IELTS SIMULATOR – Concerts In University Arts Festival S20T4

IELTS Listening Concerts In University Arts Festival listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Arts / University Event subject.

Lecturer: As you will know, the university is planning an arts festival for later this year and here in the music department. We’ve planned three concerts. These will be public performances and the programme has just being finalised. The theme of the festival is linked between the UK and Australia, and this is reflected in the music. Each concert will feature both British and Australian composers.

 

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I’ll tell you briefly about Australian music, as you probably won’t be familiar with that. The first concert will include music by Liza Lim, who was born in Perth, Western Australia, in 1966. As a child, Limb originally learned to play the piano like so many children, and also the _Q31 violin. But when she was 11 her teachers encouraged her to start composing. She found this was her real strength, and she studied and later taught composition both in Australia on DH in other countries as a composer, She has received commissions from numerous orchestras, other performers, and festivals in several countries. Liza Limbs’ compositions are vibrant and full of _Q32 energy, and she often explores Asian on Australian aboriginal cultural sources, including the native instrument, the Didgeridoo. This is featured in a work called The Compass. Her music is very expressive, so although it is _Q33 complex, it has the power of connecting with audiences and performers alike. In the festival, we’re going to give a semi-staged performance off the Oresteia. This is an _Q34 opera in seven parts, based on the trilogy of ancient Greek tragedies by Aeschylus. Lim composed this when she was in her mid-twenties, and he also wrote the text along with Barry Kaskey. It’s performed by six singers, a dancer, and an Orchestra that, as well a standard orchestral instruments, includes electric guitar, onda, and traditional Turkish stringed instruments. Lim wrote that because the stories in the tragedies are not easy to tell, the sound she creates are also _Q35 disturbing and they include breathing, solving, laughing on whistling. The work lasts around 75 minutes. On the rest of the concert will consist of orchestral works by the British composers Wraith, Vaughan Williams, on DH Frederick Delius, moving on now to our second concert. This will begin with instrumental music by British composers Benjamin Britain on Judith, where after the interval will go to Australia for a piece by Ross Edwards, the tower off Remoteness.

According to Edwards, the inspiration for this piece came from nature when he was sitting alone in the dry bed of a creek, overshadowed by the leaves of palm trees listening to the birds and insects, the tower of remoteness he’s scored for piano and _Q36 clarinet Edwards says he realised years after writing the piece that he had subconsciously modeled its opening phrase on a bird call. Ross Edwards was born in 1943 in Sydney, Australia, and studied at the Sydney Conservatory, um of music on the universities of Adelaide and Sydney. He’s well known in Australia, and in fact, he’s one of the country’s most performed composers. He’s written a wide range of music, from symphonies and concertos to some composed specifically for children. Edwards, his music has been described as being deeply connected to Australia, and it could be regarded as a celebration of the _Q37 diversity of cultures that Australia Khun B, proud off the last of the three Australian composers to be represented in our festival is called Vine, Born in 1950 for Vine like Liza, Limb comes from Perth, Western Australia.

He took up the cornet at the age of five, switching to the piano. Five years later, however, he went to university to study _Q38 physics before changing to composition. After graduating, he moved to Sydney and worked as a freelance pianist and composer. Before long, he had become prominent in Australia as a composer for _Q39 dance and in fact has written 25 scores of that type. In our third concert, Vine will be represented by his music for the flag handover ceremony of the _Q40 Olympics, held in 1996. This seven-minute orchestral piece was, of course, heard by millions of people worldwide, and we’ll hear it alongside works written by British composers Edward Elgar and more recently, Thomas Ad.

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IELTS LISTENING – Background on school marching band S20T3

IELTS Listening Background on school marching band listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the School / Music subject.

Supervisor: So how are you getting on with your teaching practice at the high school? Joe?

Joe: Well, I’ve been put in charge of the school marching band, and it’s quite a responsibility. I’d like to talk it over with you

Supervisor: go ahead. You better start by giving me a bit of background.

Joe: Okay, well, the band has students in it from all years, so they’re aged 11 to 18 and there are about _Q21 50 of them altogether. It’s quite a popular activity within the school. I’ve never worked with a band of more than 20 before, and this is very different.

 

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Supervisor: I can imagine

Joe: they aren’t really good enough to enter national band competitions, but they’re in a _Q22 regional one later in the term. Even if they don’t win and I don’t expect them to. Hopefully, it’ll be an incentive for them to try and improve.

