IELTS LISTENING SECTION A sample section from Cambridge IELTS test SECTION (track 1) Questions 1-10 Complete the notes below Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer JOB ENQUIRY Example  Work at:…… a restaurant……  Type of work: 1………………………  Number of hours per week: 12 hours  Would need work permit  Work in the: 2…………………… branch  Nearest bus stop: next to 3……………………  Pay: …………………… an hour  Extra benefits:   - a free dinner - extra pay when you work on 5…………………… - transport home when you work …………………… Qualities required: - 7…………………… - ability to 8…………………… Interview arranged for: Thursday 9…………………… at p.m  Bring the names of two referees  Ask for: Samira 10…………………… UNIT 1: NAME AND NUMBER (Part 1) Listening carefully A- NUMBER Exercise (Track 1.2) (act 2-p.8): Listen to the tape You will hear seven numbers Circle the number you hear 12 20 22 109 119 190 33 13 30 1001 1010 1100 70 17 150 115 151 1509 1559 1590 Exercise (track 1.3)(Act –p.8): Listen to the prize in a lottery What were the winning numbers? Circle the correct number for each prize Seventh prize 151 150 115 Sixth prize 1707 1770 1777 Fifth prize 91 19 90 Fourth prize 390 309 319 Third prize 55 53 59 Second prize 1990 1999 1099 First prize 14 40 44 Exercise (track 1.4)(Act 2-p.9): You will hear nine telephone numbers Tick the numbers you hear  313557  313597  743678  743670  01 800 7689    0509 23092  0519 23092  0457 64332  0457 64323  041 914 5389 01 808 7680  041 904 5308 01 808 7688  041 940 5388  058 90 789  068 91 789  335278  335279  339279  0425 5781  0425 5718 Exercise (track 1.5): Listen to people asking Directory Enquiries for telephone numbers for the places below Write down the correct numbers John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford 64711 Odeon Cinema Shangri-la Restaurant London University County Hall British Airways Exercise (track 1.6)(act 1- p.10): Activity Listen to people asking for the addresses of these places Tick the correct address American Express Asia Pacific Travel Black and Decker Gulf House Pan American Eastman Dental Hospital  890 Mount Street  819 Mount Street  89 Mount Street  123 Waterloo Road  103 Waterloo Road  13 Waterloo Road  603 Holloway Road  623 Hollow Way  623 Holloway Road  Portman Square, W1  Portman Street, W1  Portman Street, W11  193 Piccadilly  153 Piccadilly  139 Piccadilly  256 Grayson Road  265 Grays Inn Road  256 Grays Inn Road Exercise (track 1.7)(act 2-p.11): Listen to people giving their addresses Complete the missing information 3/3 Cumberland Avenue University Drive, flat Wellington Street Grant Street Judd Street, flat B- NAME Exercise 1(track 1.8) (act –p.13): Listen to people opening bank accounts Write down their names first name surname 1……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… 2……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… 3……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… 4……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… 5……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… 6……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… 7……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… 8……………………………………………… ……………………………………………… Exercise (track 1.9) (Act – p.13): Listen Did the blank clerk write down these people’s names correctly? Put a tick beside the names if they are spelled correctly Correct the name with the wrong spelling first name surname 1……………Jesse Bowman…………  ……………………………………………… 2……………Trisha Everette…………  ……………………………………………… 3……………Seichi Shimamoto………  ……………………………………………… 4……………Karla Messtenza…………  ……………………………………………… 5……………Dorothy Hazzard………  ……………………………………………… 6……………Fernando Gomez…………  ……………………………………………… 7……………Ronald Cohen……………  ……………………………………………… 8……………Bradley Metcalf…………  ……………………………………………… Exercise (Track 1.10): (act – p.14) What are these people’s titles (e.g Ms, Mrs, Miss, Mr, or Dr) and initials (e.g J C)? Listen and complete the guest register for a hotel ………………… ………………… Agrabanti ………………… ………………… Foster ………………… ………………… Corpuz ………………… ………………… Kato ………………… ………………… Blackburn ………………… ………………… Chun ………………… ………………… Lange ………………… ………………… Corrigan Exercise (Track 1.11): (act 1- p.15) You will hear the names of some British counties Tick the counties you hear 6.2 8.4 Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Merseyside Cornwall Strathclyde Tayside West Glamorgan Gwent Staffordshire West KentMidlands Devon Durham Dorset Lincolnshire Leicestershire Lancashire Exercise (Track 1.12)(act 2-15): These people are American Where are they from? Listen and tick the correct state Pueblo Kansas Wayne Birmingham West Virginia Colorado Indiana Utah Pennsylvania Ohio 3Springfield Harrisburg Great Falls Arizona Illinois New Mexico Indiana California Illinois Great Falls North Dakota Indiana Montana Iowa Wyoming Georgia Salem Oregon Alabama Washington Mississippi Idaho Exercise (Track 1.13): (Act 3-16) Where are these people living now? Listen and tick the correct city or country London Manchester Paris New York Barcelona Madrid Italy France Tokyo