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    Penwarren: IELTS Listening practice test

    A campsite booking, a site welcome talk, a marketing survey and a lecture on why we queue.

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

    Part 1 · Questions 1–10

    Booking a campsite pitch

    You will hear a conversation between a man and the owner of a campsite.

    Questions 1–6

    Complete the form below.

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

    Campsite Booking

    Name
    Sam 1
    Party
    2 adults and 2 children
    Pitch type
    3 (for a six-berth tent)
    4 required: yes, £6 per night extra
    Arriving
    5 August, for 7 nights
    Total
    £6

    Questions 7–10

    Complete the notes below.

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

    Site rules and information

    Arrive between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., when the gate is locked
    Dogs cost £3 a night and must be kept on a 8 on the site
    There is no shop; the 9 calls at the gate at 8.30 each morning except Sunday
    Barbecues must be 10 off the grass; stands are lent out free

    Part 2 · Questions 11–20

    Welcome to the campsite

    You will hear a campsite manager giving a welcome talk to guests at the start of the week.

    Questions 11–15

    Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

    1. 11What does the manager say about the taps on the site?
      • AAll of them supply drinking water.
      • BOne of them is not for drinking.
      • CThey are turned off overnight.
    2. 12He advises guests to shower
      • Aearly in the morning.
      • Blater in the evening.
      • Cbefore half past seven.
    3. 13Recycling must be
      • Aput in the bins by the gate.
      • Bseparated into four types.
      • Ctaken to the village.
    4. 14Guests going out for the day are advised to
      • Atake down or secure their awnings.
      • Btell the office where they are going.
      • Cmove their car off the pitch.
    5. 15The stream is dangerous because
      • Ait is deeper than it looks.
      • Bit can rise quickly after rain elsewhere.
      • Cthe banks are unstable.

    Questions 16–20

    Label the plan below. Write the correct letter, A–H, next to questions 16–20.

    Penwarren Farm Campsite
    Camping fieldCaravansFarmhouseABCDEFGH
    1. 16Office
    2. 17Laundry
    3. 18Shower block
    4. 19Recycling shed
    5. 20Play area

    Part 3 · Questions 21–30

    A marketing survey

    You will hear two marketing students, Yusuf and Lena, discussing a survey they have run for a local business.

    Questions 21–25

    Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

    1. 21What problem do the students identify with their sample?
      • AIt is too small to analyse.
      • BIt excludes dissatisfied customers.
      • CIt contains too many repeat visitors.
    2. 22They decide to deal with this problem by
      • Acollecting more responses elsewhere.
      • Bstating it clearly in the method.
      • Cweighting the results statistically.
    3. 23What did customers rank as most important?
      • Ahow much things cost
      • Bhow much the staff know
      • Chow wide the range is
    4. 24How will Yusuf present the written comments?
      • Aas counts of themes, with a few quotations
      • Bas a selection of the most striking ones
      • Cin full, as an appendix
    5. 25What do they decide about the presentation?
      • Ato take questions throughout
      • Bto leave ten minutes at the end
      • Cto send the slides in advance

    Questions 26–30

    What do the students decide about each of the following recommendations? Choose the correct letter, A–F, next to questions 26–30.

    Decisions

    • Amake it the main recommendation
    • Bsay that more evidence is needed
    • Cnote that the client has already tried it
    • Dleave it out of the report
    • Epresent it alongside the main recommendation
    • Frecommend it for next year only
    1. 26a loyalty card
    2. 27longer opening hours
    3. 28a children's play area
    4. 29a delivery service
    5. 30a staff training programme

    Part 4 · Questions 31–40

    The psychology of queueing

    You will hear part of a lecture about the psychology of waiting in queues.

    Questions 31–40

    Complete the notes below.

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

    Waiting in queues

    The lift complaints

    a faster mechanism was too expensive, so 31 were installed instead

    Principles of perceived waiting

    occupied time feels shorter: an empty wait is overestimated by about 32%
    33 waits feel longer than waits of a known length
    an 34 for the delay helps, but only if it comes immediately
    35 matters most: being overtaken by a later arrival causes real anger
    this is why a single 36 line replaced separate queues at each server
    waiting alone feels longer than waiting in a 37

    Two complications

    the peak-end rule: people remember the worst moment and the 38
    a dishonest estimate spends the customer's 39

    Conclusion

    the measures that work are usually 40 than shortening the wait itself

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