ielts listening Practice test 2016 with Answers Script Test 1

section one you will hear a man call a travel company to book a holiday first you have some time to review questions one to four you will see that there is an example that has been done for you on this occasion only the conversation related to this will be touched on First, good afternoon, Italy brakes, my name is Margaret, how can I help you? Hello, I would like to book a short break in Italy, combined hotel and flights to any particular location, yes Venice, if possible, the holiday destination is Venice, so Venice has been spelled. the space will now begin the

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because you will not listen to the recording a second time listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 4 good afternoon Italy breaks my name is Margaret how can I help you hello I would like to book a short break in Italy, hotel and flights combined to any particular location, yes Venice if possible, we have been looking at some of your brochures and I want to check if you have any special offers, let's take a look and see what we have. okay, mmm, okay, I have the screen open.

Can you give me some personal information? First, can I write your name please and a contact phone number? Indeed, I am John Fram Lincoln, that is F R a M L I n G T o N and me. I'll give you my mobile number I can't always remember it yeah, here it is, it's oh seven nine eight seven double four double one nine two double four double one nine two that's it and for how many people it's only for two adults, okay, any particular price range It's our first wedding anniversary and we congratulate you, thank you, so we wanted a nice place but not too expensive.

We would like it to be something to remember, perhaps in the mid-price range. Okay, how many nights do you plan on staying just five nights? We have plenty of time to sightsee and relax, that's only five nights and what kind of hotel we initially thought of going for, a five star, but it might be too expensive so we've been looking at four star hotels. We have quite a few in our brochure but the one I would recommend is the Scotland hotel, it is four star and I know there are rooms available because I have just made a booking for another client there.

I didn't realize that I don't know how I didn't see it, it's easy to miss them. I've also stayed there because sometimes we have to go see the hotels and of all the ones I visited, this was my favorite, oh just before you hear the rest. the conversation you have some time to look at questions five to ten now listen and answer questions 5 to 10 what is the hotel like does it have a patio for breakfast it has 50 rooms it has just been renovated and that is why it is very elegant it is in the brochure in the page 63 oh yes, I can see that it is right next to the train station hmm but what attracts me the most is that the hotel is very convenient to all the water buses and the idea of ​​having a terrace with the room really seems very Attractive, these are great advantages.

It is probably the most central hotel we have. You might think it would be a bit noisy as it is in the main commuter area and is a place where tourists go, but from experience I can assure you that the hotel is very quiet most of the time. The rooms are facing away from the main street. Can you tell me when you would like to leave? March 17th and back on the 22nd. Well, I'll check again to see if there are places available for adults sharing the Hotel Scotland. Yes, that's it. and how much is the break including flights there is a special rate at the moment because it is low season for five nights let's see it is 716 pounds for a double room and flights that includes airport taxes but not sure each one not for two adults sharing one does not sound What too bad, what reductions do you have at the moment?

If you book before February 17, you will get an additional 15% reduction subject to availability. It's a big savings. Yes, it makes the price very reasonable. In fact, do you need travel insurance? Yeah, I guess we better have seven days coverage for both of us. It's £17 88. Okay, do you want to book today? I think we should, but can I check with my wife? Can you book me the reservation? I can reserve it until 1:00 p.m. Okay, okay, I'll get back to you right away. I will only give you a reference for the reservation. Okay, it's f a-p-s j m15.

Thanks, I will get back to you as soon as I can and definitely before 1pm. This is an offer too good to miss. This is the end of section 1. You now have half a minute to check your

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. I'll move on to section two. Section two. You will hear a talk from a counselor about the plans for the development of a former industrial site first you have some time to look at questions eleven to thirteen now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 13 good afternoon ladies and gentlemen my name is counselor Norma Boyd and welcome to this exhibition on the development of the old paper mill and Gas.

