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IELTS Listening

Time: Approximately 30 minutes

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Questions 1-10

Complete the notes below.

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

Australian Overseas Relocation Agency

Personal information

Name Helen Green
Current address 42 1 Road, Kew, London
Telephone 2
Relocation to Brisbane
Employer Kirkby Technology
Will move in early 3

Accommodation

  • type of accommodation required at first: a central 4
  • preferred location: near a 5
  • client will need 6 for the accommodation

Schooling

  • client’s son: to go into grade 7
  • type of school: high school, preferably 8
  • client to send the child’s 9

The client would also like:

  • information about a chess club for her son
  • to play in a 10

Questions 11-16

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Waterfront Development

11. What problem did the site have?

12. In 1915 local businesses started to expand because

13. In the 1920s the site started to be used by

14. Why were warehouses built in the 1930s?

15. How long has the latest redevelopment taken?

16. Which part of the redevelopment was the most difficult?

Questions 17-20

Label the map below.

Write the correct letter, A-I, next to questions 17-20.

  • Playground 17
  • Open Air Cinema 18
  • Aquarium 19
  • Maritime Museum 20

Questions 21-24

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Nursing Degree Portfolio

21. What do Holly and Ed agree is difficult about keeping a portfolio?

22. Holly says that portfolios are used by

23. What did Holly find most useful about keeping a diary?

24. To help with his portfolio, Ed decides the best source of information would be

Questions 25-30

What was most enjoyable about each of the following parts of the course?

Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to questions 25-30.

What was most enjoyable

A. observing a personal relationship

B. feeling part of a group

C. being in an inspiring location

D. learning a specific skill

E. fulfilling a wish

F. receiving feedback

G. being able to reassure patients

H. witnessing a highly-organised procedure

Parts of the course

  • the biology assignment 25
  • working on night shifts 26
  • observation of surgery 27
  • neo-natal ward duty 28
  • writing a blog 29
  • vascular ward placement 30

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

The White-lipped Grove Snail

Background

  • This is an air-breathing land snail.
  • It has a distinctive shell pattern, with a large variation in colour.
  • Its main diet is dead or decaying 31.
  • To obtain necessary minerals, it also eats 32.
  • It is found exclusively in Ireland and the Pyrenees mountains, and nowhere in between.

University of Nottingham study

  • Via the internet, volunteers were recruited for the 33 of snails.
  • Researchers analysed the snails’ genetic materials.

Findings and theories

  • Distributions in both locations were the same variety.
  • The snail’s arrival in Ireland was quite recent.
  • "Convergent evolution" is very unlikely.
  • Natural migration is ruled out as these snails do not like 34.
  • In the Pyrenees, large piles of shells have been found in 35.
  • This indicates the snails were used as 36.
  • There is archaeological evidence of 37 between the two areas.
  • The conclusion is that snails were most likely carried in 38.

Future work

  • A wider 39 of the snails is required for the study.
  • One other organism will be investigated: a particular type of 40.

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