IELTS LISTENING – UNIVERSITY FACILITIES AND COURCE SELECTION S64T3

Steve: Hey Melisa! How’s it going?

Melisa: Great; I’m really pleased to have the exams behind me; now I’m looking forward to a break for the summer as I know next year is going to be unbelievably difficult, being our final year and all. You?

Steve: Same – pleased to be finished, but dreading next year, though.

Melisa: Well, I wouldn’t exactly say I’m dreading it, but I know what you’re saying!

Steve: At least we’re gonna have smaller classes next semester.

Melisa: How do you mean?

Steve: Didn’t you hear? The Commerce Faculty just got approval to build a new state-of-the-art Lecture building over the summer months. _Q21 It’s expected to be finished by the start of term.

Melisa: Fantastic! No more lecture theatres crammed with over two hundred people. That’ll make a pleasant change. How on, earth are they paying for it though? I thought the _Q22 college was reining in its expenditure and decreasing spending.

Steve: It is, but the grant has been approved for the best part of, three years, so they have no choice but to provide it now that the project is going ahead; after all, those funds are supposed to have been set aside specially.

Melisa: So what’s taken so long for construction to start?

Steve: You see, the grant only covers 30% of the cost. The incoming government made a pledge during the election campaign that it would cover the other 70%, but, typical of a political party, wouldn’t you know, it didn’t keep its promise. The College Donors Club, a group of wealthy alumni, stepped in to pledge 10% of the money needed, but the project really only got a kick-start when an anonymous donor pledged the rest.

Melisa: Very mysterious!

Steve: Yeah, and apparently he demanded that certain changes be made to the plans before handing over the money.

Melisa: Like what?

Steve: Well, you know the proposal to have _Q24 a gym in the basement?

Melisa: Don’t tell me that’s been canceled.

Steve: Not at all. In fact, our anonymous donor friend insisted on it being twice the original size and on _Q25 a relaxation room being added as well. You know, with games and stuff.

Melisa: Sweet! Are we still getting our new computer lab?

There’s always such an awful queue for the existing one.

Steve: We are indeed and next to it there’s now going to be what they’re calling the ‘Software Zone’. A place where students can access all the latest high-end software free of charge,

Melisa: Nice! Thank you very much Mr. Donor! Everything else Is staying, right? Lecture rooms, hardware zone, etc.?

Steve: Yeah. The rest’s the same.

Melisa: By the way, on the subject of college next year Steve, have you decided what courses you are going to choose yet?

Steve: Pretty much. I want to major in marketing, so I’m focusing on the International Markets and Product Placement modules. Will you be joining me?

Melisa: Well, you know I prefer Human Resources; that’ll probably be my major, but _Q26 if you twist my arm, I’ll probably join you for the first one; no way on all that Product Placement _Q27 nonsense though; sounds boring! Organisational Behaviour is a requirement if you want to major in HR, as is Managing People, so _Q28&29 I will definitely do both of those. Will you join me on them then?

Steve: Sorry Melisa; you know HR is just not my thing. What about your optional modules? Do you feel like doing Information Systems with me? We all need to know a bit about the digital world after all!

Melisa: Hmm. I’ll get back to you! I haven’t ruled out Public Relations, either. Let’s chat about it again later in the week _Q30 when I’ve had some time to think.

Steve: Cool; I’ll call you, okay?

Melisa: Sounds like a plan! I’d better go now.

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IELTS LISTENING – Pancras Road S64T2

OK, ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please? So, here we are at King’s Cross station. We’ll be leaving from here in just over an hour to catch a tube from the Underground station so you’ll have a bit of time to look around.

But first things first. Just so as you can get your bearings and find your way around this rather complex and confusing station, I will point out essential areas as well as points of interest.

At the moment, we are standing in King’s Cross Square, facing two main exit doors, one off to our left and the other off to our right. The exits lead from the main platform area which can be accessed by several entrances, one of which is located just a bit further away to your left, although it is obscured by a wall from where we’re standing. Oh, by the way, that building standing on its own – the larger, not the smaller one – on your far left is the Great Northern Hotel. The taxi rank is sandwiched between it and the _Q11 Left Luggage office (G).

So, before I go onto a description of the main shopping and platform areas on the other side of the station wall, I’d like to point out the most important point of all: the _Q12 Underground station, (H) which is where we need to meet promptly for departure. Luckily, it’s quite prominent as it’s located away from the shopping and platform area of the station. It’s just over there on the corner, in between the entrance I mentioned earlier and the exit nearest to the hotel from where we’re standing now.

Now for those of you who would like to grab a bite to eat or do a bit of shopping, you can enter the shopping area by that entrance door over there. It’s by far the nearest entrance. You will find several clothes shops in this area in addition to a fast-food outlet. When you go to the entrance, if you go straight ahead rather than turning left into the other part of the shopping complex you will find two buildings facing one another. Within these buildings are several shops and eating places. In the building immediately after the ticket barriers on your right, you will find that the first shop you come across is the fast-food outlet, _Q13 Burgerland (E). If you need to avail yourself of the toilet facilities, then carry straight on past Burgerland and they’re at the far end of the building. In between the toilets and the _Q14 ticket office (F) is the Disabled Meeting Point. You will have to enter through this area in order to gain access to the toilets.

If you would like to go up to the second floor where there are one or two shops and a _Q15 pizzeria, (C) then as you enter the shopping area through the main entrance, instead of going straight ahead you turn off to the left. The escalators are immediately on your left again. When you go up, the escalators you will see two buildings again on your left. Go past the first building and the pizzeria is the first shop that you come to, in the second building.

