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IELTS Listening

Time: Approximately 30 minutes

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Questions 1-10

Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Lifeguard Application

Personal information

Name: Peter Smith

1. Address: 130 South Main Street, Lake 1

2. Contact number: 2 cellphone

Work experience

3. Has a part-time job as a 3.

-- Is studying PE now.

4. Hopes to work in a high school as a 4 coach.

5. Other relevant work experience: worked at the 5 as a lifeguard.

Qualification for water safety

-- Good level of concentration

-- Good vision

6. Other relevant skills: 6

7. Need a certificate: it expires in 7.

Other information

8. Preferred working time: 8 mornings

9. He can start to work at: 9 o’clock

10. Source of information: 10

Questions 11-16

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

11. Arthur feels that when starting a business, mistakes should be

12. Recent American studies found that confidence will

13. The American studies recommended that new entrepreneurs

14. What does Arthur say about his own experience of marketing?

15. What does Arthur think is an important quality shared by good leaders?

16. What does Arthur say about taking risks?

Questions 17-18

Choose TWO correct answers.

Which TWO things does Arthur say people should focus on when developing their business idea?

Questions 19-20

Choose TWO correct answers.

Which TWO things does Arthur say helped him get his business started?

Questions 21-26

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Feedback on second year of Performance Arts Course

21. Gina chose to study performance arts at this university because the course

22. Which of the options they chose have Gina and Charlie both found useful?

23. What did Charlie do during his work experience?

24. What does Gina say she learnt from her work experience?

25. What does Charlie say about his dissertation topic?

26. Which aspect of writing a dissertation is Gina worried about?

Questions 27-30

What do the students say about each of the following types of careers in performance arts?

Choose FOUR answers from the box and write the correct answer next to questions 27-30.

Options

A. The pay can be low.

B. There is a lot of competition.

C. An additional qualification is required.

D. Good communication skills are required.

E. People with experience feel very positive about it.

F. It is a relatively unpopular choice.

27. Performance 27

28. Education 28

29. Theatre Management 29

30. Marketing 30

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Sea lion tracking study -- Western Australia

Reason for the study

-- The Australian sea lion is an endangered species.

-- Until 1892, numbers were affected by hunting.

31. Sea lions are now affected by nets used to control 31.

Animal tracking systems

32. Considerations when choosing a tracking method include 32 and ease of use.

33. Plastic tags: the animal must be easy to 33.

34. GPS tracking will not work in the 34.

35. In isolated regions, some animals are tracked by 35, e.g. the polar bear.

-- Some animals are identified by markings, e.g. the dolphin is identified by its scars.

Challenges of tracking sea lions

36. Perth study: the sea lions lost their tags. They rubbed against 36 to remove them.

37. California researchers used 37 to identify sea lions. This was unreliable due to regular loss of fur.

Our study

Aims:

-- To find out if sea lions’ whiskers can be used to identify them.

38. To create a 38 to use as a guide.

Methods:

39. Contacting 39 in Australia for photographs.

40. Asking the 40 to get involved.

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