Ielts Listening Test From Past Real Exams #6 With Key

You'll hear a conversation between an attendee at a community center and a man who wants to join some night classes first. You have some time to review questions 1 through 6. Hello, Eastwood Community Center. Oh hi, my name is Andrew Dyson. I'm calling. about the night classes he offers, ok, mr. Dyson, is there a particular class you're interested in? Yes, you have a class called watercolor painting. I think it's true, it's a popular class, so this term it will be moved to the hallway so they have more space. I know it's Tuesdays, but what time exactly was 6:30 last quarter, but let me take a look at the details.

Well, it will be 7:30 this time, it will probably suit more people. It's my wife who's

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ly interested and stuff. It will be good for her because she will be back from work at 7:15, that will give her enough time to get there. What does she need to bring? Well, the paintings are provided by the tutor. I know. The information says that she. She will only need a jar for water and some pencils for drawing. There are also plenty of aprons here, so you don't need to worry about what she's wearing. The cost for four classes is $45, including paints, like I said.

Well, now we're both very interested. In the Maori language class, there are spaces in the next course, so you could join that one. Oh, well, which room will it be in when you walk through the entrance of the community center building? You will have to climb the stairs in front of you. up to the top and it is the small room that you will find there. I see well and let me check when it starts. I heard from someone that the July course was delayed until August. I'm afraid so and we are. Right now we are halfway through the June course, so there isn't much point in taking it.

I guess we'll have to wait. Well, when you come, the tutor recommends bringing a small recorder with you so you can listen again later and the cost. five classes are currently 40, okay, useful information to know, there is one more class that interests me, that is the digital photography class, oh, I took that class myself, the tutors are very good, they will be in room nine and It will start in two weeks. afternoon time every Wednesday at six o'clock um obviously I need to bring the camera with me I guess it would be helpful to have the instructions that come with the camera as well, I would say some people bring a lot of accessories like extra lenses, but there

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ly isn't need for this class, it focuses primarily on composition and getting the most out of the basic camera.

That's exactly what I need and how much it costs. Let's look at four four classes, it's $35, but if you take eight. This equals $55, so you're saving a little $15. That is, before you listen to the rest of the conversation, you will have some time to look at questions 7 to 10. Now you listen to and answer questions 7:00. at 10:00 ok now just another question for the watercolor class I just remembered my wife asked me to find out who the level is for ok well you don't have to be very skilled or anything like that that's what it's designed for beginners actually people who might see art as a hobby rather than a career opportunity, that sounds like my wife and um, who do I talk to if I want to know more about Maori language classes?

It's probably best to talk to the tutor directly. I'll be at the office in about half an hour. His name is Jason ku aye, that is K a H u. Well, ah, chemist. Oh, if you decide to come to photography class, don't forget to look at your camera battery and make sure it's charged. loaded I know it sounds obvious, but I've seen some people suddenly discover that their cameras stopped working right in the middle of class. Yes, I can imagine it. It would be easy to forget. Oh, that reminds me of the last week of photography.

Of course, is it right that there is a visit to a show in the local area? I work in the city, you see, so I might have to come home early for that. Yes, they will decide the date once the class has started. Is there anything else? Is that the end of section one? Now you have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section two. You'll hear a project manager talking to volunteer workers about which tasks need to be done first. You have some time to look. questions 11 to 14 good morning, it's great to see so many people here.

Thank you very much everyone for coming. Well, you know, the community gardens in Hadley Park really don't look as good as they should, quite bad, and although the local council has a budget to address some of the problems, we need volunteers for other tasks, if you don't mind, the I will divide into two groups so that everyone on this side of the room is group a and the rest of the group. B, so Group A, there are a couple of things we would like help with. First of all, don't worry about the trash or empty bottles you see.

One of the local schools has offered to help with that as part. of its own environmental project the priority for you will be to give us a hand with the new wooden fencing that needs to be built along sections of the cycle path as there are parts that have now fallen or broken as you have probably seen You have probably also noticed that some of the paths coming from the cycle path are quite narrow and there are plans to make them wider, but the council will deal with that later this year and also promised to produce information signs about the plants in the gardens, hopefully they will be available in a few weeks.

The other thing we are doing is getting rid of some of the foreign species that grow in the gardens and returning some native plants and trees so they can I will be doing some digging for us and getting them into the ground, so Group A, there are some items that you will need to carry with you. I was going to say raincoats, but the forecast has changed, so you can leave them at home. I definitely recommend it. a pair of sturdy waterproof boots would be best, it's quite muddy at the moment and it would also be wise to have your own gloves, there will be tools available, shovels and hammers, that sort of thing, you just need to make sure they get back on the trucks and oh There is no need to worry about food and drink as we will provide you with sandwiches and coffee, possibly some biscuits before you even hear the rest of the conversation.

