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IELTS Listening

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Questions 1-13

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Becoming a Professional Chocolate Taster

A professional chocolate taster:

  • tries up to 30 chocolates a day
  • is paid £ 1 an hour initially
  • can work full-time or part-time
  • usually works in a room with a 2 light
  • is not allowed to have a 3 with them while working

Things that affect the taste of chocolate

  • what the 4 is like where the beans are growing
  • the method used for 5 the beans
  • how long is spent 6 the chocolate
  • how much 7 is added

How to taste chocolate like a professional

  • Firstly, notice the 8 of the chocolate
  • 9 the chocolate with your fingers
  • Taste the chocolate -- it takes practice to taste a 10 flavour

Useful qualifications and skills

  • a degree, e.g. in 11
  • work experience, e.g. as a 12
  • good writing skills and the ability to learn a new 13

Questions 14-20

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Volunteering at a Country Park

14. Marwood Park is well known for its

15. What are the volunteers told about the park café?

16. What should the volunteers give out to visiting families?

17. Before a school group visits the park

18. Which venue is often hired by business groups?

19. What are the volunteers told about parking?

20. What are the volunteers asked to do before they leave today?

Questions 21-26

Which skill do volunteers need for each of the following activities?

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to questions 21-26.

Skills

A. physical fitness

B. good communication

C. ability to work independently

Activities

  • Shelter Building 21
  • Orienteering 22
  • Story of Plants 23
  • Woodland Art 24
  • Forest Tours 25
  • Sounds of the Park 26

Questions 27 and 28

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO reasons do Ben and Mia give for choosing to do their project on the Ada Lovelace exhibition?

Questions 29 and 30

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO points do both Mia and Ben say surprised them about Ada Lovelace?

Questions 31 and 32

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO things do Ben and Mia agree were Ada Lovelace’s greatest achievements?

Questions 33-39

Which opinion is expressed about each part of the exhibition on Ada Lovelace?

Choose the correct letter, A-I, next to questions 33-39.

Opinions

A. Both Mia and Ben liked the graphics

B. Mia felt it was only suitable for younger people

C. Ben thought the display was unclear

D. Both Mia and Ben wanted more information

E. Mia was confused about a particular process

F. Ben was pleased it contained recent research

G. Both Mia and Ben were impressed by its size

H. Mia felt some of it was not relevant

I. Ben thought there were too many statistics

Parts of exhibition

  • Early life 33
  • Contemporary inventions 34
  • Models of calculating engines 35
  • Cotton looms 36
  • Transition work 37
  • Later years 38
  • The legacy 39

Questions 40-49

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Early Maps

Place Material What is shown
Mesopotamia flat pieces of clay

  • 40 and other settlements
  • water sources
  • 41

North America 42 marked with lines coastlines
Polynesia shells and twigs inserted into structure made of 43

  • islands
  • currents and 44

China plates made of 45 shape of the earth

Later developments of maps

Date Development
Mid-15th century Greater availability of maps because of developments in new 46 technology
1507 First map of the 47 as known to Europeans

America shown as a 48

1513 First known 49 was produced

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