IELTS Listening Practice Test 92

SECTION 1

Questions 1-10
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER.

HIRING A PUBLIC ROOM

• The main hall seats 200

Room and cost
• The (1) …………………  room seats 100
• Cost of main hall for Saturday evening: (2) £ …………………  + £250 deposit (3)  ………………… payment is required)
• Cost includes use of tables and chairs and also (4)  …………………
• Additional charge for use of the kitchen: £25

Before the event
• Will need a (5)   …………………licence
• Need to contact caretaker (Mr Evans) in advance to arrange (6)  …………………

During the event
• The building is no smoking
• The band should use the (7) …………………  door at the back
• Don’t touch the system that controls the volume
• For microphones, contact the caretaker

After the event
• Need to know the (8)  ………………… for the cleaning cupboard
• The (9)  ………………… must be washed and rubbish placed in black bags
• All (10) …………………  must be taken down
• Chairs and tables must be piled up

SECTION 2

Questions 11-14
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Fiddy Working Heritage Farm
Advice about visiting the farm

Visitors should
• Take care not to harm any (11)  …………………
• Not touch any (12) ………………… 
• Wear (13)  …………………
• Not bring (14) …………………  into the farm, with certain exceptions

Questions 15-20
Label the map below. Write the correct letter A-I, next to questions 15-20.

15. Scarecrow  …………………
16. Maze  …………………
17. Café  …………………
18. Black Barn  …………………
19. Covered picnic area  …………………
20. Fiddy house  …………………

SECTION 3

 Questions 21-30
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

Study on Gender in Physics

21. The students in Akira Miyake’s study were all majoring in
 A physics
 B psychology or physics
 C science, technology, engineering or mathematics

22. The aim of Miyake’s study was to investigate
 A what kind of women choose to study physics
 B a way of improving women’s performance in physics
 C whether fewer women than men study physics at college

23. The female physics students were wrong to believe that
 A the teachers marked them in an unfair way
 B the male students expected them to do badly
 C their test results were lower than the male students’

24. Miyake’s team asked the students to write about
 A what they enjoyed about studying physics
 B the successful experiences of other people
 C something that was important to them personally

25. What was the aim of the writing exercise done by the subjects?
 A to reduce stress
 B to strengthen verbal ability
 C to encourage logical thinking

26. What surprised the researchers about the study?
 A how few students managed to get A grades
 B the positive impact it had on physics results for women
 C the difference between male and female performance

27. Greg and Lisa think Miyake’s results could have been affected by
 A the length of the writing task
 B the number of students who took part
 C the information the students were given

28. Greg and Lisa decide that in their own project, they will compare the effects of
 A two different writing tasks
 B a writing task with an oral task
 C two different oral tasks

29. The main finding of Smolinsky’s research was that class teamwork activities
 A were most effective when done by all-women groups
 B had no effect on the performance of men or women
 C improved the results of men more than of women

30. What will Lisa and Greg do next?
 A talk to a professor
 B observe a science class
 C look at the science timetable

SECTION 4

Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY.

Ocean Biodiversity

Biodiversity hotspots
• areas containing many different species
• important for locating targets for (31) …………………
• at first only identified on land

Boris Worm, 2005
• identified hotspots for large ocean predators, e.g. sharks
• found that ocean hotspots:
– were not always rich in (32)  …………………
– had higher temperatures at the (33)  …………………
– had sufficient (34)   …………………in the water

Lisa Ballance, 2007
• looked for hotspots for marine (35)  …………………
• found these were all located where ocean currents meet

Census of Marine Life
• found new ocean species living:
– under the (36) ………………… 
– near volcanoes on the ocean floor

Global Marine Species Assessment
• want to list endangered ocean species, considering:
– population size
– geographical distribution
– rate of (37)  …………………
• Aim: to assess 20,000 species and make a distribution (38)   …………………for each one

Recommendations to retain ocean biodiversity
• increase the number of ocean reserves
• establish (39)  ………………… corridors (e.g. for turtles)
• reduce fishing quotas
• catch fish only for the purpose of (40)  …………………