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IELTS Listening

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Questions 1-7

Complete the form below.

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

East Coast Employment Agency registration form

Contact person: Kevin Lock
Phone number: 1
Name of holiday park: 2 Holiday Park
Address: 46 3 Road
Business details: has been operating for 4 years
target market: 5
holiday park has space for tents and twenty 6
located next to a 7

Questions 8-13

Complete the table below.

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

Job Duties Other details
Manager welcoming guests (check-in and check-out)

dealing with phone calls and emails

responding to 8

full-time position (some night work)

free use of large 9

salary based on experience

starts in November

Caretaker repairs and 10

maintaining the 11 near the entrance

part-time position (3-4 days a week)

starts in 12

starting pay: $ 13 per hour

Questions 14-16

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Desert Holidays

14. What first attracted Naomi to deserts?

15. What does Naomi advise about travelling in the desert?

16. Naomi thinks the best thing about travelling in the same group for a long time is

Questions 17-23

What can you do on holiday in the following deserts?

Write the correct letter, A, B, C or D, next to questions 17-23.

Activities

A. stay in tented accommodation

B. go horseback riding

C. go mountain climbing

D. take trips to see wildlife

Atacama 17

Skeleton Coast 18

Moroccan Sahara 19

Almeria 20

Gobi 21

Thar 22

Uluru-Kata Tjuta 23

Questions 24 and 25

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO factors about eucalyptus do the students decide to mention in their introduction?

Questions 26 and 27

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO issues with eucalyptus plantations in Australia are the students worried about?

Questions 28 and 29

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO points do the students want to make about future plans to use eucalyptus oil as jet fuel?

Questions 30-36

What reason is given by the students for the inclusion of each of the following species of eucalyptus trees in their presentation?

Choose SEVEN answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-I, next to questions 30-36.

Reasons

A. its popularity around the world

B. the environmental problems it causes

C. its importance in dry areas

D. its role in mineral exploration

E. the quality and uses of its timber

F. the reduction in its numbers

G. its failure as a commercial product

H. its benefits for people’s health

I. the use of technology in its cultivation

Salmon Gum 30

Tasmanian Blue Gum 31

Coolabah 32

Stringybark 33

Yellow Box 34

Blue Mallee 35

Mountain Ash 36

Questions 37-49

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

The conservation of wombats

Background

They are marsupials, related to the koala.

They make burrows and tunnels underground.

They feed on plants, which they do frequently during the 37.

They prefer to live in wood.

Sydney Rewilding Project

Wombats are raised by humans in a reserve just outside the city.

The released wombats were rescued as 38.

Foxes were excluded to prevent 39 affecting the wombats.

The conservation area was divided into sections to monitor the impact of wombats on 40.

Results

92% of wombats established wild burrows within six months.

Burrowing increased the amount of wildlife in the area, especially 41.

Near the city, a surprising problem for the wombats was the high 42.

The wombats in the project were popular with the public thanks to the 43.

Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat Project (North Queensland)

The study focuses on an area of 44 in a national park.

Predator attacks have been reduced with the use of a 45.

Land management software is used to control 46.

Results

The wombats mainly burrow in soil that contains a lot of 47.

New population monitoring method: using sticky tape to collect 48.

To improve the breeding rate, scientists now supply extra 49.

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