IELTS Listening Sample 8

Section 1: You will hear a woman calling a local museum, about children's art and craft workshops. First, you have some time to look at Questions 1 to 5.

You will see that there is an example which has been done for you. You should answer the questions as you listen because you will NOT hear the recording a second time.

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Section 1

Section 1 - Questions 1-10

[Listen carefully and answer Questions 1 to 5.]

Questions 1-5
Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

CHILDREN'S ART AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS

Example                                      Answer
Workshops organised every:     Saturday

• Adults must accompany children under 1 ....................
• Cost: £2.50
• Workshops held in: Winter House, 2 .................... Street.
• Security device: must push the 3 .................... to open door.
• Should leave car behind the 4 ...................
• Book workshops by phoning the 5 .................... (on 200765).

Questions 6-10
Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

    Next two workshops

Date Workshop title Children advised to wear: Please bring (if possible):
16/11 Building 6 ............... 7 ............... 8 ................
23/11 9 ................ (Nothing special) 10 ................

 

Section 2

Section 2 - Questions 11-20.

You will hear a customer services official giving information to a passenger at a railway station in a town called Trebirch. First, you have some time to look at Questions 11 to 17.

[Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 17.]

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

TRAIN INFORMATION

11. Local services depart from ....................... railway station.
12. National services depart from the ....................... railway station.
13. Trains for London depart every ....................... each day during the week.
14. The price of a first-class ticket includes ........................

Questions 15-17
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

 Type of ticket

  Details

Standard open

no restrictions
Supersave travel after 8.45
Special travel after 15 ...................... and at weekends
16 ....................... buy at least six days ahead limited numbers
17 ....................... essential

Questions 18-20
Choose THREE letters, A-G.

Which THREE attractions can you visit at present by train from Trebirch?

    A    a science museum
       a theme park
       a climbing wall
       a mining museum
       an aquarium
       a castle
      a zoo
 

Section 3

Section 3 - Questions 21-30.

Questions 21-30
Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Dissertation Tutorial Record (Education)

Name: Sandy Gibbons

  Target previously agreed   Work completed Further action suggested
Investigate suitable data analysis software - Read IT 21 ......................
- Spoken to Jane Prince,
Head of the 22 ......................
Sign up for some software practice sessions.
Prepare a 23 ...................... for survey - Completed and sent for review Add questions in section
three on 24 ......................
Further reading about discipline - Read Banerjee
- N.B. Couldn't find Ericsson's
essays on managing the
25 ......................
Obtain from library through special loans service.

 

  New Target   Work completed   Timing
Do further work on Chapter 1
(Give the title: Context 26 ....................... )
- Add statistics on the 27 ....................... in various zones

- Include more references to works dated after 28 .......................
By the 29 .......................
Prepare list of main sections for Chapter 2 - Use index cards to help in organisation. Before starting the 30 .......................


Section 4

Section 4 - Questions 31-40
You will hear part of a lecture about the history of moving pictures. First look at questions 31 to 40.

[Now Listen carefully and answer Questions 31 to 40.]

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

The history of moving pictures

31. Some photographs of a horse running showed
    A all feet off the ground.
    B at least one foot on the ground.
    C two feet off the ground.

32. The Scotsman employed by Edison
    A. designed a system to use the technology Edison had invited.
    B. used available technology to make a new system.
    C. was already an expert in motion picture technology.

33. One major problem with the first system was that
    A. only one person could be filmed.
    B. people could only see very short films.
    C. the camera was very heavy.

 34. Rival systems started to appear in Europe after people had
    A. been told about the American system.
    B. seen the American system.
    C. used the American system.

 35. In 1895, a famous new system was developed by
    A. a French team working alone.
    B. a French and German team working together.
    C. a German team who invented the word 'cinema'.

 36. Longer films were not made at the time because of problems involving
    A. the subject matters.
    B. the camera.
    C. the film projector.

 37. The 'Lantham Loop' invention relied on
    A. removing tension between the film reels.
    B. adding three more films reels to the system.
    C. making one of the film reels more effective.

Questions 38-40

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

38. The first motion picture was called The ............................
39. ........................... were used for the first time on film in 1926.
40. Subtitles were added to The Lights of New York because of its ............................

