IELTS Listening Practice Test 40

SECTION 1

Questions 1-10
Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER.

Short stay accommodation

Family name: Mackinlay

First name: (1)  …………………. 
Country of origin: (2)  …………………. 
Date of arrival: (3)  …………………. 
Number of tenants: (4)  …………………. 
Length of stay: 2 weeks
Purpose of visit: (5)  …………………. 
Type of accommodation: (6)  …………………. 
Number of bedrooms: 1 or 2
Car parking: off street and (7)  …………………. 
General area: near the beach
Other requirements: near (8)  …………………. 
Name of town: (9)  …………………. 
Client’s email: smac13@hotmail.com
Price range: up to (10)  …………………. $  a week

Part 2: Questions 11-14
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

11. Refreshments will be served
 A at the front counter
 B in the lobby
 C at the back of the hall

12. Nick Noble advertise
 A on the radio
 B on a billboard
 C in the newspaper

13. The original number of founding members was about
 A 12
 B 20
 C 200

14. The club provides activities primarily for reasonably fit
 A males up to 75
 B females with young children
 C males and females of any age

Questions 15-20
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.

(15)               (16) 
(17)               (18) 
(19)              (20) 

SECTION 3

 Questions 21-26
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Globalization and educational change
• New Code (21)  …………………. 
• Aims-analysis of educational problems arising from globalization
• Chance to research and (22) ………………….   progress of educational change
• Investigate influence of culture and (23)  ………………….  on education
• Argue advantages and disadvantages of reorganization of public education in own country with regard to globalization
• Consider the (24)   …………………. of globalization on diversity of national curricula across richer and poorer countries
• Assignment 1 – power point presentation (ungraded) + (25) ………………….   (30%)
• Assignment 2 – take part in (26)  ………………….  (20%) + essay (50%)

Questions 27-30
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.

(27)                 (28) 
(29)                 (30) 

SECTION 4

Questions 31-37
Complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Everyday the human body is fighting off (31)  ………………….  by destructive pathogens. A person in good health has natural protection in the form of an immune system which works best against familiar microorganisms which may have been encountered during a previous (32)  ………………….  or passed on by the mother before or after birth.

Vaccination is a way to cause (33) ………………….   immunisation by introducing a small amout of pathogen into the body – just enough for the body’s (34) ………………….   to react by making antibodies. Passive immunization can be used as a way of treating someone who is already sick. Proteins from animal (35) ………………….   are introduced into the patient to give him the necessary antibodies to fight the disease.

Dr. Edward Jenner observed that people who had suffered and recovered from a serious disease called smallpox did not get it again. He also noted that victims of milder disease, cowpox which they caught from (36)   …………………. were immune to smallpox. He carried out a successful (37)   …………………. by deliberately giving a child cowpox in order to make him immune to smallpox.

Questions 38-40
Complete the diagram below. Choose your answers from the box below and write the letters A-F next to questions 38-40.