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0:10This is the IELTS Listening Test.
0:14Now turn to Part 1.
0:21Part 1.
0:25You will hear the manager of an
0:27electronic goods store
0:29giving instructions to her new
0:31assistant.
0:33First,
0:34you have some time to look at questions
0:371 to 3 on page 2.
1:20Hello, come in and take a seat. Oh,
1:23thanks.
1:26Good. And how can I help you? Well, I'd
1:30quite like to join this international
1:32social club and I was hoping you could
1:34help me.
1:35Yes, no problem.
1:38Let me just get the form up on my screen
1:41and I'll fill in your details. Let's
1:44see.
1:46Yes, here we are.
1:48Okay, the first thing we need is your
1:50name.
1:52Jenny Foo. That's F double O. Okay,
1:56great. And can you tell me how old you
1:59are, Jenny? I'm 21. Great. And how long
2:02have you been here in Australia, by the
2:04way? I arrived just last month,
2:072 weeks before the start of the academic
2:09year, just to sort things out and settle
2:12in a bit. Good idea.
2:14Where are you from originally?
2:16I'm from Kuala Lumpur.
2:18That's where I was born and brought up.
2:20So, you're Malaysian, are you? That's
2:22right. Though I lived in the United
2:24States for a couple of years when I was
2:26a teenager.
2:27We went there for my father's job.
2:29Right.
2:31And can you tell me your current
2:32address, please? Sure.
2:35Just at the moment, I'm lodging with a
2:36family at 13 Anglesea Road in Bondi.
2:40Okay, let me just type that in.
2:4313.
2:45How do you spell Anglesea, by the way?
2:48It's spelled A N G L E S E A. Thanks.
2:55That's quite a long way from the city
2:56center, isn't it?
2:58Is it a problem getting into the city
3:00center?
3:01Not really, because the buses are good
3:03and it's a nice quiet area to live in.
3:06That's true.
3:08So, I guess you must have a cell phone
3:10number you can give me so we can keep
3:12you informed of events and so on.
3:15Yes.
3:16Let me just have a look. It's a new one,
3:18so I haven't learned the number yet.
3:22Here it is.
3:24It's 0404229160.
3:32429160.
3:36Okay, good. And you like the family
3:39you're living with? Sure.
3:41They've got a little boy who is quite
3:43noisy, but he's really no trouble. Fine.
3:47Now, let's see what's next.
3:50Yep. Can you tell me what you do? I
3:53mean, are you working or studying?
3:56Well, at the moment, I'm doing a
3:57temporary job with a company here in
3:59Sydney.
4:01I'm an economist, in fact.
4:02Okay. And how long do you think you'll
4:05be here in Sydney?
4:07At least a year.
4:08I may look for work here afterwards.
4:11Great.
4:12Now, you want to join the international
4:14social club and it would be good to know
4:17a bit about your free time interests as
4:19well. What do you like doing?
4:23Well, I'm quite musical and I really
4:25enjoy singing.
4:27Back home, I sang with a band, just, you
4:29know, for fun.
4:31But for me, what I like best is dancing.
4:33You know, the modern sort. I really love
4:36it.
4:40Before you hear the rest of the
4:42conversation,
4:44you have some time to look at questions
4:464 to 10 on page 3.
5:17So, how are you getting on here? I mean,
5:20your level of English is better than
5:22most people who come from overseas to
5:24work and you've got a really nice
5:26American accent, so I don't suppose you
5:30have any communication problems in the
5:32office. Though, you might find some of
5:34our Australian slang more difficult to
5:37understand.
5:39Well, a bit, but I haven't met that many
5:41Australians yet, outside of work, I
5:43mean.
5:44Right.
5:45But could you tell me a bit about the
5:47international club now I've joined?
5:49Sure.
5:50We've got,
5:52let's see, currently about 50 members,
5:55but people join all the time, so I
5:57should think that figure will go up.
6:00Last year, we had 30 members and the
6:03year before just 18, so we're growing
6:06and getting better known. I reckon that
6:08at this rate, next year we'll have about
6:1180.
6:12And does the club hold regular meetings?
6:15Yes, every second Thursday evening, in
6:17fact, so a couple of times a month.
6:20Though, of course, when you start making
6:22friends, you'll be getting together with
6:24them more often than that, I guess.
6:26The next meeting will be next Thursday,
6:30if I'm not mistaken.
6:32Yes, that's right.
6:34And what happens when the club meets? I
6:37mean, what sort of things are organized?
6:39The usual thing is for one of the
6:41members to give a little presentation
6:43about where they're from, their customs
6:45and so on. But from time to time, they
6:48do other things, outings to places
6:51around Sydney or meeting up to eat
6:54together in a restaurant or go to a
6:56concert together or something like that.
