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IELTS Listening

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Audio for Part 1

Questions 1-10

Complete the notes below.

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

Job Details from Employment Agency

Role: 1

Location: Fordham 2 Centre

3 Road, Fordham

Work involves

  • dealing with enquiries
  • making 4 and reorganising them
  • maintaining the internal 5
  • general administration

Requirements

  • 6 essential
  • a calm and 7 manner
  • good IT skills

Other information

  • a 8 job -- further opportunities may be available
  • hours: 7.45 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday
  • 10 is available onsite

Audio for Part 2

Questions 11-14

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

The Museum of Farming Life

11. The museum building was originally

12. The university uses part of the museum building as

13. What does the guide say about the entrance fee?

14. What are visitors advised to leave in the cloakroom?

Questions 15-20

What information does the speaker give about each of the following areas of the museum?

Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to questions 15-20.

Information

A. Parents must supervise their children.

B. There are new things to see.

C. It is closed today.

D. This is only for school groups.

E. There is a quiz for visitors.

F. It features something created by students.

G. An expert is here today.

H. There is a one-way system.

15. Four Seasons 15

16. Farmhouse Kitchen 16

17. A Year on the Farm 17

18. Wagon Walk 18

19. Bees are Magic 19

20. The Pond 20

Audio for Part 3

Questions 21 and 22

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO educational skills were shown in the video of children doing origami?

Questions 23-27

Which comment do the students make about each of the following children in the video?

Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to questions 23-27.

Comments

A. Demonstrated independence

B. Asked for teacher support

C. Developed a competitive attitude

D. Seemed to find the activity calming

E. Seemed pleased with the results

F. Seemed confused

G. Seemed to find the activity easy

23. Sid 23

24. Jack 24

25. Naomi 25

26. Anya 26

27. Zara 27

Questions 28-30

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

28. Before starting an origami activity in class, the students think it is important for the teacher to

29. The students agree that some teachers might be unwilling to use origami in class because

30. Why do the students decide to use origami in their maths teaching practice?

Audio for Part 4

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Victor Hugo

His novel, Les Misérables

  • It has been adapted for theatre and cinema.
  • We know more about its overall 31 than about its author.

His early career

  • In Paris, his career was successful and he led the Romantic movement.
  • He spoke publicly about social issues, such as 32 and education.
  • Napoleon III disliked his views and exiled him.

His exile from France

  • Victor Hugo had to live elsewhere in 33.
  • He used his income from the sale of some 34 he had written to buy a house on Guernsey.

His house on Guernsey

  • Victor Hugo lived in this house until the end of the Empire in France.
  • The ground floor contains portraits, 35 and tapestries that he valued.
  • He bought cheap 36 made of wood and turned this into beautiful wall carvings.
  • The first floor consists of furnished areas with wallpaper and 37 that have a Chinese design.
  • The library still contains many of his favourite books.
  • He wrote in a room at the top of the house that had a view of the 38.
  • He entertained other writers as well as poor 39 in his house.
  • Victor Hugo’s 40 gave ownership of the house to the city of Paris in 1927.

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