IELTS Listening - CHOICE ROUTE
Listening Test 2 Volume 13
Listening Section 1
Listen carefully and answer Questions 1 to 10:
Questions 1-4
Circle the correct letters A-C.
Example
Which course is the man interested in?
A. English
B. Mandarin
C. Japanese
1 What kind of course is the man seeking?
2 How long does the man want to study?
3 What proficiency level is the student?
4 When does the man want to start the course?
Questions 5-10
Complete the form.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Language Centre – Client Information Card
Name: Richard 5
E-mail address: 6 @hotmail.com
Date of birth: 7 1980.
Reason for studying Japanese: 8
Specific learning needs: 9
Place of previous study (if any): 10
Listening Section 2
Listen carefully and answer Questions 11 to 20:
Questions 11-12
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer
The story illustrates that dogs are 11 animals. The people of the town built a 12 of a dog.
Questions 13-20
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
| TYPE OF WORKING DOG | ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE JOB | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| Sheep dogs | Smart, obedient | Herd sheep and 13 them |
| Guide dogs | Confident and 14 | Training paid for by 15 |
| Guard dogs and
16 dogs |
Tough and courageous | Dogs and trainers available through
17 |
| Detector dogs | Need to really 18 | In Sydney they catch
19 a month |
| Transport dogs | Happy working 20 | International treaty bans huskies from Antarctica |
Listening Section 3
Listen carefully and answer Questions 21 to 30:
Questions 21-23
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or A NUMBER for each answer.
Braille – a system of writing for the blind
Louis Braille was blinded as a child in his 21
Braille invented the writing system in the year 22 An early writing system for the blind used embossed letters. A military system using dots was called 23
Questions 24-27
Circle the correct letters A-C.
24 Which diagram shows the Braille positions?
25 What can the combined dots represent?
26 When was the Braille system officially adopted?
27 What is unusual about the way Braille is written?
Questions 28-30
What THREE SUBJECTS use Braille code?
Listening Section 4
Listen carefully and answer Questions 31 to 40:
Questions 31-35
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS and/ or A NUMBER for each answer
Table showing memory test results
Question:
Can babies remember any 31
Experiment with babies: Apparatus:
baby in cot
colourful mobile
some 32
Re-introduce mobile between one and 33 later.
| Baby’s age | Maximum memory span |
| 2 months | 2 days |
| 3 months | 34 |
| 21 months | several weeks |
| 2 years | 35 |
Questions 36-40
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR NUMBER for each answer
Research questions:
Is memory linked to 36 development?
Can babies 37 their memories?
Experiment with older children:
Stages in incident:
a) lecture taking place
b) object falls over
c) 38
Table showing memory test results
| Age | % remembered next day | % remembered after 5 months |
| Adults | 70% | 39 |
| 9-year-olds | 70% | Less than 60% |
| 6-year-olds | Just under 70% | better than 40 |
ANSWER
1 B
2 A
3 B
4 C
5 Hagerty
6 ricky45
7 29(th) February
8 business
9 conversation/to communicate
10 (at) school
11 loyal
12 statue
13 (possibly) count
14 gentle (nature)
15 donations/donors
16 search and rescue
17 (international) database
18 love their food/love food/love eating
19 80 people/eighty people
20 in a team
21 father’s workshop
22 1824
23 night writing
24 B
25 A
26 C
27 C
28/29/30 B,C,E
31 (particular) events
32 string(s)
33 14 days
34 (a) fortnight/2 weeks/two weeks
35 (over) six months/6 months
36 language
37 retrieve/recall/recover
38 (an) argument
39 70%
40 40%