IELTS Listening Test 2023 | British Council's Actual Exams

This is the IELTS

listening

comprehension

test

. 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 on all recordings. It will be played only once The

test

consists of four parts At the end of the test you will be given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet Now go to the first part You will hear a telephone conversation between a real estate agent and a woman who wants to rent accommodation first, you have some time to look at questions one to six rentals in Fairfield Andrew Williams, how can I help you?

Hello, I'm calling from the UK. My family is moving to Canada early next year and we hope to find a place to rent in Fairfield for the first six months while we get settled. I see, let's get your data. Yes, my name is Jane Ryder. Well, that would probably be our house number, so double or double four for the UK and then it's 208. 613 -2978 I think it's best if I give you my husband's email, who is sitting in front of a computer all day so I can print things and send them to you before I do.

I'm Richard from visiontech dot Co dot UK. just spell out the name of the company, that's great in vision technology and we have a question here about the occupation Richards, an IT specialist for an advertising company, they are transferring him to their Fairfield branch, in fact, it's just their working for now, thanks. I am a doctor at the hospital in our city now what type of accommodation are you looking for house apartment an apartment probably as long as it has two bedrooms it will be me, my husband and our ten year old son, so with an apartment it is less likely to get a garden okay, but what about a garage?

It's something you'll want the apartment to have. Yes, that's definitely important, but before we continue, I should probably say now that what we don't need is furniture because I'll be shipping all that and I really don't want to pay for storage while we wait to buy a house, no problem. Actually, I'll make a note of that, though just thinking about the kitchen, what can I expect from a rental property. I mean what type of equipment is provided. That's good to know, but how about a refrigerator that we will sell hours before our arrival? If possible, we would like the apartment to have one for when we arrive.

I can certainly add. that to the form before

listening

to the rest of the conversation you will have some time to look at questions 7 to 10. now listen and answer questions seven to ten if you need any other white item such as a dishwasher for example, there are many There are many stores here they will organize delivery on the same day of purchase. Thank you. Hopefully, we won't need to buy too many things. It's not much so far. It's a good idea that would help you know what public transportation is like in Fairfield. Is it easy to get around the area?

The bus service is quite complete, there are many local routes. Amenities in and out of town are fine, and for a two-bedroom apartment, what kind of rent should we expect to pay? Depending on the area, it can reach up to twelve hundred dollars. Much better would be something in the middle, then your limit would be nine hundred and fifty dollars. I would say yes, I can ask him if he smokes or if he has pets. No to both questions, but I have one more request, please. I was also offered a job at Victoria General Hospital and I suspect I will be working nights from time to time, so what I really need from any apartment is for it to be quiet so I can catch up on sleep if needed during the day.

Congratulations on the work. offer Ed his request, what I will do is compile a list of suitable properties for you and email them to you. Can I ask how he found out about us? Obviously, not through our commercials, if he lives in the UK, it was

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ly like that. A friend of ours spent a few months in Fairfield a couple of years ago and pointed us in the direction of his website. Well, it's good that you recommend it, so what I'll do is the end of the first part. Now he has one. minute to check his answers to part one, part two, you will hear a police officer giving advice on protection against local crime.

Firstly, you will have some time to read questions 11 to 15. Well, good afternoon, I am Constable James McDonald and, as you may already know, I am the community policing officer for the local area, which means that as part of my job I try to get out in the community as much as possible, talk to people who live in this neighborhood, people like you, and make sure there is an effective level. communication between the public and the police, hence the reason for this meeting, there have been several burglaries in the area in recent weeks and I would like to talk about ways you can keep your home and property safe, so I would suggest that a A good way to start is to talk to your neighbors and exchange contact details with them.

This will allow you to get in touch immediately if something suspicious happens next door and then ensure you have a good conversation about the best course of action to take. In an emergency, make sure everyone is clear about what to do and who to call. If you plan ahead, this will avoid uncertainty and even panic if something happens later. Another thing I would recommend you do is to always leave the radio on even when you go. And if you keep the curtains closed, thieves are less likely to try to break in because they can't be sure if anyone is home or not.

None of us want to be in the situation where we can't get into our own home, but take the time to think about what is the best and safest place to leave spare keys. Putting them under the doormat or anywhere near the front door is just asking for trouble. You would be surprised how many people do this and it makes life really easy. For thieves, all of these things will help keep your community safe and won't cost you anything. However, if you are going to spend some money, what I would recommend more than anything else is that you invest in some well-made window locks for your home.

To give you peace of mind before listening to the rest of the conversation, you will have some time to look at questions 16 to 20. Now listen and answer questions 16 to 20. Okay, move on, unfortunately there has been an increase in the number of crimes minors. and antisocial behavior in the general area and I want to talk about some specific prevention measures that are being proposed, first of all, the skate park, as you probably know it is heavily used by the younger people in our community, but unfortunately every maybe we are more. More reports of broken glass make it especially dangerous for younger children.

A possible solution here is to get rid of some of the trees and bushes around the park, making it more visible to passersby and vehicles if vandals know they are being watched. could act as a deterrent as you may have heard that a couple of local primary schools have also been vandalized recently despite the presence of security guards, the schools do not have funds for video surveillance so we need people in the neighborhood to call to the nearest police. station and report any suspicious activity immediately, do not hesitate to do this. I hope most of you are familiar with the issues facing Abbotsford Street.

It seems that no amount of warning signs or speed cameras will slow drivers down. I am happy to say however, the

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has agreed to start work over the next few months to build a new roundabout. What else? Oh yes, the news agency and gift shop on Victoria Street was broken into last week and although no money was taken, the properties have suffered. Some serious damage access to these shops was gained through the small alley at the rear of the properties, it is dark and as you can imagine no one saw the thief or thieves in action so we have been informing the owners from the stores about what type of video recording equipment they may have installed, then we will be able to film evidence of any criminal activity.

