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IELTS Listening

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INFORMATION ABOUT SCHOOL REGISTRATION

Questions 1-10

Complete the notes below.

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

Grade Level: kindergarten

1. School: 1 Heights Elementary School

Registration:

• Monday to Thursday from 9.00 to 1.30

2. • Can pick up packet from the school 2 any afternoon up to 5.00

Forms: Immunization records

3. • Health forms from doctor and 3

• Emergency contact information

• Residency verification form

• Original birth certificate

Childcare:

4. • No 4 is provided

5. • There is on-site licensed daycare for working 5

6. • This is organized by the City 6 Council

Orientation:

7. • Open house in July -- details provided through the 7 and on the school’s website

8. • Will tour the school, meet the 8 and schedule entrance testing

Schedule:

9. • First day of school will be on 9

• First week is 8.00 to 12.30

10. • Regular schedule is 8.00 to 10

BRIGHTWATER ADVENTURE PARK

Questions 11-14

Label the map below.

Choose the correct letter, A-I, next to Questions 11-14.

BRIGHTWATER ADVENTURE PARK

11. Toilets with baby-changing facilities 11

12. Ice-cream shop 12

13. Gift shop 13

14. Film theatre 14

Questions 15-20

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

15. On the ‘Flying Tigers’ ride, children have to be

16. Visitors should be warned that the Hidden Cove ride involves

17. The speaker recommends the picnic area for families because

18. What change to this Saturday night’s programme has been made?

19. This month, as a special deal, visitors can get

20. The supervisor advises new employees to carry

CHANGING COURSE

Questions 21-25

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21. Why does Katie say she will continue attending lectures on her present course?

22. Why is Katie going to speak to her family?

23. What does Stefan say about the Sports Education course?

24. What problem does Katie agree to consider?

25. Katie has now decided that degrees

Questions 26-30

Complete the flow-chart below.

Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to Questions 26-30.

Options

A. administration office

B. finance department

C. hall of residence

D. head of department

E. library

F. tutor

G. welfare advisor

TO CHANGE COURSES

26. Speak to the 26 about requirements for the new course

27. Give the 27 a date for the change

28. Email the 28

29. Get the 29 to change their data

30. Notify the 30

TRANSLATING ANCIENT MAYAN

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

16th to early 20th centuries

• Spanish colonists in Central America tried to destroy the written Mayan language.

31. • They thought it represented a 31 to their control.

• Researchers found ancient handbooks which were written for priests.

32. • They identified some numbers and sections of the text relating to 32.

• However, the rest could not be translated.

Developments in the 1950s and 1960s

33. • Heinrich Berlin found that certain ‘glyphs’ in the writing referred to some well-known 33 in the Mayan Empire.

34. • Yuri Knorozov found that some ‘glyphs’ referred to a 34 rather than a word.

A new approach in the 1980s

35. • Young academics immersed themselves in present-day Mayan art, 35 and religion.

36. • They found many of the manuscripts described the success of Mayan kings in 36.

37. • Academics had to learn the 37 of each writer.

• The process was very time-consuming.

The Maya Decipherment Project

38. • In 2003, David Stuart created a 38 that developed into a project for translating Mayan texts.

39. • Now, feedback on translations can be provided with great 39 by translators around the world.

40. • This led to new understanding -- previously Mayans were believed to be only interested in 40.

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