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POLICE OFFICER: Could you give me your first name and surname please?
CRIME VICTIM: Yes, it’s Q1 Mary Tyndale.
POLICE OFFICER: Could you spell your surname please?
CRIME VICTIM: Yes Q1it’s T-I that’s I not Y N-D-A-L-E.
POLICE OFFICER: Sorry I didn’t quite catch that was that an N or an M you said?
CRIME VICTIM: I know the line’s not good. I said N not M.
POLICE OFFICER: Okay and your home address and postcode?
CRIME VICTIM: Q24 larch avenue park road Swindon.
POLICE OFFICER: Sorry you said 4 larch avenue as in L-A-R-C-H.
CRIME VICTIM: Yes and the postcode is Q3FN1SW19.
POLICE OFFICER: Okay that’s fine. Now you said you would like to report a theft?
CRIME VICTIM: Yes my handbag was stolen this morning.
POLICE OFFICER: Can you describe your handbag?
CRIME VICTIM: Well it’s quite an ordinary white leather bag with two Q4black leather handles oh, and a black shoulder strap too.
POLICE OFFICER: Any other features you could describe?
CRIME VICTIM: It’s quite plain there isn’t any picture or design on the front there’s also a Q5zip fastener on the top.
POLICE OFFICER: How about the contents did you have any valuables in it?
CRIME VICTIM: Luckily no, I left my iPad at home along with my mobile I’m quite forgetful sometimes I had a Q6purse in it though with a small amount of money as well as my Q7driving license my keys and personal items and so on I always keep about me in my coat pocket.
POLICE OFFICER: Okay that’s fine all I need to have is your phone number or other contact number.
CRIME VICTIM: My mobile number is Q807900381988.
POLICE OFFICER: Sorry was that double eight at the end?
CRIME VICTIM: Yes that’s right.
POLICE OFFICER: Thank you that’s all I need for now you need a crime number.
CRIME VICTIM: Okay I’ll just get a pen.
POLICE OFFICER: Ready?
CRIME VICTIM: Go ahead.
POLICE OFFICER: So it’s Q9TK34S5899. We’ll contact you Q10within the week to give you an update.
IELTS listening Pancras Roadlistening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Geography & Local Information subject..
OK, ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please? So, here we are at King’s Cross station. We’ll be leaving from here in just over an hour to catch a tube from the Underground station so you’ll have a bit of time to look around.
But first things first. Just so as you can get your bearings and find your way around this rather complex and confusing station, I will point out essential areas as well as points of interest.
At the moment, we are standing in King’s Cross Square, facing two main exit doors, one off to our left and the other off to our right. The exits lead from the main platform area which can be accessed by several entrances, one of which is located just a bit further away to your left, although it is obscured by a wall from where we’re standing. Oh, by the way, that building standing on its own – the larger, not the smaller one – on your far left is the Great Northern Hotel. The taxi rank is sandwiched between it and the Q11Left Luggage office (G).
So, before I go onto a description of the main shopping and platform areas on the other side of the station wall, I’d like to point out the most important point of all: the Q12Underground station, (H) which is where we need to meet promptly for departure. Luckily, it’s quite prominent as it’s located away from the shopping and platform area of the station. It’s just over there on the corner, in between the entrance I mentioned earlier and the exit nearest to the hotel from where we’re standing now.
Now for those of you who would like to grab a bite to eat or do a bit of shopping, you can enter the shopping area by that entrance door over there. It’s by far the nearest entrance. You will find several clothes shops in this area in addition to a fast-food outlet. When you go to the entrance, if you go straight ahead rather than turning left into the other part of the shopping complex you will find two buildings facing one another. Within these buildings are several shops and eating places. In the building immediately after the ticket barriers on your right, you will find that the first shop you come across is the fast-food outlet, Q13Burgerland (E). If you need to avail yourself of the toilet facilities, then carry straight on past Burgerland and they’re at the far end of the building. In between the toilets and the Q14ticket office (F) is the Disabled Meeting Point. You will have to enter through this area in order to gain access to the toilets.
