Ielts Listening Test From Past Real Exam #1 2015 With Key

You will hear a telephone conversation between the organizer of a park run and a woman who wants to participate in the run first. You have some time to review questions 1 through 6. Good morning, Dave Smith. Hello, could I speak to the race organizer? the Preston Park race, yeah that's me, cool. He was talking to some friends of mine about the race and they suggested I contact you for more details. What would you like to know? Well, they said it takes place every Saturday, is that right? yeah, okay, cool, do you know where the park is? Oh yes, I've been there before, but it's pretty big and I'm not sure where to go.

There is a circular track that surrounds the park and the race starts at the cafeteria. It passes by the tennis courts, then loops around the lake twice and ends back where it started. Okay, what time is the race? The actual race starts at 9:00 a.m. m., but the runners start arriving around 8:45, so I need to get up. So, early Saturday morning and how long is the race? It used to be three kilometers, but most people wanted to do a little more than that, so we lengthened it to five kilometers. Now we circle the lake twice and that adds two additional kilometers in total.

True, I'm not sure I've ever run that far, so I better start training a little. It's a good idea, but it's not a race, it's

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ly just for fun and it would be best to take it easy the first few times. do it and then see if you can gradually improve your time. If the race is timed, then how do I know how well I've done? When you cross the finish line you will be given a barcode and you will take it to one of the send volunteers who will scan it and then you can get your time online when you return home.

Oh, I see that it collects all the results exactly. I see it's great, so how do I sign up? Well there are a number of ways I could take your details over the phone but it's a lot easier if you do it using the website okay I think that's probably all I need to know for now oh yeah does it cost anything to sign up or do you collect money every week? Well, it doesn't cost anything to register, but we do. charge for the race, in fact we just increased the charge to a pound 50, it used to be a pound, but because we were losing a little bit, we had to increase it by P50, okay, thank you.

I think I have enough information about participating in the race before I listen to the rest of the conversation you will have some time to look at questions 7 to 10 now you listen and answer the questions 7:00 to 10:00 um you mentioned volunteers I have a friend who is interested To help, can you give me some details so I can pass them on to her? Well, you should ask your friend to contact Pete. Tomorrow, he handles all the volunteers. Okay, I didn't quite understand his last name. Was it tomorrow, tomorrow? n-no. It's just a little more complicated. G H n may be fine, thank you and could you give me your phone number?

Yes, just a moment, it's here somewhere, let me find it. Oh, I have two numbers for it, I think the one that starts. Oh one two. seven three is one old so use this one is oh one four double four seven three two nine double zero okay, can you tell me something about volunteering, like what kind of activities it involves? Sure, we need volunteers for basic things like the environment. We have to start the course before all the runners arrive, okay, so it's a very early start, yes, that's right, but if your friend prefers to arrive a little later, she can also help guide the runners so that do not get wrong.

The way I see it, I think you do a report on some of the races. Yes, it's true, in fact, we do a weekly report on each race and we always try to illustrate it. Well, my friend

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ly likes taking photographs. He just bought a new camera, in fact. It would be great. I don't know if Pete has anyone taking pictures of him this week. Oh, oh, tell him. Okay, could you ask your friend to call Pete and let him know? Yes, I will do it. Thank you, bye, bye, that's the end. section one you now have half a minute to check your answers now move on to section two you will hear a recorded message about a bus tour first you have some time to look at questions 11 to 14 thank you for calling the Bus Tour Full Line by Anansi.

This is a recorded message that lasts approximately four minutes and provides general information about the city bus tour. Patent on See is a beautiful west coast town and has been attracting tourists for many years. One of the best ways to get to know the city. city ​​is to take the bus tour that provides a wonderful visual experience from one of our open-top buses. The tour is a round trip around the city and there are a total of four stops where passengers can get on and off the bus. Start at the first stop, which is the train station, as this is where many tourists arrive in the city.