Hong Kong Dallas St Louis Mexico Ecuador Cambridge Oxford CARL: Sure And you any other types of exercise? JULIE: Yeah, I sometimes a little _, but usually just when I'm on vacation But normally I go running a few times a week, maybe _ times CARL: Hmm So your legs are getting quite a pounding But you haven't had any problems up to now? JULIE: No, not with my legs I did have an accident last year when I slipped and hurt my _, but that's better now CARL: Excellent And you have any _? JULIE: No, none that I'm aware of CARL: And you take any medication on a regular basis? JULIE: Well, I take _ but that's all I'm generally very healthy CARL: OK, well let's have a closer look and see what might be causing this problem Exercise 5: Now listen and try again with the exercise PRACTICE 31 Exercise (Track 4.31) Exercise 2: Listen again and check your answer in Exercise Exercise 3: Match each word with its definition Conference a the act of showing something or of giving something to somebody Presentation b a piece of equipment for projecting photographs, films/movies or computer slides onto a screen Projector c two people or things that are complementary are different but together form a useful or attractive combination of skills, qualities or physical features Atrium d a large official meeting, usually lasting for a few days, at which people with the same work or interests come together to discuss their views Exhibition e a level of quality, especially one that people think is acceptable Facial f two main dishes meal Complementary g a collection of things, for example works of art, that are shown to the public Two-course meal h connected with a person’s face; on a person’s face Standard i a large high space, usually with a glass roof, in the centre of a modern building Exercise 4: Listen to the conversation and fill in the blank ANGELA: Hello, Flanders conference hotel MAN: Oh Hi, I wanted to ask about conference facilities at the hotel Have I come through to the right person? ANGELA: You have I'm the customer services manager My name's Angela So how can I help you? MAN: Well, I'm calling from Barrett and Stansons, we're a (1) based in Perth ANGELA: Oh yes MAN: And we're organising a conference for our clients to be held in Sydney It‘ll be held over two days and we’re expecting about (2) _ people ANGELA: When were you thinking of having it? MAN: Sometime early next year, like the end of January? It'd have to be a weekend ANGELA: Let me see our conference facilities are already booked for the weekend beginning January 28th We could the first weekend in February? MAN: How about January 21st? ANGELA: I'm afraid that's booked too MAN: Well, let's go for the February date then ANGELA: So that's the weekend beginning the 4th MAN: OK Now can you tell me a bit about what (3) _ you have? ANGELA: Sure So for talks and presentations we have the Tesla room MAN: Sorry? ANGELA: Tesla-that's spelled T-E-S-L-A It holds up to a hundred people, and it's (4) _ with a projector and so on MAN: How about a microphone? ANGELA: Yes, that will be all set up ready for you, and there'll be one that members of the (5) can use too, for questions, if necessary MAN: Fine And well also need some sort of open area where people can sit and have a cup of coffee, and we'd like to have an (6) of our products and services there as well, so that’ll need to be quite a big space ANGELA: That's fine, there's a central atrium with all those facilities, and you can come before the conference starts if you want to set everything up MAN: Great And I presume there's wifi? ANGELA: Oh yes, that's free and available (7) the hotel MAN: OK ANGELA: Would you also like us to provide a buffet lunch? We can a (8) _ with a number of different options MAN: What sort of price are we looking at for that? ANGELA: Well I can send you a copy of the standard menu That's $45 per person Or you can have the special for $25 more MAN: I think the standard should be okay, but yes just send me the menu MAN: Now we're also going to need accommodation on the Saturday night for some of the participants I'm not sure how many, but probably about 25 So what you charge for a room? ANGELA: Well for conference attendees we have a 25% (9) _ , so we can offer you rooms at $135 Normally a standard room's $180 MAN: And does that include breakfast? ANGLE: Sure And of course, guests can also make use of all the other facilities at the hotel So we've got a spa where you can get massages and facials and so on, and there's a pool up on the roof for the use of guests MAN: Great Now what about transport links? The hotel's downtown, isn't it? ANGELA: Yes, it's about 12 kilometers from the airport, but there's a complimentary shuttle bus for guests And it's only about ten minutes' walk from the (10) MAN: OK Now, I don't know Sydney very well, can you just give me an idea of the location of the hotel? ANGLE: Well, it's downtown on Wilby Street, that's quite a small street, and it's not very far from the sea And of course if the conference attendees