IELTS Listening Practice Test 12

SECTION 1

Questions 1-6

Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

PRIME RECRUITMENT

Employee record

Example                           Answer

Surname                         …….Riley…….

Email                                1……………… @worldnet.com

Nationality                     2………………

Reference                       Name: John Keen

(professional)                 Job: manager of 3………………

Reference                       Name: Eileen Dorsini

(personal)                       Job: 4………………

Special                             current 5……………… certificate

Qualifications                certificate of competence in 6………………

Questions 7-10

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.

SECTION 2

Questions 11 and 12

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO sources of funding helped build the facility?

A   the central government

B   local government

C   a multinational company

D   a national company

E   city residents

Questions 13 and 14

Choose TWO letter, A-E.

Which TWO pre-existing features of the site are now part of the new facilities?

A   football stadium

B   playing fields

C   passenger hall

D   control tower

E   aircraft hangars

Questions 15-20

Label the map below.

Write the correct letter, A-H, next to questions 15-20.

15   hotel                        ……………………

16   transport hub        ……………………

17   cinema                    ……………………

18   fitness centre         ……………………

19   shops                       ……………………

20   restaurant               ……………………

SECTION 3

Questions 21-25

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21   What is Chloe concerned about?

A   her knowledge of maths

B   her ability to write essays

C   her lack of business experience

22   Which of the following does Ivan feel he has improved?

A   his computer skills

B   his presentation skills

C   his time management

23   What does Chloe especially like about the course?

A   She won’t have to do a final examination.

B   She can spend time working in a business.

C   She can study a foreign language.

24   Ivan is pleased that the university is going to have

A   more lecture rooms.

B   a larger library.

C   more courses.

25   What does Ivan advise Chloe to do?

A   contact his tutor

B   read about some other universities

C   visit the university

Questions 26-30

What does Chloe decide about the following subjects?

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to questions 26-30.

A     She will study it.

B     She won’t study it.

C     She might study it.

Subjects

26   Public relations             ……………

27   Marketing                      ……………

28   Taxation                         ……………

29   Human resources        ……………

30   Information systems   ……………

SECTION 4

Questions 31-35

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

History of weather forecasting

Early methods

• Almanacs connected the weather with the positions of different 31…………….. at particular times.

Invention of weather instruments

• A hydrometer showed Levels of 32…………….. (Nicholas Cusa 1450)
• Temperature variations – first measured by a thermometer containing 33……………. (Galileo Galilei 1595)
• A barometer indicated air pressure (Evangelista Torricelli 1645)

Transmitting weather information

• The use of the 34……………… allowed information to be passed around the world.
• Daily 35…………….. were produced by the French from 1863.

Questions 36-40

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Producing a weather forecast

36   Weather observation stations are found mostly at ……………… around the country.

37   Satellite images use the colour orange to show ……………….

38   The satellites give so much detail that meteorologists can distinguish a particular …………………

39   Information about the upper atmosphere is sent from instruments attached to a ……………….

40   Radar is particularly useful for following the movement of ………………….