The next stop after the station is the aquarium, famous for its dolphin show and which has recently expanded to include sharks. Worth a visit. visit and has a very reasonable price. When you leave the aquarium the bus tour goes along the coastal road and after a few kilometers it reaches the old fishing village where you can get off to walk along the promenade. There are some original buildings here, but most of the area has been modernized and is now used as a port for all types of sea vessels, including yachts and some incredible motor boats. The tour then heads to the last stop and this is where most of the shops are located, for those who would like to do a bit. shopping this is the place for you our advice is to go to this part of the city in the morning when it is relatively quiet, it gets very crowded in the afternoons especially in high season, this area of ​​the city includes an ancient water fountain where Many people like to take pictures, so be aware of this before

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The rest of you will have some time to look at questions 15 to 20. Now listen and answer questions 15 to 20. Now some details of the costs and times a family ticket that includes two adults and up to three children costs $30 a ticket of adult costs $15 children under 15 pay five dollars and student tickets are $10 as long as you have a student card all tickets are valid for 24 hours meaning you can get on and off the bus as many times as you want within of a 24-hour period, so you could, for

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ple, start the tour in the afternoon and complete it the next morning.

The first bus of the day leaves the station at 10 a.m. m. and the last one of the day leaves at 6 p.m. m. Buses leave every 30 minutes and each trip lasts a total of 50 minutes. There are many attractions at each of the stops, so wherever you get off the bus there will be plenty to do. Bus tour tickets do not include admission to any of these separate attractions. From the museum near the aquarium, some buses have local guides who will point out places of interest and provide information about the city. However, we cannot guarantee that each bus will have a guide, so we also have an audio commentary that has been specially recorded for the bus tour by the tourist office.

Headphones are available on the bus and are easy to operate. There is no extra charge for these, simply plug them in, select the required language and adjust the volume as the winter months are quite cold and wet. impact Anansi bus tours only operate from March to September the weather is usually warm and sunny during these months so remember to bring some sun protection especially on hot days and of course it occasionally rains here in the summer so that if the weather looks bad remember for some rain, where bus tours are available regardless of the weather in the middle of summer the tours can get very busy so it is recommended to book tickets online by phone and also at the station and on any of the other tours for when you book by phone you can collect your tickets at any of the stops at the start of your tour when you do it online you can print your electronic ticket which you must remember to bring with you thank you for calling the Telephone line of Anansi packed and we hope to see you soon on one of our tour buses which is the end of section 2.

You now have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section three. You will hear a conversation between an admissions officer. and a manager from the technology department of the university first you have some time to review questions 21 to 26 hi I'm Randy now from the technology department oh yes I'm Dave Hadley thanks for coming to see me okay I believe you want us to do some work for you, yes, that's right, and I'm responsible for student admissions to the university and I use a computer system to help process student registrations and make schedules, uh-huh, but it doesn't really fit the bill. work these days, it's over ten years old, and while it was okay when it was first introduced, it's not good enough now.

What problems are you experiencing? Twenty years ago the university was quite small and we did not have the number of students. or tutors that we have now, so the system cannot handle the increasing volumes well, there is much more data now and sometimes you see that the system crashes, but in fact, it takes a long time to go from one screen to the next. The only problem, well, that's the main one, but there are others in the past. Making the schedule was quite simple, but now we have many more courses and what made it complicated is that many of them have correct options, but the system should allow you to include them.

Well no it's not like that, it was supposed to and a few years ago we asked someone in IT to fix it but they never seemed to have the time. Hmm, is there any other problem with the system? Well, they have given me more. responsibilities and that's why I have even less time to plan the schedule. If there was anything you could do, Randy, to make the process more efficient, that would be really helpful. Well, it sounds like you could do with an assistant, but that's obviously not possible. So how about having an online system that students can use to schedule their schedules.

How would it work? It may mean fewer options for students, but we could create a fixed schedule of all the courses and options and then they could see what was available and figure it out for themselves. That sounds great, so we'll have to decide whether or not to improve the existing system or build a completely new system. Well, I'd rather have a new system, frankly, I've had enough of the old one. That will probably take longer, although it may save you money in the long run. When did you expect to have this implemented? We are now in January and the new student admission will be in September.

We need to begin processing admissions in the next few weeks. really well, it will take more than a few weeks. I'm afraid as an initial estimate I think we will see April or May to improve the existing system, but for a new system it would take at least nine months, that would be October. As soon as you can hear and answer questions 27-30, what are the next steps if we want to have a new system? Well, the first question is: do you have the support of your senior management? Yes, I have already talked about it with them and they are also interested in doing this job well because I was going to say that that is the first thing to do and without that we cannot move forward.

