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SECTION 1
Questions 1-7
Listen to a conversation and complete the market list below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each ansiver.
MARKET LIST
| Address | Open Hours | Days | Tube Station |
| Example East Street SE17 |
8 a.m. -5 p.m. | Sat & Tue. | Castle |
| Leather Lane WC1 | lunch times | 1____________ | Chancery Lane |
| 2______ Lane El | 9 a.m – 12 noon | Sunday mornings | 3__________ |
| Walthamstow E17 | 4_____________ | Mon. – Sat. Except Web & Sun. |
5__________ |
| Brixton SW9 | 9 a.m – 6 p.m | Mon. – Sun. Half day on Wed. | 6__________ |
| Camden High St. NW1 | 8 a.m – 5 p.m | 7 ______________ | Chalk Farm, Camden Town |
Questions 8-10
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
8. Who is Barbara going to shop wiih?
9. How is Barbara traveling to the shops tomorrow?
10. What time are they going to meet?
SECTION 2
Questions 11-16
Complete the table below as you listen.
Write either A NUMBER or NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS to fill each space.
| Radio South | Radio Soap | new Wake-up | 15__________ | |
| approval rating | 11_________% | 17% | 87% | 15% |
| disapproval rating | 12_________% | 64% | 13_________% | 25% |
| don’t knows | not mentioned | 19% | not mentioned | 60% |
| listeners’ comments | excellent | vulgar and puerile | 14_________. | 16__________ |
Number of participants in the survey: 4373
Questions 17-20
Circle the correct answer.
17. Regarding the message Voice box, the number of complaints
A has gone up and down in recent weeks.
B has gone down.
C has remained static.
D has risen in the recent week.
18. The praise for the music on the Wake-up show has come
A only from Australia.
B only from New Zealand.
C from all over South-east Asia.
D from all over Asia.
19. Regarding English Worldwide, the number of listeners
A has increased ten times.
B has remained fairly static.
C has decreased tenfold.
D will increase in the future.
20. The radio station broadcasts
A 14 hours per day.
B 19 hours per day.
C 24 hours per day.
D 22 hours per day.
SECTION 3
Questions 21-30
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
OUTLINE OF BOOK REVIEW
Introduction
• Title 21___________________
• Author Robert Winston
• Category 22___________________
• Subject area brain
• Intended readers 23___________________
Overview
• Author’s purpose to inform and advise on maximising use of the brain
• Main topics history of 24_____________ about brain
what enables brain to 25____________________
brain’s contribution to development of 26_____________________
how to increase intelligence
Analysis and evaluation
- Writer’s qualifications professor at the University of London who carries out 27_________________research
- Strengths readable, particularly through use of 28_______________contains a useful 29_____________________
- Weaknesses none
Conclusion
Overall response a very interesting book that aims high and achieves its 30___________________
SECTION 4
Questions 31-33
Complete the following table.
Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or A NUMBER for each answer.
| EARLY BRIDGES | |||
| Bridge type | Material(s) used | First examples date from | Region |
| arch | tone or brick | 31 B. C. | Middle East |
| suspension | 32___________ and ____________ | A.D. 550 | 33_____________ |
| iron suspension | iron | 1826 | Wales (UK) |
Questions 34-37
Complete tfie notes on the time line below.
Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE
1831 Design for bridge chosen by 34_______________.
Work begun, but soon halted by political events. 1836 Work resumed.
1843 Work stopped when 35_______________.
1851 Ironwork sold to pay 36_______________.
1860 Second-hand 37___________________ became available.
1862 Work resumed.
1864 Bridge completed.
Questions 38-40
Complete the table.
Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or A NUMBER for each answer.
| BRIDGE PROPOSALS | |||
| Location | Distance | Main difficulty | Effect |
| Alaska and Siberia | 80km | 38___________ | construction time limited |
| Europe and Africa | 28 km | 39___________ | new type of bridge structure required |
| Sicily and mainland Italy | 40 ________ km | funding | |
Answer keys:
Section 1, Questions 1-10
1. Mon. – Fri./Monday to Friday
2. Petticoat/Peticote
3. Aldgate
4. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
5. Central Line
6. Brixton
7. Sun./Sundays
8. Tom & Mary
9. by/take underground/tube/subway
10. 9:30 a.m.
Section 2, Questions 11-20
11. 83/eighty-three
12. 7/seven
13. 3/three
14. a real hit
15. Wine Show
16. downright boring
17. D
18. C
19. A
20. B
Section 3, Questions 21-30
21. The Human Mind
22. popular science
23. non-specialists
24. theories
25. function
26. personality
27. medical
28. stories
29. word list
30. goal
Section 4, Questions 31-40
31. 3200
32. rope (and) wood
33. China
34. competition
35. money ran out/finished
36. (back) (the) creditors (crediters is an acceptable misspelling]
37. chains
38. extreme cold/ (very/extremely) cold location
39. depth of water/ (very) deep water
40. 2.5
BONUS EXERCISE: GAP-FILLING
The texts below are transcript for your IELTS Listening Practice Test. To make the most out of this transcript, we removed some words from the texts and replaced with spaces. You have to fill each space with the missing word by listening to the audio for this IELTS listening practice test.
