IELTS LISTENING – Induction talk for new Apprentices S16T2

IELTS Listening Induction talk for new Apprentices listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Education & Training  subject..

Good morning everyone. My name’s Janet Parker and I’m the human resources manager. We’re very happy to welcome you to your new apprenticeship.

I hope that the next six months will be a positive and enjoyable experience for you. I’d like to start with some general advice about being an apprentice. Most of you have very little or no experience of working for a big organisation and the first week or so may be quite challenging. There will be a lot of new information to take in but don’t worry too much about trying to remember everything. The important thing is to check with someone if you’re not sure what to do

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_Q11 you’ll find your supervisor is very approachable and won’t mind explaining things or helping you out. You’re here to learn so make the most of that opportunity. You’ll be spending time in different departments during your first week _Q12 so make an effort to talk to as many people as possible about their work – you’ll make some new friends and find out lots of useful information.

As well as having a supervisor, you’ll each be assigned a mentor. This person will be someone who’s recently completed an apprenticeship and you’ll meet with them on a weekly basis. Their role is to provide help and support throughout your apprenticeship. Of course, this doesn’t mean they’ll actually do any of your work for you – instead _Q13 they’ll be asking you about what goals you’ve achieved so far, as well as helping you to identify any areas for improvement. You can also discuss _Q14 your more long-term ambitions with them as well. Now I just want to run through a few company policies for our apprenticeship scheme with you … Most importantly, the internet.

As part of your job you’ll be doing some research online so obviously, you’ll have unlimited access for that but _Q15 please don’t use it for personal use -you’ll have your own phones for that. Some of you have already asked me about flexible working. After your probationary three-month period – some of you will be eligible for this – but it will depend on which department you’re in and what your personal circumstances are. _Q16 So please don’t assume you’ll automatically be permitted to do this. I want to make sure there’s no confusion about our holiday policy. Apart from any statutory public holidays, we ask that _Q17 you don’t book any holidays until after your six-month apprenticeship has finished. Time off should only be taken if you are unwell. Please speak to your supervisor if this is going to be a problem. You’ll be expected to work a 40-hour week but _Q18 there may be opportunities to do overtime during busy periods.   Although you’re not required to do this, it can be a valuable experience – so we advise you to take it up if possible. Obviously, we understand that people do have commitments outside work, so don’t worry if there are times when you are unavailable.

As you know, _Q19 we don’t have a formal dress code here – you may wear casual clothes as long as they’re practical – and the only restriction for shoes we have is on high heels for health and safety reasons. Comfortable shoes like trainers are preferable. There’s a heavily subsidised canteen on site where you can get hot meals or salads cheaply. Snacks and drinks are also provided – _Q20 so we’ve decided to introduce a no packed lunch. This is partly to encourage healthy eating at work and partly to stop people from eating at their workstations, which is unhygienic.

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IELTS LISTENING – Crime Report Form S16T1

IELTS LISTENING Crime Report Form listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Law & Order / Public Services subject.

Police Officer: Good morning. What can I do for you?

Louise Taylor: I want to report a theft. I had something stolen out

Police Officer: of my bag yesterday. I’m sorry to hear that. Right. So I’ll need to take a few details it Can I start with your name?

Louise Taylor: Louise Taylor.

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Police Officer: Okay. Thank you. And are you a resident in the UK?

Louise Taylor: No, I’m actually _Q1 Canadian though. My mother was British.

Police Officer: And your date of birth?

Louise Taylor: December 14th, 1977.

Police Officer: So you’re just visiting this country?

Louise Taylor: That’s right. I come over most summers on business. I’m an interior designer, and I come over to buy old _Q2 furniture. Antiques. You know, there are some really lovely things around here, but you need to get out to the small towns. I had a really good trip this year until this happened.

Police Officer: Okay, so you’ve been here quite a while.

Louise Taylor: Yes, I’m here for two months. I go back next week.

Police Officer: So may I ask where you’re staying now?

Louise Taylor: Well, at present, I’ve got a place at _Q3 park apartments that’s on King Street. I was staying at the Riverside Apartments on the same street, but the apartment there was only available for six weeks, so I had to find another one.

Police Officer: Okay. And the apartment number 15. Right Now, I need to take some details of the theft. So you said you had some things stolen out of your bag. That’s right. And were you actually carrying the bag when the theft took place?

Louise Taylor: Yes. I really can’t understand it. I had my backpack on and I went into a supermarket to buy a few things. And when I opened it up, my wallet wasn’t there.

Police Officer: And what did your wallet have, innit?

