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IELTS listening Ostrich Farminglistening 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.
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 Q31rabbit, though it’s slightly darker in color, but it is Q32rather 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 Q33beef. 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 Q34ladies 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 Q35leather – very delicate, fine stuff a very good quality. At the same time, some of the Q36meat 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 Q37higher 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 Q38ostrich 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 Q39need 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 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 Q11back 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.
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 Q12inside 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 Q13under 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 Q14on 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 Q15hot 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 Q16in 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.
WOMAN: Thank you, anything else?
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 Q17tourists, 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 Q18mondays. 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 Q19happy 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 Q203231190 for pizza and 3239911 for chinese, you won’t be disappointed.
IELTS Listening MEMBERSHIP OF SPORTS CENTRElistening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Services & Leisure subject..
TUTOR: So, I’ll hand over now to Julie Brooks.
JULIE BROOKS: Thank you. Welcome to the Sports Center. It’s good to see that there are so many people wanting to find out about our sports facilities. First of all, membership. All students at the college are entitled to become members of the Sports Centre, for an annual fee of Q119.50 pounds. To register with us and get your membership card, you need to come to Q13reception, between 2 and 6 pm, Monday to Thursday. I’m afraid we can’t register new members on Friday, so it’s Monday to Thursday, 2 to 6, at reception.
Now, there are three things that you must remember to bring with you when you come to register; they are: your Union card, a recent passport sized photograph of yourself, and the fee it doesn’t matter whether you bring cash or cheque. We can’t issue your card unless you bring all three; so, don’t forget: your Union card, passport photo and fee. Then once you’ve got your sports Q14card, you will need to bring it with you whenever you come to Q15book or use any Sports Center facilities.
Booking over the phone is not allowed, so you have to come here in person, with your card, when you want to book. Our opening hours seem to get longer every year. We are now open from 9 a.m to 10 p.m on Q16weekdays and from 10 a.m to 6 p.m on Saturdays. For those of you who are up and about early in the morning, we’re introducing a 50 percent ‘morning discount’ this year. This is because the facilities tended to be under-used in the mornings last year. It means that all the sessions will be half-price between 9 am and 12 noon on weekdays.
So, what exactly are the facilities? What sports can you play here? Well, this room we’re in at the moment is called the Main Hall, and it’s used mainly for team sports such as football, volleyball and basketball, but also for badminton and aerobics. On the other side of the Q17reception area there’s the Q18dance studio; this provides a smaller, more intimate space, which we use for ballet, modern dance and martial arts – not at the same time, of course. Then in a separate building, which you may have noticed on your way here it’s on the other side of the car park there are the Q19squash courts (six of them), and at the far end of the building a Q20fitness room. This is our newest facility, only completed in the Spring, but it’s already proving to be one of the most popular. As well as all these facilities available here on the campus, we also have an arrangement with the local tennis club, which is only two miles away, entitling our students to use their courts on weekday mornings in the Summer. So, I think that there should be something here for everybody, and I hope to see all of you at the Center, making use of the facilities. If, in the course of the year, you have any suggestions as to how the service we provide might be improved or its appeal widened, I’ll be interested to hear from you.
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