6:59Okay, that sounds fun.
7:01And the members aren't just people from
7:03other countries, non-Australians, are
7:06they? No, not at all.
7:08The main point of the club is to give
7:10people like you the chance to mix in
7:12more with people from this country,
7:15people of all ages.
7:17You'll find us very friendly.
7:19I think the contact has a positive
7:21effect on visitors to this country and
7:24in fact, it affects us locals positively
7:27as well. You know, it's a sort of
7:30intercultural experience for everybody.
7:33And of course, you should get the chance
7:35to do all sorts of activities with other
7:37members of the club, if you want to.
7:40It's not just for talking and hopefully,
7:42you'll make friends with people who have
7:45similar interests. It sounds great.
7:48I'm really looking forward to the first
7:50meeting.
8:01That is the end of Part 1.
8:05You now have 1 minute to check your
8:07answers to Part 1.
9:13Part 2.
9:15You will hear the leader of a college
9:17camping club
9:19talking to members about a cycling
9:22holiday that they are going to have
9:24together.
9:25First, you have some time to look at
9:28questions 11 to 16 on page 4.
10:03Now, listen carefully
10:05and answer questions 11 to 16.
10:11Right. Now, let me bring you up to date
10:14with arrangements for our cycling tour
10:16next month. First of all, there's the
10:18question of tents. As you know, the
10:21original idea was that I'd arrange to
10:23borrow some tents that belong to the
10:24college, but it turns out that the
10:26mountaineering club will be using them
10:28at the same time. So, I'm afraid you'll
10:31have to bring your own. So, could you
10:33let me know whether you'll be using a
10:34single tent or sharing, please? I'll
10:38need to know how many tents there'll be
10:40for when I make the reservation at the
10:41various campsites.
10:44Last time, some of you said you'd like
10:46to hire bikes and pick them up when we
10:48arrive rather than taking your own with
10:50you. Well, I've inquired about bike hire
10:53in Westbury, the town where we'll be
10:55arriving, and unfortunately, there
10:58aren't any shops that hire them out. So,
11:00I'm afraid it means taking your own.
11:03I'll book them on the train when I book
11:05the train tickets, which reminds me,
11:07I'll need to know the final number of
11:09people going so I can get a group
11:11discount on the train fare.
11:14Something else that will need to be
11:15booked is tickets for the football match
11:17we discussed last time. I've inquired
11:20about availability, and there are only a
11:22few seats left. So, anyone who wants to
11:25go will need to get tickets very soon,
11:28ideally today or tomorrow.
11:31At our next meeting, I'll be able to
11:33give you all individual packs with the
11:35final program and something about the
11:37area we'll be cycling through and places
11:40we'll be visiting. I'm afraid I haven't
11:42had time to do that yet.
11:47Before you hear the rest of the talk,
11:50you have some time to look at questions
11:5317 to 20 on page five.
12:16Now, listen
12:18and answer questions 17 to 20.
12:25Now, I'll tell you briefly about some of
12:27the attractions in the places we'll be
12:28staying at. As I said, we'll be taking
12:31the train to Westbury, which has one or
12:34two very good restaurants.
12:36One thing that's definitely worth
12:37visiting there is the site where the
12:39original town was constructed nearly
12:411,000 years ago. There's not much of the
12:44original buildings left, but there's
12:46still plenty to see. And the site is
12:49being excavated, and you'll be able to
12:51help out if you want to.
12:53Our next overnight stop will be in the
12:55village of Clooney. There are several
12:58old barns here that have been converted
13:00into a museum showing the importance of
13:02sheep in the area over the centuries.
13:05The wool used to be sold for cloth, and
13:08it made the district quite rich. There
13:10are plenty of photographs showing how
13:12agricultural workers used to live, too.
13:15From there, we'll go on to Pennally.
13:18Pennally is famous for its Museum of
13:20Village Life, but that's being
13:22refurbished at the moment and isn't
13:24likely to reopen by the time we go
13:26there. But, there's an open-air farmers
13:29market every day selling fruits,
13:32vegetables, cheese, and meat, all grown
13:35or processed within a few miles of the
13:37town and sold by the farmers themselves.
13:40It's definitely worth a visit.
13:43In Farlow, which is one of the oldest
13:45towns in the area, there's a museum that
13:48shows how horses used to be the most
13:50common way of traveling around and how
13:53they were gradually replaced by steam
13:55trains and later, of course, diesel and
13:58electric trains, buses, cars, and
14:01bicycles.
14:03Right. Now, I'll pass round this sheet
14:05of paper
14:10That is the end of part two.
14:14You now have 30 seconds to check your
14:17answers to part two.
