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IELTS Listening

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Audio for Part 1

Questions 1-10

Complete the form below.

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

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRAVEL AGENCY

Enquiry Form

Name: Sarah Brown

1. Date of birth:
1

Address: 21 Waverley Road
Radstone
RD4 6WV

2. Contact telephone number:
2

Notes

3. Wants to travel in 3 Europe.

4. Hopes to travel by 4.

5. Interested in working in a 5.

6. Recommended to consider an alternative -- for example 6 work.

7. Advised to buy a European 7 for travelling.

8. Given a 8 with accommodation details.

9. Agreed to take out 9 from the agency.

10. Told to use an 10 for contacting people.

Audio for Part 2

Questions 11-14

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

AFTERNOON TEA

11. According to Claire, what makes the Emperor Hotel attractive to people?

12. The Emperor blend of tea is

13. Why are the tea tables special?

14. The cups and saucers used at the hotel

Questions 15-20

What is a highlight of each of the following tea parties?

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

Highlights

A. enjoying local fruit

B. sampling warm foods

C. feeling like royalty

D. being in a garden

E. listening to music

F. finding out about previous guests

G. having a special cake

H. capturing happy memories

15. Playtime Tea
15

16. Bridal Tea
16

17. Summer Tea
17

18. Canadian Tea
18

19. Farmers’ Tea
19

20. Seniors’ Tea
20

Audio for Part 3

Questions 21-24

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

FORENSIC LINGUISTICS

21. What do the students agree about defining forensic linguistics?

22. Jen thinks it will be difficult to analyse the voice recording because

23. Why might the "suspect" vary their voice patterns?

24. What does Rob think about Jen’s approach to the study?

Questions 25 and 26

Which TWO books do the students decide to borrow from the library?

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Questions 27 and 28

Which TWO practical considerations do the students identify?

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Questions 29 and 30

Which TWO sections of the assignment will Rob write alone?

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Audio for Part 4

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

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

STONE AGE MAN IN JAPAN

Evidence

1877 -- Omori

A zoologist found pieces of pottery with an unusual pattern.

1960s -- Fukui Cave

The same style of pottery was dated from about 31. 31 BC.

35,000 to 30,000 BC

People used a 32. 32 to get into Japan.

Higher temperatures resulted in:

• the growth of 33. 33

• the arrival of new animal species

• the use of 34. 34 as weapons

• the availability of plants, 35. 35 and fish

10,500 to 8,000 BC -- Early Jomon

Old theory: hunters did not make or use pottery.

Present belief: pottery-making was invented by Jomon hunters before agriculture.

8,000 to 5,000 BC -- Later Jomon

Jomon people:

• stayed in one place for longer

• did not live in caves but in 36. 36

• used pairs of 37. 37

• adopted a sedentary lifestyle that led to a rise in the 38. 38

End of the Jomon period

Migrants introduced:

• developments in textile and glass manufacture

• new traditions for 39. 39 ceremonies

• new architecture

Main crop: 40. 40

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