At the construction site, which has remained unused for more than a decade, the council has been pressured to use the land to build a training center and a small business park; However, local people have encouraged us to create an open area for the benefit of the community providing much needed space for recreation and I am now pleased to announce that plans have been approved for the creation of a park to be called Park Royal and for apartments. I am also pleased to announce that we have secured sponsorship from local organisations, more detailed plans of the developments are available on the council website, details of which are in your pack in the meantime.

I would just like to show you the plan here on the screen before you listen to the rest of the talk you have some time to look at questions 14 to 20 now listen carefully and answer questions 14 to 20 if we start here at the bottom you can see Parkside Street, where the main entrance to the park is to the left of the entrance in the lower left corner of the In the plan there will be a block of 40 studio apartments on the other side of the entrance there will be some workshops for local businesses there will also be another entrance here at the top right leading to Pear Street here in the center of the park. will have an ornamental lake with paths radiating from the north, southeast and west to the different areas of the park in the upper right corner, just next to the Pear Street entrance, there will be a large sports area with two soccer fields and tennis courts and volleyball right here. next to the plots on the same side of the road there will be an outdoor swimming pool, now in the upper left corner a walled flower garden with rockery and a water feature with seating for walkways and many shaded areas for the summer is planned next.

A sculpture garden is also planned now, let's see just here below the walled garden there will be a grassy amphitheater and a permanent covered stage for outdoor concerts. We hope that local schools and universities will use this theater to showcase student work below. In the left corner of the plan you can see that above the apartment block there will be a children's play area and directly to the right of this, near the main entrance, there will be a wildlife area, more trees will be planted here and in the In the middle an education center will be built for use by local schools to encourage children to care for wildlife and care for trees and plants and finally in the lower right corner of the park there will be a cafe facing Pear Street and now for questions, if anyone wants to ask something, my colleagues and I will be happy to oblige.

Yes, the lady in the front row. If you could, this is the end of section 2. You now have half a minute to check your

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. You'll move on to Section Three, section three, you'll hear a student asking about changing her course first. You have some time to look at questions 21 to 25. Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 25. Hello, my name is Rosanna McLaren, I'm a bit early but I have an appointment with Registrar Andy Matthews at 10 :00 a.m. m. Hi, I'm Andy Matthews, nice to meet you, nice to meet you, my tutor advised me to come see you to change my course, yes I have received an email from your tutor David Vine, let me call him here.

We are. He tells the tea. Rosanna McLaren is on Wednesday's part-time course. A monster change to the distance learning program. Do you have any problems with the course itself? Oh no. I love it. I think the course is really worth it. Theoretical sessions once a week on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. they're really good, you have two two hour sessions so yeah that's it and I have to say I think the practical sessions four to nine in the fashion workshops are really fun too but I find it all very tiring and so do I . exhausted by my job on Thursdays and Fridays you work the other four days of the week yes and some Saturdays I see then what you want to do I would like to change to the program with the distance learning component instead of the Wednesday sessions yes That is a possibility What I see from your tutor, Dr.

Vine, is that he has no problem with this, but you do realize that you may have a different tutor. Yes I know. It's a shame because he is a very good shooter. What do I have to do first now? We just need you to complete. on this transfer form and on the fee reduction claim form oh I didn't realize it was cheaper oh yeah it's a thousand pounds less a year it gets even better. Can I start the distance learning program from now on? I do not see why. No, I just need to get a signature from your tutor, which in a short time I will email it to him from time to time, he can sign it and send it to the internal mail.

Okay, but I also need to explain to you what it entails. in the distance learning program to make sure you're clear on everything. I understand that I attend the weekend course once a month and that I can reserve a bench in the fashion workshop at any other time. You have a computer at home for distance learning. Yes, I already have the necessary equipment to make video calls over the Internet. The flexibility of distance learning over the Internet is very useful and what makes it even more interesting is that I don't have to spend a lot of time traveling. and from the University on Wednesday I can adapt it to my own routine since I will be able to do the theory via the Internet from home whenever I want.

