Test Yourself 4 - 20-day practice for IELTS Listening
Questions 1-10

Complete the table below. 

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

Art classes at Bramley Community Centre 

Class 

Things to bring 

Fees / Timetable 

Tutor 

Example 

‘Movement and …light…’: painting in the style of French Impressionists  

a set of 

1 …………………… is essential 

The cost of 

2 $ …………………… for two terms 

Monday evenings 

6-8 p.m., Room 15 

A local artist called Steve 3 ………………. 

‘Clay basics’: using the pottery wheel to make several 

4 …………………… 

an old 

5 …………………… would be a good idea 

The cost is $180 per term 

Every 6 ………………… 

6:30-8:30 p.m., Room 3 

Theresa Clark – her work is displayed in the community centre 

‘Sketching Architecture’: drawing old buildings, starting with the 7 …………………… 

people usually take a fold-up chair and a 

8 …………………… 

The cost is $160 per term 

Fridays 11-1 p.m. meet at the corner of Victoria Street and  

9 …………………… Road 

Annie Li 

Annie’s cell phone number  

10 …………………… 

 

 

1
- brushes
2
- 285
3
- Ramdhanie
4
- bowls
5
- shirt
6
- Thursday
7
- library
8
- sandwich
9
- Station//station
10
- 021 785 6361

Đáp án và giải thích

Đáp án câu 1: brushes

Woman: Well, do I need to bring anything to the class? Or is everything supplied?

Manager: Not quite. What you’d need to do is get yourself some brushes

– I’d suggest a range of them, you know, in different sizes.

Đáp án câu 2: 285

Manager: And you know what the fee for the class is?

Woman: For one term – it’s $170 isn’t it?

Manager: That’s right. But if you sign up for two terms, it actually works out cheaper.

Woman: How much would that be?

Manager: $285.

Đáp án câu 3: Ramdhanie

Woman: And who’s the tutor?

Manager: The tutor? He’s a local artist. You might have heard of him. Steve Ramdhanie.

Woman: Oh possibly. How do you spell that surname?

Manager: It’s R-A-M-D-H-A-N-I-E.

Đáp án câu 4: bowls

Woman: Do we get to use a pottery wheel?

Manager: Yes you do.

Woman: Oh great. But we’d be making something simple, I hope. I can’t imagine producing a vase or anything with a handle.

Manager: No, in the first term, you’d just be producing two or three bowls. two or three = several.

Đáp án câu 5: shirt

Manager: I’d recommend wearing something old – that you didn’t mind getting dirty.

Woman: Well, I have a shirt like that that I could use.

Đáp án câu 6: Thursday

Manager: And the class runs on Wednesdays, 6.30 to 8.30p.m. Oh hang on, I’ve got that wrong. -> đưa ra thông tin chưa chính xác rồi sửa lại

Woman: It’s on a Thursday, isn’t it? Manager: Yes, my mistake.

Đáp án câu 7: library

Woman: Um, now the other class I thought looked interesting was ‘Sketching Architecture’.

Manager: Oh, yes. For that one everyone goes down to the local park, because it’s surrounded by so many beautiful old buildings.

Woman: Oh, right. Like the old post office. -> thông tin gây nhiễu

Manager: Well, I think you begin by drawing the library. begin by = start with

Đáp án câu 8: sandwich

Woman: Is there anything else I ought to know?

Manager: Well, the people who do the class - they tend to make a sandwich for themselves, and bring that along.

Đáp án câu 9: Station//station

Woman: So, if the classes are in the park – that’s quite a big area. Where do we actually meet?

Manager: Good point. Everyone usually heads along just before 11a.m., and they meet each other at the top of Victoria Street, at the Station Road end.

Đáp án câu 10: 0217856361

Woman: OK, what’s the number, please? Manager: It’s 021 785 6361.

 

Questions 11-12

Script, pronunciation & translate

Guide: Ladies and gentlemen, I’m very pleased to be able to welcome you to ‘Cityscope’, our lovely modern sports and leisure facility. I’ve brought you up to the rooftop café on top of the stadium so that you can enjoy the view while I explain briefly what we have here and point out to you the major features of the site. Then we'll go round and have a look at the ground level. We’re extremely proud of this new facility. You see, when the project was first discussed, we expected that a multinational company would give us half our funding and the central government grant would make up most of the rest, with a smaller contribution from local business. Well, we'd got quite far into the planning stage when the multinational pulled out and both central and local government decided they couldn't afford anything, so we ended up with a beautiful project, a small amount of sponsorship promised by local organisations and nothing else. We thought we'd never built it, but at the last moment, we had an amazing donation of several million pounds from a national transport company (Q11/12), and that got us going again and we managed to get all the rest from local fundraising. There’s hardly a street in the city that hasn’t made its contribution one way or another (Q11/12), so there’s a true sense of local ownership here.

