IELTS HOPECO: Listening Practice Test 1

SECTION ONE: Questions 1-10

Complete the form below
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer
Example

TAMWORTH ENGLISH SCHOOL

REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LEAVE Name ____________________________________ Student number  ____________________________________ Address (1) ____________________________________ Telephone number (2) ____________________________________ Course  ____________________________________ Teacher’s name (3) ____________________________________ Visa expiry date (4) ____________________________________ Term (5) ____________________________________ Leave dates (6) ______________________ to  ___________________________ Absence (7) ____________________________________ work days Reason (8) ____________________________________ Distance (9) ____________________________________ When leaving (10) ____________________________________

SECTION TWO: Questions 11-20

Questions 11-15

Complete the table below
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.

Questions 16-20

Answer the questions below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER

16. Which places does Martha hope to get to?

17. What else has been planned later in the conference?

18. How has contact been maintained between Martha and her teacher?

19. What has Martha forgotten to do?

20. What is the code to set the burglar alarm?

SECTION THREE: Questions 21-30  

Questions 21-27

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
 
GOVERNMENT OF PATONGA

Criticism of education policies

• increasing (21) _______________
• affects (22) _______________and older workers
• jobs lost because of (23) _______________

Schemes implemented by government

• financial assistance and retraining
• allowance paid for (24) _______________work in the community
• learning practical work skills

Assessment of these schemes

• difficult to administer program
• need job training more suited to country's (25) _______________  
• necessary because of unskilled workers

Retraining programs

• funding for employee training in the use of (26) _______________
• tax deductions for employers for new technology
• country needs skilled workers
• if successful, (27) _______________will disappear

Questions 28-30

Which opinion does each person express about the government's educational policy and the employment of the young?
Choose your answer from the box below and write the correct letter, A-F, next to questions 28-30.

A. government's track record could be improved

B. educational programs for long-term unemployed don’t go far enough

C. government policy only addresses the basic educational needs of long-term unemployed

D. youth unemployment is not as dire as people think

E. the status of vocational training needs to be improved

F. vocational education has successfully grown by 40 percent

28 ______
29 ______
30 ______

SECTION FOUR: Questions 31-40

Question 31

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

31. Problems that were inherited by many major cities are the result of

1. roads being built when there weren't many cars.
2. using goat tracks to develop a road system.
3. poor planning by the early inhabitants.

Questions 32-36

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Questions 37-40

Complete the summary below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

There are several major cities with effective public transportation systems. Beginning with London, it not only has an effective underground called the Tube, but a (37) _________________transport system above ground. Equally effective, but also (38) __________________ and fast are the Mass Transit Railway, buses and ferries in Hong Kong. Carrying thousands of people (39) ________________ , Paris has an effective underground railroad, and though New York's subway system is as efficient, it is considered to be dangerous by many because of (40)_________________. Finally, Sydney also falls in the category of having good transportation but its system is only partly underground.




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