IELTs – Listening – Test 6
IELTS Listening – Test 6
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SECTION 1 (Questions 1–10) — Alex’s Training
Complete the notes. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Example: Alex completed his training in 2014.
1) At first, Alex did his training in the ______ department.
2) Alex didn’t have a qualification from school in ______.
3) Alex thinks he should have done the diploma in ______ skills.
4) Age of other trainees: the youngest was ______.
5) Trainees receive the same amount of ______ as permanent staff.
6) Trainees go to ______ one day per month.
7) The company is in a convenient ______.
8) Advice: Don’t wear ______.
9) Advice: Don’t be ______.
10) Advice: Make sure you ______.
SECTION 2 (Questions 11–20) — The Snow Centre
Questions 11–16: Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.
11) Annie recommends that when cross-country skiing, the visitors should …
12) What does Annie tell the group about this afternoon’s dog-sled trip?
13) What does Annie say about the team relay event?
14) On the snow-shoe trip, the visitors will …
15) The cost of accommodation in the mountain hut includes …
16) If there is a storm while the visitors are in the hut, they should …
Questions 17–20: Choose FOUR answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–F, next to Questions 17–20.
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- A It has a good place to stop and rest.
- B It is suitable for all abilities.
- C It involves crossing a river.
- D It demands a lot of skill.
- E It may be closed in bad weather.
- F It has some very narrow sections.
17) Highland Trail
18) Pine Trail
19) Stony Trail
20) Loser’s Trail
SECTION 3 (Questions 21–30) — Nutritional labels
Questions 21–26: Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.
21) What was Jack’s attitude to nutritional food labels before this project?
22) Alice says that before doing this project, …
23) When discussing supermarket brands of pizza, Jack agrees with Alice that …
24) Jack prefers the daily value system to other labelling systems because it is …
25) What surprised both students about one flavour of crisps?
26) What do the students think about research into the impact of nutritional food labelling?
Questions 27 and 28: Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Which TWO things surprised the students about the traffic-light system for nutritional labels?
Questions 29 and 30: Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Which TWO things are true about the participants in the study on the traffic-light system?
SECTION 4 (Questions 31–40) — The history of coffee
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Coffee in the Arab world
31) 1623: In Constantinople, the ruler ordered the ______ of every coffee house.
Coffee arrives in Europe (17th century)
32) Coffee shops were compared to ______.
33) They played an important part in social and ______ changes.
Coffee and European colonisation
34) Types of coffee were often named according to the ______ they came from.
35) In Brazil and the Caribbean, most cultivation depended on ______.
36) In Java, coffee was used as a form of ______.
37) Coffee became almost as important as ______.
38) The move towards the consumption of ______ in Britain did not also take place in the USA.
Coffee in the 19th century
39) Prices dropped because of improvements in ______.
40) Industrial workers found coffee helped them to work at ______.