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IELTS Listening Practice Test – Exercise 362

Part 1: Questions 1-10
Complete the notes below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Library Information
Minimum joining age: 18 years

For registration, must take
• two (1)  and
• two forms of I.D. e.g. driving licence, (2) 

Cost to join per year (without current student card): (3) £ 
Number of items allowed: (members of public) (4) 
Login times: four weeks
Fines start at (5) £ 
Computers can be booked up to (6)  hours in advance
Library holds most national papers,  (7)  , and magazines need (8)  to use photocopier

Creative Writing class
• tutor is John (9)  and
• held on (10)  evenings

Part 2: Questions 11-15
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

BICYCLES FOR THE WORLD
11. In 1993 Dan Pearman went to Ecuador
 A as a tourist guide
 B as part of his studies
 C as a voluntary worker

12. Dan’s neighbour was successful in business because he
 A employed carpenters from the area
 B was the most skilled craftsman in the town
 C found it easy to reach customers

13. Dan says the charity relies on
 A getting enough bicycles to send regularly
 B finding new areas which need the bicycles
 C charging for the bicycles it sends abroad

14. What does Dan say about the town of Rivas?
 A It has received the greatest number of bikes
 B It has almost as many bikes as Amsterdam
 C Its economy has been totally transformed

15. What problem did the charity face in August 2000?
 A It couldn’t meet its overheads
 B It had to delay sending the bikes
 C It was criticized in the British media

Questions 16 and 17

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer.

16. How much money did the charity receive when it won an award? 
17. What is the charity currently hoping to buy? 

Questions 18-20

Which THREE things can the general public do to help the charity Pedal Power?

 A organise a bicycle collection
 B repair the donated bikes
 C donate their unwanted tools
 D do voluntary work in its office
 E hold an event to raise money
 F identify areas that need bikes
 G write to the government

Part 3: Questions 21-30
Choose the table below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

‘STUDENT LIFE’ VIDEO PROJECT

CristinaIbrahim
Enjoyed:– using the camera
– going to British (21)……………
contact with students doing other courses (has asked some to (22)……….with him)
Most useful language practice:– listening to instructions
– learning (23)…………. vocabulary
listening to British students’ language because of:
– normal speed
– large amount of (24)…………….
General usefulness:– operating video camera
– working with other people:
– learning about (25)…………
– compromising
– (26)…………people who have different views
the importance of (27)………………..
Things to do differently in future:– decide when to (28)………….each stage at the beginning
– make more efforts to (29)……………….with the camera
do not make the film too (30)………………………

(21)                   (22) 
(23)                  (24) 
(25)                  (26) 
(27)                  (28) 
(29)                  (30) 

Part 4: Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

GEOGRAPHY
• more than (31)  times as big as the UK
• most of the area is classified as (32) 

RESEARCH STATIONS
• (33)  is integrated with technical support
• stations contain accommodation, work areas, a kitchen, a (34)  and a gym
• supplies were brought to Zero One station by sledge from a (35)  at the edge of the ice 15 km away
• problem of snow build-ups solved by building stations on (36)  with adjustable legs

FOOD AND DIET
• average daily requirement for an adult in Antarctica is approximately (37)  kilocalories
• rations for field work prepared by process of freeze-drying

RESEARCH
The most important research focuses on climate change, including
– measuring changes in the ice-cap (because of effects on sea levels and (38)  )
– analysing air from bubbles in ice to measure (39)  caused by human activity

WORK OPPORTUNITIES
Many openings for (40)  people including
– research assistants, administrative and technical positions

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