Choose TWO letters, A-E. 

Which TWO sources of funding helped build the facility? 

A the central government 

B local government 

C a multinational company 

D a national company 

E city residents 

11
Questions 13-14

Script, pronunciation & translate

So, this is what we got. We wanted a new stadium because the 1950s football stadium is on the other side of town and is shortly due to be pulled down and built over. This site was the old airport with some playing fields on one side of it and a few buildings from the 1930s when the airfield first opened. So we were able to plan a new stadium with plenty of room for all the things people wanted. The playing fields have been upgraded and refenced so they are now a set of top-quality outdoor pitches for amateur football, hockey and so on (Q13/14). We have both sports and other entertainments here. We want to encourage all kinds of people onto the site and hope some of them may come to use the cinema or the café and end up trying the fitness centre. These are all grouped together: the café is in the original 1930s passenger hall (Q13/14) and the architects have managed to retain some of the elegant style of the building. The other buildings, like the control tower, which would have made a great feature, and the aircraft hangars which we had hoped might house the fitness centre, were unfortunately not structurally sound enough to preserve. So everything else is newly built, opened in 2010.

Choose TWO letters, A-E. 

Which TWO pre-existing features of the site are now part of the new facilities? 

A football stadium 

B playing fields 

C passenger hall 

D control tower 

E aircraft hangars 

 

13
Questions 15-20

Script, pronunciation & translate

Right, now if you’d like to gather a little closer to the window I’ll point out the various buildings. We’re at the highest point of the stadium here in the rooftop café, on the opposite side to the main entrance doors. On our left, you can see two buildings just beyond the end of the stadium. The closest one is the business centre (Q15), used for meetings and conferences, and so on, which provides a good source of revenue for the upkeep of the sports facilities; and next to the business centre the bigger building is the hotel which is rented from us by an independent company. As you see, they are served by the perimeter road which runs round three-quarters of the site. Now, coming round to the front of the building, immediately in front of the entrance, that circular open space at the end of the road is the transport hub (Q16). From here, there are buses and a monorail link to the free car park, about ten minutes from here, but you can't see that. There's also a large secure cycle park. Oh, and disabled parking, of course. People find it’s very convenient and it keeps the site virtually car-free. OK. Now if you look as far as you can over to the right, beyond the buildings, you can see our outdoor pitches which I mentioned earlier. Between the pitches and the entrance is a little kind of pedestrian plaza … are you with me? OK, with the cinema in the building furthest away from us, next to the pitches (Q17), then there’s the ten-pin bowling between the cinema and the road. Near the far end of the perimeter road and between the mini-roundabout and the pitches – there’s our fitness centre (Q18), with all kinds of equipment, and a small pool, and changing rooms for teams using the pitches. Then, joined on to the stadium, next to the entrance, is a range of small shops (Q19) which all specialise in sports equipment, clothes, shoes. They sell toys and so on as well, all that sort of thing. They seem to be doing well! As you see, the service road goes right round, but we keep the traffic and the pedestrians well apart, so it’s all very relaxed round the plaza, popular with families. And just in front of the bowling is our lovely restaurant. You can see it from here – it’s that building on the plaza between us and the bowling (Q20). It’s open all day and in the evenings. There’s quite a queue there at weekends, I’m pleased to say. So, now you’ve got the layout, we can go and have a closer look at everything.

Label the plan below. 

Write the correct letter, A-I, next to Questions 15-20. 