14:50Part three.
14:53You will hear a conversation between a
14:56female student called Karen and her
14:59course tutor.
15:01First, you have some time to look at
15:04questions 21 to 27 on page five.
15:39Now, listen carefully and answer
15:41questions 21 to 27.
15:47Oh, Karen. Hi, come in.
15:49Sit down.
15:51I wanted to talk to you about this
15:53assignment you've given to me. I'll give
15:56it back to you with my comments, but
15:58there are several things I wanted to run
16:00over, you know, pointers for next time.
16:03When you hand in your next assignment,
16:05can you check that you've dealt with
16:07these? Um, yeah. Okay. Now, the first
16:11thing is some your literature discussion
16:15was a bit thin. So, I would actually
16:17like to see your book reports to get
16:20your complete view. So, can you submit
16:23those with the next assignment? Then, I
16:25can see which bits you've chosen to
16:27leave out. Oh, yes. Sorry. I didn't
16:30realize you needed them.
16:33And I found some errors, just small
16:35ones, where you had quoted people but
16:37not recorded the information properly at
16:40the end.
16:41Don't forget to go through and make sure
16:43that your references are accurate. Your
16:46actual quotes were very relevant, but
16:49the references just need tidying up.
16:51Okay? Yes, I'll remember to check that.
16:55Now, you make some good points, but it
16:59might be helpful if you could see if you
17:01can include a few extra examples just to
17:04really hammer the point home.
17:07Don't start writing more paragraphs,
17:09just slot them in at the end of what
17:11you've already written.
17:13Now, the thing you have to do if you
17:15really want to get better marks is to
17:17expand the ideas you're presenting.
17:20Then, your argument becomes more
17:21convincing. Okay. Fine.
17:25Um, can I talk to you about this
17:28presentation I've got to do? Yes, of
17:30course. Um,
17:32am I doing it next term? I can't
17:34remember what we said. Well, the thing
17:37is, Marco couldn't do it, so you agreed
17:40to do it at the next seminar, didn't
17:42you? So, how can I help? Well, I was
17:45wondering,
17:46what do you consider to be the core part
17:49of the presentation?
17:50I mean, what should I focus on? Good
17:53question.
17:55Well, you have very little time, really.
17:57So, it's absolutely essential for you to
18:00explain the experiment. Of course,
18:03you'll have a summary in the handouts
18:05you give out, but you need to go through
18:07it carefully when you do the
18:09presentation. And do I have to give you
18:12the abstract first, or shall I just
18:14email it to all the students? Um, no. I
18:18do need to see it first.
18:20We'll get some printouts done.
18:22Now, they'll need to be done by the 3rd
18:25of December, so I'll need to see it by
18:28the 26th of November, if that's okay.
18:32Yes, fine. Oh, and I need to talk to you
18:35about where it will be.
18:37We've had problems with the rooms
18:39because we'll need something bigger than
18:40usual. In our faculty, the only room
18:43free is the computer room, which is far
18:45from suitable. So, we'll have to go
18:47across the road and do it in the
18:49chemistry lab.
18:51They've got all the proper overhead
18:53equipment in there as well. Okay, right.
18:56And I get a grade for this, don't I?
18:58Yes, your first one is graded by your
19:01tutor, but this one will be assessed by
19:03the professor. But, don't be worried,
19:06it'll be fine.
19:10Before you hear the rest of the
19:11conversation,
19:13you have some time to look at questions
19:1528 to 30 on page six.
19:34Now, listen and answer questions 28 to
19:3830.
19:42Oh, and I've sorted out my modules for
19:45next year. You asked me to tell you my
19:47choices.
19:48Yes. What have you decided? Oh, it was
19:51really difficult to decide.
19:53Um, I've already done the data
19:55collection one, so that wasn't really a
19:58choice.
19:58Mhm.
19:59I couldn't make up my mind between
20:01language and society and communication
20:04skills.
20:05I read the syllabuses, but they sound
20:07more or less the same to me.
20:09Anyway, I went for communication skills
20:12in the end cuz I know the lecturer.
20:14Actually, social interaction seems to
20:17cover much the same ground, so I didn't
20:19bother with that either.
20:21Um,
20:22I thought discourse analysis looked
20:25really interesting and in fact they
20:28cover a little bit of research
20:29methodology in it, so I thought I'd do
20:31that rather than the full methodology
20:34course. Kill two birds with one stone as
20:37it were.
20:38And then I fancied something completely
20:40different, so I thought
20:42psycholinguistics would be interesting.
20:45Unless you think it'll be more
20:47worthwhile for me to do the phonology
20:49course. No, I think you've made sensible
20:52choices. I'm glad you're organized.