Supervisor: Yes, hopefully

Joe: well, now the Town Council’s organising a _Q23 carnival in the summer, and the band has been asked to perform. If you ask me, they aren’t really up to it yet, and I need to get them functioning better as a band in a very short time,

Supervisor: have you been doing anything with them, apart from practising the music? I mean, I played

Joe: the recording. I came across of a _Q24 drummer talking about how playing in a band had changed his life. I think it was an after-dinner speech. I thought it was pretty inspiring because being in the band had stopped him from getting involved in crime. The students seem to find it interesting, too.

Supervisor: That’s good.

Joe: I’m planning to show them that old _Q25 film from the 19 forties, strike up the band and talk about it with students. What do you think?

Supervisor: Good idea. As it’s about a school band, it might make the students realise how much they can achieve if they work together.

Joe: That’s what I’ve got in mind. I’m hoping I could take some of the band Teo _Q26 parade that’s going to take place next month. A couple of marching bands will be performing, and the atmosphere should be quite exciting. It depends on whether I can persuade the school to hire a coach or two to take us there.

Supervisor: They sound like good ideas to me. Thanks. Can I

Joe: Thanks. Can I tell you about a few people in the band who I’m finding it quite difficult to cope with? I’m sure you’ll have some ideas about what I can do.

Supervisor: Go ahead.

Joe: There’s a flutist who said she loves playing in the band. _Q27 We rehearse twice a week after school, but she’s hardly ever there. Then she looks for me the next day and gives me a very plausible reason. She says she had to help her mother or she’s been ill. But to be honest, I don’t believe her

Supervisor: dear. Any more students with difficulties?

Joe: Plenty. There’s a trumpeter who thinks she’s the best musician in the band, though she certainly isn’t. _Q28 She’s always saying what she thinks other people should do. Which makes my job pretty difficult.

Supervisor: She sounds a bit of a nightmare.

Joe: You can say that again. One of the trombonist CE has got an impressive sense of rhythm and could be an excellent musician except that _Q29 he has breathing difficulties and he doesn’t really have enough breath for the trombone. He’d be much better off playing percussion, for instance. But he refuses to give up, so he ends up only playing half the notes.

Supervisor: Mexico’s You have to admire his determination.

Joe: Maybe one of the _Q30 percussionists isn’t too bad, but he never seems to interact with other people. And he always rushes off as soon as the rehearsal ends. I don’t know if there are family reasons or what, but it isn’t good in a band where people really need to feel they’re part of a group. There are others, too, but at least that gives you an idea of what I’m up against. Do you have any thoughts about what I could do? Lizzy?

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IELTS LISTENING – An Organisation that Arranges Volunteering S20T2

IELTS Listening An Organisation that Arranges Volunteering listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Services & Volunteering subject.

Good morning. My name’s Lucy Crittenden, and I’m the Director of Operations for an organisation that arranges volunteering in this part of the country. I’m hoping I can persuade one or two of you to become volunteers yourselves. Let me start by briefly explaining what we mean by volunteering. Volunteers are teenagers and adults who choose to spend some time, unpaid, helping other people in some way. Most volunteers devote two or three hours to this every week, while a few do much more. The people they help may have physical or behavioural difficulties, for example. Volunteers can do all sorts of things, depending on their own abilities and interests.

 

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If they’re supporting a family that’s struggling, for example, they may be able to give them tips on cooking or recommend how to plan their budget or how to shop sensibly on their income. They might even do some _Q11 painting or wallpapering, perhaps alongside any members of the family who are able to do it. Or even do some _Q12 babysitting so that parents can go out for a while.

The benefit from volunteering isn’t only for the people being helped. Volunteers also gain from it: _Q13 they’re using their skills to cope with somebody’s mental or physical ill health, and volunteering may be a valuable element of their CV when they’re applying for jobs: _Q14 employers usually look favourably on someone who’s given up time to help others. Significantly, most volunteers feel that what they’re doing gives them a purpose in their lives. And in my opinion, they’re lucky in that respect, as many people don’t have that feeling.

Now I’d like to tell you what some of our volunteers have said about what they do, to give you an idea of the range of ways in which they can help people. _Q15 Habib supports an elderly lady who’s beginning to show signs of dementia. Once a week they, along with other elderly people, go to the local community centre, where a group of people come in and sing. The songs take the listeners back to their youth, and for a little while, they can forget the difficulties that they face now. Our volunteer _Q16 Consuela is an amazing woman. She has difficulty walking herself but she doesn’t let that stop her. She helps a couple of people with similar difficulties, who had almost stopped walking altogether. By using herself as an example, Consuela encourages them to walk more and more.

_Q17 Minh visits a young man who lives alone and can’t leave his home on his own, so he hardly ever saw anyone. But together they go out to the cinema, or to see friends the young man hadn’t been able to visit for a long time. _Q18 Tanya visits an elderly woman once a week. When the woman found out that Tanya is a professional dressmaker, she got interested. Tanya showed her some soft toys she’d made, and the woman decided to try it herself. And now she really enjoys it and spends hours making toys. They’re not perhaps up to Tanya’s standard yet, but she gains a lot of pleasure from doing it.

