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    Cranleigh: IELTS Listening practice test

    Ordering catering, a town food festival, a film studies essay and a lecture on crowd behaviour.

    • 4 parts
    • 40 questions
    • About 35 minutes
    Sit this test with the recording

    Part 1 · Questions 1–10

    Ordering catering

    You will hear a conversation between a woman and a caterer about food for an event.

    Questions 1–5

    Complete the form below.

    Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

    Catering Enquiry

    Customer
    Hana 1
    Event
    the opening of a new 2
    Numbers to cater for
    3
    Date
    4 November, from 6 p.m.
    Menu chosen
    the 5 canapé menu, £11 per head

    Questions 6–10

    Complete the notes below.

    Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

    Things to arrange

    Send dietary numbers a 6 before the event
    Two staff will be needed, at £7 each for the evening
    Provide a separate 8 with a table and a socket
    Deposit: 9% to confirm the booking
    Print the time the food will be served on the 10

    Part 2 · Questions 11–20

    A town food festival

    You will hear one of the organisers describing a town food festival on local radio.

    Questions 11–16

    Complete the notes below.

    Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

    Cranleigh Food Festival

    Dates: 14–15 September; now held in Ashfield 11
    Entry costs £12 for adults; under-16s are free
    Closes at 13 on Sunday, earlier than last year
    There is no parking; a shuttle 14 runs from the station every 12 minutes
    There is a water refill point beside the 15
    16 traders this year, two thirds of them from within thirty miles

    Questions 17–20

    Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

    1. 17What does the speaker say about the demonstration kitchen?
      • ASeats must be booked in advance.
      • BIt is worth arriving early on Saturday afternoon.
      • CThere is a charge for the popular sessions.
    2. 18Places in the children's cookery tent
      • Aare booked at the tent on the day.
      • Bmust be reserved online beforehand.
      • Care given out in order of arrival at the gate.
    3. 19The cheese competition is
      • Aolder than the festival itself.
      • Bopen to amateur entries.
      • Cjudged on the Sunday.
    4. 20Why does he advise booking the foraging walks soon?
      • AThey were fully booked quickly last year.
      • BThe price rises nearer the date.
      • CThere is only one walk each day.

    Part 3 · Questions 21–30

    A film studies essay

    You will hear a film studies student called Tara discussing an essay with her tutor.

    Questions 21–25

    Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

    1. 21What is the tutor's objection to Tara's original argument?
      • AIt cannot really be argued against.
      • BIt has been written about too often.
      • CIt requires knowledge she does not have.
    2. 22How many films does he advise her to write about?
      • Aone
      • Btwo
      • Csix
    3. 23What does he say she should do before reading the theory?
      • Adescribe a sequence in detail
      • Bwrite a plan of the whole essay
      • Cread reviews of the films
    4. 24His test for whether a piece of description belongs is whether
      • Ait could be removed without weakening the argument.
      • Bit covers the whole of the scene.
      • Cit uses the correct technical terms.
    5. 25What practical advice does he give about watching the films?
      • Ato use proper headphones
      • Bto watch them in a cinema
      • Cto watch them with subtitles off

    Question 26

    Answer the question below.

    Write ONE NUMBER ONLY.

    1. 26On what date of the month must the essay be handed in?

    Questions 27–30

    What does the tutor say about each of the following sources? Choose the correct letter, A–F, next to questions 27–30.

    Advice

    • ARead only part of it.
    • BUse it to find other reading.
    • CDo not take its claims at face value.
    • DDo not cite it at all.
    • ERead it after writing the first draft.
    • FIt is only available in the library.
    1. 27the Chion book
    2. 28the Bryce collection of essays
    3. 29the interview with the director
    4. 30the online video essay

    Part 4 · Questions 31–40

    How crowds behave

    You will hear part of a lecture about the behaviour of crowds.

    Questions 31–40

    Complete the notes below.

    Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

    Crowd behaviour

    The traditional view

    Le Bon (1895): the individual is absorbed into a collective 31
    the crowd is seen as irrational and dangerous in itself

    What the evidence shows

    studies of real emergencies find people 32 strangers
    the modern account is called the social 33 approach
    a shared predicament creates a new group identity and produces 34

    Density

    measured in people per square 35
    at 4 per square metre you can no longer choose your 36
    above about 6, waves pass through the crowd: this is called crowd 37
    most deaths are caused by compressive 38, not trampling

    Better practice

    design out 39, where flows cross or narrow
    keep people informed: an uninformed crowd 40

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