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IELTS LISTENING – JOB HUNTING S53T1

IELTS Listening JOB HUNTING listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Work & Employment subject..

STUDENT 1: Oh hi, Anna. How’s it going? I haven’t seen you since graduation.

STUDENT 2: Hi Bradley. Things are great I’ve been traveling around Europe for the last month, but now that I’m back I really need to find a job, so I can start
renting my own place.

STUDENT 1: Yeah me too, my mum’s driving me crazy. I’ve got an interview on Thursday it’s a company called Power, I’m pretty nervous.

STUDENT 2: Don’t worry, I’m sure you’ll do great. Do you know what the job involves?

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STUDENT 1: Well the company has many sections like sourcing, materials, and taking care of waste management. But I’m interviewing for a job in the _Q1 warehouse section.

STUDENT 2: Wow, I bet that will be really interesting.

STUDENT 1: You should apply too, they still have a couple of jobs left. I found the job I’m interviewing for on their website. The reference is SW35FT.

STUDENT 2: Thanks Bradley, that’s really nice of you I’ll apply later today. Is there a contact I could ask for?

STUDENT 1: The manager is Susan Thatcher, but you should contact her personal assistant her name is Jane _Q2 Hitcher.

STUDENT 2: How do you spell the surname for me, please?

STUDENT 1: Yes, it’s H-I-T-C-H-E-R.

STUDENT 2: Okay great. I actually found a job listing for a place at Cotton, but the work hours don’t suit me, you should look into it.

STUDENT 1: Ah, that’s the grocery company, right? I heard that the jobs in their distribution office are really well paid.

STUDENT 2: The advertisement I saw was looking for people to work in the _Q3 supermarket office but the pay still looked very good.

STUDENT 1: Was there a description of the job?

STUDENT 2: The company is looking to increase their production of cakes and pastries so you would be working as a cook in the _Q4 bakery. After a month they evaluate your performance and there’s potentially an opportunity for promotion to a management position.

STUDENT 1: That sounds like a great opportunity I’ll definitely look into it. Do you have the reference number? I’ll write it down in my notebook.

STUDENT 2: Sure, I also have the reference for a job at the art museum I’ll give you the reference for that first, it’s SGH667.

STUDENT 1: Great, that’s really near my house. And what’s the reference number for the bakery job at Cotton?

STUDENT 2: The reference is _Q5 ARW204.

STUDENT 1: I’ll send them my application this afternoon. Who’s the contact?

STUDENT 2: The name on the advert was Melanie, but it specifically said not to contact her in person. You should use the office as your contact so just post your application there directly.

STUDENT 1: You seem to have found way more job listings than I have. Where are you finding them all?

STUDENT 2: At first, I was keeping an eye out for listings on the internet but all of the jobs listed there were in the city. I found that the best place to find local jobs was in magazine _Q6 adverts.

STUDENT 1: Adverts?

STUDENT 2: You know the section at the back of job plus magazine.

STUDENT 1: Where can I buy that?

STUDENT 2: You don’t buy it, it’s a free magazine, just go to your nearest corner shop and buy the _Q7 newspapers. The magazine comes with it.

STUDENT 1: Oh, I never realized. My mum buys the newspaper every week so there’s probably a copy lying around at home somewhere, I’ll have a look for it when I get back. All this job hunting is so stressful and time-consuming.

STUDENT 2: I can’t wait until it’s over, either I’m so tempted just to pay someone to do all this for me.

STUDENT 1: What do you mean?

STUDENT 2: I could go to a recruitment seminar or to an _Q8 agency.

STUDENT 1: The agency sounds like a great idea. They charge a fee before taking you on as a client though plus only large corporations hire new employees through an agency.

STUDENT 2: Well I think it would be exciting.

STUDENT 1: If you decide to go to an agency make sure you take your student card with you. Your student status is valid for another month and agencies often give students a 10 percent discount.

STUDENT 2: Okay great. I’ll remember that.

STUDENT 1: All of the placements I’ve applied to require a referee. I’ve never had a job before so I don’t know who to ask. Who did you use?

STUDENT 2: I had a summer job working as a waitress so I asked my old boss I got on with him really well so I trusted him to give me a good reference if you haven’t had a job before you should ask one of your _Q9 tutors.

