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    Kingsford: IELTS Listening practice test

    A removals quote, a library's new services, a psychology write-up and a lecture on the first domestic horses.

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

    Part 1 · Questions 1–10

    Getting a removals quote

    You will hear a conversation between a man and an employee of a removals company.

    Questions 1–6

    Complete the form below.

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

    Removals Enquiry

    Customer
    David 1
    Moving to
    a house at 2
    Size of new property
    3 bedrooms
    Special items to note
    a heavy oak table and about twenty 4
    Preferred moving date
    5 June
    Price quoted
    £6

    Questions 7–10

    Complete the notes below.

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

    Before the move

    The company will pack the 7 themselves
    Ask for about 8 boxes; unused ones are collected
    A parking 9 must be obtained from the council
    On the day, keep a box of essentials in the 10

    Part 2 · Questions 11–20

    What the library does now

    You will hear a librarian giving a talk about the services offered by a town library.

    Questions 11–16

    Complete the notes below.

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

    Kingsford Library

    Borrowing

    loans last three weeks and may be renewed 11 times
    maximum of 12 items on an adult card

    The building

    second floor: the 13 floor, with desks and no talking
    meeting rooms are free for local groups; businesses pay £14 an hour

    Computers

    free for one hour a day; a second hour can be booked after 15

    Other things to borrow

    jigsaws, board games, musical instruments and 16 (£1 a day)

    Questions 17–20

    Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

    1. 17What does the speaker say about Rhyme Time?
      • APlaces must be booked in advance.
      • BIt is worth arriving early.
      • CThere is a small charge.
    2. 18Members of the Reading Group
      • Aare lent a copy of the book.
      • Btake turns to choose the book.
      • Cmeet every fortnight.
    3. 19The Local History Group is currently
      • Alistening to a series of talks.
      • Blooking for more members.
      • Cwriting a book about the town.
    4. 20Code Club is different from the other activities because
      • Ait must be booked.
      • Bit is only for older children.
      • Cit costs money to attend.

    Part 3 · Questions 21–30

    Writing up a psychology experiment

    You will hear two psychology students, Hana and Joe, discussing the write-up of an experiment with their tutor.

    Questions 21–24

    Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

    1. 21What does the tutor say about the introduction?
      • AIt should be made much shorter.
      • BIt needs more recent references.
      • CIt should be moved after the method.
    2. 22What was the students' most interesting finding?
      • AAny noise reduced recall.
      • BSpeech was worse than music.
      • CLouder noise reduced recall more.
    3. 23How does the tutor advise them to present the results?
      • Aas a table of means
      • Bas a bar chart
      • Cas a written summary
    4. 24What is the main problem with their sample?
      • AIt is too small to analyse.
      • BThe participants are too similar to each other.
      • CThe participants knew the aim of the study.

    Questions 25–26

    Complete the sentences below.

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

    1. The report must be handed in on Friday the 25.
    2. Work has to be submitted by 26 o'clock in the afternoon.

    Questions 27–30

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

    Advice

    • Ainclude it in the results
    • Bmention it only as future work
    • Cspread it through the discussion
    • Ddo not do it
    • Eput it in an appendix
    • Fask another tutor about it
    1. 27a second experiment with older participants
    2. 28the questionnaire on perceived noise
    3. 29removing the outliers from the statistics
    4. 30a comparison with the Sorensen study

    Part 4 · Questions 31–40

    The first domestic horses

    You will hear part of a lecture about the domestication of the horse.

    Questions 31–40

    Complete the notes below.

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

    The domestication of the horse

    Why it is hard to date

    unlike cattle and sheep, the horse's 31 hardly changes at first

    Three kinds of indirect evidence

    wear left by a bit on the second 32
    the ages and sexes of the animals: hunters kill mostly 33 animals
    traces of mare's 34 in pots from the Botai culture

    What the genetics showed

    the Botai horses are ancestors of 35 horse, not of modern horses
    modern horses come from the steppe north of the 36
    that lineage spread across Eurasia in about three 37

    Why it spread

    selection for a stronger 38 and for docility
    the arrival of the 39 wheel and the light chariot

    The lecturer's caution

    the horse's first contribution was 40, not conquest

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