family excursions ielts listening test with answers

You will listen to several different recordings and have to answer questions about what you hear. There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions and you will have the opportunity to check your work. All recordings will be played once. the

test

consists of four sections at the end of the

test

you will be given 10 minutes to transfer your

answers

to an answer sheet now move on to section one section one you will hear a man asking at a resort about activities suitable for families first If you take Take a moment to look at questions 1 to 4, 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 played first.

Hello, may I help you? I would like to know if we have

excursions

suitable for families. Sure, how about taking your

family

on a cruise? We have a steamboat that takes passengers several times a day. She is over 100 years old. The cruise is on a steamboat, which is why "steamboat" has now been spelled in space. We will start. You must answer the questions while

listening

because you will not listen to the recording a second time. Listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 4. Hello, can I help you? I would like to know if you have any

excursions

suitable for families.

Sure. How about taking your

family

on a cruise? We have a steamboat that takes passengers several times a day. It is more than 100 years old. Sounds interesting. How long is the trip? About an hour and a half. Don't forget to take pictures. The mountains are all around you when you're on the ship and they look fantastic, okay, and I guess there's a cafe or something on board. Sure, how old are your kids? My daughter is 15 years old and my son is seven, well, there are several things. what you can do once you've crossed the lake for the day.

One thing that is very popular is a visit to Country Farm. The farmer will meet you on the boat and take you to the pens where the sheep are raised. Children love to feed them. My son would love to really like animals. There is also a 40 minute walk around the farm on horseback if he wants. Do you think he will make it? He hasn't done it before. It sure is. suitable for beginners, well and again, visitors can explore the farm on their own as long as they are careful to close the gates etc., there are some very beautiful gardens along the side of the lake which also belong to the farm. being at its best now you could easily spend an hour or two there, well that all sounds good, can we have lunch there?

You can do it and it's very good, although it's not included in the basic cost you pay when you arrive just before Listen to the rest of the conversation. You have some time to look at questions 5 to 10. Now listen and answer questions 5 to 10. Is there anything else to do on that side of the lake? Well, what you can do is take a bicycle. the boat and then take a bike trip. There is a path called secondary road. You could easily spend 3 or 4 hours exploring it and the scenery is wonderful. They will give you a map when you get your ticket for the cruise.

There is no extra. Please tell me what the trail is like in terms of difficulty, quite challenging in places, wouldn't be suitable for your seven year old, you need someone who has a little more experience. Well, my daughter loves to ride a bike and so do I, so maybe both. We could go and my wife and son could stay at the farm, that could work out pretty well, but we don't have bikes. Here's somewhere we can rent them. Yes, there is a place here in town called rates. I'll just make a note of that, uh, how do you spell R a t c h e s or NS?

It is right next to the cruise terminal. Okay, you would also need to pick up a repair kit for the bike from there to take with you and you would have to carry it with you. a snack and some water, it would be better to get them in town, that shouldn't be a problem and I suppose I can rent a helmet at the bike place. Sure you should definitely understand that it is a big walk, but you want to be well prepared because it is very remote, you won't see any shops around there or anywhere to stay, so you need to get back in time for the last boat.

Yeah, so what kind of pricing are we looking at here? Let's see, that would be one adult and one child for the cruise with farm tour is $117 and one adult and one child for the cruise only, so that's $214 total. Oh wait a minute, how old did you say your daughter was 15? So I'm afraid it's $267 because she has to pay. the adult fair which is $75 instead of the kids fair which is $22 sorry ok so how do we know it's the end of section one? Now you have half a minute to check your

answers

. Now move on to section two.

Section two. You will hear a restaurant manager talking to a small group of new staff who are starting to work as kitchen assistants in a restaurant. First you have some time to look at questions 11 to 16. Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 16. Good morning everyone, my name. Joy Parkins and I are the manager of the restaurant and I understand that neither of you have had previous experience as kitchen assistants. Well, you may be feeling a little nervous now, but most of our kitchen assistants say they enjoy the job. Okay, they might get yelled at. sometimes but it's nothing personal and they're happy to have so many different things to do which means they're never bored and I'll tell you straight away that if you do well we might think about promoting you and giving you something.

More responsibility, well everyone showed up on time which is a great start. I'm glad to see that none of you have inappropriate footwear, so that's good, you need to be careful as the floors can get very wet and slippery. with long hair they have got it out of the way, but some of you will need to take off your rings and bracelets, just put them in a safer place today and remember to leave them at home tomorrow as they can be a safety hazard, now it will be a very Busy for you all today, we have no free tables for tonight and only a few for lunch.

