IELTS Listening Practice Test 6

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IELTS listening practice test 6 with answers

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Section1

Question 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 the caretaker (Mr Evans) in advance to arrange 6._______ 

During the event

• The building is no smoking
• The band 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

Section 2

Question 11-14

• Complete the notes below.
• Write ONE WORD for each answer
• Questions 11-14

                                          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 expectations

Questions 15-20

• Label the map below.
• Write the correct letter A-I, next to Questions 15-20

15. Scarecrow _________ 
16. Maze _________
17. Café ________
18. Black Barn ______
19. Covered picnic area______   
20. Fiddy House ________

Section 3

Question 21-30

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C.          

Study on gender in physics

21.   The students in Akira Miyake’s study were all majoring in

 A physics.
 B psychology or physics.
 C science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

22.    The aim of Miyake’s study was to investigate

 A what kind of women choose to study physics.
 B a way of improving women’s performance in physics.
 C whether fewer women than men study physics at college.

23.   The female physics students were wrong to believe that
         
 A   the teachers marked them in an unfair way.         
 B   the male students expected them to do badly.         
 C   their test results were lower than the male students’.

24.  Miyake’s team asked the students to write about
      
 A   what they enjoyed about studying physics.        
 B   the successful experiences of other people.        
 C   something that was important to them personally.

25    What was the aim of the writing exercise done by the subjects?
      
 A   to reduce stress        
 B   to strengthen verbal ability        
 C   to encourage logical thinking

26.    What surprised the researchers about the study?
        
 A   how few students managed to get A grades        
 B   the positive impact it had on physics results for women        
 C   the difference between male and female performance

27.  Greg and Lisa think Miyake’s results could have been affected by
        
 A  the length of the writing task.       
 B   the number of students who took part.       
 C   the information the students were given.

28.  Greg and Lisa decide that in their own project, they will compare the effects of
       
 A  two different writing tasks.       
 B  a writing task with an oral task.       
 C  two different oral tasks.

29.   The main finding of Smolinsky’s research was that class teamwork activities
        
 A  were most effective when done by all-women groups.        
 B  had no effect on the performance of men or women.        
 C  improved the results of men more than of women.

30.   What will Lisa and Greg do next?
        
 A  talk to a professor        
 B  observe a science class        
 C  look at the science timetable

Section 4

Question 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 that ocean hotspots:

– were not always rich at 32. ___________
– had higher temperatures at 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 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.___________ 

Answers

Section 1

1. Charlton
2. 115
3. Cash
4. Parking
5. Music
6. Entry
7. Stage
8. Code
9. floor/floors
10. decoration/decorations

Section 2

11. animal/animals
12. Tool/tools
13. Shoes
14. dog/dogs
15. F
16. G
17. D
18. H
19. C
20. A

Section 3

21. C
22. B
23. B
24. C
25. A
26. B
27. C
28. A
29. B
30. A

Section 4

31. Conservation
32. food/foods
33. Surface
34. Oxygen
35. Mammals
36. Ice
37. decline/declining/decrease
38. Map
39. Migration
40. consumption.

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