want to go out on the Saturday evening, there's a huge choice of places to eat Then if they want to make a night of it, they can go on to one of the clubs in the area - there are a great many to choose from MAN: OK So if we go ahead with this, can you give me some information about how much Exercise 5: Now listen and try again with the exercise PRACTICE 32 Exercise (Track 4.32) Exercise 2: Listen again and check your answer in Exercise Exercise 3: Match each word with its definition Overlooking a a container made of glass, clay or plastic Conversation b a date that is an exact number of years after the date of an important or special event Display c a continuous row of similar houses that are joined together in one block Pot d an informal talk involving a small group of people or only two; the activity of talking in this way Terrace e the place where legal trials take place and where crimes, etc are judged Refurbishment f to fail to see or notice something Court g the act or process of cleaning and decorating a room, building, etc in order to make it more attractive, more useful, etc Anniversary h to put something in a place where people can see it easily; to show something to people Exercise 4: Listen to the conversation and fill in the blank ANDREW: Good morning, Clare House Hotel Andrew speaking I'm the Events Manager SAM: Good morning Andrew My name's Samantha I'm arranging a party for my parents' fiftieth (1) , and I'm ringing to ask about hiring a room some time next September Also my parents and several of the guests will need accommodation ANDREW: OK, I'm sure we can help you with that Will you be having a sit-down meal or a buffet? SAM: Probably a sit-down ANDREW: And you know how many people there'll be? SAM: Around eighty, I think ANDREW: Well we have two rooms that can hold that number One is the Adelphi Room That can seat eighty-five, or hold (2) if people are standing for a buffet SAM: Right ANDREW: If you have live music, there's room for four or five musicians in the gallery overlooking the room Our guests usually (3) _ the fact that the music can be loud enough for dancing, but not too loud for conversation SAM: Yes, I really don't like it when you can't talk ANDREW: Exactly Now the Adelphi Room is at the back of the hotel and there are French windows leading out onto the terrace This has a beautiful display of (4) at that time of the year SAM: Which direction does it face? ANDREW: Southwest, so that side of the hotel gets the sun in the afternoon and early evening SAM: Very nice ANDREW: From the terrace you can see the area of trees within the grounds of the hotel, or you can stroll through there to the river-that's on the far side, so it isn't visible from the hotel SAM: ОК ANDREW: Then another option is the Carlton Room This is a bit bigger-it can hold up to a hundred and ten people - and it has the advantage of a (5) _ which is useful if you have any entertainment, or indeed a small band can fit onto it SAM: And can you go outside from the room? ANDREW: No the Carlton Room is on the first floor, but on one side the windows look out onto the lake SAM: Lovely I think either of those rooms would be suitable ANDREW: Can I tell you about some of the options we offer in addition? SAM: Please ANDREW: As well as a meal, you can have an MC, a (6) _ _, who'll be with you throughout the party SAM: What exactly is the MC's function? I suppose they make a speech during the meal if we need one, they? ANDREW: That's right All our MCs are trained as (7) _, so they can easily get people's attention - many guests are glad to have someone who can make themselves heard above the chatter And they're also your support if anything goes wrong, the MC will deal with it, so you can relax SAM: Great! I'll need to ask you about food, but something else that's important is accommodation You obviously have rooms in the hotel, but you also have any other accommodation, like (8) _, for example? ANDREW: Yes, there are five in the grounds, all (9) They each sleep two to four people and have their own living room, bathroom and small kitchen SAM: That sounds perfect for what we'll need SAM: Now you have various facilities, don't you? Are they all included in the price of hiring the room? The pool, for instance ANDREW: Normally you'd be able to use it, but it'll be closed throughout September for refurbishment, I'm afraid The gym will be available, though, at no (10) That's open all day, from six in the morning until midnight SAM: Right ANDREW: And the tennis courts, but there is a small additional payment for those We have (11) , and it's worth booking in advance if you possibly can, as there can be quite a long waiting list for them! SAM: Right Now could we discuss the food? This would be dinner, around seven o'clock Exercise 5: Now listen and try again with the exercise ... Bring the names of two referees  Ask for: Samira 10…………………… UNIT 1: NAME AND NUMBER (Part 1) Listening carefully A- NUMBER Exercise (Track 1.2) (act 2-p.8): Listen to the tape You will hear