If you would like to go up to the second floor where there are one or two shops and a Q15pizzeria, (C) then as you enter the shopping area through the main entrance, instead of going straight ahead you turn off to the left. The escalators are immediately on your left again. When you go up, the escalators you will see two buildings again on your left. Go past the first building and the pizzeria is the first shop that you come to, in the second building.
Now, I would just like to ask: Are there any Harry Potter fans with us today? Ah, good. Yes, I see several hands raised. Well, there’s a treat in store for you if you go to the far end of the second building and take the escalator down again to the ground floor. As you reach the bottom of the escalator, turn right and carry on walking, keeping the ticket barrier on your left all the time. Don’t turn off left but carry on walking until you find yourself up against the station wall. This is the famous Q16Platform 93/4 (B) immortalised by J.K. Rowling in her Harry Potter books. You’ll see half a trolley embedded in the wall to mark the spot.
So those are the main things to do and see. I hope you enjoy yourselves but please meet me at the Underground entrance promptly for departure. Don’t be tempted to board the Hogwart Express on Platform 9 3/4!
Good, welcome back! I’m glad you were all punctual. As you know, we have a packed itinerary which Q17will give you a ‘taster’ of London’s major landmarks.
Before we enter the Underground I would just like to give you some important information. Firstly, for those of you Q18unfamiliar with the London Underground, you must retain your ticket throughout the journey, only surrendering the ticket at your final destination. This is not applicable to today’s trip but really for tomorrow when you will be at leisure and may wish to use the Underground again. For today, we have a group ticket which means that we have to stay together at all times whilst travelling on the Underground. Should you become separated from the group and end up travelling without a ticket you can expect to pay a hefty fine.
Also, remember that while we are travelling outside the Q19rush hour, between 5-7 pm in the evening and from 7.30-9 am in the morning. We will still meet with the midday crowds of shoppers. Sometimes there is only standing room at such times, so Q20you will be lucky to get a seat at all. Priority seats do exist if you are unable to stand, although this is rarely enforced and is at the discretion of the passenger occupying such seats. Beware of pickpockets, too! There are many opportunist thieves who prey on unsuspecting travellers. Obviously, keep your valuables tucked away, ensuring wallets, etc. are not visible.
So, that’s all for now. Let’s get on with the tour! Follow me and please keep close to your group members to avoid getting separated!
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IELTS LISTENING ANIMAL ART listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Leisure & Entertainment subject.
Lecturer: I have just shown you all some slides of a very varied set of paintings. I noticed as I was showing the slides, a few giggles in the audience and a few looks of dismay. I guess, entitling my lecture ‘Unconventional Art Geniuses’ was a bit misleading. When most of you were looking at the frankly Q31basic colour use and rather primitive painting techniques, you probably were more than a little surprised.
Well… I have a shock for you all. What I’m about to tell you next will help you understand the title of my lecture. All the slides I showed you previously are of artworks made by… wait for it… animals! Yes, I heard a few gasps In the audience when I said that. Whilst the artwork would be definitely primitive by Q32human standards, when you consider that the artworks were executed by animals, then, well, they are frankly staggering! Nor were the artworks purely the work of our Q33closest relatives, the apes. No, they were produced by animal artists, drawn from a diverse pool of species, ranging from elephants to gorillas, birds, and even sloths! In fact, Q34in recognition of this, last year, London’s Grant Museum of Zoology staged what organisers thought was the first Inter-species show of paintings by animals. In the show, art was shown from an orangutan, a gorilla, and an elephant. Whilst the gorilla and the orangutan produced works that bore a resemblance to the paintings of modern artists de Kooning and Kline, the elephant’s work took a more Q35figurative approach in the rendering of a flower pot.