Alexei is a volunteer with a family that faces a number of difficulties. By calmly talking over possible solutions with family members, _Q19 he’s helping them to realise that they aren’t helpless and that they can do something themselves to improve their situation. This has been great for their self-esteem.

And the last volunteer I’ll mention, though there are plenty more, is Juba. _Q20 She volunteers with a teenage girl with learning difficulties, who wasn’t very good at talking to other people. Juba’s worked very patiently with her, and now the girl is far better at expressing herself, and at understanding other people.

OK, I hope that’s given you an idea of what volunteering is all about. Now I’d like …

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IELTS LISTENING – Flanders Conference Hotel S20T1

 

IELTS Listening Flanders Conference Hotel listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Services & Accommodation subject.

Angela: Hello, Flanders. Conference Hotel.

Barrett and Stan Employee: Oh, hi. I wanted to ask about conference facilities at the hotel. Have I come through to the right person

Angela: you have under customer services? Manager? My name’s Angela. So how can I help you?

Barrett and Stan Employee: Well, I’m calling from Barrett and Stans. Sins were a medical company based in purse.

Angela: Oh, yes.

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Barrett and Stan Employee: And we’re organising a conference for our clients to be held in Sydney. It’ll be held over two days and we’re expecting about 50 or 60 people.

Angela: When were you thinking of having it?

Barrett and Stan Employee: Sometime early next year. Like the end of January. It would have to be a weekend.

Angela: Ah, let me see. Our conference facilities are already booked for the weekend beginning January. The 28 We could do the first weekend in February.

Barrett and Stan Employee: Help about January 21st.

Angela: h. Oh, I’m afraid that spoke to

Barrett and Stan Employee: Well, let’s go for the February date then.

Angela: So that’s the weekend beginning the fourth.

Barrett and Stan Employee: Ok, Now, can you tell me a bit about what conference facilities you have?

Angela: Tool? So for talks and presentations. We have the _Q1 Tesla room.

Barrett and Stan Employee: Sorry,

Angela: Tesla’s. That’s spelled T E S L A. It holds up to 100 people and it’s fully equipped with a projector and so on.

Barrett and Stan Employee: How about a _Q2 microphone?

Angela: Yes, that will be all set up ready for you. And there’ll be one that members of the audience can use. Two for questions if necessary.

Barrett and Stan Employee: Fine. And we’ll also need some sort of open area where people can sit and have a cup of coffee. And we’d like to have an _Q3 exhibition of our products and services there as well. So that will need to be quite a big space.

Angela: That’s fine. There’s a central atrium with all those facilities, and you can come before the conference starts. If you want to set everything up,

Barrett and Stan Employee: great on PRESUME this _Q4 wifi.

Angela: Oh yes, that’s free and available throughout the hotel. Okay, Would you also like us to provide a buffet lunch? We can do a two-course meal with a number of different options.

Barrett and Stan Employee: What sort of price? So we’re looking at for that?

Angela: Well, I can send you a copy of this standard menu that’s $_Q5 45 per person, or you can have this special for $25 more.

Barrett and Stan Employee: I think the standard should be OK, but yes, send me the menu Now we’re also going to need accommodation on the Saturday night for some of the participants. I’m not sure how many, but probably about 25. So what do you charge for a room?

Angela: Well, for conference attendees, we have a 25% reduction, so we can offer you rooms at $_Q6 135 normally a standard room, $180.

Barrett and Stan Employee: And does that include breakfast?

Angela: Sure. And of course, guests can also make use of all the other facilities at the hotel. So we gotta start where you can get messed Sarge’s and facials and so on. And there’s a _Q7 pool up on the roof for the use of guests

Barrett and Stan Employee: craze. Now, what about transport links? The hotels downtown, isn’t it?

Angela: Yes is about 12 kilometres from the _Q8 airport, but there’s a complimentary shuttle bus for guests, and it’s only about 10 minutes walk from this central railway station.

Barrett and Stan Employee: Now I don’t know Sydney very well. Can you just give me an idea of the location of the hotel?

Angela: Ah, well, it’s downtown on will be street. That’s quite a small street and it’s not very far from the _Q9 sea. And of course, if the conference attendees want to go out on this Saturday evening, there’s a huge choice of places to eat. Then if they want to make a night of it, they can go on to one of the _Q10 clubs in the area. There are a great many to choose from

Barrett and Stan Employee : Parquet. And so if we go ahead with this, can you give me some information about how much we’re looking at?

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