Yes, I have, that's good. In fact, they mentioned that there is probably a form. I need to complete to formally start the project. Yes, that's the next thing you should do. I will send you an email with a link so you can complete it online. It's called a project request form. Okay, great and then what happens? Well, I have a list of things, but I think the third thing you need to do is see Samir, he is our analyst who will

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ine the system and identify what needs to be done. Can you send me his contact details and I will arrange a meeting with him? that's good, soon we should be able to assemble a team to start the work.

Some members of our team work in different locations, so it's not easy to have face-to-face meetings. Alright. I'm used to having conference calls to provide It's not late at night so I'll send you team details and if you could schedule a call that would be great okay I'll do it. Thank you, this is the end of section 3. You now have half a minute. To check your answers, skip to section four. You will hear a lecture about how the production of ceramics, such as plates, vessels and glass, began. First you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.

Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40. 40 hello everyone, today I'm going to talk about the origins of pottery, so first of all let's start with what a ceramics. Generally speaking, ceramics are what is obtained when heat is applied to certain non-metallic inorganic solids and thenThey are allowed to cool and examples of ceramics are everyday things like clay pots, tableware, glassware and even concrete, so how did it all get started? It all started about 29,000 years ago when humans discovered that if you dig up some soft clay from the ground, give it a shape and then heat it to a very high temperature when it cools the clay has transformed into something hard and rigid and then, what?

What did those first humans do with their discovery? Well, they created figurines that were small statues and that represented animals or gods or whatever shape. in which clay could be molded and all this activity was centered in southern Europe, where there is also evidence of ceramics that were created much later. Early humans also found a practical use for their discovery, such as storing things like grain, although there were drawbacks. The vessels were porous, so although they could carry water, it was not possible to store it for a long period and they were also quite brittle and broke very easily if dropped, but despite these problems, many thousands of years passed before that they existed.

Was there any improvement in China around 200 BC? They discovered that adding minerals to clay could improve both the appearance and strength of pottery, but it took almost a thousand years before they perfected the process to produce high-quality pottery known as porcelain and once they perfected the process they kept it a secret for another thousand years compared to the first pottery, porcelain was lighter, finer, harder and whiter, and became an important product in the Chinese trade with the rest of the world for hundreds of years. In fact, it became so valuable that it became known as white gold. and spies were sent to China to find out what they did with the clay to produce such high-quality goods.

It was not until the 18th century that the secret began to be revealed. The king asked the German alchemist named Johann Friedrich bodka to make gold. Unfortunately, Bottger failed to achieve this and soon gave up, but to please the king he tried to make high-quality porcelain and after many years of experimenting he discovered that adding quartz and a material called china stone to very high-quality clay. he managed to achieve the same results that the Chinese had been achieving for the last 1000 years. Now we will see another ceramic that is made by mixing sand with minerals and heating it to more than 600 degrees Celsius, when this mixture cools, the result is of course.

Glass The main difference between ceramics made of clay and glass is that clay is made up of crystalline plates that come together in the cooling process, while glass cools too quickly for crystals to form, other than that, the process of heating natural materials to transform them. The origins of glass date back to 3500 BC. but it was not until the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago that the art of glassblowing and the practical uses of glass became widespread. One of the most innovative uses was to use it in Windows, as until then they were nothing more than holes in the walls, they must have had many air currents, at that time the Romans were also responsible for inventing concrete and, although the origin is Uncertain, experts believe this is largely due to the high volcanic activity in the area where the Romans observed that when volcanic ash is mixed with water and then cooled, it becomes extremely hard and almost impossible to break.

The chemical reaction that follows is very complex and continues for many years and the concrete becomes increasingly harder. Evidence of this is the numerous Roman remains still standing, many of which are almost completely intact. One of the most important facts about concrete to the Romans was that it could be created underwater. As the Roman Empire grew, the Romans needed to take control of the seas and to do so needed to build ports capable of housing a fleet of ships that poured the concrete mixture into the sea, the hardening process immediately began and, in Instead of simply dissolving in the mass of water, the substance was hard and durable.

This strange characteristic of concrete contributed significantly to the success of the Roman Empire.