You will have some time to look at questions 15 to 20. Now listen and answer questions 15 to 20. Okay, Group B, your turn, does everyone have a copy of the plan? Oh great, okay, we'll all meet in the parking lot at the bottom of plan C now, if you've been assigned the vegetable beds to get there, come out. from the parking lot and you go up the path until you reach the circle of trees there they are in the middle of the plane and you see that the path surrounds them well, to the left of that circular path there is a short path that takes you directly to the orchards.

You can see a marked bamboo fence right above it. Alright. If you are helping with the hives, pay attention. Look again at the circle of trees in the middle of the shot and the path. that goes around them on the right side of that circle, you can see that the trail deviates in an easterly direction and heads towards the right side of the plan and then the path splits in two and you can go up or down as you want. the path goes down and at the end of it you see two areas divided by a bamboo fence and as we look at the plan, the beehives are to the right of the fence, the smaller section, I mean, now don't worry.

The bees have been eliminated, you just have to transport the hives back to the parking lot. Well, for the seats, check out the circular path at the top. There is a path that goes from there and takes you to the seating area next to the cycle path and with a good view of the island has opposed, okay if you volunteer for the adventure playground let's start from the parking lot again and let's go up the path, but then you want the first left hand go up there and then you'll see there's a short path going off to the right, go down there and that's the adventure playground on top of the bamboo fence, that fence It needs to be fixed.

I'm afraid, what else? Oh yes, the sand area. We have that circular path in the middle. Find the clue that goes. heading east towards the right side of the plane and where that track splits you need the small path going up towards the bike track, the sand area is just above the bamboo fence and finally the pond area so It is on the left side. from your plan to the top, just above the fruit bushes and to the left of the small path, okay, like I already said, I hope we're there, that's the end of section 2.

Now you have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section three you will hear two students discussing a presentation they are going to give first you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25 you hi Robert hi sorry I'm late I was printing out some pages about food waste in Britain. Do you want to include Great Britain in the presentation? I thought we were focusing on the US. Well, it's a global problem, so I thought we should provide some statistics showing it's pretty fair. What did you discover? I was looking at a British study from In 2013, it basically concluded that 12 billion pounds of food and drink were thrown away every year, and over 8 million tons ended up in landfills and that's not including packaging, an incredible amount, yeah, and They were just looking at what households threw away. away, so there's no information on restaurants and the catering industry, but one thing that the study did look into was the amount of milk and soda that was wasted and I think it was probably pretty unique in that sense, interesting, you know , in the other European reports.

I have read that there is one thing they have in common when they talk about carbon dioxide emissions. I know what you're going to say: they never refer to the fuel that farms and factories need to produce food and the carbon dioxide it releases exactly as we could. reduce carbon emissions if less food was supplied in the first place, in my opinion the reports talk too much about the carbon dioxide produced by the trucks that deliver fresh produce to the stores and take away the waste, they forget one of the key causes of carbon dioxide absolutely if the reports are really going to be useful to people, they need to be more complete, who do you mean by people?

Well, government industries, people who make TV shows, have you seen any documentaries about food waste? I don't remember my point. Exactly these days everyone seems to focus on the origin of meat, fruits and vegetables. They encourage us to buy locally, not overseas, that's probably a good thing, but I'd still like to see something about waste. Yes, it is the same. With magazine articles it's all about the fat and sugar content and the type of additives and colorings in the food, but nothing about how they get to the table and what happens after they end up in the trash.

Well, we only have 15 minutes for this presentation, so I think we'll have to limit what we say about the consequences of food waste, what do we want to focus on? Well, I know some of the other presentations look at food and farming methods and what they do to the environment, so I think we'll avoid that and the fact that in some countries people can't afford food grown on their own farms. that were covered during the last mandate. Okay, we don't want to repeat things. What worries me most is that in a recession governments should be encouraging companies to find ways to cut costs.

Apparently supermarkets in the US lose about 11 percent of their fruit to waste, that's wasting money, okay, we will focus on that problem, it should get everyone's attention anyway, now how do you want to start the presentation? However, let's not start with statistics because that's what everyone does. I agree. How about we give the other students a series of questions to answer about what they suspect they waste every day? I agree that's probably a better option than showing pictures of landfills. It will be more personalized that way. Now let's get started. Listen and answer questions 26 to 30. Okay, now let's look at the projects that different researchers and organizations are working on for me.

