Methods

  • Children were interviewed at school in small 32
  • A ‘humour diary’ was kept by some 33 for six months

Main findings

  • Children laugh when they don’t know what 34 to take
  • when people do things which don’t follow usual conventions
  • when people, especially 35 look foolish
  • In games and role plays, laughter is connected with the opportunity to be 36

Other findings

-- What children find funny depends very little on their 37

-- There has been little 38 in children’s humour

-- Children still react positively to

  • humour shown in 39 in the media
  • humour, which is based on 40 since they know it’s unreal

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