IELTS LISTENING – Go-travel Booking Form S40T1

 

IELTS LISTENING Go-travel Booking Form listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Booking a Holiday & Travel Agent Conversation.

Agent: Hello. You’re through to go travel. This is Darren speaking. How may I help you today?

Women: Hello. I’m calling to book a holiday.

Agent: Great, may I take your name, please.

Women: Yes, it’s Q₁ Grieves. Anna Grieves.

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Agent: Is that GRA..?

Women: No, G-r-i-e-v-e-s and Anna is with double N.

Agent: Right. Thank you, Anna. Now we are delighted you’ve called us. Can I ask where you heard about us?

Women: It was your advertisement in one of the magazines.

Agent: Was it Q₂ Holiday world?

Women: Yes, that’s the one.

Agent: Good. Thank you. It’s useful to know,

Women: Of course.

Agent: And did you have a particular holiday in mind or was it a general inquiry?

Women: I think I’ve chosen. I like the look of the one with the cold Q₃ FT4551 the right destination. And the prices seem reasonable.

Agent: Right, now was it for yourself only, or…?

Women: Oh, no. I want to go with a couple of friends. So there would be Q₄ three of us going.

Agent: Okay. Now there’s a choice of dates, as you know.

Women: Yes, I think well, we’ve got to be back by the end of August. So if we say going on August Q₅ 16th that would work. Fine.

Agent: No problem. And you can also choose the length of your holiday. There’s let’s see, 7, Q₆ 11, or 14 nights.

Women: We thought the middle one would be great longer would be nice, of course, but…

Agent: Might be next year

Women: yes

Agent: And you do need to have insurance.

Women: ahha?

Agent: We have three levels Standard, Q₇ Super, and Super close.

Women: Standard seems a bit basic. Let’s say super. That should be sufficient.

Agent: Fine.

Well, that’s all good so far and the availabilities are okay. Have you looked through the list of options there in the advertisement?

Women: I have. And I’ve got the list here. Some of them do seem a good idea.

Agent: Which ones would you like to take?

Women: In terms of the hotel. The offer of picnic launches we leave that we rather go to cafes. I think a Q₈ balcony for the room is a must. It’s so nice to sit out. Enjoying the view.

Agent: Oh, yes.

Women: And then the trips. I think we’ll pass on the night, Bosswant I never really enjoy the common trees. and museums aren’t really my sort of thing, to be honest, any more than dances.

Agent: aahaa.

Women: But I like practical things. So I think the Q₉ demonstration of local arts could be fun.

Agent: Yes, I would think so.

Women: And then in terms of getting out of town, Q₁₀ going up the river on a boat Sounds delightful. And I wouldn’t want to miss that. But the mountains, Well, sitting in a coach on those bind inroads.

Agent: I understand. Okay, Well, that’s all I need for the booking at this point. Just a few details for you, and then we’ll check the payment.

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IELTS LISTENING – Short Stay Accommodation S39T1

IELTS listening Short Stay Accommodation listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Holiday & Accommodation Booking.

Agent: Good morning, Ace Accommodation. How can I help you?

Client: Good morning. I’d like to organize some short-stay accommodation on the Gold Coast, please.

Agent: Certainly. Who am I speaking to?

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Client: Ms. McKinley. Q₁ Sylvia McKinley. Could you spell

Agent: your family name for me? please.

Client: It’s M-a-c-k-i-n-l-a-y.

Agent: Thank you. And your first name is Sylvia? Yes. Is that with an I or a Y?

Client: Oh. Y, the old-fashioned way? That’s S-y-l-v-i-a.

Agent: Thank you, Ms. McKinley. Now, just for our records. Can you tell me what country you live in?

Client: Of course it’s Q₂ England. Actually.

Agent: I thought so. Now, when you coming?

Client: Well, at the moment we’re planning on arriving on July 26th.

Agent: Oh, the 25th. That’s the last day of the public holiday. And it might be difficult to find something available on that date.

Client: No, we’re coming on the Q₃ 26th of July.

Agent: Oh, well, that’s fine then we’ll have lots of good places vacant by then. Although you wouldn’t be able to move in until late afternoon because our cleaning crew will need time to get everything ready for you.

Client: That suit says our flight won’t get in until early evening anyway.

Agent: How many of you will that be?

Client: Just Q₄ my sister and myself.

Agent: Ans how long do you intend to stay?

Client: Oh, only a couple of weeks. We’d like to stay longer but we’ll have to get back to work.

Agent: So you’re not coming on business, then?

