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    Langdale: IELTS Listening practice test

    An evening language course, a youth theatre, a teaching placement and a lecture on lighthouses.

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

    Part 1 · Questions 1–10

    Enquiring about a language course

    You will hear a conversation between a man and an administrator at an adult education centre.

    Questions 1–6

    Complete the form below.

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

    Course Enquiry

    Name
    Greg 1
    Language
    Spanish; last studied 2 years ago
    Level
    to be decided by an online 3 test
    Class day
    4, 6.30–8.30 p.m.
    Term starts
    5 September, for ten weeks
    Fee
    £6

    Questions 7–10

    Complete the notes below.

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

    Practical points

    Do not buy the 7 until the first class (two editions in the shops)
    Bring a notebook and your own 8
    Classes are now held in the 9, across the car park
    Park behind the 10, which is free after 5.30
    A free conversation group meets on the first Saturday of the month

    Part 2 · Questions 11–20

    A youth theatre

    You will hear the director of a youth theatre talking to parents about the year's programme.

    Questions 11–15

    Complete the notes below.

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

    Langdale Youth Theatre

    Nobody has to 11 to join, or to get a part
    Juniors: ages 7–11, Saturday mornings
    Seniors: ages 12–12, Saturday afternoons
    Seniors' fee: £13 per term; a hardship fund pays for about one child in six
    Each session begins with games, then voice and movement, then 14
    Parents should stay for the first ten minutes during the first 15

    Questions 16–20

    What does the speaker say about each of the following? Choose the correct letter, A–F, next to questions 16–20.

    Comments

    • AThe material is invented by the participants.
    • BIt demands a great deal of extra time.
    • CIt takes place whatever the weather.
    • DPlaces are decided by drawing lots.
    • EThe wrong young people tend to sign up.
    • FIt is open to family members as well.
    1. 16the autumn show
    2. 17the spring musical
    3. 18the Shakespeare production
    4. 19the summer festival trip
    5. 20the technical course

    Part 3 · Questions 21–30

    A teaching placement

    You will hear two trainee teachers, Priyanka and Douglas, talking to their mentor about a school placement.

    Questions 21–25

    Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

    1. 21According to the mentor, Douglas's problem with behaviour is caused by
      • Apupils being tired at the end of the day.
      • Bhis lessons containing too little work.
      • Cthe seating arrangement in the room.
    2. 22What does he say about Priyanka's explanations?
      • AThey are unclear.
      • BThey take up too much of the lesson.
      • CThey are pitched too high.
    3. 23How long should the trainees wait after asking a question?
      • Aone second
      • Bthree seconds
      • Cten seconds
    4. 24What does the mentor say about marking?
      • AWrite less and give pupils time to act on it.
      • BMark only one piece of work in three.
      • CLet pupils mark each other's work.
    5. 25What habit does he ask them both to stop?
      • Aapologising for the work
      • Bsitting down while teaching
      • Cletting lessons overrun

    Questions 26–29

    What advice does the mentor give about each of the following? Choose the correct letter, A–F, next to questions 26–29.

    Advice

    • ADo it immediately rather than later.
    • BFollow it without changing it this year.
    • CPrepare something specific for every pupil.
    • DIt is up to them whether to do it.
    • EAsk another member of staff to do it.
    • FLeave it until after the holiday.
    1. 26changing the seating plan
    2. 27the department's scheme of work
    3. 28the parents' evening
    4. 29being filmed teaching

    Question 30

    Answer the question below.

    Write ONE NUMBER ONLY.

    1. 30For how many years has the mentor been doing his job?

    Part 4 · Questions 31–40

    Building lighthouses

    You will hear part of a lecture about the engineering of lighthouses.

    Questions 31–40

    Complete the notes below.

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

    The Eddystone lighthouses

    The problem

    the rock is covered at every high tide, so work is only possible at 31 water
    a wave hitting a vertical wall can exert about 32 tonnes per square metre

    The four towers

    1698, Winstanley: built of 33; destroyed by a storm in 1703
    1709, Rudyerd: conical, but destroyed by 34 in 1755
    1759, Smeaton: shape copied from the trunk of an 35 tree
    - blocks locked together by 36, so the tower acts as one object
    - mortar that sets under water, made from limestone containing 37
    - stood 123 years; removed because the 38 under it was being undercut

    The keepers

    crews of 39 were introduced after an incident on the Smalls lighthouse
    the last British keeper left in 40

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    Next step

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