STUDENT 1: That’s a really good idea. I used to really enjoy my history classes with Mr Fredericks perhaps I’ll ask him.

STUDENT 2: I miss being a student, I don’t feel mature enough to be earning money and finding a place of my own.

STUDENT 1: Yeah university was great. Have you heard about their summer program? I’m thinking of applying for the art course.

STUDENT 2: That sounds like fun. Do you have to pay?

STUDENT 1: No the tutors are running it as a research project you just need to fill out a _Q10 feedback form at the end.

STUDENT 2: Great well I’ll see you there. Good luck with your job hunting.

STUDENT 1: Thanks. Good luck to you too, see you soon.

STUDENT 2: Bye.

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IELTS LISTENING – Ostrich Farming S51T4

IELTS listening Ostrich Farming listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Ostrich Farming.

PAULA: Today I’d like to introduce Ted Hunter, who used to rear sheep and poultry but he was here to tell us about a rather unusual type of livestock that he’s been concentrating on in the last few years. Ted Hunter is a member of the Domesticated Ostrich Farming Association, and is here to tell us about the possibilities of breeding and rearing these birds in this country.

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TED: Thank you, Paula. When you look at international restaurant menus and supermarkets they all tend to feature the same range of meats – beef, lamb, chicken, pork, that sort of thing. But people are always interested in something different and we’re now finding that farming can bring new types of meat to our tables. The kangaroo is one animal that’s now being farmed for its meat and eaten outside Australia, where it comes from. It looks and tastes rather like _Q31 rabbit, though it’s slightly darker in color, but it is _Q32 rather tough, so that’s a problem for some people. Crocodiles are also being farmed for their meat. This is rather like chicken, pale and tender, and it’s getting quite fashionable. Some people also find it’s rather fatty, but I think it makes a really tasty sandwich. Now a third type of meat becoming increasingly available, and the one that I think is by far the nicest of the three, is ostrich, which most people say has a similar taste and texture to _Q33 beef. However, it’s much better for you than beef, as we’ll see later. Most people think of ostriches as wild animals, but in fact ostriches have been farmed in South Africa since around 1860. At first they were produced for their feathers. In Africa they were used for tribal ceremonial dress and they were also exported to Europe and America where they were made into _Q34 ladies fans and used for decorating hats. Later, feather fans and big, decorated hats went out of fashion but ostriches were still bred, this time for their hide. This can be treated to produce about half a square meter of _Q35 leather – very delicate, fine stuff a very good quality. At the same time, some of the _Q36 meat was used for biltong – the air-dried strips of meat popular in South Africa as a sort of fast food. However, recently there’s been more and more interest in the development of ostrich farming in other parts of the world, and more people are recognizing its value as a food source.

Ostrich meat is slightly _Q37 higher in protein than beef- and much lower in fats and cholesterol. It tastes good too. A series of European taste tests found that 82 percent of people prefer ostrich to beef. And one ostrich produces a lot of meat – from around 30 to 50 kilograms, mostly from the hindquarters of the bird. Farmed ostriches don’t need African climates, and in fact ostrich farming is now becoming well established in other parts of the world. However, setting up an ostrich farm isn’t something to embark on lightly. Mature breeding birds are very expensive – even a fertilized _Q38 ostrich egg isn’t cheap so you need quite a bit of capital to begin with. Then the farmer needs special equipment such as incubators for the eggs. The young chicks are very dependent on human minders, and _Q39 need a lot of attention from the people looking after them. In addition, ostriches can’t be intensively farmed – they need space and exercise.

But in spite of this they make good farming sense. A cow produces only one calf a year whereas a female ostrich can lay an egg every other day. And because the farmers can use incubators and hatched chicks are nourished well and protected from danger, the failure rate on farms is very low indeed and almost all the fertilized eggs will hatch out into chicks which will in turn reach maturity. This is very different from the situation in the wild, where the vast majority of chicks will die or be killed before they grow up into mature ostriches. So it’s possible, once the initial outlay has been made, for the farmer to be looking at very good profit margins indeed. Ostrich farming is still in its early days outside Africa but we hope that ostrich meat will be freely available soon and before long we’ll be as cheap as beef.

