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IELTS LISTENING – TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE S9T2

IELTS Listening TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Tourism / Leisure subject.

Tourist Information Officer: Welcome to everyone here. I hope you enjoy your stay in our village and enjoy the local scenery. I’ll tell you a bit about the forest and mountain tracks in a minute, but first I’ll just give you an idea of where everything is in the village. So we’re here in the tourist information center, and when you come out of the center, you’re on Willow Lane just opposite the pond.

_Q11 If you want to get to the supermarket, fear supplies of food and water go right. That’s the quickest way. And then turn right at the top of Willow Lane. And it’s the second building you come to opposite the old railway station.

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If you’re planning on doing some serious climbing and you need some equipment, we do have an excellent climbing supply store. Just five minutes. _Q12 Walk away, turn left. Once you’re outside the tourist information center, take Willow Lane all the way up to Pine Street. You want to go left along here, then keep walking and go up mountain road on your right until you come to the next, turning on the left head down there and you’ll come to the climbing supplies store. If you get to the small building that sell ski passes, you’ll know you’ve gone too far. You also need to head to Pine Street for the museum. It’s small but well worth a visit if you’re interested in the history of the village and the old gold mining industry. So _Q13 when you reach Pine Street from here, you’ll see the old railway line on the other side of the road. Turn left into Pine Street and keep going until you come to Mountain Road and just past here, the museum will be on your left, just behind the railway line. Don’t worry about crossing over the tracks. The train stopped running through here in 1985. If you’re planning on following one of the easier forest walks, you might like to hire a bicycle. _Q14 To get to the higher shop again, you need to head to Pine Street on the left-hand side of Pine Street. You’ll see the town hall go down the little road that you come to just before it and you’ll find a bike hire shop just behind the hall. They have a good range of bikes, so I’m sure you’ll find something that suits your needs. Last but not least, if you’re hungry after a long day’s trek, I can recommend our local cafe again. _Q15 When you leave the tourist information center, turn right and follow Willow Lane until it joins Pine Street. And right opposite, on the far side of the railway tracks, is the cafe.

Okay, let me tell you a little bit about the different tracks we have here. All of them. Start at the end of Mountain Road and you’ll find a parking lot there where you can leave your vehicles. Let’s start with _Q16 North Point track. It’s a gentle route through lowland forest, good for biking and probably the one for you. If you have small Children, there’s a wooden hut where you can stay at the end of the track. But be aware that it’s really just an overnight shelter, and you’ll need to take your own sleeping bags and cooking equipment. Another option is the Silver River Track. As the name suggests, _Q17 you’d be following the river from most of the way, and you get to see some of our beautiful native birds. But the track also goes through a densely forested area. Unfortunately, the signposting isn’t very good in places, and you do need good map-reading skills to avoid becoming disoriented, which happens to visitors a little too frequently. _Q18 I’m afraid Valley Crossing will take you through some stunning scenery, but there are several points along the way where you’ll need the level of fitness required to get over some pretty big rocks. _Q19 Stonebridge is one of the shorter tracks, but very steep is it takes you up to the waterfall, and you do need to be in good condition to manage it. Lastly, _Q20 the Henderson Ridge track will take you all the way to the summit of the mountain. Do bear in mind, though, that at this time of year, the weather is very changeable, and if the clouds suddenly descend, it’s all too easy to wander off the track. It’s best to check with us for a weather report on the morning. You think you want to go on the way to the summit. There’s a hotel which provides comfortable rooms and quality meals, so it’s worth climbing.

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IELTS LISTENING – PRESTON PARK RUN S5T1

IELTS listening PRESTON PARK RUN listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Leisure & Entertainment subject.

You will hear a telephone conversation between the organizer of a park run and a woman who wishes to take part in the run.

First you have some time to look at questions one to six.

Trulli

Smith: Good morning Dave, Smith speaking.

Dave: Hi could I speak to the organizer of the Preston park run?