 

15 hotel ………………………… 

16 transport hub ………………………… 

17 cinema ………………………… 

18 fitness centre ………………………… 

19 shops ………………………… 

20 restaurant ………………………… 

15
- E
“We’re at the highest point of the stadium here in the rooftop café, on the opposite side to the main entrance doors On our left, you can see two buildings just beyond the end of the stadium. The closest one is the business centreused for meetings and conferences, and so on, which provides a good source of revenue for the upkeep of the sports facilities; and next to the business centre the bigger building is the hotel which is rented from us by an independent company.” -> điểm xuất phát là “rooftop café” -> phía bên trái có 2 tòa nhà nhưng tòa gần điểm xuất phát nhất là “business centre” -> hotel là toà còn lại, cũng là tòa lớn hơn -> Chọn Đáp án E
16
- B
“Now, coming round to the front of the building, immediately in front of the entrance, that circular open space at the end of the road is the transport hub.” -> xác định “entrance” trên bản đồ -> ngay đối diện “entrance” là “transport hub” -> Chọn Đáp án B
17
- A
“OK. Now if you look as far as you can over to the right, beyond the buildings, you can see our outdoor pitches which I mentioned earlier. Between the pitches and the entrance is a little kind of pedestrian plaza … are you with me? OK, with the cinema in the building furthest away from us, next to the pitches, then there’s the ten-pin bowling between the cinema and the road.” -> xác định “plaza” trên bản đồ -> “cinema” là tòa nhà ở xa nhất, tòa “bowling” ở giữa “cinema” và đường đi -> Chọn Đáp án A
18
- D
“Near the far end of the perimeter road and between the mini-roundabout and the pitches – there’s our fitness centre” -> “fitness centre” ở giữa “roundabout” và pitches -> Chọn Đáp án D
19
- F
“joined on to the stadium, next to the entrance, is a range of small shops” -> “small shops” ở ngay cạnh “entrance” -> Chọn Đáp án F
20
- C
“And just in front of the bowling is our lovely restaurant. You can see it from here – it’s that building on the plaza between us and the bowling.” -> “restaurant” là tòa ở giữa “bowling” và “plaza” -> Chọn Đáp án C
Questions 21-25

Script, pronunciation & translate

Mia: Hi, Rob. How’s the course going? Rob: Oh, hi, Mia. Yeah, great. I can’t believe the first term’s nearly over. Mia: I saw your group’s performance last night at the student theatre. It was good. Rob: Really? Yeah ... but now we have to write a report on the whole thing, an in-depth analysis. I don't know where to start. Like, I have to write about the role I played, the doctor, how I developed the character. Mia: Well, what was your starting point? Rob: Er ... my grandfather was a doctor before he retired, and I just based it on him. Mia: OK, but how? Did you talk to him about it? Rob: He must have all sorts of stories, but he never says much about his work, even now. He has a sort of authority though. Mia: So how did you manage to capture that? Rob: I’d ... I’d visualise what he must have been like in the past, when he was sitting in his consulting room listening to his patients (Q21). Mia: OK, so that’s what you explain in your report. Rob: Right. Mia: Then there’s the issue of atmosphere - so in the first scene we needed to know how boring life was in the doctor’s village in the 1950s, so when the curtain went up on the first scene in the waiting room, there was that long silence before anyone spoke. And then people kept saving the same thing over and over, like ‘Cold, isn’t it?’ (Q22) Rob: Yes, and everyone wore grey and brown, and just sat in a row. Mia: Yes, all those details of the production. Rob: And I have to analyse how I functioned in the group - what I found out about myself. I know I was so frustrated at times, when we couldn’t agree. Mia: Yes. So did one person emerge as the leader? Rob: Sophia did. That was OK - she helped us work out exactly what to do, for the production. And that made me feel better, I suppose (Q23). Mia: When you understood what needed doing? Rob: Yes. And Sophia did some research, too. That was useful in developing our approach. Mia: Like what? Rob: Well, she found these articles from the 1950s about how relationships between children and their parents, or between the public and people like bank managers or the police were shifting (Q24). Mia: Interesting. And did you have any practical problems to overcome? Rob: Well, in the final rehearsal everything was going fine until the last scene - that’s where the doctor’s first patient appears on stage on his own. Mia: The one in the wheelchair? Rob: Yes, and he had this really long speech, with the stage all dark except for one spotlight - and then that stuck somehow so it was shining on the wrong side of the stage (Q25) ... but anyway we got that fixed, thank goodness. Mia: Yes, it was fine on the night.

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. 

