Mock Test # 7 Listening

Hostel accommodation in Darwin

Name

Price per person (dormitory rooms)

Comments and reviews

Example

Top End Backpackers

$19

  •  parking available
  • – staff are (Q1) ..........
  • – nice pool
  • – air-conditioning is too (Q2) ........

 

Gum Tree Lodge

(Q 3) $ .............

  •  good quite location
  • – pool and gardens
  • – (Q 4) ......... in the dormitories

 

Kangaroo

$ 22

  •  downtown location
  • – reception at the lodge is always open
  • – no lockers in the rooms
  • – the (Q5) ....... are very clean
  • – seems to be a (Q6) ...... every night

 

Q 1

Q 2 

Q 3

Q 4

Q 5

Q 6

Questions 7-10

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Kangaroo Lodge

Address: on 7   Lane

 

general information about hostel accommodation 

  • sheets are provided
  • can hire a 8

  • 9  is included

  • a shared 10 is available

Section 2: Anglia Sculpture Park




Questions 11-16

Choose the correct letter, AB or C.

11. The land where the Sculpture Park is located was previously

12. What is unusual about the Anglia Sculpture Park?

13. What is the theme of Joe Tremain’s ‘burnt’ sculptures?

14. The path by the Lower Lake

15. What does the speaker say about the Visitor Centre?

16. Today, visitors can buy snacks and sandwiches

Questions 17-20: Label the map below. Write the correct letter, A-F, next to Question 17-20.


17. Joe Tremain Sculptures                             

18. Giorgio Catalucci Bird sculptures           

19. Garden Gallery                                             

20. Long House                                                 

Section 3: Marketing report




Questions 21-26

Choose the correct letter, AB or C.

21. Why did Leo choose instant coffee as the topic for his marketing report?

 

22. Leo discovered that in Australia, recent technological developments

23. What do the speakers agree about Leo’s table of coffee products?

24. What do they decide about the description of Shaffers coffee as a market follower?

25. What does Anna say about originality in someone’s first marketing report?

26. What difference between his school assignments and this report has surprised Leo?

Questions 27-30

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Notes on specific sections of marketing report

Executive summary

  • Give a brief overview including the 27

Problems

  • Link each problem to a 28  which explains it

Implementation

  • Practical solutions to problems
  • Include details such as participants, 29   and sequence

  • Section is often poorly done because of lack of 30

Conclusion

  • Don’t use new material here

Section 4: History of Fireworks in Europe




Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

History of Fireworks in Europe

13th-16th centuries

Fireworks were introduced from China.

Their use was mainly to do with:

  • war
  • 31  (in plays and festivals)

17th centuries

Various features of 32 were shown in fireworks displays.

Scientists were interested in using ideas from fireworks displays:

  • to make human 33  possible

  • to show the formation of 34

London

  • Scientists were distrustful at first
  • Later, they investigated 35 uses of fireworks (e.g. for sailors

St Petersburg

  • Fireworks were seen as a method of 36 for people

Paris

  • Displays emphasized the power of the 37.

  • Scientists aimed to provide 38

18th centuries

  • Italian fireworks specialists became influential.
  • Servandoni’s fireworks display followed the same pattern as an 39 .

  • The appeal of fireworks extended to the middle classes.
  • Some displays demonstrated new scientific discoveries such as 40 .

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