Now before you all go thinking this is a revolutionary discovery, I would like to put the record straight. The contribution animals can make to the art world was highlighted as far back as the 1950s. In this decade, Desmond Morris, celebrated social anthropologist and author of bestsellers, such as ‘Bodywatching’ and ‘The Naked Ape’, Introduced Congo the painting Chimp to the British public in a TV appearance. Back then, animal art-makers were regarded as little more than a Q36novelty. Today, however, animal artists are not viewed so much as novelties but as sophisticated creators with skills and senses that they use to execute artworks in ways humans never can.
As a result of animals being taken more seriously as creators of art, it has become commonplace today for zoos to provide materials to captive animals. The hope is that by giving animals the means to create art, they will be kept physically and mentally stimulated. Obviously, you can’t give a lizard a paintbrush and expect it to draw! What the zookeepers do, though, is to give animals species-appropriate art materials and Q37tools. For example, sloth bears, who feed by blowing away dirt from the forest floor to feed on termites, have been given a straw-like apparatus to blow paint onto a canvas.
What is one of the most interesting discoveries to come out of all this, though, is the finding that animals voluntarily and Instinctively participate in the creation of art. It seems therefore that animals derive as much pleasure as humans do in applying paint to canvas or making a clay or plasticine figure. The obvious conclusion to draw from all this Is that there are Q38more similarities between Man and other animals than some of us might care to admit. However, just to satisfy the sceptics amongst you, there is something I would like to add. So far, the primate and elephant art that has been produced often bears an uncanny resemblance to Western art. Certain conventions are evident In the animals’ art that suggest a degree of Q39human intervention. As proof of this, an elephant named Boon Mee was actually guided by a keeper who steered the animal’s trunk to paint brushstrokes on a canvas! Nevertheless, we should keep an Q40open mind about animal art as there are just as many examples of artworks that have been completed by animals without human aid.
IELTS listening HOTELSlistening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Leisure & Entertainment subject.
Man: Good afternoon. Can I help you?
Woman: I hope so! My Portuguese friends are coming over to visit me next month and I need to find a place for them to stay that is quite central as I live in the city centre myself and want them to be close by. Can you recommend anywhere?
Man: Yes. A few places instantly spring to mind. What about Belvedere Gardens Hotel? Despite what the name might suggest, it’s right in the city centre, on Main Street, opposite Grimes Tower.
Man: Quite reasonable given the location, $50, and that is inclusive of a Q1continental breakfast.
Woman: Oh, that sounds nice! What about other meals? Do you have to pay extra for them?
Man: Yes. Unfortunately, lunch and dinner are not included In the price. The hotel does have a very fine restaurant, though, and I would thoroughly recommend the Q2buffet dinnerthere; customers should be seated by 7:30 in the evening when the buffet starts.
Woman: Hmm. I’ll keep It in mind. Is there anywhere else you can think of?
Man: Certainly. The Belfield Grande is always a popular choice. It’s located a little further out, though, on the south side of Edgeware Q3Common. Perhaps that’s too far from the city centre.
Woman: Not really; it’s only a few stops on the subway; depends on the price.
Man: Believe it or not, the Belfield is more expensive than Belvedere Gardens, $55.
Woman: Oh, that’s no good.
Man: Mind you, there is a $10 discount offered to customers who’ve Q4booked online. There’s also the fact that the price is inclusive of Q5all meals, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, served in the guests’ Q6lounge.
Woman: I like the sound of this hotel more and more. The Belfield then, so far. Is there anywhere else?
Man: Well, you should also consider Q7Maple View.
Woman: I don’t think I am familiar with that one.
Man: You should be; it’s right in the heart of the city, next to the entrance to the Q8pedestrianzone that runs along High Street.
Woman: Sounds lovely, being so close to the shops. Tell me more.
Man: It gets better; the price per night is only $28 on weekdays, though an additional $12 is charged on weekends and Q9bank holidays.
Woman: Sounds like great value for money.
Man: It is; that’s why you have to book well Q10in advance of your stay.
Woman: How soon should I book then?
Man: Yesterday might not be soon enough!
Woman: Yikes! I better get cracking. Thank you so much for your help.