The same goes for booking online tutoring using Skype. Yes, it's amazing, isn't it? It's in its infancy, but it's been running for a year and doing quite well. Can I ask if it is possible to have a face to face tutorial at any time? There is no reason why you shouldn't do it. You will be able to before

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to the rest of the conversation you have some time to look at questions 26 to 30 now listen carefully and answer questions 26 to 30 what about the evaluation for distance learning? I guess it's the same as for the other program let me see every month you are expected to keep a written diary of the course and present a seminar paper and at the end of the course there will be a written exam that will represent 30% of the total grades what happens with course work?

How much does the design portfolio represent that you must present at the end? It represents 50%. I would point out just one thing and that is that in the distance learning program some tutors like to see the design portfolio twice a term to make sure. You are on the right track but of course you can take it at any time to show your tutor and as part of the portfolio assessment you must present at least one fashion item in a fashion show at the end of the course. Is there anything else? No that's all. Thank you for all of your help.

No problem. I hope everything works out for you. This is the end of section 3. You now have half a minute to check your answers. I'll move on to Section Four, Section Four. you will listen to a talk about the effect of architecture on people's mood first you will have some time to look at questions 31 to 40 now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40 my group has been doing a project on the importance of architecture on people's lives and whether it has any impact on people's lives in general, the main role I have played is collecting data to find out what effect various buildings have on people's mood, it is That is, if ugly buildings make people unhappy and if beautiful buildings do.

On the contrary, we had originally thought about starting to measure people's reactions using a questionnaire with about 40 questions that we were going to give to people, including students at the University, but we were worried that doing the questionnaire would take too long for the people to do it. people could Complete, so we abandoned the idea. So I went to several graduate students for advice. One of them came up with the simple idea of ​​showing people pictures of various buildings from different periods and styles instead of handing out the questionnaire and asking them to indicate. how they felt on a scale of one to five about the images in which one was unhappy and Fard was very happy.

People would also be given the option of not saying what theythey felt Using the scale meant it would be much easier to record people's reactions. I decided to follow this advice, so the first stage was to collect a large number of images. I used Google to print color images of views of houses and apartment blocks where people live and different types of buildings where they work. I started with about 30 or 40 and then narrowed it down to ten images. The multimedia resources in the Murray Building at the university's Judge Street branch helped me produce the final images.

They enlarged them to A4 size and we used color instead of black and white to do the details. To make the images clearer we made five sets of images and to protect them when handling we glued the images onto a hard card and then using a plastic wrapping machine we laminated the cars. Five of us target different age groups. We went to a local school where he obtained permission to question a group of teenagers between the ages of 11 and 18. We also asked a sample of the general public, including tourists from around the world, as they left the Modern strip in London what they thought.

We aim to ask people of different age groups i.e. 20-40 and 50 and above. What our group learned most from the project was, firstly, the value of teamwork, and secondly, we discovered that we had to appoint a leader to prevent us from pulling in different directions and falling apart, so it turned out to be an invaluable lesson for all of us as According to the results for us, in the end it was intriguing the sample consisted of 311 respondents. Initially we thought that people would not be interested in participating with the younger age group. Their reaction was very varied.

It was clear that the younger group had no pattern. preference as they frequently did not react to the images for the 2240 age group, we found that they tended to score higher in the mid range around 3. We found that of the 3 groups, those who were most likely to be affected favorably about the images i.e. they were more likely to rate the images as 5 were people aged 50 or older and no one in this age group failed to say what their reaction was, which was unique to the 3 groups in total. I have to say that 71 people indicated wrong. who didn't react at all to an image, our general conclusion is that we need to know more about why people react the way they do, but perhaps giving them the opportunity to give reasons for their decisions.

I'd like to end there and give my teammates a chance to add anything I missed or take any questions or suggestions. That's the end of section 4. You now have half a minute to check your answers. That's the end of the listening comprehension

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. You now have ten minutes to transfer your answers. the listening answer sheet