IELTS TRAINER TEST 2 | LISTENING TEST 2 | PRACTICE TEST | LISTENING PRACTICE

You will see that there is an example that has been made for you on this occasion, only the conversation related to this will be played first. Hello dwina, take a seat. Yes, Mr. Edwina, thank you. I am looking for a job as a babysitter. like working with kids, I talked to you yesterday, oh yeah, well, we covered most of the ground yesterday on the phone. I have a form I need to fill out for my records, so you're edwina riley and how should we contact you? The name is edwina riley, so riley has been written in space.

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because you will not listen to the recording a second time. Listen carefully and answer questions one to six. Hello, Edwina. Sit down. Yes sir edwina thank you I am looking for a job as a babysitter I like working with children I spoke to you yesterday oh yes well uh we covered most of the ground on the phone yesterday I have a form I need to fill out for my records So you are edwina riley and how should we communicate with you? Oh, by email. I review it periodically.

What's your address? It's edwina. I like my first name, then r i the first two letters of my last name on worldnet.com e d w i yeah, well, and you're actually from Australia. I'm a New Zealander. Oh, sorry, I bet it's really irritating to be told you're Australian, like Canadians, to be asked what part of the states they're from. I'm used to it, it happens to us all the time. and now you said on the phone that you could bring me some references, one from someone who has known you professionally and one personally, oh yeah, here's one from John Keane who was the manager of the gaming center in Wellington where he worked.

For three years after I left school, I have all his contact details to thank, so this was his last employer, yes, apart from having worked a bit as a waiter recently, but that was only temporary. I'm sure John will answer any questions if you contact him, we do. Do checks, yes, and a personal reference, oh, you can contact my mother's friend who I'm staying with here in London. Eileen Dorseni, she is a teacher, she has known me all her life because she used to be our neighbor at home when she was in elementary school. teacher there now she is working here at the institute of education oh well I have her contact details here for you thank you I think I have some jobs that would suit you oh by the way do you have any practical qualifications? music that saves lives, anything um I have an updated first aid certificate I took a course when I was working that's good first aid anything else well I have a driving license like I told you on the phone but that's not special you said almost everyone really needs that i have a sailing qualification it's a certificate of competence so you're a yachting lady i love sailing well oh note you have a certificate hmm before you listen to the rest of the conversation you have some time to look at question 7 to 10. now listen and answer Questions seven to ten, as I mentioned yesterday, there are three families and the job description is very similar for all of them, as I explained to you, there are a few other things you need to know anyway, the first family is Here in London, yes, I took some notes.

London, eh, it's the Bentons with two children. Yes, that's right, a three-year-old girl and her eight-year-old brother. The child has a fairly serious food allergy. Did you learn things like that in your course? Well I know what to do if someone has an allergic reaction, well, but what they mainly want is someone with an interest in sports and that's the kind of family they are, oh okay, I'll enjoy it now that the next people are in the Country near Oxford Oh yes, the Grangers, so they have five-year-old twins who I suspect are a bit complicated, but it's a lovely place, quite a big house and the family are extremely welcoming.

They have horses. You ride? I did it when I was. younger, I like animals in general, well, animal lover was his special request, so you'd be fine there, uh, the last family, yeah, I don't think I told you that they live in Scotland, really, how do you know? called Campbell? Oh yeah, and I have four girls under 10 years old. That's it, they have a beautiful apartment in the city and they own a small island. In reality, you may get along very well with them. They especially wanted someone who would be prepared to cook when they went camping on the island.

I used to take my turn making the food, but it's a long way from London. Hmm, yeah, well, you can think about it. Then, as soon as I have checked your references, we can arrange for you to speak to all the families. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. I'll email you as soon as I can. That's the end of section one. Now you have half a minute to check your answers. In section two you will hear a woman speaking to a group of people who are watching a sport and leisure center first have some time to look at questions 11 to 14. now listen and answer questions 11 to 14. ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to be able to welcome you to the city, to our charming and modern sports and leisure facilities.

We've taken you to the rooftop cafe at the top of the stadium so you can enjoy the view while I briefly explain what we have here and point out the main features of the site, then we'll walk around and take a look. at ground level, oh that would be interesting, we are very proud of this new facility. You see, when the project was first discussed, we expected a multinational company to give us half of our funding and the central government subsidy would account for most of the rest. a smaller contribution from local companies. Well, we were quite far into the planning stage when the multinational pulled out and both central and local government decided they couldn't afford anything, so we ended up with a beautiful project, a small amount of sponsorship promised by local organizations and nothing more. , we thought we would never build it, but at the last minute we received an incredible multi-million pound donation from a national transport company and that got us back on track and we managed to raise the rest of the local fundraising.

There is hardly a street in the city that has not made its contribution in one way or another, so there is a real sense of local ownership here, so this is what we got: We wanted a new stadium because the football stadium of the The 1950s is on the other side of town and What will soon be torn down and built on this site was the old airport with some playing fields to one side and some buildings from the 1930s, when the airfield first opened, so we were able to plan a new stadium with plenty of space.