Client: No, it’s just a Q₅ holiday. Why? What difference does that make?

Agent: Oh, you’d be surprised. Business people have different needs, you know, wireless Internet, even fax machines and photocopiers.

Client: No, we won’t need any of that stuff. We’ll be coming to relax and get away from all that kind of thing.

Agent: Good. Now, what exactly are you looking for? A house, a duplex, or an apartment?

Client: What’s a duplex?

Agent: Oh, that’s what you might call a town, house, or a unit. You know, two houses semi-detached on the same property.

Client: Oh, I see. I think an Q₆ apartment will suit us just fine.

Agent: And how many bedrooms, too?

Client: One or two? It depends on the size. My sister and I don’t mind sharing.
If it’s a decent-sized bedroom with two beds.

Agent: well, that makes it easier, and car parking. Will you require a lockup carriage? There are little hardest of find with an apartment.

Client: We’ll have a hire car. And as far as I know, there are no regulations concerning car parking. I think as long as it’s not parked on the street and did Q₇ secure, there shouldn’t be any problems.

Agent: Okay, now I’m assuming you want something by the beach.

Client: Yes, that’s the idea. We want to enjoy the surf, sand, and sunshine.

Agent: Okay, But before we settle on an area and discuss your price range, I’ll need to know about other necessities.

Client: What do you mean?

Agent: Well, for example, do you want to be close to a shopping mall or the casino or the fun parks? Or do you want to be in a complex with or near a swimming pool?

Client: No, None of that really matters to us. But we’d like to have reasonable access to the Q₈ motorway so that we can drive up to Brisbane to visit friends there.

Agent: Well, there are quite a few lovely small towns to choose from. There’s Main beach, which is north of surface paradise, or mermaid waters, which is a bit further south, or Palm Beach, which is quite a bit further South.

Client: Mermaid water sounds delightful. Is it close to the motorway?

Agent: Well, not really the M one is actually closest to Palm Beach, and prices are likely to be more reasonable there, too.

Client: That’s settled, then. Q₉ Palm Beach. It is?

Agent: Now if you’ll just give me your email address, I can send you information about the town and lots of photos.

Client: Well, my email is smac13@hotmail.com

Agent: And one final thing. How much are you looking to spend per week on accommodation? Do you want something at the luxury end of the market? You know, newly redecorated, great views, Odomon cons?

Client: Not necessarily. Could we get something clean, comfortable, unreasonable for $1200 a week?

Agent: Could you stretch that $1500 a week? I have got a property in mind that you absolutely love but you will have to go $ Q₁₀ 1500. $1200 wouldn’t cover.

Client: Alright then that’s no top limit.

Agent: Good, I will get on to this straight away and there should be something in your inbox shortly.

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IELTS LISTENING – LIONS S36T4

 

IELTS LISTENING LIONS  listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Wildlife & Conservation subject.

LECTURER:

Well, most people think that lions only come from Africa. And you would be forgiven for thinking this because in fact, most lions do come from africa. But this hasn’t always been the case. If we go back 10,000 years we would find that there were lions roaming vast sections of the globe. But now, unfortunately, only very small sections of the lions’ former habitat remain.

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My particular interest is Asiatic lions, which are a subspecies of African lions. Q₃₁ It’s almost a hundred thousand years since the Asiatic lions split off and developed as a sub-species. Q₃₂ At one time the Asiatic lion was living as far west as Greece and they were found from then in a band that spread east through various countries of the Middle East, all the way to India. In museums, you can now see Greek coins that have clear images of the Asiatic lion on them. Most of them are dated at around 500 bc. However, Europe saw its last Q₃₃ Asiatic lion roaming free 2,000 years ago. Over the next nineteen hundred years, the numbers of Asiatic lions in the other areas declined steadily, but it was only in the nineteenth century that they disappeared from everywhere but India.

So, how can you tell an Asiatic lion from an African lion, with which you’re probably more familiar? Well, in general, Asiatic lions are not as big as African lions. The colour is more or less the same, but the appearance of the mane is different – that’s the hair around the lion’s face and neck. The Asiatic lion’s mane is noticeably shorter than the African lion’s. Q₃₄ Asiatic lions also have a long fold of skin on their underside, whereas not many African lions have this.

Well, I’d like to talk to you now about the Gir sanctuary in India. That’s where I’ve just come back from. The sanctuary was established specifically to protect the Asiatic lion.

It’s Q₃₅ 1,450 square kilometers an area and most of it is forest. There are now around three hundred Asiatic lions in India and almost all of them are in this sanctuary.

