Audio Listening Practice Test 17
Section 1: Question 1-10
Question 1-4: Complete the following information about the cars available for rental, using NO MORE THAN ONE WORD OR NUMBER for each gap.
Name Size Miles per gallon Price
IOTA small 20 £23
COMBI medium 18 £28.75
ROADSTER 1 …………. 2 ……………… 3 ……….
* Prices include tax and 4 ………………….
Question 5-7: Complete the following information using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each gap.
Name David 5 ………………….
Company 6 …………………..
Address 7 …………………… , Arlington Close, Baddleton, Yorkshire
Telephone 0675934 888
Question 8-10: Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each gap.
8. In the car, there is a and a torch ………………………….
9. The registration number of the car is ………………………..
10. The car uses a locking system ………………………..
Section 2: Question 11-20
Question 11-14: Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR NUMBERS for each answer.
11. How did the traveller hear about New York? ………………………
12. How many times had the traveller flown by plane? ……………………..
13. What surprised the traveller about New York’s airport? ……………………….
14. What happened in London? ………………………
Question 15-17: Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
15. The traveller liked the different kinds of ………………………..
16. Things that the traveller didn’t like in New York were the ………………………
17. From the flat, the traveller could see the ……………………..
Question 18-20: Choose the correct answer or answers from A – D.
18. The traveller found New Yorkers to be …………………..
A kind. C. pushy.
B. rude. D. helpful.
19. Which people showed the traveller around New York?
A Her friend C. Her friends’ neighbours
B. Her friends D. Strangers
20. What events did the traveller see?
A. A chess tournament
B. The Annual Feast of San Gennaro
C. The Annual African American Day Parade
D. The Richmond County Fair
Section 3: Question 21-30
Question 21-24: Complete the notes on how to teach kinaesthetic learners, using only ONE word for each gap.
21. Use gestures – especially ……………………. ones.
22. Spell out words in the ……………………
23. Put a ……………………. on the board and students label it.
24. Students …………………… out words and others guess them.
Question 25-27: Complete the following sentences about visual learners, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
25. Flashcards can be different colours according to the …………………….
26. Students can words in texts and ask their partners for meanings …………………….
27. Lastly, Tina points out that can be used ………………………
Question 28-30: Complete the summary on auditory learners, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
• Students listen to a 28 ………………….. and draw what they hear, or the teacher could describe a picture and the teacher and students can see whose picture was closest to the original.
• Each student gets a flashcard and holds up their card when the 29 ………………….. is used in a song, poem or story. Students add a sentence to a story, including the word on their flashcard.
•The teacher gives the students lyrics with some words replaced by 30 ………………………. words. Students listen to the song and make corrections.
Section 4: Question 31-40
Question 31-33: Complete the following sentences according to the information given by the tutor. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
31. Note taking improves your ability to …………………… on what the speaker says.
32. Note taking allows you to get a ………………….. of the material being presented.
33. There are many ways of taking notes, but they must allow you to ………………….. contained in them and connect them together.
Question 34-38: Complete the following notes according to the information given by the tutor. Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each gap.
Title of lecture Write it down 34 ……………………….
Direct signal For example 35 …………………….. “ you get this down.”
Indirect signals Pausing. Speaking slowly, loudly. Using stress.
Repetition 36 …………………… and add new information.
Book recommendation Tutor usually 37 ……………………. reading the whole book.
General advice Avoid repetition. 38 ……………………. obvious points.
Summarize important ideas.
Question 39-40: Complete the following notes on recommended books. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each gap.
Title Author Suggested units
39 ……………….. Tony Lynch 6 and 12
Learning to Study in English Brian Heaton and Don Dunmore 40 ……………….
ANSWER
1. medium
2.17
3. 31,05
4. insurance
5. Browne
6. Heetrix Electronics
7. Unit 2/two
8. first -aid kit
9. K758 SMD
10. central
11. (from) friends
12. none/never/O/zero
13. lots of foreigners
14. (they) changed planes
15. building and monuments
16. crowds, bad weather
17. ocean
18. A D
19. C
20. B D
21. finger
22. air
23. poster
24. act
25. part(s) of speech
26. highlight
27. spider diagrams
28. dictation
29. word or phrase
30. rhyming
31. concentrate
32. deeper understanding
33. reproduce the ideas
34. in full
35. Make sure
36. go back
37. doesn’t
38. Omit
39. Study Listening
40. 5 and 10
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