IELTS Listening Recent Actual Test 09 from testieltsonline.com

Instructions to follow Listen to the audio and answer the questions below

Section 1

Questions 1-10

Questions 1-4

Instructions to follow • Complete the information about the archives • Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer

Welcome to City Archives

The following people may use the archives:

University students with a valid 1_____________

City residents with payment of 2_____________

All others: Special permission from the director is required.

Hours:

Days: 3 ____________ through _______________

Hours: 9:30 A.M. until 4 ________________P.M.

Question 5-10

Instructions to follow • Write the correct letter, A-G next to questions 5-10

What can be found on each floor’ of the archives building?

City Archives

A. nineteenth-century documents

B. maps

C. personal papers

D. photographs

E. books about the city

F. newspapers

G. Information about the woolen mill

The floor of the Building

5. basement_____________

6. ground floor_____________

7. second floor___________

8. third floor__________

9. fourth floor____________

10. fifth floor___________

Section 2

Questions 11-20

Questions 11-17

Instructions to follow • Complete the notes below. • Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

The name of the company: 11 _____________

The account number: 12 _____________

What would Jackson like to order?

13 _____________ box(es) of A4

14 _____________ envelopes

15 _____________ packs of colored photocopy paper

16 _____________

17 _____________

Questions 18

Instructions to follow • Choose the correct option.

18. What colour of the coloured photocopy paper does the man order?

A. Purple

B. Light blue

C. Light green

Questions 19

Instructions to follow • Choose the correct option.

19. When would Jackson not be in the office?

A. Before 11:30a.m.

B. After 11:30 a.m.

C. After 12:00.

Question 20

Instructions to follow • Answer the following question. • Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for the answer.

20. What day is it tomorrow? Tomorrow is _____________

Section 3

Question 21-30

Instructions to follow • Complete the notes below. • Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

RESTORATION ECOLOGY PROGRAMME

Origins:

Influence: Leopold’s concept that land should be viewed as a 21 ____________

Theory: Restoration Ecology

Practice: Restore 22 ________________ to original condition

Types of communities

Curtis Prairie is the 23________________ restored prairie in America.

Edmond Moukala researched restoring 24 ________________in the Congo based on the 25______________ found in the soil of those former communities in his homeland.

Academics

Coursework in statistics, theory, ecology and 26 _________________ 27_________________ help students gain practical experience.

Graduates

Has so far granted 28_____________ Masters Degrees and 122 Ph.D.’s. One former student is now the 29______________ of the World-Wide Fund for Nature, while many others continue to conduct 30_______________ in their own university programmes.

Section 4

Question 31-40

Instructions to follow • Complete the summary below. • Write ONE WORD OE NUMBER for each answer.

Irish People

In 1849 Irish people largely 31_____________ and living in the countryside. There was a serious 32_______________ in the agricultural system. All cops were grown to pay the rent of the land and all that was grown to eat was 33________________ A great famine struck the Irish people. From 1845 to 1848 the crops failed so 34________________ million people died or left the country by 35______________The population continued to go 36______________ until 1961. The people left their homes and went to England, 37_____________ or Australia. Ireland has the highest 38__________rate of any country in Europe for the last 39_______________ centuries. Almost every family in Ireland has 40______________ abroad.

 

ANSWER KEY

Section 1		Section 2		Section 3		Section 4
Question	Answer	Question	Answer	Question	Answer	Question	Answer
1	Identification card/ID	11	Rainbow communication	21	Community	31	Poor
2	An annual fee	12	692411	22	Native plant communities	32	Problem
3	Tuesday; Sunday	13	Two	23	Oldest	33	Potato
4	8.30	14	White	24	(ancient) wetlands	34	2
5	D	15	Ten	25	seeds	35	1851
6	A	16	Floppy disks	26	Plant identification	36	Down
7	F	17	Wall calendars	27	Internships	37	America
8	B	18	B	28	277	38	Emigration
9	G	19	C	29	director	39	Two
10	C	20	Friday	30	Research	40	Relatives