20:55Okay. Let's meet again in a couple of
20:58weeks to see how you're getting on.
21:00Okay. Thank you. See you then.
21:07That is the end of part three.
21:11You now have 30 seconds to check your
21:13answers to part three.
21:47Part four.
21:53You will hear a talk given by a
21:55specialist at a zoo
21:58about the implications of the extinction
22:01of species.
22:03First,
22:04you have some time to look at questions
22:0631 to 40
22:08on page seven.
23:00Now, listen carefully and answer
23:02questions 31 to 40.
23:08Good afternoon.
23:10From my work as curator at the Brisbane
23:12Zoo, it is becoming increasingly obvious
23:15to me that the animal world is a highly
23:18endangered one.
23:20It sometimes seems as though a new
23:22species is added to the endangered list
23:24every day
23:26and a great deal of this is due to human
23:28activity.
23:30You may have read about the
23:31orange-bellied parrot colonies in South
23:33Australia. These are under threat from
23:36wind farms.
23:37So, even our attempts to save energy can
23:41have a negative impact.
23:43A further example is provided by the
23:45expansion of our cities.
23:47Here in Australia, many species of frog
23:50are losing their habitat as a direct
23:53result of this urban development.
23:55What's more, thanks to the increasing
23:57use of pesticides, fewer insects are
24:00surviving.
24:01Many species depend upon these as a food
24:04source,
24:05birds in particular, and so their
24:08numbers are declining as well.
24:10So, even in rural areas, we are having a
24:13damaging effect on species.
24:16In fact, when our farmers choose to grow
24:19large amounts of one staple crop each
24:21year, corn is a perfect example, this
24:24often results in the greater need for
24:26chemicals and fertilizers, which has a
24:29devastating effect on local wildlife.
24:33Clearly, something needs to be done
24:34about this.
24:36However, very little can be achieved
24:38without full public support and our
24:41general attitude is not always a
24:43positive one.
24:45Of course, it is easy to get people
24:47interested in animals such as the panda.
24:50Thanks to the attention it is given in
24:52the media, people are very aware of its
24:54plight and so are willing to give a
24:56great deal of support.
24:59However, it is not so easy to attract
25:01sympathy for those essential smaller
25:03species such as insects.
25:06They may seem insignificant, but these
25:08tiny creatures have an enormous effect
25:11on our ecosystem.
25:13And it isn't only size that is a problem
25:15when it comes to our attitude towards
25:17animals.
25:18There are certain animals that we would
25:21prefer to simply ignore for various
25:23reasons.
25:24Firstly, we might do this because of
25:26fear. That is the normal reaction when
25:29people see a shark or a snake, for
25:31example.
25:32Another reason might be that we believe
25:34that certain animals are rivals when it
25:36comes to food.
25:38Locusts and even mice could come into
25:41this category.
25:42Then there are animals that we view with
25:44disgust because of how they look or
25:47feel.
25:48The many different parasites, for
25:50example.
25:56You may well ask, what does it matter if
25:58any of these species dies?
26:01Extinction is a fact of life, after all.
26:05I would argue that there are several
26:07reasons to be concerned about the
26:08extinction of any species.
26:12Each species helps us to understand more
26:15about how our ecosystem works.
26:18One species can be linked to many others
26:20in the food chain, for example.
26:23And inevitably, they all lead back to us
26:26in some way.
26:28We now know that the more complex the
26:30ecosystem is, the more stable it is.
26:33When this is the case, large numbers of
26:36one animal are quickly controlled by
26:38outbreaks of its predators.
26:42We've also begun to realize that the
26:44presence or absence of certain plants
26:47can alert us to changes in our
26:49environment.
26:51One type of plant might indicate the
26:53presence of rich mineral deposits.
26:55Another might alert us to toxic water.
27:00And so even seemingly insignificant
27:02species can be helpful and beneficial to
27:05us.
27:06This is especially true in the area of
27:08medicine.
27:10There are many well-documented cases of
27:13the health benefits of pet ownership,
27:15especially with the ill or the
27:17handicapped.
27:18But not many people know that spiders
27:21are also being used in medicine.
27:24The cobwebs they make can be used to
27:26assist with certain blood disorders.
27:30It actually helps blood to clot.
27:33Imagine how much more there is for us
27:36still to discover from plants and
27:37animals.
27:39But we can only do this if we can save
27:41these creatures from extinction.
27:44Perhaps in the end, it is our
27:46self-interest that will save the
27:48animals.
27:53That is the end of part four.
27:57You now have 1 minute to check your
27:59answers to part four.
28:03That is the end of the listening test.
28:07In the IELTS test, you would now have 10
28:11minutes to transfer your answers to the
28:13answer sheet.

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