Theatre Studies Course 

21
What helped Rob to prepare to play the character of a doctor?
22
In the play’s first scene, the boredom of village life was suggested by
23
What has Rob learned about himself through working in a group?
24
To support the production, research material was used which described
25
What problem did the students overcome in the final rehearsal?
Questions 26-30

Script, pronunciation & translate

Rob: But while you’re here, Mia, I wanted to ask you about the year abroad option. Would you recommend doing that? Mia: Yes, definitely. It’s a fantastic chance to study in another country for a year. Rob: I think I’d like to do it, but it looks very competitive - there’s only a limited number of places. Mia: Yes, so next year when you are in the second year of the course, you need to work really hard in all your theatre studies modules. Only students with good marks get places - you have to prove that you know your subject really well (Q26). Rob: Right. So how did you choose where to go? Mia: Well, I decided I wanted a programme that would fit in with what I wanted to do after I graduate, so I looked for a university with emphasis on acting rather than directing for example. It depends on you (Q27). Then about six months before you go, you have to email the scheme coordinator with your top three choices. I had a friend who missed the deadline and didn’t get her first choice, so you do need to get a move on at that stage (Q28). You’ll find that certain places are very popular with everyone. Rob: And don’t you have to write a personal statement at that stage? Mia: Yes. Rob: Right. I’ll get some of the final year students to give me some tips (Q29) ... maybe see if I can read what they wrote. Mia: I think that’s a very good idea. I don’t mind showing you what I did. And while you’re abroad don’t make the mistake I made. I got so involved I forgot all about making arrangements for when I came back here for the final year. Make sure you stay in touch so they know your choices for the optional modules (Q30). You don’t want to miss out doing your preferred specialisms. Rob: Right.

What action is needed for the following stages in doing the ‘year abroad’ option? 

Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to Questions 26-30. 

Action 

A be on time 

B get a letter of recommendation 

C plan for the final year 

D make sure the institution’s focus is relevant 

E show ability in Theatre Studies 

F make travel arrangements and bookings 

G ask for help 

 

Stages in doing the ‘year abroad’ option 

26 in the second year of the course .............. 

27 when first choosing where to go .............. 

28 when sending in your choices .............. 

29 when writing your personal statement .............. 

30 when doing the year abroad .............. 

26
- E
Mia: Yes, so next year when you are in the second year of the course, you need to work really hard in all your theatre studies modules. Only students with good marks get places - you have to prove that you know your subject really well. good marks, prove -> show ability -> Chọn Đáp án E
27
- D
Mia: Well, I decided I wanted a programme that would fit in with what I wanted to do after I graduate, so I looked for a university with emphasis on acting rather than directing for example. It depends on you. fit in with = relevant emphasis = focus -> Chọn Đáp án D
28
F - A
“Then about six months before you go, you have to email the scheme coordinator with your top three choices. I had a friend who missed the deadline and didn’t get her first choice, so you do need to get a move on at that stage.” get a move = be on time -> Chọn Đáp án A
29
- G
Rob: And don’t you have to write a personal statement at that stage? Mia: Yes. Rob: Right. I’ll get some of the final year students to give me some tips maybe see if I can read what they wrote. give me some tips -> ask for help -> Chọn Đáp án G
30
- C
“And while you’re abroad don’t make the mistake I made. I got so involved I forgot all about making arrangements for when I came back here for the final year. Make sure you stay in touch so they know your choices for the optional modules.” making arrangements for when I came back -> plan -> Chọn Đáp án C
Questions 31-40