For all the things people wanted, the playing fields have been improved and fenced again, so they are now a set of high quality outdoor fields for amateur football, hockey, etc. Here we have sports and other entertainment. We want to encourage all types of people. on site and I hope some of them come to use the cinema or cafe and end up trying the gym. They are all grouped together. The café is in the original 1930s passenger lounge and the architects have managed to retain some of the elegant style. of the building, the other buildings, such as the control tower, which would have been a great feature, and the aircraft hangars that we hoped would house the gym, were unfortunately not structurally sound enough to retain, so everything else is newly built, opened in 2010, you listen to the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 15 to 20.

Now listen and answer questions 15 to 20. Right now, if you want to get a little closer to the window , I will point out the different buildings we have. We are at the highest point of the stadium here in the rooftop cafe on the opposite side of the main entrance doors to our left. You can see two buildings just beyond the end of the stadium. The closest is the business center used for meetings and conferences. etc., which provides a good source of income for the maintenance of the sports facilities and next to the business center, the largest building is the hotel, which is rented to us by an independent company, as you see, they are served by the road perimeter that surrounds it. three quarters of the site now loops around the front of the building, immediately opposite the entrance, that open circular space at the end of the street is the transport hub from here there are buses and a monorail link to the free car park about 10 Minutes from here but can't you see there is also a large secure bike park.

Oh and the disabled parking of course, people find it very convenient and keeps the site virtually car free. Well, if you look as far to the right as you can. Beyond the buildings you can see our open air courts, which I mentioned earlier, between the courts and the entrance there is a small kind of pedestrian plaza, do you agree with me about the cinema in the building furthest from us, next to the courts, then there is the 10? bowling between the cinema and the road near the other end of the perimeter road and between the mini roundabout and the fields is our gym with all kinds of equipment and a small pool and changing rooms for the teams that use the fields that later join the stadium .

Next to the entrance there are a series of small shops that specialize in sports equipment, clothing, shoes, sell toys, etc., and all that kind of stuff. They seem to be doing well as you see the service road goes around but we keep the traffic and pedestrians well separated so everything is very relaxed around the square, popular with families and right on In front of the bowling alley is our charming restaurant. You can see it from here. It's that building in the plaza between us and the bowling alley. It is open all day. There is quite a queue in the evenings on weekends, I'm happy to tell you that now that you have the layout, we can go and take a closer look at everything.

At the end of section two you now have half a minute to review your answers to section three you will hear two people called chloe and ivan talking about a business studies course first you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25 now listen carefully and answer questions 21-25 oh hi ivan hi chloe, I'm glad I came across I like you because I've been looking at this prospectus about courses at the university. I'm thinking about studying business. Isn't that what you're doing? Yes, I'm about to start my third year. I think you would be interested. Enjoy it, is there anything in the course you're not sure about?

Well, you know, I've been working for a publishing house for the last four years as a production assistant, which will be a really valuable experience because a lot of people go straight to university. from school and I don't have that kind of experience, yes I know, and I'm used to dealing with numbers and percentages and stuff, but it's been a while since I sat down and put my ideas into an essay. I was never so good. on that and I'm not sure I can do it now, but you did well in school so I'm sure you'll get back to it soon.

I was worried about different things when I started, like if I could use it. all computer programs, but you only need the basics, you have to do a lot of presentations and I thought it would be difficult, but actually we had

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d a lot in school, it was okay, but did you find it easy to write essays? It was okay, but I had no hope of turning them in before the deadline and I was always late for lectures, so I had to work hard on that and I tend to be early now, it's good that you got yourself sorted before you went looking for a job or you may not have it for long, I think the course looks really interesting and it also gave me the opportunity to spend six months working in a local company last year, which is not that important for me unless I can go to the foreigner to use my foreign languages ​​but that doesn't seem to be available which is a shame, what really appeals to me is the idea of ​​being

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I think it's a much more productive way to learn instead of everything being decided on an exam in In the end, it's good for people like you, who work hard all year, you'll spend all your time in the library, they also finish it to expand, that's good, well, yes and no, they have expanded the area of ​​study, but that means. They have taken some magazines and periodicals, so I think it was better, since the university is expanding all the time and there are many new courses next year. Well, that's great news, isn't it? It means the university has a better reputation as more people will know about it, so that's good for us.

Hmm, I agree, but they really need to add more conference rooms, since we often have conferences in small rooms. Well, you obviously think that overall it's a good place to get a degree. You should probably go take a look, well it's vacation now and there's not much to do there so it's probably not worth going in now but you can email my tutor. HEwho will be happy to answer any questions you may have. email address I looked at many other universities and read many prospectuses, but I thought this was the best. Before you listen to the rest of the conversation, you have some time to read questions 26 to 30.

