Cambridge 11 Listening Test 1
IELTS Official Listening Practice Test 1
SECTION 1 Questions 1-10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
HIRING A PUBLIC ROOM
Example
- the Main Hall – seats ….200…
Room and cost
- the 1 Room – seats 100
- Cost of Main Hall for Saturday evening: 2 £
- + £250 deposit (3 payment is required)
- Cost includes use of tables and chairs and also 4
- Additional charge for use of the kitchen: £25
Before the event
- Will need a 5 license
- Need to contact caretaker (Mr. Evans) in advance to arrange 6
During the event
- The building is no smoking
- The bank should use the 7 door at the back
- Don’t touch the system that controls the volume
- For microphones, contact the caretaker
After the event
- Need to know the 8 for the cleaning cupboard
- The 9 must be washed and rubbish placed in black bags
- All 10 Must be taken down
- Chairs and tables must be piled up
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SECTION 2 Questions 11-20
Questions 11-14
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD for each answer.
Fiddy Working Heritage Farm
Advice about visiting the farm
Visitors should
- take care not to harm any 11
- not touch any 12
- wear 13
- not bring 14 into the farm, with certain exceptions.
Questions 15-20
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter A-I, next to Questions 15-20
- Scarecrow
- Maze
- Café
- Black Barn
- Covered picnic area
- Fiddy House
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SECTION 3 Questions 21-30
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Study on Gender in Physics
21. The students in Akira Miyake’s study were all majoring in
- physics.
- psychology or physics.
- science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
22. The aim of Miyake’s study was to investigate
- what kind of women choose to study physics.
- a way of improving women’s performance in physics.
- whether fewer women than men study physics at college.
23. The female physics students were wrong to believe that
- the teachers marked them in an unfair way.
- the male students expected them to do badly.
- their test results were lower than the male students’.
24. Miyake’s team asked the students to write about
- what they enjoyed about studying physics.
- the successful experiences of other people.
- something that was important to them personally.
25. What was the aim of the writing exercise done by the subjects?
- to reduce stress
- to strengthen verbal ability
- to encourage logical thinking
26. What surprised the researchers about the study?
- how few students managed to get A grades
- the positive impact it had on physics results for women
- the difference between male and female performance
27. Greg and Lisa think Miyake’s results could have been affected by
- the length of the writing task.
- the number of students who took part.
- the information the students were given.
28. Greg and Lisa decide that in their own project, they will compare the effects of
- two different writing tasks.
- a writing task with an oral task.
- two different oral tasks.
29. The main finding of Smolinsky’s research was that class teamwork activities
- were most effective when done by all-women groups.
- had no effect on the performance of men or women.
- improved the results of men more than of women.
30. What will Lisa and Greg do next?
- talk to a professor
- observe a science class
- look at the science timetable
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SECTION 4 Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Ocean Biodiversity
Biodiversity hotspots
- areas containing many different species
- important for locating targets for 31
- at first only identified on land
Boris Worm, 2005
- identified hotspots for large ocean predators, e.g. sharks
- found the ocean hotspots:
– were not always rich in 32
– had higher temperatures at the 33
– had sufficient 34 in the water
Lisa Ballance, 2007
- looked for hotspots for marine 35
- found these were all located where ocean currents meet
Census of Marine Life
- found new ocean species living:
– under the 36
– near volcanoes on the ocean floor
Global Marine Species Assessment
- want to list endangered ocean species, considering:
– population size
– geographical distribution
– rate of 37
- Aim: to assess 20,000 species and make a distribution 38 for each one
Recommendations to retain ocean biodiversity
- increase the number of ocean reserves
- establish 39 corridors (e.g. for turtles)
- reduce fishing quotas
- catch fish only for the purpose of 40
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 | Charlton |
| 2 | (£) 115 / a/one hundred (and) fifteen |
| 3 | cash |
| 4 | parking |
| 5 | music |
| 6 | entry |
| 7 | stage |
| 8 | code |
| 9 | floor/ floors |
| 10 | decoration / decorations |
| 11 | animal / animals |
| 12 | tool / tools |
| 13 | shoes |
| 14 | dog / dogs |
| 15 | F |
| 16 | G |
| 17 | D |
| 18 | H |
| 19 | C |
| 20 | A |
| 21 | C |
| 22 | B |
| 23 | B |
| 24 | C |
| 25 | A |
| 26 | B |
| 27 | C |
| 28 | A |
| 29 | B |
| 30 | A |
| 31 | conservation |
| 32 | food/ foods |
| 33 | surface |
| 34 | oxygen/ O2 |
| 35 | mammals |
| 36 | ice |
| 37 | decline / declining / decrease |
| 38 | map |
| 39 | migration |
| 40 | consumption |
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