Louise Taylor: Well, fortunately, I don’t keep my credit cards in that wallet. I keep them with my passport in an inside compartment in my backpack, but there was quite a bit of cash there. About £_Q4 250 sterling. I should think I withdrew £300 from my account yesterday, but I did a bit of shopping, so I must have already spent about £50 of that. Okay, At first I thought, Oh, I must have left the wallet back in the apartment. But then I realised my _Q5 phone had gone as well. It was only a week old, and that’s when I realised I’d been robbed. Anyway. At least they didn’t take the keys to my rental car.

Police Officer: Yes. So you say the theft occurred yesterday? Yes. So that was _Q6 10th September And do you have any idea at all of where or when the things might possibly have been stolen?

Louise Taylor: Well, at first I couldn’t believe it because the bag had been on my back ever since I left the apartment after lunch. It’s just a small backpack, but I generally use it when I’m traveling because it seems safer than a handbag. Anyway, I met up with a friend and we spent a couple of hours in the _Q7 museum but I do remember that as we were leaving there at about four o’clock, a group of young boys ran up to us and they were really crowding around us, and they were asking us what _Q8 time it was. Then all of a sudden they ran off.

Police Officer: Can you remember anything about them?

Louise Taylor: The one who did most of the talking was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of something. Uh, let’s see a tiger.

Police Officer: Right. Any idea of how old he might have been

Louise Taylor: around 12 years old.

Police Officer: And can you remember anything else about his appearance?

Louise Taylor: Not much. He was quite thin.

Police Officer: Colour of hair.

Louise Taylor: I do remember that. He was _Q9 blond All the others

Police Officer: were dark-haired. And any details of the others?

Louise Taylor: Not really. They came and went so quickly.

Police Officer: Right? So what I’m going to do now is give you a crime reference number so you can contact your insurance company. So this is 10 digits. _Q10 8795482361

Louise Taylor: Thank you. So should I contact you?

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IELTS LISTENING – Thor Heyerdahl very interested in as a youth? S15T3

IELTS Listening Thor Heyerdahl very interested in as a youth ? listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the History & Exploration subject.

VICTOR: Right, well, for our presentation shall I start with the early life of Thor Heyerdahl

OLIVIA: Sure. Why don’t you begin with describing the type of boy he was, especially _Q21 his passion for collecting things?

VICTOR: That’s right, he had his own little museum. And I think it’s unusual for children to develop their own values and not join in their parents ‘ hobbies I’m thinking of how Heyerdahl wouldn’t go hunting with his dad, for example.

 

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OLIVIA: Yeah, he preferred to learn about nature by listening to his mother read to him. And quite early on he knew he wanted to become an explorer when he grew up. That came from his camping trips he went on in Norway I think …

VICTOR: _Q22 No, it was climbing that he spent his time on as a young man.

OLIVIA: Oh, right … After university, he married a classmate, and together, they decided to experience living _Q23 on a small island, to find out how _Q24 harsh weather conditions shaped people’s lifestyles.

VICTOR: As part of their preparation before they left home, they learnt basic survival skills like building a shelter. I guess they needed that knowledge in order to live wild in a remote location with few inhabitants, cut off by the sea, which is what they were aiming to do.

OLIVIA: An important part of your talk should be the radical theory Heyerdahl formed from examining mysterious ancient carvings that he happened to find on the island. I think you should finish with that.

VICTOR: OK.

OLIVIA: All right, Victor, so after your part I’ll talk about Thor Heyerdahl’s adult life, continuing from the theory he had about Polynesian migration. Up until that time of course, academics had believed that humans first migrated to the islands in Polynesia from Asia, in the west.

VICTOR: Yes, _Q25 they thought that travel from the east was impossible, because of the huge, empty stretch of ocean that lies between the islands and the nearest inhabited land.

OLIVIA: Yes, but Heyerdahl spent ages studying the cloud movements, ocean currents, and wind patterns to find if it was actually possible. And another argument was that there was no tradition of large ship-building in the communities lying to the east of Polynesia. But Heyerdahl knew they made lots of coastal voyages in locally built canoes.

VICTOR: Yes, or sailing on rafts, as was shown by the long voyage that Heyerdahl did next. It was an incredibly risky journey to undertake – sometimes I wonder if he did that trip for private reasons, you know? To show others that he could have spectacular adventures. What do you think, Olivia?

OLIVIA: Well, _Q26 I think it was more a matter of simply trying out his idea, to see if migration from the east was possible.

VICTOR: Yes, that’s probably it. And the poor guy suffered a bit at that time because the war forced him to stop his work for some years …

OLIVIA: Yes. When he got started again and planned his epic voyage, do you think it was important to him that he achieve it before anyone else did?

