Future Directions in Computing IELTS Listening | IELTS Listening Practice Test | @IELTSwithKamal

foreigner to section one section one you will listen to a telephone conversation between a woman and the reservations clerk at a conference center first you will have some time to look at questions one to five you will see that there is an example that has been done for you in In this time only the conversation related to this will be played first Conference Center Reservations Good morning Hello, I am interested in next month's Computing Conference which features

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in Computing. Yes, that's right, the title of the course is Future Directions in Computing, so

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because you will not listen to the recording a second time listen carefully and answer questions one to five Conference Center Reservations good morning Hello, I am interested in next month's Computing Conference directions Futures in Computing Yes, that's true, could I ask you some questions about it?

Of course, it's okay. I know the conference will last three days, but I really want to attend only Friday and Saturday. Will it be cheaper? Let me look, you can sign up for the two days separately, but that wouldn't actually save you much as it still costs £35 for each day. In fact, if you were able to register for all three days, you would also receive an invitation to a free dinner. on Saturday night, so that's probably the best option, right? I will do that. How much will the rates be? In that case, it's 75 pounds. Alright. I would like to register for the full three days.

Can I pay that with a credit card? I'm afraid not, you'll have to send us a check or you can pay at the conference office, well, so it'll probably be easier if I pay by check now. So what else do I need to organize it? How was the accommodation? I assume it is not included in the price, sorry it is not, but we do have some rooms available for delegates in the conference centre. They are very cheap if you want, but if you are interested you will have to book early because it is always very crowded.

According to demand they only cost £15 a night but they are very basic and you would have to get your own breakfast as they don't provide it, but it is very convenient as it is in the same building as the conference rooms. A very reasonable guest house costing £25 a night which I believe includes breakfast. Is it close to the conference center? It would be about a 10 minute walk from here. I see that sounds pretty reasonable before you hear the rest of the conversation. You have some time to look at questions six through ten. Now listen and answer questions six to ten.

The details are all in our conference package. I will send you many thanks. It will be very useful. Oh, can you also send me a request? form, of course, I will receive it in the post here immediately. Is there anything else? Yes, in fact, can you tell me where exactly the conference center is? It's on South Park Road and it's right at the end of the road, next to the library. It's a 10-minute taxi ride from the station and will cost you five pounds; Otherwise, you can take the bus that leaves every half hour from the station, the 21A, which takes you directly to the conference center.

That's the end of the section. one now has half a minute to check your answers now move on to section two section two you will listen to an introductory talk to a group of temporary workers at an international travel exhibition first you will have some time to look at questions 11 to 13. now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 13. Good morning and welcome everyone. I'm Jenny Stewart and I'm the people manager here at the Exhibition Centre. We expect this year's international travel exhibition to attract more than ten thousand visitors per day, ladies and gentlemen. and you are among the 200 additional employees recruited to help look after them now to help keep everything running smoothly.

We have divided them into four teams: the blue team, the green team, the red team and the yellow team, so first I will explain what the teams are like. divided and then we will give them color-coded t-shirts so that we can more easily identify them, first of all, those who will man the phones and handle all calls related to the exhibition. They will be on the red team now. We have also put the entrance staff on the red team and you will seal the entrances and distribute advertising leaflets. Well, those of you who are involved in ticket distribution will be on the yellow team and we have also put those who will be staffing the information booths around the conference center on the yellow team, so you will receive a yellow t-shirt.

Now most of the hospitality staff have been assigned to the blue team, so the chefs and kitchen hands will need a blue shirt, but due to the large number of people, all the waiters will be in the yellow team and this includes the bar staff, among you, those who will monitor and direct traffic in the parking lots are on the green team, so this year you need a green shirt. We have also hired a considerable number of assistants to direct human traffic around the conference center. You will now work in the showroom at all times, giving instructions and generally helping people when needed.

You can and you will be on the red team, so pick up a red shirt before

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to the rest of the talk. You have some time to look at questions 14 to 20. Now listen and answer questions 14 to 20. Right now, everyone knows what team they are on, we will continue with the orientation and training program and first I will go over the rest of today's program, that you should have in front of you so you can get a general idea of ​​what else is out there. in the store today this presentation ends at 9:30 and then you will hear from Anne Smith Anne works in the accounts department on level two and deals with all the temporary staff, so she is the person to see if You have any problem regarding payment.

Anne will explain when and how she will obtain this. She will also give you her tax forms and I will just emphasize that all tax forms must be completed and returned to Anne before her payment can be processed. After Anne's talk, you'll hear from Peter. He and Chen, our conference director, will review a map of the conference center with you to help you get your bearings. He will also review the security arrangements with you and show you the emergency exits. Then, at 10:30 there will be coffee. Rest in the staff canteen which is located on the ground floor.

Now, after the break, we'll be moving to a different location for a video presentation, so instead of coming back here, we'd like everyone to go to conference room 3-1. -1 you will find it on the same level at the end of the hallway and there you will be shown a video on important workplace safety topics called Safety at Work. We will end the morning with a lunch which should give everyone the opportunity to meet and get to know each other and we will serve you a buffet lunch in the main hall which is on the first floor starting at 12 o'clock.

After lunch, you will split into your teams to meet your team leaders and us. I hope to be done by three, so I won't delay you any longer and will hand them over to you. This is the end of section two. Now you have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section three, section 3. you will listen to a conversation between a librarian and an education student first, you will have some time to look at questions 21 to 27. now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 27. good afternoon, Can I help you? good afternoon, yes, I just transferred to the school of education and I would like information on how to join the library.