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IELTS LISTENING – INFORMATION ABOUT RENTAL HOUSE S52T2

IELTS LISTENING INFORMATION ABOUT RENTAL HOUSE listening practice test has 10 questions belong to the Holiday House Information.

MAN: Hello, Ron Smith speaking?

WOMAN: Hi, this is Kayla Laughton. I signed up with the holiday house agency to rent your beach house but the agent isn’t available today and I have a problem, I can’t remember what she said about the alarm system.

MAN: Oh, it’s quite simple really, the main thing to remember is to enter by the _Q11 back door, which leads into the kitchen, because that is where the alarm is situated, right next to the light switch just beside the door. If you go through the front door into the living room, it will take you longer to reach the alarm and you only have a few seconds to deactivate it. The code is 3498.

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MAN: The agent will have given you the back and front door keys but there are other keys that you may need for the garage, the laundry and the little garden shed. You’ll find them hanging on a hook _Q12 inside the cupboard in the hallway next to the hot water cupboard. The laundry room is outside next to the garage, it should be kept locked so please remember to return the key to the hook when you’ve done your washing. The last tenant lost it somewhere in the garden and I had to have the lock replaced. There should be some laundry detergent for the washing machine next to the dishwashing liquid _Q13 under the kitchen sink.

Oh now about the linen, the sheets are already on the beds and there are lots of towels at the house too. Of course you’ll want to enjoy that lovely safe swimming beach as much as possible. You’ll find a pile of beach towels in a basket _Q14 on the washing machine, feel free to take these to the beach with you we have lots of them and they’re pretty old so it doesn’t matter if they get a bit dirty or sandy, there are other newer towels for use in the bathroom only. These are in the _Q15 hot water cupboard on the shelf up above the cylinder. Please don’t take these ones down to the beach. Ah, what else. Oh yes, I should tell you that the electricity supply is generally reliable but sometimes there are power surges which make a few light bulbs blow. If that happens don’t worry there are spare light bulbs in a shoe box on the chest of drawers _Q16 in the bedroom that reminds me the main power supply is switched off at the mains box which is above the front door the first thing to do when you arrive is to pull down the large lever it’s clearly labeled main switch you don’t need to touch any of the other switches.

MAN: Oh, one more thing something that might interest you is a folder of local information you know the sort of thing interesting places to visit opening hours for the shops and services in the town plus a little map of local walks, it’s on top of the TV along with the remote control. Parking in the town is usually really easy except for weekends when the place is swamped with _Q17 tourists, so i would recommend doing your shopping on weekdays oh one thing though if you want to combine a shopping expedition with a visit to the early history museum you should know that it’s not open on _Q18 mondays. There are lots of good places to eat in town too, you’ll find a list of menus and takeaway prices for some of the more popular local cafes and restaurants.

If you like chinese the happy dragon has excellent food or I’d recommend the pizzeria if you prefer italian, they have a good selection of takeaway pasta and pizza as well. The _Q19 happy dragon is a firm favorite with the locals though. Both restaurants deliver free of charge but note the phone numbers have changed since the menus were printed. Phone _Q20 3231190 for pizza and 3239911 for chinese, you won’t be disappointed.

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IELTS LISTENING – YOUNG ELECTRONIC ENGINEER COMPETITION S51T3

IELTS listening YOUNG ELECTRONIC ENGINEER COMPETITION listening practice test has 10 questions belong to the Notes Completion.

JOHN BROWN: Good morning, Mrs Collins. I just wondered if you could help me with this entry form for the Young Electronic Engineer competition.

MARY COLLINS: Hello, John. Oh you’ve made the jigsaw for blind children, with the bleeper.

JOHN BROWN: When they put a piece in correctly, that’s right.

MARY COLLINS: Okay, let’s have a look at the form.

JOHN BROWN: Right, thanks. I’ve never filled in one of these before, so…

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MARY COLLINS: Well, let’s just do it in pencil first. So, name of designers…

JOHN BROWN: Well, Anne helped me with some of the electronics work.

MARY COLLINS: Then you must put her name in as well. Right… Anne Ray.

MARY COLLINS: Glad to be of help. Very best of luck to you both.

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