Script, pronunciation & translate

Last week, we started looking at reptiles, including crocodiles and snakes. Today, I’d like us to have a look at another reptile - the lizard - and in particular, at some studies that have been done on a particular type of lizard whose Latin name is tiliqua rugosa. This is commonly known as the sleepy lizard, because it’s quite slow in its movements and spends quite a lot of its time dozing under rocks or lying in the sun. I’ll start with a general description. Sleepy lizards live in Western and South Australia, where they're quite common. Unlike European lizards, which are mostly small, green and fast­ moving, sleepy lizards are brown, but what’s particularly distinctive about them is the colour of their tongue, which is dark blue (Q31), in contrast with the lining of their mouth which is bright pink. And they're much bigger than most European lizards. They have quite a varied diet, including insects and even small animals, but they mostly eat plants of varying kinds (Q32). Even though they're quite large and powerful, with strong jaws that can crush beetles and snail shells, they still have quite a few predators. Large birds like cassowaries were one of the main ones in the past, but nowadays they’re more likely to be caught and killed by snakes (Q33). Actually, another threat to their survival isn't a predator at all, but is man-made – quite a large number of sleepy lizards are killed by cars when they’re trying to cross highways. One study carried out by Michael Freake at Flinders University investigated the methods of navigation of these lizards. Though they move slowly, they can travel quite long distances. And he found that even if they were taken some distance away from their home territory, they could usually find their way back home as long as they could see the sky – they didn't need any other landmarks on the ground (Q34). -------------------------------- Observations of these lizards in the wild have also revealed that their mating habits are quite unusual. Unlike most animals, it seems that they’re relatively monogamous, returning to the same partner year after year (Q35). And the male and female also stay together for a long time, both before and after the birth of their young. It's quite interesting to think about the possible reasons for this. It could be that it’s to do with protecting their young – you’d expect them to have a much better chance of survival if they have both parents around. But in fact observers have noted that once the babies have hatched out of their eggs, they have hardly any contact with their parents (Q36). So, there’s not really any evidence to support that idea. Another suggestion’s based on the observation that male lizards in monogamous relationships tend to be bigger and stronger than other males. So maybe the male lizards stay around so they can give the female lizards protection from other males (Q37). But again, we’re not really sure. Finally, I’d like to mention another study that involved collecting data by tracking the lizards. I was actually involved in this myself. So we caught some lizards in the wild and we developed a tiny GPS system that would allow us to track them, and we fixed this onto their tails (Q38). Then we set the lizards free again, and we were able to track them for twelve days and gather data, not just about their location, but even about how many steps they took during this period (Q39). One surprising thing we discovered from this is that there were far fewer meetings between lizards than we expected – it seems that they were actually trying to avoid one another. So why would that be? Well, again we have no clear evidence, but one hypothesis is that male lizards can cause quite serious injuries to one another, so maybe this avoidance is a way of preventing this (Q40) – of self-preservation, if you like. But we need to collect a lot more data before we can be sure of any of this.

Complete the notes below. 

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. 

The sleepy lizard (tiliqua rugosa) 

Description 

  • They are common in Western and South Australia 
  • They are brown, but recognisable by their blue 31 ............................. 
  • They are relatively large 
  • Their diet consists mainly of 32 ............................ 
  • Their main predators are large birds and 33 ............................ 

Navigation study 

  • One study found that lizards can use the 34 ............................ to help them navigate 

Observations in the wild 

  • Observations show that these lizards keep the same 35 ............................ for several years 

What people want 

  • Possible reasons: 
  • to improve the survival of their young 

(but little 36 ............................ has been noted between parents and children) 

  • to provide 37 ............................ for female lizards 

Tracking study 

  • A study was carried out using GPS systems attached to the 38 .......................... of the lizards 
  • This provided information on the lizards’ location and even the number of 39 ............................ taken 
  • It appeared that the lizards were trying to avoid one another  
  • This may be in order to reduce chances of 40 ............................ 
31
mouth - tongue//tongues
“Unlike European lizards, which are mostly small, green and fast­ moving, sleepy lizards are brown, but what’s particularly distinctive about them is the colour of their tongue, which is dark blue, in contrast with the lining of their mouth which is bright pink.” which = their tongue
32
insects - plants
“They have quite a varied diet, including insects and even small animals, but they mostly eat plants of varying kinds.” mostly = mainly
33
snakes
“Large birds like cassowaries were one of the main ones in the past, but nowadays they’re more likely to be caught and killed by snakes.”
34
method - sky
“And he found that even if they were taken some distance away from their home territory, they could usually find their way back home as long as they could see the sky – they didn’t need any other landmarks on the ground.” find their way back home -> navigate
35
partner//partners
“Unlike most animals, it seems that they’re relatively monogamous, returning to the same partner year after year.” year after year = several years
36
evidence - contact
“But in fact observers have noted that once the babies have hatched out of their eggs, they have hardly any contact with their parents.” hardly any = little
37
males - protection
“So maybe the male lizards stay around so they can give the female lizards protection from other males.” give = provide
38
tail//tails
“So we caught some lizards in the wild and we developed a tiny GPS system that would allow us to track them, and we fixed this onto their tails.” fix onto = attach
39
data - steps
“Then we set the lizards free again, and we were able to track them for twelve days and gather data, not just about their location, but even about how many steps they took during this period.” how many -> the number of
40
- injury//injuries
“Well, again we have no clear evidence, but one hypothesis is that male lizards can cause quite serious injuries to one another, so maybe this avoidance is a way of preventing this – of self-preservation, if you like.” prevent -> reduce chances
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