But despite living in a sanctuary, which makes them safe from hunters, they still face a number of problems that threaten their survival. One of these is the ever-present danger of Q₃₆ disease. This is what killed more than a third of Africa’s Serengeti lions in 1994, and people are fearful that something similar could happen in the Gir Sanctuary and kill off many of the Asiatic lions there.

India’s lions are particularly vulnerable because they have a limited gene pool. The reason for this is interesting – it’s because all of them are descended from a few dozen that were saved by a Q₃₇ prince who took a particular interest in them. He was very wealthy, and he managed to protect them – otherwise, they’d probably have Q₃₈ died out completely.

When you see the Asiatic lion in India, what you sense is enormous vitality. They’re very impressive beasts and you would never guess that they had this vulnerability when you look at them.

The Asiatic lions don’t have the Gir Sanctuary to themselves, I should add. They actually share it with about two thousand farmers. A significant proportion of the lions’ diet is made up of the livestock of these farmers – goats, chickens, and so on – as much as a third, in fact. And they’ve even been known to Q₃₉ attack humans, especially in times of drought.

One final piece of interesting information – in ancient India one of the greatest tests of Q₄₀ leadership for a man was to fight a lion. Now it seems, in modern India, it will be a great test to see if the lion can be saved. I’m sure this is something that all of you will share concern for too.

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IELTS LISTENING – Left and Right Handedness in Sport S38T4

IELTS listening Left and Right Handedness in Sport listening practice test has 10 questions belong to the Academic & Lecture on Sports Science.

My topic is handedness, whether in different sports, it is better to be left or right-sided or whether a more balanced approach is more successful.

I’m left-handed myself, and I actually didn’t see any relevance to my own life. When I happened to start reading an article by a sports psychologist called Peter Matthews, he spent the first part of the article talking about handedness in music instead of sport, which I have to say, almost put me off from reading further.

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Q₃₁ But what I soon became struck by was the sheer volume of both observation and investigation he had done in many different sports, and I felt persuaded that what he had to say would be of really interest.

Q₃₂ I think Matthew’s findings will be beneficial not so much in helping sports people to work on their weaker side, but more that they can help them identify the most suitable strategies to use in a given game.

Although Q₃₃ most trainers know how important handedness is at present, they are rather reluctant to make use of the insight scientists like Matthew’s congee give, which I think is rather shortsighted because focusing on individual flexibility is only part of the story. Anyway. Back to the article, Matthews found a German study, which looked at what he called mixed handedness that is, the capacity to use both left and right hands. Equally. It looked at mixed-handedness in 40 musicians on a variety of instruments.

Researchers examined a number of variables, for example, type of instrument played regularity of practice undertaken, and length of time playing instrument, and found the following. Keyboard players had high levels of mixed-handedness, whereas string players like cellists and violinists strongly favored one hand. Also, Q₃₄ those who started younger were more mixed-handed. Matthews also reports studies of handedness in apes. Apes get a large proportion of their food by fishing ants from anthills.

Q₃₅ The studies show that apes like humans, show handedness, though for them right and left-handedness is about equal, whereas about 85% of humans are right-handed studies showed the apes consistently using the same hand, fished out 30% more ants than those varying between the two.

Matthew started researching several different sports and found different types of handedness in each. By the way, he uses handedness to refer to the dominant side for feet and eyes as well as hands. Anyway, His team measured the hand, feet, and eyes of 2000 and 611 players and found that there were really three main types of lateral quality mixed. You work equally well on both sides. Both hands and I single. You tend to favour one side, but both hands and I favor the same side and cross-lateral quality. A player’s hands and eyes favor only one side, but they are opposite sides.

Let’s start with hockey. Matthews found that it was best to be mixed-handed. This is because ah, hockey stick must be deployed in Q₃₆ two directions. It would be a drawback to have hand or eye favoring one side. An interesting finding is that mixed-handed hockey players were significantly more Q₃₇ confident than their single-handed counterparts. Things air slightly different in racket sports like tennis here. The important thing is to have the dominant hand and eye. On the one side, this means that there is a bigger area of Q₃₈ vision on the side, where most of the action occurs.

If a player is cross-lateral, the racket is invisible from the dominant eye. For much of the swing, it means that they can only make Q₃₉ corrections much later. And often the damage has been done by then and moving to a rather different type of sport, which involves large but precise movements. Gymnastics. It’s been found that cross-hand I favoring is best.

The predominant reason for this is because it aids Q₄₀ balance, which is, of course, absolutely central to performance in this sport. 

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