Fortunately, we have our head chef back. He was on vacation all last week, which meant the other chefs had extra work now. I'll tell you a little more about the job in a minute, but first some general rules for all of you, whatever your age, there are some equipment that you should not use until you have been properly trained, such as the waste disposal system, for example, for health and For safety reasons, then I believe there are two of you here who are under 18 years old, that is Emma and Jake, is that correct? So for both of you the meat slicer is off limits and of course neither of you can use the electric mixer until you have been shown how it works.

You may have heard that this can be a stressful job and I must say that may be true. You will work 8 hours a day for the first week, although you will have the opportunity to work overtime. after that too if you want, but no matter how long the hours are, you will have a break in between, what you will find is that you are on your feet all day lifting and carrying, so if you are not fit now you will soon find out that You don't have much chance to take it easy. When someone tells you to do something, you should do it immediately, but at least we have a very efficient air conditioning system compared to some previous kitchens. listen to the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 17 to 20.

Now listen and answer questions 17 to 20. Now let me tell you about some of the people you need to meet. Like I said, I'm Joy Parkins and she decides who does what during the day and how long I work. I will try to get you to work with as many different people in the kitchen as possible so that you learn while you are at work one person whose name you should remember is David Field, if you get hurt, even if it is really minor, you should let him know and he will make sure that the incident is recorded and that you receive appropriate treatment.

He is trained to provide basic treatment to the staff himself or will send them. If you have to, go somewhere else, then there's Dexter Wills, he's the person you should see if you break a plate or something, don't leave it waiting for no one to notice, it's really important to write things down and replace them there. There could be problems down the line and finally there's Mike Smith, he's the staff member who runs all the perishables stores, so if you notice we're running out of flour or sugar or anything like that, make sure you let him know so he can put a Sort right, now the next thing we need to cover is the end of section two.

Now you have half a minute to check his answers. Now move on to section three. Section three. You will hear two students named Trudy and Stuart, both studying to be librarians. First, discussing an article you are going to write together, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 23. Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 23. Okay, Stuart, we need to start planning our article on public libraries. Have you already thought about an angle? Well, there are so many things we could research about how libraries have changed over the centuries, for example, or how different countries organize them, what do you think?

Trudy, perhaps we should focus on this country and try to relate changes in libraries to external developments such as the fact that many more people can read than a century ago and that local people can speak many different languages. We could also include something about changes in the funding source. Yes, but remember we're only supposed to write a short article, so it's probably best if we don't go into the financing in detail, well, should we just brainstorm to get started? Well, obviously we need to analyze the impact of new technologies, particularly the Internet, now that many books have been digitized and people can access them from their own computers at home and if everyone did that the libraries would be obsolete, yes, but the Digitized books that are available online for free are mostly out of copyright, right?

Copyright in this country lasts 70 years after the author's death, so you won. I can't find the latest best seller or updated information, that's an important point anyway. I find it difficult to concentrate when reading long text on a screen. I prefer to read a physical book and it takes me longer to read. a screen oh, I prefer it I guess it's just a personal preference. I hope libraries continue to evolve in the years to come. Some have already become centers where community activities take place, with local clubs meeting there. I think that will be even more common.

I'd like to think so and that they will continue to serve their traditional function, but I'm not so sure there will be financial implications after all, what I fear will happen is that all the books and magazines will disappear and just disappear. It will be rows and rows of computers, nothing like the libraries we are used to. Well, we'll see before you listen to the rest of the discussion. You have some time to look at questions 24 to 30. Now listen and answer questions 24 to 30 I just had an idea why we don't do an in-depth study of our local public library as background to our article.

Yes, that would be interesting and raise all sorts of questions. Let's make a list of possible things we could do. Ask around and then look for some kind of structure, for example we could interview some staff and find out if the library has its own budget or if it is controlled by the local council and what their policies are. I know they don't allow food. but I would love to know what types of noise they prohibit. There always seems to be a lot of talking, but never music. I don't know if it's policy or it just happens.

I've often wondered, so there are things like how. I guess the library is affected by labor laws. There are rules about working hours, staff facilities, etc., then there are other issues related to the design of the building and how customers use it, such as what measures the library takes to ensure their safety. They would need non-slip floor coverings and emergency exits, for example, and another thing is the question of what kind of insurance the library should have in case someone gets hurt. Yeah, that's another thing to figure out, you know something? I have often wondered what that is.