The supermarket parking lot is also on our list of problem areas. We have spoken with the supermarket managers and the City Council authorities and we have informed them. Have the graffiti cleaned up immediately and replaced any broken lights. If you don't take care of this kind of thing right away, there is a good chance that the activity will increase and spread and then become the end of the second part. You have 30 seconds to check your answers to part two, part 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.

Hi Robert. Hello, sorry I'm late. I was printing. Outside of a few pages about food waste in Britain, do you want to include 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 to prove it, what did you find out? Well, I was looking at a British study from 2013. It basically concluded that 12 billion pounds of food and drink are thrown away every year, and over 8 million tons end up in landfills, and that's not including packaging, an incredible amount. Yes, and they only looked at what households threw away, so there's no data on restaurants and the catering industry, but one thing the study did look at was the amount of milk and soda that was wasted and I think it was probably quite a bit. unique in that sense. interesting, you know, in other European reports that I have read there is one thing they have in common when they talk about carbon dioxide emissions.

I know what you were going to say, they never refer to the fuel that the forms and factories need to produce the food and exactly the carbon dioxide that is released, we could really 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 the fresh produce to the stores and carry the waste, they completely forget about one of the key causes of carbon dioxide. If the reports are really going to be useful to people, they need to be more complete.

Who do you mean by people? Well, the government. Industries. People who make television shows. Have you seen any documentaries? about food waste, not that I 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 abroad. That's probably a good thing, but I'd still like it. to see something about waste, yes it's 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 it gets to the table and what happens after I 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 to do with 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 last quarter. Well, we don't want to repeat things that worry me above all. the rest is that in a recession governments should be Genetic businesses find ways to cut costs apparently supermarkets in the US lose about 11 of their fruits to waste that's wasting money okay we'll focus on that problem, it should draw the attention of others.

Anyway, how do you want to start the presentation? 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 with that. It's probably a better option than showing images of landfills. That way it will be more personalized. 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 from Tufts University, where they invented little edible patches to stick on fresh food that show what level of bacteria is present and therefore if you can still eat them, it's a great idea .

It tells you if you need to hurry up and eat the food before it rings. The other good thing about patches is that they will apparently be cheap to make. The other thing I thought was cool was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology project. I had not seen so well that they have developed these sensors that can detect small amounts of ethylene. Ethylene is the natural plant hormone in fruits that causes them to ripen. The researchers apparently thinkThey can place the sensors in cardboard boxes and then supermarkets can scan the sensors with a handheld device to see how ripe the fruit is inside.

It has to be a quicker way to check ripeness than pulling each box off the shelf and finally opening it, and I thought it was worth mentioning that lean trail in your waste tracker as well. Technology means caterers can see how much food is wasted and why that will eventually increase profits for them. Yes. Did you read about zero percent? They have produced this smartphone app that allows restaurants to send donation alerts to food charities. Then collect the unwanted food and distribute it to people in need in the long run, which 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 trash bins, only into the compost bin. Well, I guess that means a little more work for people. I mean, they themselves have to separate organic and inorganic waste before taking it. take it to the compost bin and you know how lazy some people are but I guess if we all started composting and we would be doing something positive about the food waste problem ourselves instead of depending on the government to fix it, having said that not all They have a garden, that's the end. from part three you now have 30 seconds to check your answers to part three, part four you will listen to a lecture on Maori kite making first you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40. now listen carefully and answer questions 31 well a 40 Good morning everyone, as you know, we have been looking at different types of arts and crafts that were practiced by the Maori of New Zealand at least before Europeans started arriving in the 18th century, so the focus of this lecture is how to make kites.

Kites made their appearance and the purposes they served well, let's start with how they were made, as with other Maori art traditions. Kite making involves certain rituals, so in the first place, only priests were allowed to fly and handle the largest and most sacred kites, there were rules too. Due to the size and scale of the kites that the priests had to follow and during the preparation of the 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 Maori god and sometimes, perhaps less often a well-known hero, you can imagine that when the Maori first arrived in the new country of New Zealand, it took them some time to find suitable materials for their kites, but through trial and error 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 letter was in the air, flowed behind it as well.

They used a variety of feathers to add color to their 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 row of kite shells, you can imagine how they would ring and clatter in the wind, how they would completely capture your attention, as I said before, the most common image was probably a bird and that is the same for other kite-making cultures. but the kites were designed in particular shapes, so there were kites that were triangular, rectangular and also diamond shaped, and some of them were so big that it would

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ly take several men to operate them.

Some of the kites were also covered in patterns and to make them. For these patterns, the Maori used different pigments of red and black and they were made from a charcoal or reddish-brown clay base that had been combined with oil obtained from a local species of shark. Now before I forget, if you get a chance visit the Auckland Museum because they have the last surviving bird kite on display. This is the type of kite that has a wooden mask on the top of the frame. It is a mask of a human head and you can clearly see that it has a tattoo and also a set of quite impressive teeth and a good example of Maori craftsmanship and symbolism, 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 send messages, perhaps requesting a good harvest, good luck in war, 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 people. attention of a neighboring village, this was done when a meeting between Maori elders was required, a really 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 provide him with the possibility of escape, kites were powerful enough to lift a man into the air and for this reason they could also be used to lower him into enemy fortifications so that an attack could begin from within. Well I'm happy to say it looks like there will be a resurgence and growing interest in kite making and that's the end of part four, now you have a minute to check your answers to part four which is the end of the test listening in the IELTS exam, you would now have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet