Listening Practice Test # 1.11

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Questions 1-10
Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

HIRING A PUBLIC ROOM

Example

  • the Main Hall – seats ……….200……….

Room and cost

  • the 1  Room – seats 100

  • Cost of Main Hall for Saturday evening: £2

  • £250 deposit (3  payment is required)

  • Cost includes use of tables and chairs and also 4

  • Additional charge for use of the kitchen: £25

Before the event

  • Will need a 5  licence

  • Need to contact caretaker (Mr Evans) in advance to arrange 6

During the event

  • The building is no smoking
  • The bank should use the 7  door at the back

  • Don’t touch the system that controls the volume
  • For microphones, contact the caretaker

After the event

  • Need to know the 8  for the cleaning cupboard

  • The 9  must be washed and rubbish placed in black bags

  • All 10  Must be taken down
  • Chairs and tables must be piled up




Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Fiddy Working Heritage Farm

Advice about visiting the farm

Visitors should

  • take care not to harm any 11

  • not touch any 12

  • wear 13

  • not bring 14  into the farm, with certain exceptions.

Questions 15-20

Label the map below.

Choose the correct letter A-I, next to Questions.

15 Scarecrow

16 Maze

17 Café

18 Black Barn

19 Covered picnic area

20 Fiddy House




Questions 21-30

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Study on Gender in Physics

21 The students in Akira Miyake’s study were all majoring in

22 The aim of Miyake’s study was to investigate

23 The female physics students were wrong to believe that

24 Miyake’s team asked the students to write about

25 What was the aim of the writing exercise done by the subjects?

26 What surprised the researchers about the study?

27 Greg and Lisa think Miyake’s results could have been affected by

28 Greg and Lisa decide that in their own project, they will compare the effects of

29 The main finding of Smolinsky’s research was that class teamwork activities

30 What will Lisa and Greg do next?

Questions 31-40


Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Ocean Biodiversity

Biodiversity hotspots

  • areas containing many different species
  • important for locating targets for 31
  • at first only identified on land

Boris Worm, 2005

  • identified hotspots for large ocean predators, e.g. sharks
  • found the ocean hotspots:

–   were not always rich in 32

–   had higher temperatures at the 33

–   had sufficient 34  in the water

Lisa Ballance, 2007

  • looked for hotspots for marine 35
  • found these were all located where ocean currents meet

Census of Marine Life

  • found new ocean species living:

–   under the 36

–   near volcanoes on the ocean floor

Global Marine Species Assessment

  • want to list endangered ocean species, considering:

–   population size

–   geographical distribution

–   rate of 37

  • Aim: to assess 20,000 species and make a distribution 38  for each one

Recommendations to retain ocean biodiversity

  • increase the number of ocean reserves
  • establish 39  corridors (e.g. for turtles)
  • reduce fishing quotas

  • catch fish only for the purpose of 40

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