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IELTS Collection 2 Listening Test 7

40 min · 4 sections · 40 questions

Practise
Section

Recording 1

Listening · 10 min · 10 questions

Question group 11 – 10

Questions 1-10. Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Accommodation request

Example

Name:

Anna Black

Type of accommodation: a house

Preferred location: the 1 of the town

Facilities required: furnished property - with a 2

Period of time required: one year

Start date of rental period: 3

Present address: 56, Stone Street

Phone number: (mobile) 07942 326584

Reference from: her 4

Maximum rent: £ 5 per month

Applicant's job: 6

Documents to be supplied

ID check: applicant's passport

Credit check: a 7

Viewing arrangements

Address of property: 33, 8 Street

Viewing day and time: Saturday, 4 p.m.

To check:

Is there a 9 in the house?

Is there a 10 nearby?

Recording 2

Listening · 10 min · 10 questions

Question group 111 – 16

Questions 11-16. Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Write no more than 3 words for each answer.

Vacation Job

Main advantage

Main disadvantage

Recommendation

Stocktaking

11

Exhausting

12

Office work

Air-conditioning

13

Choose a 14

Theme park attendant

15

Rude customers

16

Question group 217 – 20

Questions 17-20. Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.

  1. 17.

    Peter learned about the job

    • AA. from a college friend
    • BB. from the internet
    • CC. from a student job centre
  2. 18.

    Peter mainly enjoyed the job because it was

    • AA. easy
    • BB. challenging
    • CC. unusual
  3. 19.

    The job's most interesting aspect was

    • AA. learning about the environment
    • BB. working with children
    • CC. caring for the animals
  4. 20.

    Peter has decided that next vacation he

    • AA. won't take a job
    • BB. will work at the zoo
    • CC. will work elsewhere

Recording 3

Listening · 10 min · 10 questions

Question group 121 – 26

Questions 21-26. Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.

  1. 21.

    What does Dr. Owen advise Joel to include in the title of his project?

    • AA. the location of the farms
    • BB. the number of farmers
    • CC. the types of farming
  2. 22.

    Why has Joel decided to do face-to-face interviews?

    • AA. to see the farmers' workplaces
    • BB. to limit the time he spends on the project
    • CC. to get fuller answers
  3. 23.

    Joel agrees to investigate how farmers get information on new developments

    • AA. by showing them a series of pictures.
    • BB. by asking them open questions.
    • CC. by sending them a checklist in advance.
  4. 24.

    Concerning government communication with farmers, the speakers agree that

    • AA. much of it is irrelevant.
    • BB. it is often insufficient for farmers' needs.
    • CC. the wording is sometimes unclear.
  5. 25.

    According to Joel's reading about the cost of making changes, many British farmers

    • AA. leave investment decisions to their accountants.
    • BB. have too little time to calculate the costs of new methods.
    • CC. are reluctant to spend money on improvements.
  6. 26.

    The survey of Australian sheep farmers found that most of them

    • AA. are usually reluctant to make changes.
    • BB. make changes based on limited research.
    • CC. want plenty of evidence before they make changes.

Question group 227 – 30

Questions 27-30. What opinion is expressed about each of the following books? Choose FOUR answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to questions 27-30.

List of options

  • AIt's badly organized.
  • BIt's out of date.
  • CIt's clear.
  • DIt's essential reading.
  • EIt's inaccurate.
  • FIt's well illustrated.
  • GIt's boring.

Use each option once only.

  1. 27.

    Contemporary Farming Manual

  2. 28.

    Running a Small Farm

  3. 29.

    Agriculture and Economics

  4. 30.

    How to Survive in Farming

Recording 4

Listening · 10 min · 10 questions

Question group 131 – 40

Questions 31-40. Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Write no more than 1 words for each answer.

Photic sneezing

Background

Some people react to sunlight by:

a prickle in the nose

faster 31

watery eyes

→ relieved by a sneeze

This 'photic' sneeze cannot be controlled and is a 32 reflex.

Sneezing in general

A sneeze is caused by some kind of irritation in the nose.

Nerve endings in the 33 are stimulated, leading to an explosion of air.

It is coordinated by the same mechanism that controls other bodily responses, such as the production of 34 in the eyes.

Research into photic sneezing

The condition has been known for thousands of years.

Aristotle: Why does the sun cause sneezing while a 35 does not?

Bacon showed the cause was light.

Everett found 80% of photic sneezers shared the habit with 36.

Indicators

For each person, the 37 of sneezes per episode rarely changes.

The reaction is caused by a 38 in brightness.

The body needs 39 before the reaction can happen again.

Application

The condition was often ignored apart from some research on photic sneezing among 40.

But studying it may result in breakthroughs for more serious conditions.