The project that I really liked was the one where At Tufts University, you know, they have invented little edible patches to stick on fresh food that show you what level of bacteria is present and therefore whether you can still eat it. This is a great idea as it tells you if you should hurry up and eat. the food before it goes off the other good thing about the patches is that apparently they will be cheap to make, then the other thing that I thought was cool was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology project that I hadn't seen that well that they developed.

These sensors can detect small amounts of ethylene. Ethylene is the natural plant hormone in fruits that causes them to ripen. Apparently, the researchers think they can attach the sensors to cardboard boxes and then supermarkets can scan the sensors with a handheld device to see whatthey are so mature. the fruit inside has to be a quicker way to check ripeness than taking each box off the shelf and finally opening it and I thought the lean path was worth mentioning because its waste tracking technology means caterers can see how much food is being wasted and why will that increase profits for them eventually yes, and did you read about zero percent?

They have produced this smartphone app that allows restaurants to send donation alerts to food charities, the charities can then collect the unwanted food and distribute it to people. needy in the long run that will definitely benefit the poorest families in the neighborhood no child should go to school hungry I agree and read that quite a few local governments in the US are thinking about introducing mandatory composting in their states so that No food waste can be thrown into the garbage containers, only the compost container. Well, I guess that means a little more work for people. I mean, they have to separate the organic and inorganic waste themselves before taking it to the compost bin and you know how lazy some people are, but I guess if we all started composting and we'd be doing something positive about the waste problem food ourselves instead of depending on the government to fix it.

Having said that not everyone has a garden, so that's the end of section 3. You now have half a minute to check your answers. Move on to section four, you will hear a lecture on Maori kite making. First you will have some time to read questions 31 to 40. Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40. Well, good morning everyone, as you know, we have been discussing different topics. types of art and craft that were practiced by the married people of New Zealand at least before Europeans began arriving in the 18th century, so the focus of this lecture is kite making, how kites were made and the purposes for those who served.

Let's start with the way they were made, as with other Maori art traditions, kite making involved certain rituals, so only priests were allowed to fly and handle the largest and most sacred kites in the first place, There were also rules for the size and scale of kites that priests had. follow and during the preparation of kites, both small and large, food was strictly prohibited in terms of appearance, the kites were frequently designed with the image of a native bird or a married god and sometimes, perhaps less frequently, a well-known hero, you can imagine that when Maori first arrived in the new country of New Zealand.

It may have taken them some time to find suitable materials for their kites, but through trial and error they no doubt found plants and trees that provided them with bark and even roots that they could use to make the frames and wings of their kites and after building the frame, the kite had to be decorated for this, the priests used long grasses and these, when the kite was in the air, flowed behind it, they also used a variety of feathers to add color. Well, for his creations, all this meant that it was easy to see a kite in the sky, but you could also hear the Maori kites.

In fact, they could be quite noisy and this was because some priests like to hang a long string of shells from the kite, as you can imagine. how their Dratel and their noise in the wind how could they completely capture your attention, as I said before the most common image was probably a bird and that's the same for other kite making cultures, but the kites were designed with particular shapes, so their working IDEs were triangular, rectangular and also diamond shaped and some of them were so large that it would actually take several men to operate them.

Some of the kites were also covered in patterns and to make these patterns the mayor used different red and black pigments and these were made from a charcoal or reddish brown clay base that had been combined with oil obtained from a local species shark Now before, I forget if you get a chance to visit the Auckland Museum because they have the last surviving Birdman kite on display this is the type of kite that has a wooden mask on the top of the frame, it's a mask of a human head and you can clearly see that he has a tattoo and also some pretty impressive teeth and a good example of Maori craftsmanship and symbolism, right?

Going back to the purpose and function of kites, they certainly had multiple uses, mainly, flying kites was a way of communicating with the gods and when kites rose into the air the Maori used them to deliver messages, perhaps requesting a good harvest, good fortune in The war was a successful hunting expedition, so these kites were incredibly valuable to a community. Treasured items that one generation would pass on to the next. People also flew kites for other reasons, for example to attract the attention of a neighboring village. This was done when a meeting was required. Among Maori elders it is a convenient method and, finally, when it comes to war, there are traditional stories that describe how when a Maori warrior found himself surrounded by his enemies, a kite could give him the possibility of escape; kites were powerful enough to carry a man upwards. in the air and for this reason they could also be used to lower it into enemy fortifications so that an attack could begin from within.

Well I'm happy to say that there seems to be a resurgence and growing interest in kite making and you