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IELTS Listening Practice Test – Exercise 303

Part 1: Questions 1-10
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Job Inquiry
Type of job required: part-time

Position availableDetails
(1)……………………..Duty: to provide (2)………….service
Working hours: (3)…………
Requirement: receive (4)…………..without pay
Day off: one day a week (request in advance)
(5)…………………….Requirements: clean and valid license, 6 years experience
Working hours: (6)…………..
Duty: to take employees to and from work
– to collect the (7)……………..
– to pick up the children
Day off: (8)……………
Cashier in a (9)…………….Working hours: 17.30 – 22.30
Duty: to sell and dispense tickets
– to provide refreshments
– to make (10)……….
Day off: Mondays

(1)                    (2)   
(3)                    (4)  
(5)                    (6)  
(7)                    (8)  
(9)                   (10) 

Part 2: Questions 11-14
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

11. The host families will
 A earn a big money
 B receive no pay
 C receive stable pay

12. What is the guest expected to overcome when suffering from culture shock?
 A loneliness
 B difficulty to make friends
 C language barriers

13. What can the guests do if they want to become familiar with host families?
 A talk about personal interests
 B clean their rooms
 C cook together

14. What is likely to happen to the guests in the long run?
 A they will enhance cultural understanding
 B they will gain overseas experience
 C they will know more people from different countries

Questions 15-20
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

How to apply for a homestay

• Visit the website and contact the advisor
• Keep in touch with the (15) 
• Provide two photos one for the host family and other for (16) 
• Send in some documents to confirm your (17) 
• Receive (18)  within 7 working days
• Have an (19)  in London
• Pay the extra fee for a fast track service
• Receive a written (20) 

Part 3: Questions 21-26
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

21. What kind of research method does the professor recommend?
 A interview
 B observation
 C questionnaire

22. What is the project based on?
 A a study they did before in Australia
 B a similar angle someone has done before
 C an Australian study

23. What does the professor advise Douglas to do about the formation of the focus groups?
 A strengthen the group in size
 B reduce the number of children in each group
 C build more than 3 groups

24. To do the project best, the professor suggests the students
 A interview various people or sectors.
 B not be too ambitious.
 C work hard enough.

25. To gather data, the professor asks Jane
 A to replace other people’s advice.
 B to simplify the textbook.
 C to practice using the date table.

26. The reason why Douglas hasn’t read enough reference books is that
 A he doesn’t have enough time.
 B he thinks there are too many books to read.
 C he hasn’t spent time in the library.

Questions 27-30
What do the students decide about the following parts of the project?

Write the correct letter A, B or C next to questions 27-30

A Jane will do
B Douglas will do
C They will do together

27. final report 
28. sheet preparation 
29. letter 
30. transcript 

Part 4: Questions 31-36
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

GRAPHICAL SYMBOL
‘Graphical symbol’
• includes the logographs in Egyptian hieroglyphic writing and ancient Chinese pictograms
• found in Africa, the Americas, and Oceania
• still has something to do with (31)  use today

Ancient graphic writing systems
• Researchers obtain a wide range of (32)  about past civilisations.
– Rosetta Stone was found in 1799 when members of Napoleon’s expedition got to Egypt.
– Frenchman Jean-François Champollion determined the phonetic values of the symbols in 1822.
• In those symbols, (33)  are used to depict various meanings.

Camera obscura
• (34)  helps people understand history better.
• Some charities will (35)  many endangered species.
• A camera was tied to one (36)  of a bird.

Questions 37-40
Complete the sentences below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

37 More  will be included in the future with the development of photography.
38 Companies would like to invest a lot to advertise in 
39 Designing appealing  is used as a way of effective branding.
40 Graphic writing systems are of great importance in the subject of 

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