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A complete, original IELTS-style Listening test with instant marking, a band score and a question-by-question review. Written by Dr Yvonne Klose, author of IELTS Academic Mastery.

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Section 1

Questions 1–10Telephone call · volunteer application

Form CompletionQuestions 1–6

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

HomeHelp Volunteers — enquiry form

1Surname
2House number
3Street
4Occupation
5Days available
6Heard about the charity from a…

Multiple ChoiceQuestions 7–10

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

7What does the charity mainly do?

Abuild new homesBrepair homes for elderly peopleCrecycle furniture

8Before starting, every volunteer must complete

Aa written testBa training dayCa health check

9The charity will provide volunteers with

Aa uniformBtoolsCtransport

10The next induction session is on

AMondayBThursdayCSaturday

Section 2

Questions 11–20Public announcement · museum exhibition

MatchingQuestions 11–15

Match each display area with the correct statement. Write the correct letter, A–E.

Statements

Adesigned for children under five
Bfeatures a presentation by a member of staff
Cunavailable today
Drequires an additional admission ticket
Eallows visitors to take part in practical activities

11The Rainforest Gallery

12The Ocean Zone

13The Insect House

14The Polar Exhibit

15The Discovery Lab

Sentence CompletionQuestions 16–20

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

16The exhibition focuses on the disappearance of the world’s

17Visitors can see the exhibition until the end of

18All

are admitted free of charge.

19In the gift shop, visitors may symbolically adopt an

20Money from every ticket supports

projects.

Section 3

Questions 21–30Seminar discussion · research ethics

Multiple ChoiceQuestions 21–24

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21What does the tutor recommend for the survey question on income?

Aask participants for an exact figureBtake the question out of the surveyCoffer broad income bands instead

22What does the tutor say about the photographs of participants?

AThey may be used only with faces obscured.BThey must not be taken at all.CThey may be shown only within the university.

23How will the recorded interviews finally be kept?

Adeleted once transcribedBin encrypted formCon a shared drive

24What does the tutor advise about the list of participants’ names?

Akeeping it apart from the other dataBlocking it in the department officeCreplacing it with code numbers

Table CompletionQuestions 25–30

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

Research project — practical decisions

25Number of people in each group
26Person who will keep the consent forms
27Where the data will be stored
28Day the ethics form is due
29Age group they must not include
30Item every participant must sign

Section 4

Questions 31–40Research talk · machine learning and transport

Note CompletionQuestions 31–40

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

Early ideas

31The founding papers on machines that learn were written in the

although the field was not given its present name until much later.

32The main obstacle for the first researchers was not a shortage of ideas but the

available to them.

33Their systems could apply only the rules set down by human

34For the three decades that followed, progress was held back by a shortage of

Recent progress

35What changed was not the theory but the

of data becoming available.

36In transport, the first genuinely reliable application was the forecasting of

37Commercial interest has since moved to the

of delivery vehicles.

The future

38Supporters argue that most collisions are caused by human

39Sensors perform badly in heavy rain, in snow, and above all in

40The speaker’s main concern is that the law does not settle where

rests after a collision.

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