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Smith: Yes that’s me.

Dave: Great I was talking to some friends of mine about the run and they suggested I contact you to get some more details.

Smith: Sure what would you like tonight?

Dave: Well they said it takes place every Saturday is that right?

Smith: Yes it does.

Dave: Okay great.

Smith: Do you know where the park is?

Dave: Yes I’ve been there before but it’s quite big and I’m not sure where to go.

Smith: Well there’s a circular track that goes right around the park the run starts at the _Q1 cafe. goes past the tennis courts then twice around the lake and finishes back where it started.

Dave: Okay and what time is the run?

Smith: Well the AP to run begins at _Q2 nine a.m but the run as start arriving at about eight forty-five.

Dave: Okay so I need to get top early Saturday morning then and how long is the run?

Smith: Well it used to be three kilometers but most people wanted to do a bit more than that so we lengthened it to _Q3 five kilometers we now go round the lake twice on that adds an extra two kilometers.

Dave: Right not sure I’ve ever run that fall so what better start doing a bit of training?

Smith: That’s a good idea but it’s not a race it’s really just for fun and the best thing would be to take it easy the first few times you do it and then see if you can gradually improve your time.

Dave: It’s the wrong time then how do I know how well I’ve done?

Smith: When you cross the finish line you’ll be given a _Q4 barcode and you take this to one of the run volunteers who will scan it.

Smith: Then you can get your time online when you go home.

Dave: I see you collect all the results.

Smith: Exactly.

Dave: I see that’s great.

Dave: So how do I register?

Smith: Well Laura several ways I could take your details over the phone but it’s much easier if you do it using the _Q5 website.

Dave: Okay good I think that’s probably all I need to know for now.

Dave: Yes does it cost anything to register or do you collect money each week?

Smith: Well it doesn’t cost anything to register but we do charge for the run in fact we have just increased the charge to _Q6 one pound fifty.

Smith: It used to be a pound but because we were making a bit of a loss we have had to increase it by fifty pay.

Dave: Okay thanks.

Dave: I think I have enough information on taking part in the run.

Smith: Before you hear the rest of the conversation you will have some time to look at the questions seven to ten.

Now listen and I’ll answer questions seven to ten.

Trulli

Dave: You mentioned volunteers I have a friend who is interested in helping out can you give me some details so I can post them on to her?

Smith: Sure well you need to ask your friends to contact Pete _Q7 Maughan manages all the volunteers.

Dave: Okay I didn’t quite catch his surname was it mon am hello all an.

Smith: No just a bit more complicated it’s M. A. U. G. H. A. N.

Dave: Right thanks and could you give me his phone number?

Smith: Yes just a moment it’s here somewhere let me just find it.

Smith: I have two numbers for him I think the one that begins 1273 is an old one so use this one aids one _Q8 01444732900 .

Dave: Hey got that can you tell me anything about the volunteering like what kind of activities it involves?

Smith: Sure well we need volunteers for the basic stuff like setting up the course we have to do that before all the runners arrive.

Dave: Okay so that’s a really early still out.

Smith: Yes that’s right but if your friend would prefer to arrive a bit later she can also help with _Q9 guiding the runners so they don’t go the wrong way.

Dave: I believe you do a report on some of the races.

Smith: Yes that’s right in science we do a weekly report on each race and we always try to illustrate it.

Dave: Okay well my friend really likes taking photographs she’s just bought a new camera.

Smith: Surely that would be great I don’t know where the Pete has anyone to _Q10 take photographs this week.

Dave: All all at ten OO.

Smith: Okay good could you ask your friend to phone Pete and let him know?

Dave: Yes I am well.

Smith: Okay thanks goodbye.

Dave: Goodbye.

Smith: That is the end of section one you now have half a minute to check your answers.

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IELTS LISTENING – COMPUTER SYSTEM S5T3

IELTS LISTENING COMPUTER SYSTEM listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Knowledge & Technology subject.