VICTOR: Um, I haven’t read anywhere that that was his motivation. _Q27 The most important factor seems to have been that he use only ancient techniques and local materials to build bis raft.

OLIVIA: Yes. I wonder how fast it went.

VICTOR: Well, it took them 97 days from South America to the Pacific Islands.

OLIVIA: Mm. And after that, Heyerdahl went to Easter Island, didn’t he? We should mention the purpose of that trip. I think he sailed there in a boat made out of reeds.

VICTOR: No, that was later on in Egypt, Olivia.

OLIVIA: Oh, yes, that’s right.

VICTOR: But what he wanted to do was _Q28 talk to the local people about their old stone carvings and then make one himself to learn more about the process.

OLIVIA: I see. Well, what a great life. Even though many of his theories have been disproved, he certainly left a lasting impression on many disciplines, didn’t he? _Q29 To my mind, he was the first person to establish what modern academics call practical archaeology. I mean that they try to recreate something from the past today like he did with his raft trip. It’s unfortunate that his ideas about where Polynesians originated from have been completely discredited.

VICTOR: Yes. Right, well I’ll prepare a PowerPoint slide at the end that acknowledges our sources. I mainly used The Life and Work of Thor Heyerdahl by William Oliver. I thought the research methods he used were very sound. _Q30 although I must say I found the overall tone somewhat old-fashioned. I think they need to do a new, revised edition.

OLIVIA: Yeah, I agree. What about the subject matter – I found it really challenging!

VICTOR: Well, it’s a complex issue …

OLIVIA: I thought the book had lots of good points. What did you think of …

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IELTS LISTENING – New city developments S15T2

IELTS Listening New city developments listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Urban Development & Community subject.

Good morning. I’m very pleased to have this opportunity to say a little about two exciting new developments in the city: the Brackenside Open-Air Swimming Pool and the children’s Adventure Playground in Central Park. As many of you may know, _Q11 the idea for these initiatives came from you. the public, in the extensive consultation exercise which the City Council conducted last year. And they have been realized using money from the SWRDC – the South West Regional Development Commission.

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First of all, Brackenside Pool. As many of the older members of the audience will remember, there used to be a wonderful open-air pool on the seafront   30 years ago but it had to close when it was judged to be unsafe. For the design of this new heated pool, we were very happy to secure the talents of internationally renowned architect Ellen Wendon, who has managed to combine a charming 1930s design, which fits in so well with many of the other buildings in the area, with up-to-the-minute features _Q12 such as a recycling system the only one of its kind in the world -which enables seawater to be used in the pool.

_Q13 Now, there has been quite a bit of discussion in the local press about whether there would be enough room for the number of visitors we’re hoping to attract, but the design is deceptive and there have been rigorous checks about capacity. Also, just in case you were wondering, we’re on schedule for a June 15th opening date and well within budget: a testimony to the excellent work of local contractors Hickman’s.

We hope that as many people as possible will be there on June 15th. We have engaged award-winning actress Coral White to declare the pool open and there’ll be drinks and snacks available at the poolside. There’ll also be a competition for the public to _Q14 decide on the sculpture we plan to have at the entrance: you will decide which famous historical figure from the city we should have.

And now, moving on to the Central Park Playground, which we’re pleased to announce has just won the Douglas Award for safety: the news came through only last week. The unique design is based on the concept of the Global Village, with the playground being divided into six areas showing different parts of the world -each with a representative feature. For example, there is a section on _Q15 Asia, and this is represented by rides and equipment in the shape of snakes, orang-utans, tigers, and so on fauna native to the forests of the region.

Moving south to the Antarctic -we couldn’t run to an ice rink I’m afraid but opted instead for _Q16 climbing blocks in the shape of the mountains – I thought they could have had slides for the glaciers but the designers did want to avoid being too literal! Then on to South America -and here _Q17 the theme is El Dorado – games replicating the search for mines full of precious stones. And then moving up to North America, here there was considerable debate – I know the contribution of cinema and jazz was considered but _Q18 the designers finally opted for rockets and the International Space Station. Eastwards to Europe then, and perhaps the most traditional choice of all the areas: _Q19 medieval castles and other fortifications. Then last, but not least, moving south to _Q20 Africa and a whole set of wonderful mosaics and trails to represent the great rivers of this fascinating and varied continent.

Now, the opening date for our Global Playground is 10th July. And again we’d love to see you there – so make a date and come and see this magnificent, original new amenity right in the heart of the city.

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