IELTS Listening Practice Test 74
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In the IELTS listening practice test, there are 40 questions of different types ranging from sentence completion, map labelling to multiple choice questions. It is important to attempt a test such as this to increase your exam preparedness.
In the Listening Test 74, you will hear 4 audio recordings and answer questions 1-40 based on them.
Section 1 is a telephone conversation of a woman enquiring at the local museum about the children’s art and craft workshops.
Section 2 is a customer service officer giving information to a passenger at the railway station.
Section 3 is a conversation between a tutor and a student discussing the dissertation.
Section 4 is a lecture on the history of moving pictures.
Audio
Audio Transcription
Section 1
Questions 1-10
Questions 1-5
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
CHILDREN’S ART AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS
Example Answer Workshops organized every: Saturday |
• Adults must accompany children under 1__________________________________
• Cost: £2.50
• Workshops held in: Winter House, 2______________________________Street
• Security device: must push the 3_________________________to open door
• Should leave the car behind the 4_____________________________
• Book workshops by phoning the 5______________________(on 200765)
Questions 6-10
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Next two workshops
Date | Workshop title | Children advised to wear | Please bring (if possible) |
---|---|---|---|
16/11 | “Building 6________________________” | 7_____________________________________ | 8____________________________________ |
23/11 | 9 “_________________________________” | (Nothing special) | 10________________________________ |
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Section 2
Questions 11-20
Questions 11-14
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
TRAIN INFORMATION
11 Local services depart from_____________________railway station.
12 National services depart from the_____________________railway station.
13 Trains for London depart every___________________each day during the week.
14 The price of a first-class ticket includes_____________________
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Questions 15-17
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Type of ticket | Details |
---|---|
Standard open | no restrictions |
Super save | travel after 8.45 |
Special | travel after 15_____________________________and at weekends |
16_____________________________________ | buy at least six days ahead limited numbers 17_________________________________essential |
Questions 18-20
Choose THREE letters, A-G. Write answers next to 18-20 on your answer sheet.
Which THREE attractions can you visit at present by train from Tre birch?
A a science museum
B a theme park
C a climbing wall
D a mining museum
E an aquarium
F a castle
G a zoo
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Section 3
Questions 21-30
Questions 21-30
Complete the tables below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Dissertation Tutorial Record (Education)
Name: Sandy Gibbons
Targets previously agreed | Work completed | Further action suggested |
---|---|---|
Investigate suitable data analysis software | – Read IT 21____________________________ – Spoken to Jane Prince, Head of the 22______________________________ |
Sign up for some software practice sessions |
Prepare a 23_______________________________for survey | – Completed and sent for review | Add questions in section three on 24_______________________________ |
Further reading about discipline | – Read Banerjee – N.B. Couldn’t find Ericsson’s essays on managing the 25__________________________________ |
Obtain from the library through special loans service |
New Targets | Specific suggestions | Timing |
---|---|---|
Do further work on Chapter 1 (Give the title: Context 26___________________________ ) |
– Add statistics on the 27__________________________ in various zones – Include more references to works dated after 28________________________________ |
By the 29___________________________________ |
Prepare a list of main sections for Chapter 2 | – Use index cards to help the organization | Before starting the 30______________________________ |
Section 4
Questions 31-40
Questions 31-37
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. Write answers nex to 31-37 on your answer sheet.
The history of moving pictures
31 Some photographs of a horse running showed
A all feet off the ground.
B at least one foot on the ground.
C two feet off the ground.
32 The Scotsman employed by Edison
A designed a system to use the technology Edison had invented.
B used available technology to make a new system.
C was already an expert in motion picture technology.
33 One major problem with the first system was that
A only one person could be filmed.
B people could only see very short films.
C the camera was very heavy.
34 Rival systems started to appear in Europe after people had
A been told about the American system.
B seen the American system.
C used the American system.
35 In 1895, a famous new system was developed by
A a French team working alone.
B a French and German team working together.
C a German team who invented the word ‘cinema’.
36 Longer films were not made at the time because of problems involving
A the subject matter.
B the camera.
C the film projector.
37 The Lantham Loop invention relied on
A removing tension between the film reels.
B adding three more film reels to the system.
C making one of the film reels more effective.
Questions 38-40
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
38 The first motion picture was called the____________________
39________________________________were used for the first time on film in 1926.
40 Subtitles were added to The Lights of New York because of its ______________________________
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Section 1
1 | 8 |
2 | (in/on) Tamer |
3 | green button |
4 | library |
5 | education department |
6 | castles |
7 | old clothes |
8 | bottle tops |
9 | Undersea Worlds |
10 | silver paper |
Section 2
11 | King Street |
12 | central |
13 | half-hour/30 minutes |
14 | refreshments |
15 | 10.15 |
16 | Advance |
17 | (seat) reservations |
18 | C, D, G (in any order) |
19 | C, D, G (in any order) |
20 | C, D, G (in any order) |
Section 3
21 | catalogue/catalogues |
22 | computer centre |
23 | checklist |
24 | teaching experience |
25 | classroom |
26 | review |
27 | schools |
28 | ((the) year) 2000 |
29 | end of term |
30 | research |
Section 4
31 | A |
32 | B |
33 | C |
34 | A |
35 | A |
36 | A |
37 | C |
38 | Great Train Robbery |
39 | Sound effects |
40 | poor sound quality |
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