Randhir Gotra: Hello. I’m Randhir Gotra from the technology department.

Dave Hadley: Ah, yes. Good. I’m Dave Hadley thanks for coming to see me.

Randhir Gotra: That’s okay. I believe he wants us to do some work for you.

Dave Hadley: Yes, that’s right. I’m responsible for students Admissions to the college. And, I use a computer system to help process student enrollments and to do the time tableing. But it really doesn’t suit the way we work these days. _Q21 It’s over 10 years old, and although it was fine when it was first introduced, It’s just not good enough now.

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Randhir Gotra: Okay. What problems are you experiencing?

Dave Hadley: Well, 20 years ago, the college was quite small and we didn’t have the numbers of students or tutors that we have now.

Randhir Gotra: So the system can’t handle the increasing volumes.

Dave Hadley: Well, _Q22 there’s a lot more data now and it sometimes seems the system has crashed. But in fact, it just takes ages to go from one screen to the next.

Randhir Gotra: Right, Is that the only problem?

Dave Hadley: Well, that’s the main one. But _Q23 there are others in the past doing the time tableing was quite simple, but now we have a lot more courses and what’s made it complicated is that many of them have options.

Randhir Gotra: Right? But the system should allow you to include those.

Dave Hadley: Well, no, it doesn’t. It was supposed to and a few years ago, we did ask someone from the technology’s department to fix it, but they never seemed to have the time.

Randhir Gotra: Are there any other issues with system?

Dave Hadley: Well, I’ve been given extra responsibilities, and so I have even less time to do the time tableing. If there was anything you could do run dear to make the process more efficient, that would be really helpful.

Randhir Gotra: Well, it sounds like you could do with an assistant, but that’s obviously not possible. So what about having an online system that students can use to do their scheduling?

Dave Hadley: How would that work?

Randhir Gotra: Well, _Q24 it may mean less choice for students, but we could create a fixed schedule of all the courses and options, and they could then view what was available and work it out for themselves.

Dave Hadley: That sounds great.

Randhir Gotra: Okay, so um, we’ll need to decide whether or not to improve the existing system or to build a completely new system. Well, _Q25 I’d much prefer to have a new system. Quite frankly, I’ve had enough of the old one.

Dave Hadley: Okay, that’ll probably take longer. Although it may save you money in the long run.

Randhir Gotra: When were you hoping to have this in place?

Dave Hadley: Well, it’s January now and the new intake of students will be in September. We need to start processing admissions in the next few weeks.

Randhir Gotra: Really?

Dave Hadley: Well, it will take more than a few weeks, I’m afraid. As an initial estimate, _Q26 I think we’ll be looking at April or May to improve the existing system. But for a new system, it would take a least nine months. That would be October at the earliest. What are the next steps if we are to have a new system?

Randhir Gotra: Well, the first question is, do you have support from your _Q27 senior management?

Dave Hadley: Yes, I’ve already discussed it with them on their also keen to get this work done.

Randhir Gotra: Okay, because I was going to say that’s the first thing you need to do and without that we can’t go ahead.

Dave Hadley: Yes, I’ve done that.

Randhir Gotra: That’s good. Actually, they mentioned that there’s probably a form I need to complete to formally start the project. Yes, that’s the next thing you need to do. I’ll send you an email with a link so you can fill it in online. It’s called a _Q28 project request form.

Dave Hadley: Okay, great, and then what happens?

Randhir Gotra: Well, I have a list of things, but I think the third thing you should do is see Samir. He’s our analyst who will look at the system and identify what needs to be done.

Dave Hadley: Okay. Can you send me his contact details and I’ll set up a _Q29 meeting with him?

Randhir Gotra: Okay, that’s good. So we should soon be able to get a team together to start the work.

Dave Hadley: Some members of our team work in different locations, so it’s not easy to have face-to-face meetings.

