IELTS Listening Practice Test 33

SECTION 1

Questions 1-4
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

1. A TFN is a number used
 A exclusively for tax administration
 B exclusively by individual tax payers
 C for managing several government services

2. Without a TFN, the applicant would be
 A taxed at a higher rate
 B unable to work
 C liable for medicare contributions

3. What kind of visa does the applicant have?
 A a visa granting indefinite stay
 B a visa with work rights
 C a student visa

4. A TFN is issued
 A if you change your name
 B only once in a lifetime
 C when you claim a government benefit

Questions 5-10
Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.

(5)                    (6)   
(7)                   (8)    
(9)                  (10)  

SECTION 2

 Questions 11-16
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Keeping kids safe on Internet

• Internet for children-scary but educational
• ‘Online Family Norris’ blocks (11)   …………………. and social sites
• But still important to watch children and (12)  ………………….  them
• Keep computer in family room where you can see it
• Children should never use their own name nor give out (13)  …………………. 
• Online friends stay online
• No personal email address for youngsters
• Teach teenagers that (14)   …………………. on the Internet always stay there – and may ruin job prospects
• Watch out for (15)  …………………. 
• Teenagers use internet: to socialize or do (16)  …………………. 
• Young kids: find help with school subjects

Questions 17-20
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

SECTION 3

Questions 21-23
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

21. Ted and Cleo’s research results will be presented as a
 A poster
 B survey
 C graph

22. They will select foreign students
 A from the language school
 B from the business school
 C randomly on campus

23. The foreign students will have to
 A collate the answers
 B rank the answers
 C know a lot about the answers.

Questions 24-28
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Reasons for studying abroad
Study abroad
• Is the best way to learn a language
• Provides a (24)  …………………. 
• Allows you to experience another culture first hand
• Helps you (25)  …………………. 
• Give you opportunity to make new friends
• Helps you (26)  …………………. 
• Enables you to (27)  …………………. 
• Increase the value of your degree
• Improves (28)  …………………. 

• Expands your world view

Questions 29 and 30
Label the diagram below. Choose your answers from the box and write the letters A-H next to questions 29-30.

(29)  …………………. 
(30)  …………………. 

SECTION 4

 Questions 31-36
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Questions 37-40
Complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.

Primarily, Peale was a painter but he was also a politician, scientist and (37) ………………….   with many successful patents. He worked with Thomas Jefferson on the polygraph which was a desk that could be used for copying a (38) ………………….   He wrote academic papers on different subjects and tried to make movies, spectacles and a velocipede (a kind of (39)  ………………….  ) Peale was also a naturalist and taxidermist and he helped unearth the skeleton of mastodon which was the best (40)  ………………….  in his museum.