Listening Practice Test # 3.17

PART 1 Questions 1–10

Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Advice on surfing holidays

Jack’s advice

  • Recommends surfing for holidays in the summer
  •  Need to be quite
Irish surfing locations
  • County Clare
– Lahinch has some good quality 3  and surf schools
– There are famous cliffs nearby
• County Mayo
– Good surf school at beach
– Surf camp lasts for one 5  
– Can also explore the local 6   by kayak
Weather
Best month to go:
• Average temperature in summer: approx. 8  degrees
Costs
  • Equipment
– Wetsuit and surfboard: euros per day
– Also advisable to hire 10  for warmth

PART 2 Questions 11–20

Questions 11 and 12
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Which TWO facts are given about the school’s extended hours childcare service?

Questions 13–15

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
13 How much does childcare cost for a complete afternoon session per child?

14 What does the manager say about food?

15 What is different about arrangements in the school holidays?

Questions 16–20

What information is given about each of the following activities on offer?
Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–G, next to
Questions 16–20.
                              Information
A has limited availability
B is no longer available
C is for over 8s only
D requires help from parents
E involves an additional fee
F is a new activity
G was requested by children

Activities
16 Spanish 
17 Music     
18 Painting 
19 Yoga       
20 Cooking 

PART 3 Questions 21–30

Questions 21–24
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
                                           Holly’s Work Placement Tutorial
21
Holly has chosen the Orion Stadium placement because

22 Which aspect of safety does Dr Green emphasise most?

23 What does Dr Green say about the spectators?

24 What has affected the schedule in the past?

Questions 25–30

What do Holly and her tutor agree is an important aspect of each of the following events
management skills?
Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–H, next to
Questions 25–30.

                    Important aspects
A
being flexible
B focusing on details
C having a smart appearance
D hiding your emotions
E relying on experts
F trusting your own views
G doing one thing at a time
H thinking of the future

Events management skills
25
Communication         
26
Organisation               
27
Time management       
28
Creativity                       
29
Leadership                   
30
Networking                 

PART 4 Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Bird Migration Theory
Most birds are believed to migrate seasonally.
Hibernation theory

  • It was believed that birds hibernated underwater or buried themselves in 31 
  • This theory was later disproved by experiments on caged birds.
Transmutation theory
Aristotle believed birds changed from one species into another in summer
and winter.
In autumn he observed that redstarts experience the loss of 32  and thought they then turned into robins.– Aristotle’s assumptions were logical because the two species of birds had a similar 33 
17th century
Charles Morton popularised the idea that birds fly to the 34  in winter.
Scientific developments
In 1822, a stork was killed in Germany which had an African spear in its
35
previously there had been no 36  that storks migrate to Africa
Little was known about the 37  and journeys of migrating birds
until the practice of ringing was established.
It was thought large birds carried small birds on some journeys because they
were considered incapable of travelling across huge 38 
Ringing depended on what is called the 39 ’ of dead birds.
In 1931, the first 40  to show the migration of European birds
was printed.

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