Now listen and answer questions 26 to 30. I was a little unsure about the different subjects you can choose in this course. Well, I can tell you a little about them. There are some subjects you must do and others you can choose. The most interesting course I have ever taken. They are public relations, from what I have read, they do not seem very demanding, in part it is just common sense but it will be very useful if you want to dedicate yourself to marketing or advertising, that is true, but I need to know a little more. Please let me know first before deciding if it will really help me.

It's hard to tell from the prospectus, but you're interested in marketing. Oh yeah, well, you can choose a marketing course. I wasn't very impressed with that course, in fact the tutor wasn't. it is very interesting it is good to put on your cv that you have done a However, a marketing course would be definitive for me and maybe I would get a different tutor. What other courses did you choose? I'm doing taxes because I was thinking about training to be an accountant, but now I'm not sure. It will be a good option for me because I enjoy working with figures, although I don't want to be an accountant.

It will be good to have tax knowledge, especially if I ever run my own business. Then there is the most popular course, which is human resources and a lot of people seem to get jobs in that field. My friend works in human resources and she is very good at it, but I don't think she has the right personality, so she would miss it. I'm more interested in how businesses actually work, the structure, which is a required course, the structure of business, oh, but you might find information systems useful, it's those kinds of computer programs, some of them , but also databases, project management and other things, this sounds useful, but I.

I'll have to look at some of the other possibilities first. You know, Ivan, this course seems right for me. I'm going to submit a cool application. If there is anything else you want to ask me, you have my number, thank you. That's the end. from section three you now have half a minute to check your answers section 4 you will listen to a talk by a meteorologist about the weather forecast first you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40. now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40. i I work for the National Weather Service and as part of their course on weather patterns, they have asked me to talk to you about how we predict the weather as we are so accustomed to turning on our televisions and getting an up-to-date weather forecast.

At any time of the day or night, we probably forget that this level of sophistication has only been achieved in the last few decades and that weather forecasting is actually an ancient art, so I want to start by looking back in history, the The first weather forecasts appeared in the 1500s in almanacs that were lists of information produced each year. Their predictions were based largely on establishing links between the weather and the location of the planets in the sky on certain days. They were often based on information such as whether the fourth night after a new moon was good clear weather was expected to follow, but once basic meteorological instruments were invented, things began to slowly change in the mid-15th century, a man Named Nicholas Kuza, a German mathematician, designed a hygrometer that told people how much humidity was in the air to make this kuza.

He put some sheep wool on a scale and then monitored the change in the weight of the wool according to the air conditions. An equipment that we all know and use is the thermometer. Temperature changes couldn't really be measured until invented by Italian Galileo Galilei. His thermometer in 1593 was not like a modern thermometer because it had water in it instead of mercury. In fact, it was not until 1714 that Gabrielle Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer. In 1643, another Italian named Evangelista Toricelli invented the first barometer. Measuring atmospheric pressure, this was another big step forward in more accurate weather prediction.

As time went on, during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, all of these meteorological instruments were improved and developed and people from different countries began to record measurements related to their local climate; However, in those days it was very difficult to send records from one part of the world to another, so it was not possible for them to share their information until the electric telegraph became widespread, which meant that meteorological observations could be sent back and forth. regularly to and from different countries in the 1860s, therefore, weather forecasts were becoming more common and accurate because they were based on observations taken at the same time over a wide area.

In 1863, France began publishing weather maps all days, something that had not been done before and was soon followed by other nations. So that was the beginning of the national weather forecast and now I'll tell you how we at the national weather center get the information we need to produce a forecast even today. One of the most important methods we use is observations that tell us what the weather will be like. What you are doing now Observation reports are automatically sent from the computers of various weather stations in different parts of the country. Almost all are based at airports, although some are located in urban centers.

The equipment detects temperature, humidity, pressure and wind speed direction. Meteorologists also rely on satellites that send images to our computer screens. What we see on our screens are bright colors: orange represents dry air and bright blue shows humidity levels in the atmosphere. The satellites are located 22,000 miles above the Earth's surface and it is amazing that Despite that distance, it is possible to distinguish an individual cloud and follow it as it moves across the landscape. In addition to collecting data from the ground, we need to know what is happening in the upper levels of the atmosphere, so a couple of times a day.

From many places throughout the country we send radio sounds to the air. A radio sound is a box that contains a package of equipment and hangs from a balloon that is filled with gas. The data is transmitted to the weather station. Finally, radar was used for the first time. 150 years ago and still new advances are being made all the time and it is a method of detecting and monitoring the progress of hurricanes. Crucial information is displayed using different colors representing speed and direction. Radar is also used by airplanes, of course, all this information from different sources is put into computer models which are like massive computer programs, sometimes they all tell us the same story and sometimes we have to use our own experience to decide which one. shows the most accurate forecast, which we then pass on to you, so I hope it's the next one.

Every time you see the weather forecast you will think about how we meteorologists spend our time and it may have persuaded some of you to study meteorology in more depth. This is the end of section four. Now you have half a minute to check your answers.