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Mentor
Audio HEre :- https://youtu.be/azt6mWNSeNc
Someone
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxW1TOXp16w
Khushboo
For answer 29, it's clearly written that use not more than 2 words and/or a number. How the answer is END OF TERM? Ain't it 3 words?
Mohammad Bader
The answer to question 21 is missing!
Diana
There is a mistake in Section 3 with the numbers. Instead of 2000 which is a right answer, it is written 200. Might be confusing some students. Please check it. Thank you!
Deka
For question 17, is 'reservation' a correct answer rather than 'reservations'? Many thanks.
Dude
38/40!!, 9. Undersea World or Under seaworld who knows lol?? I wrote under seaworld. Whatever. I think it's still wrong!
Rachelle
Hi, the answer to question 29 is 2000 but in your answer keys, it has shown 200. Moreover, the answer to question 30 is 'end of term', how come? Since the instruction was no more than two words/number.
Afshin
I got 39/40. Missed the 12th question.
Tysuccex
Really! that's 8.5 band score!
Tysuccex
33/40 gives you a band score :7.5.
Rajiv Kumar
I have got 31 out of 40, success.
Carlos A. Moreno
In the answer sheet, it only appears "8". How do you know that "8 years" is correct?
Bello Babatunde
I got 33 out of 40. Could you please tell me my band score? Thanks!
Ayesha
Good practise material. This helps us a ton.
Ella Benchan
I always lose my points because of missing the 's' at the end of words.:(
Georgia
In the typescript is 13. half-hour; NO 13= half hours.
Maninder Singh
Yes.
Sha
Hi, IELTS Mentor, I cannot find the audio. :( Could you please help me? Thank you.
Nina
Hello, everyone! I have heard all the information from the audio correctly, but made mistakes were in spelling when I compare them with the answer sheet. Are they crucial? I won't get points for my answers below, will I? 9. undersea worlds (no capitals) 13. half hour (no plural) 14. refreshment (single form) 23. check list (written separately) 12. Kingstreet (written in one word). Please tell me how to improve these mistakes, it's a bitter thing to lose points on spelling when trying so hard to hear all the answers. Thanks!
Sagnik Datta
The answer to the question 40: Poor sound quality. I wrote "bad sound quality". Is it correct? Because in the passage it was mentioned that " the sound was not good". So I used "bad". Please reply.
Anish
I got 37/40
Silva
No recording... Please help.
Anshul Gupta
You have mentioned wrong answer sequence from the answer 21 onwards.
Estre
No audio!
Ismail
I listened twice and it's mentioned clearly education department. So I guess, the model answer is wrong.
Shuchi
Please see the instruction again. It may be of three words.
Shuchi
Hi there, for question number 1:8 yearsis that a correct answer?
Immu
Where is the answer of question 21??
Adarsh Singh
Why other samples are not available now? Please put it as soon as possible.
Hamel
For number 9, is Undersea World (without the s) incorrect? Thanks.
Praveen
I got 39 correct answers. The answer to question 5 is education department but you have given it as 'educational department'. Can you please check it out?
Ytugen
Could be "2000" the answer for question 28?
Priyanka
Working now.
Priyanka
Most of the recordings are not working, even on YouTube. I am using both Chrome and Firefox. None worked.
IELTS Mentor
Both are correct answers.
Sakib Kabir
Hi, in the question 5 why the answer is 'educational department' and not 'education department' as the transcript suggests? Please help me. Thanks in advance.
Nhuquynhiuexo
Very useful.
Vijitha
I am reaching only 28 to 30 in every tape... I want to score 35. Could you please help me?
Rajinder
Where is the audio of this listening task, sir??? I have tried to find it but couldn't get it so far.
Shaf
Can't play the audio. Please, add the audio.
Shofalicious
Yeah! that is why in question no. 30 I answered "term ends" because I was thinking about the given instruction. Is my answer acceptable? Many thanks for this. It's really helpful.
Shofalicious
I couldn't find the answer to the question 21 here. What's the answer then? Thanks.
IELTS Mentor
"King Street" is the correct answer. This is a name that should be accurately written. "Kingstreet" would be treated as a wrong answer.
Carlos
Hello, I wrote "Kingstreet" instead of "King Street". Will that also be a correct answer?
Carlos
HI, would it be right for question 5 to answer "Education Programme"? Or it has to be necessarily "educational"?
Maulik
I achieved 34 out of 40. Please send me another listening & reading material for my exam preparation.
Alexander
It should be 2000 instead of 200 in the answer # 29.
Zeina
Hello, in the list of answers, you skipped Number 21, 18-20. C, D, G, 22. catalog(ue)s23. computer center /centreSo instead of 21: Catalog(ue)s; You wrote: 22. catalog(ue)s. Therefore all the answers following are in the wrong sequences.
Joel Calderon
Dear Rimi, The answer 'refreshment' for 14 would be correct but if you write 'sound effect' as the answer to the question 39, it would be wrong. If you look at the question 39, you will find that after .... there is the word 'were' so using 'sound effect' is grammatically wrong.