IELTS Practice - IELTS Listening Test

Questions 1–10

Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Swimming Lessons

Classes available

Water Babies

For babies of three months upwards

Focus: water familiarisation using 1

Cost: £3.80 per lesson

Beginners

For people with no experience of swimming

2 techniques

opening the eyes underwater

swimming five metres

Intermediate

Focus:

learning main swimming strokes

introduction to 3

swimming underwater

4 in the water

Cost: £61 per course

Other information:

maximum of 12 pupils per class

class is for 5

Advanced

Focus: more efficient techniques

improving 6

competitions

Other information

Date when Intermediate course begins: Tuesday 7 (need to register soon)

Time: 7.30 p.m.

Participants will be provided with a swimming 8

Bring change for the 9

Benefits of swimming

Health benefits

Improvement in 10

Could save a life

Questions 11–20

Questions 11–15

Listen to the directions and match the places in questions 11–15 to the appropriate place among A–E on the map.

Map Labels (A–E)

11.Student Centre

12.Health Centre

13.Internet Unit

14.Complaint Office

15.Café

Questions 16–20

Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

16. Students in a room don't need to share a 16 with ones in other rooms.

17. Everyone has to write down his name on the 17.

18. All the students use a 18 to enter the door.

19. If you want to wash your clothes, go to the laundry room which is located in the 19.

20. The dormitory closes at 20 every night.

Questions 21–30

Questions 21–25
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21. What skills does Peter want to learn?

A. how to organise ideas B. how to handle data C. how to write a business proposal

22. What is Peter's main strength?

A. he is a good leader B. he can work long hours C. he can communicate well with many people

23. What will the careers officer help Peter with?

A. CV B. personal statement C. school application form

24. Why did Peter choose the IT business?

A. to update his knowledge in the area B. to be good at presentations C. to prepare himself for lectures

25. What will Peter do for the next term?

A. continue with the same language B. change to another language C. discontinue the language course

Questions 26–30

What job opportunities are the following companies offering?
Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–G, next to questions 26–30.

Job opportunities
A. make business contacts
B. understand customer relations
C. learn time management
D. use a foreign language
E. travel to another country
F. receive financial training
G. learn project management

26.SAIC

27.Gemini Technologies

28.Deloitte

29.Kearney

30.Vortex

Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Economics and Trust

Trust relies on the stranger's 31

The understanding of trust can reduce 32

How to measure trust

People's ability of recognizing a person's 33

Oxytocin will be released when 34 occurs

Experiments: two participants

The first participant decides whether to lend the money or not.

The second participant has no 35 to return the money.

Trust involves a 36, so it is conditional.

If animals have 37 they will be seen to have oxytocin.

Nash equilibrium

Participants have no 38 that the other person would change his or her decision.

People under stress have 39 levels of oxytocin.

Oxytocin is a social 40