Well the school of education has libraries on two sites as I'm sure you know this is the Fordham site and the other is on Castle Road and is there any difference between the two libraries, not in terms of their facilities, They have access to online databases and the Internet at both sites and each site has a variety of educational reference materials. Oh yes, I see, but the Castle Road site has books on the sociology of education and a collection of textbooks and teaching resources covering most subjects taught in secondary schools. Oh, right, but I'm training to be a primary school teacher, so I need to look for materials for the 5-11 age group.

Then you come to the right place in Fordham. We maintain material related to elementary and special needs education, but of course you will need to familiarize yourself with both sites to make the most of our resources. You haven't mentioned periodicals, are they on both sites? Current issues, yes, but if you want to see back issues, you will need to use the CD-ROM databases found here at Fordham. Now I see that you can borrow books. I live out of town so I'm hoping to be able to borrow a few items and cut them out. I have reduced the number of trips I have to make.

Well, members can borrow two books at a time from each site, only two books, only two from each site, but there are four in total, I see, and how long can I keep them for the loan? The period is one month, but of course the books can be renewed. You can renew any item a maximum of three times. Do I have to go to the library to do it? No, you can do it by phone or email, but you cannot renew expired books. Only before or on the due date stamped on the book will we need your full name, your borrower number, and the name of the library where you borrowed the items, so in theory I can borrow books for up to three months .

We're saying yes, as long as they don't pull out, so what happens? Well, sometimes another borrower requests an item, in which case we will send him a letter and he will have to return the book within seven business days. Don't forget that Sundays are closed, okay, before you listen to the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 28 to 30. Now listen and answer questions 28 to 30. I guess it will take me a while to find what What I need. There's a lot here, yes there is, but if you need help getting started this term, we're doing three study skills workshops, oh what are they about, let me see the first ones about resources, um, yeah, here it is how to use library resources. includes everything, not just printing and technical resources, that seems useful, is there anything about using the Internet?

Hey, let's look at the Internet for Beginners one that was last quarter. This quarter is all about finding research materials online that sound interesting too. What is the last one? It's a workshop. about dissertations, what do you mean how to write one? No, it's more to do with the conventions of academic writing, you know, how to write a bibliography and how to consult sources in your text, that sort of thing anyway, here's a handout with information on all three. Thank you so much. That will be very useful, you're welcome. This is the end of section three.

You now have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section 4. Section 4. You will hear part of a lecture given by a conservationist on the topic. of lions first you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40. now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40. Well, most people think that Lions only come from Africa and you would be forgiven for thinking this because In fact, most Lions come from Africa, but this has not always been the case. If we go back 10,000 years, we would find that there were lions roaming vast sections of the world, but now, unfortunately, only very small sections of the lion's ancient habitat remain.

My particular interest is Asian lines. which are a subspecies of African lions, it has been almost a hundred thousand years since the Asiatic land was divided and developed as a subspecies at a time when the Asiatic line lived as far west as Greece and from there they found themselves in a band that It spread eastwards through In museums from several Middle Eastern countries to India you can now see Greek coins that have clear images of the Asiatic lion, most of them are dated around 500 BC. C., however, Europe classifies the last Asian line that roamed freely 2000 years ago.

Over the next 1900 years, Asiatic lion numbers in other areas steadily declined, but it was not until the 19th century that they disappeared from everywhere except India. So how do you tell an Asian line from an African line that you're probably more likely to be with? familiar well in general the Asian glands are not as large as those of African lions the color is more or less the same but the appearance of the mane is different that is the hair around the face and neck of the lion the lion's mane Asian lions are noticeably shorter than those of Asian African lions.

Lions also have a long fold offur on the underside, while not many African lions have this. I would like to talk to you now about the circumference sanctuary in India, from where I have just returned. The sanctuary was established specifically to protect. The Asiatic lion has an area of ​​1,450 square kilometers and most of it is forest. There are now around 300 Asiatic lions in India and almost all of them are in the sanctuary, but despite living in a sanctuary that protects them from hunters, they still face numbers. Of the problems that threaten their survival, one of them is the ever-present danger of disease.

This is what killed more than a third of the lions in Africa's Serengeti in 1994. And people fear something similar could happen at the Gerst sanctuary and kill many of them. Asiatic lions there, Indian lions are particularly vulnerable because they have a limited gene pool. The reason for this is interesting because they are all descended from a few dozen lions that were saved by a prince who took a particular interest in them. rich and managed to protect them, otherwise they would probably have become completely extinct when you see the Asiatic lion in India, what you feel like enormous vitality, they are very impressive beasts and you would never guess that they had this vulnerability when you look at them.

Asiatic lions don't have the Ghost Sanctuary to themselves. I should add that they actually share it with about 2 000 farmers, a significant proportion of the Lion's diet is made up of these farmers' livestock, goats, chickens etc., in fact up to a third and they have even been known to attack humans, especially in times of drought. One last piece of interesting information on ancient India. One of the grea

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s of leadership for a man was to fight a lion. Now it seems that in modern India it will be a big test to see if. the lion can be saved.

I'm sure this is something all of you will share your concern about as well. This is the end of section four. Now you have half a minute to check your answers.