Well, you know, they have an archive of local newspapers going back years. Next to it they have the Diary of a well-known politician from the late 19th century. I wonder why it is there. Did you know? Its connection to this area was clueless, let's add it to our list of things to discover. Oh, I just thought you know people could ask the library about local organizations like sports clubs. Well I wonder if they maintain a database or if I just look online, I would like to find out what the differences are between a library that is open to the public and one that is part of amuseum, for example, must be very different.

So another thing I would like to know is that it is the end of section three now you have half a minute to check your answers now move on to section 4 section four you will hear part of a lecture for business students on business values ​​first you have some time to look questions 31 to 40 now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40 in public discussion about business today we take certain values ​​for granted. I'm going to talk about four of them: collaboration, hard work, creativity and excellence. Most people would say they are all good things. I'm going to suggest that it's overkill.

From a simple perspective, the problem with these values ​​is that they are theoretical concepts far from the reality of day-to-day business. They pursue values ​​by all means, but be prepared for what may happen, as a result, they may actually cause damage that is not possible. the whole intention Business leaders generally try to do the right thing, but very often the right thing backfires if those leaders adopt values ​​without understanding and managing the side effects that arise, the values ​​can easily get in the way of what is really intended, so the first value that I'm going to discuss is collaboration, huh.

Let me give you an example from a management training course I once attended. We were put into groups and had to build a bridge across a stream using building blocks they gave us. The rule was that everyone on the team had to move at least one building. block during construction this was intended to encourage teamwork, but in reality it was a job best done by one person, the other teams attempted to collaborate on building the structure and became confused when everyone got in the way of the the rest. Our team leader solved the challenge brilliantly. I simply asked everyone on the team to move a piece a few inches to comply with the rule and then let the person on the team with skills for puzzles like this build it alone.

We finished before any other team. My point is that the task wasn't really suited for teamwork, so why make it one? Teamwork can also lead to inconsistency, a common cause of poor sales in the case of a smartphone that a certain company launched, one director wanted to target the business market and another demanded that it be aimed at consumers. The company wanted both directors involved, so it gave the product a consumer-friendly name, but marketed it to businesses. The result was that it did not meet the needs of either group; It would have been better to let one of the directors get their way, not both now.

Industriousness or Hard Work It's easy to make fun of people who say they work hard, after all, a hamster running in a wheel works hard and gets nowhere, of course, hard work is valuable, but only when directed properly , otherwise you waste the resources that companies value most. and energy and that is bad for the organization there is a management model that groups people according to four criteria intelligent worker stupid and lazy here lazy means having a rational determination not to perform unnecessary tasks does not mean trying to avoid work completely most of people show two of these characteristics and the most valuable people are those who are both intelligent and lazy, possess intellectual clarity and do not rush to make decisions, devise solutions to save the time and energy spent by the stupid group and worker instead of devoting more hours of work to a problem, the intelligent and the lazy group look for a more effective solution.

Then we get to creativity. This often works well. Creating an attention-grabbing TV commercial, for example, can lead to higher sales, but it's not always a good thing. Advertising campaigns are remembered for their creativity without having any effect on sales. This happened a few years ago with the launch of a chocolate bar. Later research showed that many consumers remembered the ads but had no idea what was being advertised. The problem is that The Creator derives pleasure from having the idea and mistakenly assumes that the campaign's audience will share that feeling: a company that launches thousands of new products may seem more creative than a company that only has a few, but may be too creative and make products More smalls.

Profits should be driven by creativity to solve a problem the company has identified; Creating more and more innovative products is not necessarily a good thing and, ultimately, excellence. We all know companies that claim to strive for excellence, but it takes a long time. To achieve excellence in business, being first in a product is more profitable than having the best product. A major study of company performance compared pioneers, that is, companies that release the first version of a particular product with the followers, the companies that copied and improved that product. The study found that pioneers had an average market share of 29%, while followers achieved less than half of that 133%, even though their product could have been better.

Insisting on excellence in everything we do consumes time, wastes energy and leads to missed opportunities - sometimes second-rate work is worth more than excellent work - make sure it's excellent - sounds like a good approach to business, but the simply starting will probably be more successful. That's the end of section four. You now have half a minute to check your answers. w