IELTS General Training Volume 6 Listening Practice Test 1

Questions 11-14 Listen from here

What FOUR sports facilities are currently NOT available at the Westley University Sports Centre.

Write the correct answer on your answer sheet.

A football

B aerobic training

C swimming pool

D weight training

E running machines

F basketball

G trampolines

H badminton

I yoga

Questions 15-20Listen from here

Complete the student’s notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Joining the Sports Centre

To be student member of Sports Centre you must be full time/part time at uni. + Students’ Union member. Come with NUS card to Sports Centre reception between 9.00am and 3.30pm from to Saturday.

Present NUS card, fill out application form and pay subscription. Student subscription is £ Pay by cash or cheque; not credit cards.

No photos necessary; at reception.

Members can use the facilities at any time. Because of members must show membership card every time they come in.

Replacement cards cost £

Members can book courts, not by phone, with membership cards.

Opening Times (7 days a week)

Monday to Saturday: to 10.00pm

Sunday: 9.00 am to 6.00 pm

Questions 21-25Listen from here

Answer questions 21 – 25 below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer

What subject does Professor Cameron teach?

How long will the next week’s seminar be delayed?

To what problem of Maggie’s does Professor Cameron refer?

Who has the students’ extended essays from the last semester?

How many extended essays need marking besides Maggie's work?

Questions 26-30Listen from here

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

The students will have a choice of titles for this semester’s extended essay.

Professor Cameron says that she will look at until the end of April.

This semester’s extended essay maximum number of words allowed is

The students extended essay for this semester will be based on research at the university’s .

Rob will be able to help students at

Questions 31-36Listen from here

Complete the Megalodon description below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

THE MEGALODON (Carcharadon Megalodon) – the largest predator that ever lived on Earth

Size

12 m + (possibly up to 15m or 31m)
About 3 X length of Great White Shark (estimates from fossilized teeth + vertebrae)

Teeth

Size of
Very hard and fossilised well unlike all other parts of sharks’ cartilage skeletons
Bone-like material coated with
Like Great White Shark teeth but bigger, thicker + more finely serrated

Appearance

Possibly like a huge, streamlined Great White Shark

Jaws

Open wide and 7 feet high; could swallow enormous objects
Loosely attached by ligaments and muscles to the skull
Teeth probably located in rotating rows
First two rows of teeth for , others rotate into place as needed
Lost, broken or worn teeth replaced by new ones
Did not chew food; gulped whole large chunks

Diet

Mainly whales.
Sharks eat approx. of body weight daily
Remains of whales with indicate predator – prey relationship

Questions 37-40 Listen from here

Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE.

37. The speaker gives another example of a fish that everyone mistakenly thought was extinct.

38. In 1918, a giant shark attacked some Port Stephens fishermen killing one of them.

39. The Port Stephens fishermen all agreed with each other on their description of the shark that they saw.

40. The Megalodon sighting near Broughton Island happened again the next day.

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