Listening Practice Test 1

INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM

Candidate Name:

Candidate Number:

Additional materials
• Sample Answer sheet for Listening
• Practice Test 1 – Answers

Time:
60 minutes

Instructions to candidates:
• Do not open this question booklet until you are told to do so in the recording.
• Write your name and candidate number in the space at the top of this page.
• Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.
• Answer all the questions.
• Write your answer on the answer sheet. Use a pencil.
• You must complete the answer sheet within the time limit.
• At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet.

Information for candidates:

• There are 40 questions on this paper.
• Each question carries one mark.

PRACTICE TEST 1 1
PART 1 (Questions 1–10)
Questions 1–10

Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Beach Skippers
Junior Member Application Form
Example
Parent/guardian name … Celia Hanworth …

Parent/guardian details

Parent/guardian membership number: 1 |

Parent/guardian member type: Associate

Parent/guardian address: Unit 7A, No. 2 Road, Bowen

Harbour

Child/children Details

Children’s names:

Child 1 … Kim … Age: 6 Gender: F

Child 2 … Damien … Age: 3 | Gender: M

Child membership type applied for: 4 |

Swimming and sports background

Swimming ability child 1: Water Safety Level 5 |

Swimming ability child 2: Water 6 , Level 3

Other water sports: Both – sailing

Other sports club memberships: 7 |

Medical conditions: Damien – 8 |

Other information

Main cultural/language background: 9 |

Swimming assessment date: 10 |

Fee to pay at assessment: $160.00

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PART 2 (Questions 11–20)
Questions 11–16

Label the map below.

Write the correct letter, A–L next to questions 11–16.

11 Bus stop |

12 Student dormitory |

13 Basketball court |

14 Staff houses |

15 Climbing wall |

16 Picnic shelter |

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Questions 17–20

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Grace’s Creek Activity Camp

A return to dairy products
17 One building has not been decided yet, but will probably be
A a sports facility.
B a cafeteria.
C a conference facility.

18 The upkeep of the facility will be mainly funded by

A fees from training companies.
B the local council.
C visits by school groups.

19 One disadvantage of this location is

A the nearest shops are too far away.
B the site is difficult to get to by public transport.
C too many schools will wish to use it.

20 The designers of the facility had to take into account

A the views of local businesses.
B a shortage of funding for the construction.
C some buildings which were already there.

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PART 3 (Questions 21–30)
Questions 21–26

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Method Suitable for Problems/limitations Advantages

Simulated driving controlling the equipment very expensive can test assumptions
21 |

Real driving observation finding out how drivers obtaining legal permission easy to get
use 23 |
22 |

Survey large numbers of drivers voluntary wide range of

24 | 25 | questions

Focus-group research small numbers of drivers difficult to generalise from reveals drivers'
findings 26 |

Questions 27–28

Choose TWO letters, A–E and write them next to questions 27 and 28.

Which two methods does Adam say that he and Jamila will use?
A Simulated driving
B Real driving observation – video
C Survey
D Focus group
E Real driving observation – in person

Questions 29–30

Choose TWO letters, A–E and write them next to questions 29 and 30.

For which TWO methods does Professor Wilcox offer some advice?
A Simulated driving
B Real driving observation – video
C Survey
D Focus group
E Real driving observation – in person

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PART 4 (Questions 31–40)
Questions 31–37

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Synthetic Spider Silk

Commercial issues
The audience is a group of 31 .
The FutureMat company is researching 32 for spider silk, for others to apply them to
commercial products.
The 33 have abandoned work in this field.
FutureMat is interested in selling its 34 to larger firms.

Properties and applications of spider silk

Researchers have long been interested in spider silk as it is both 35 .
Protective equipment made of it could be used by the 36 .
One day, materials made of synthetic spider silk could be used by doctors inside
37 .

Questions 38–40

What are the problems with the following methods?

Write the correct letter, A–F next to questions 38 – 40.

Problems in production
A High production costs
B Variable quality
C Hard to make proteins into silk
D Very slow to make finished material
E Dangerous to humans
F Output of proteins is low

Methods
38 Using real spiders |

39 Using genetically modified animals |

40 Using genetically modified bacteria |

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