Now, I would just like to ask: Are there any Harry Potter fans with us today? Ah, good. Yes, I see several hands raised. Well, there’s a treat in store for you if you go to the far end of the second building and take the escalator down again to the ground floor. As you reach the bottom of the escalator, turn right and carry on walking, keeping the ticket barrier on your left all the time. Don’t turn off left but carry on walking until you find yourself up against the station wall. This is the famous _Q16 Platform 93/4 (B) immortalised by J.K. Rowling in her Harry Potter books. You’ll see half a trolley embedded in the wall to mark the spot.

So those are the main things to do and see. I hope you enjoy yourselves but please meet me at the Underground entrance promptly for departure. Don’t be tempted to board the Hogwart Express on Platform 9 ^3/4!

Good, welcome back! I’m glad you were all punctual. As you know, we have a packed itinerary which _Q17 will give you a ‘taster’ of London’s major landmarks.

Before we enter the Underground I would just like to give you some important information. Firstly, for those of you _Q18 unfamiliar with the London Underground, you must retain your ticket throughout the journey, only surrendering the ticket at your final destination. This is not applicable to today’s trip but really for tomorrow when you will be at leisure and may wish to use the Underground again. For today, we have a group ticket which means that we have to stay together at all times whilst travelling on the Underground. Should you become separated from the group and end up travelling without a ticket you can expect to pay a hefty fine.

Also, remember that while we are travelling outside the _Q19 rush hour, between 5-7 pm in the evening and from 7.30-9 am in the morning. We will still meet with the midday crowds of shoppers. Sometimes there is only standing room at such times, so _Q20 you will be lucky to get a seat at all. Priority seats do exist if you are unable to stand, although this is rarely enforced and is at the discretion of the passenger occupying such seats. Beware of pickpockets, too! There are many opportunist thieves who prey on unsuspecting travellers. Obviously, keep your valuables tucked away, ensuring wallets, etc. are not visible.

So, that’s all for now. Let’s get on with the tour! Follow me and please keep close to your group members to avoid getting separated!

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IELTS LISTENING – ANIMAL ART S65T4

IELTS LISTENING ANIMAL ART listening practice test has 10 questions belongs to the Leisure & Entertainment subject.

Lecturer: I have just shown you all some slides of a very varied set of paintings. I noticed as I was showing the slides, a few giggles in the audience and a few looks of dismay. I guess, entitling my lecture ‘Unconventional Art Geniuses’ was a bit misleading. When most of you were looking at the frankly _Q31 basic colour use and rather primitive painting techniques, you probably were more than a little surprised.

Well… I have a shock for you all. What I’m about to tell you next will help you understand the title of my lecture. All the slides I showed you previously are of artworks made by… wait for it… animals! Yes, I heard a few gasps In the audience when I said that. Whilst the artwork would be definitely primitive by _Q32 human standards, when you consider that the artworks were executed by animals, then, well, they are frankly staggering! Nor were the artworks purely the work of our _Q33 closest relatives, the apes. No, they were produced by animal artists, drawn from a diverse pool of species, ranging from elephants to gorillas, birds, and even sloths! In fact, _Q34 in recognition of this, last year, London’s Grant Museum of Zoology staged what organisers thought was the first Inter-species show of paintings by animals. In the show, art was shown from an orangutan, a gorilla, and an elephant. Whilst the gorilla and the orangutan produced works that bore a resemblance to the paintings of modern artists de Kooning and Kline, the elephant’s work took a more _Q35 figurative approach in the rendering of a flower pot.

Now before you all go thinking this is a revolutionary discovery, I would like to put the record straight. The contribution animals can make to the art world was highlighted as far back as the 1950s. In this decade, Desmond Morris, celebrated social anthropologist and author of bestsellers, such as ‘Bodywatching’ and ‘The Naked Ape’, Introduced Congo the painting Chimp to the British public in a TV appearance. Back then, animal art-makers were regarded as little more than a _Q36 novelty. Today, however, animal artists are not viewed so much as novelties but as sophisticated creators with skills and senses that they use to execute artworks in ways humans never can.

As a result of animals being taken more seriously as creators of art, it has become commonplace today for zoos to provide materials to captive animals. The hope is that by giving animals the means to create art, they will be kept physically and mentally stimulated. Obviously, you can’t give a lizard a paintbrush and expect it to draw! What the zookeepers do, though, is to give animals species-appropriate art materials and _Q37 tools. For example, sloth bears, who feed by blowing away dirt from the forest floor to feed on termites, have been given a straw-like apparatus to blow paint onto a canvas.

What is one of the most interesting discoveries to come out of all this, though, is the finding that animals voluntarily and Instinctively participate in the creation of art. It seems therefore that animals derive as much pleasure as humans do in applying paint to canvas or making a clay or plasticine figure. The obvious conclusion to draw from all this Is that there are _Q38 more similarities between Man and other animals than some of us might care to admit. However, just to satisfy the sceptics amongst you, there is something I would like to add. So far, the primate and elephant art that has been produced often bears an uncanny resemblance to Western art. Certain conventions are evident In the animals’ art that suggest a degree of _Q39 human intervention. As proof of this, an elephant named Boon Mee was actually guided by a keeper who steered the animal’s trunk to paint brushstrokes on a canvas! Nevertheless, we should keep an _Q40 open mind about animal art as there are just as many examples of artworks that have been completed by animals without human aid.

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