Randhir Gotra: That’s okay. I’m used to having _Q30 conference call providing they’re not late at night.

Dave Hadley: Right. So I’ll send you details of the team, and if you could set up a call, that would be great.

Randhir Gotra: Okay, I’ll do that.

Dave Hadley: Thanks.

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IELTS LISTENING – The use of soil to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere S4T4

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IELTS LISTENING The use of soil to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Science & Environment subject..

As we saw in the last lecture, a major cause of climate changes is the rapid rise in the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over the last century. If we could reduce the amount of CO2, perhaps the rate of climate change could also be slowed down.

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One potential method involves enhancing the role of the soil that plants grown in, with regard to absorbing CO2. Rattan Lal, a soil scientist from Ohio State University, in the USA, claims that the world’s agricultural soils could potentially absorb 13 percent of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere – the equivalent of the amount released in the 30 years. And research is going on into how this might be achieved.

Lal first came to he idea that soil might be valuable in this way not through an internet in climate change, but rather, out of concern for the land itself and the people dependent on it. Carbon-rich soil is dark, crumbly, and fertile, and retains some water. But erosion can occur if soil is_Q31 dry, which is a likely effect if it contains inadequate amount of carbon. Erosion is of course bad for people trying to grow crops or breed animals on that terrain. In the 1970s and 80s, Lal was studying soils in Africa so devoid of organic matter than the ground had become extremely _Q32hard, like cement. There he met a pioneer in the study of global warming, who suggested that carbon from the soil had moved into the atmosphere. This is now looking increasingly likely.

Let me explain. For millions of years, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been regulated in part, by natural partnership between plants and microbes-tiny organism in the soil. Plants absorb CO2 from the air and transform it into _Q33sugar and other carbon-based substances. While a proportion of these carbon remain in the plant, some transfer from the _Q34 roots to fungi and soil microbes, which store the carbon in the soil.

The invention of agriculture some 10,000 years ago disrupted these ancient soil-building processes and led to the carbon from the soil. When humans started draining the natural topsoil and ploughing it up for planting, they exposed the buried carbon to oxygen. This created carbon dioxide and realized it into the air. And in some places, grazing by domesticated animals has removed all vegetation, releasing carbon into the air. Tons of carbon have been stripped from the world’s soils- where it’s needed- and pumped into the atmosphere.

So what can be done? Researchers are now coming up with evidence that even modest changes to farming can significantly help to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.

Some growers have already started using an approach known as regenerative agriculture. The aim is to boost the fertility of soil and keep it _Q35 moist through established practices. These include keeping fields planted all years round, and increasing the_Q36 variety of plants being grown. Strategies like these can significantly increase the amount of carbon stored in the soil, so agricultural researchers are now building a case for their use in combating climate change.

One American investigation into the potential for storing CO2 on agricultural lands is taking place in California. Soil scientist Whendee Silver of the University of California, Berkeley, is conducting a first-of-its-kind study on a large _Q37 cattle farm in the state. She and her students are testing the effects on carbon storage of the compost that is created from waste- both agricultural, including manure and cornstalks, and waste produced from waste product in _Q38 gardens such as leaves, branches and lawn trimmings.

In Australia, soil ecologist Christine Jones is testing another promising soil-enrichment strategy. Jones and 12 farmers are working to build up soil carbon by cultivating _Q39 grasses that stay green all year round. Like composting, the approach has already been proved experimentally; Jones now hopes to show that it can be applied on working farms and that the resulting carbon capture can be accurately measured.

It’s hoped in the future that projects such as these will demonstrate the role that farmer and other land managers can play in reducing the harmful effects of greenhouse gases.For example, in countries like the United States, were most farming operations use large applications of fertilizer,changing such long- standing habits will required a change of system. Rattan Lal argues that farmers should receive _Q10 payment not just for the corn or beef they produce, but also for the carbon they can store in their soil.

Another study being carried out…

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