Questions 1-10
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Example
Manager’s Name – Cathy
Activities program involving volunteers
Monday evenings: computer training
• Training needed in how to produce (1)………………………….
Tuesday afternoons: singing
• The home has a (2)……………. and someone to play it
Thursday mornings: growing (3)………………………………..
• The home does not have many (4) ………………..for gardening
Once a month: meeting for volunteers and staff
Interview
• Go in on (5)………………. any time
• Interview with an assistant called (6)…………………………
• Address of home: 73 (7)………………. road
‘ Open house’ days
• Agreed to help on (8)……………………..
• Will show visitors where to (9)……………………
• Possibility of talking to a (10)………………………… reporter
Questions 11-15
Label the plan below. Write the correct letter A-H next to questions 11-15.
11. Newspapers
12. Computers
13. Photocopier
14. Café
15. Sportsbooks
Questions 16-20
Complete the table below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
New Staff Responsibilities
| Name | New Responsibility |
| Jenny Reed | Buying 16 …………………………. for the center |
| Phil Penshurst | Helping with writing 17………………… for the courses |
| Tom Salisbury | Information on topics related to the 18…………………. |
| Saeed Akhtar | Finding a 19……………………… |
| Shilpa Desai | Help with 20…………………… |
Questions 21-27
What helped Stewart with each of the following stages in making his training film for museum employees?
Choose SEVEN answers from the options below.
| What helped Stewart |
| Advice from friends |
| B information on a website |
| C being allowed extra time |
| D meeting a professional filmmaker |
| E good weather conditions |
| F getting a better computer |
| G support of a manager |
| H help from a family member |
| I work on a previous assignment |
Stages in making the training film for museum employees
21. finding a location ……………………..
22. Deciding on equipment ………………..
23. writing the script ……………………
24. Casting ……………….
25. filming ……………….
26. Editing ………………..
27. designing the DVD cover ……………….
Questions 28-30
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Stewart’s work placement: benefits to the Central Museum Association
• His understanding of the Association’s (28)…………………….
• The reduction in expense
• Increased cooperation between (29)…………………
• Continuous (30)……………. which led to a better product
• Ideas for the distribution of the film
Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
New Caledonian crows and the use of tools
Examples of animals using tools
• Some chimpanzees use stones to break nuts
• Betty (new Caledonian crow) made a (31) …………… out of wire to move a bucket of food
New Zealand and Oxford experiment
• Three stages: crows needed to move a (32) …………….. in order to reach a short stick
Oxford research
• Crows used sticks to investigate whether there was any (33) from an object
• Research was inspired by seeing crows using tools on a piece of cloth to investigate a spider design
• Barney used a stick to investigate a snake made of (34) …………….
• Pierre used a stick to investigate a (35) ……………………
• Corbeau used a stick to investigate a metal toad
• The crows only used sticks for the first contact
Conclusions of the above research
• Ability to plan provides interesting evidence of the birds’ cognition
• Unclear whether this is evidence of the birds’ (36) …………………….
Exeter and Oxford research in New Caledonia
• Scientists have attached very small cameras to birds’ (37) ……………….
• Food in the form of beetle larvae provides plenty of (38) …………….for the birds
• Larvae’s specific (39) ………………..composition can be identified in birds that feed on them
• Scientists will analyze what the birds include in their (40) ………………….
BOOK THE OFFICIAL CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO IELTS
PRACTICE TEST 8 (EIGHT) LISTENING ANSWER KEY
SECTION 1 (ONE)
| 1 | (simple) documents |
| 2 | keyboard |
| 3 | flowers |
| 4 | tools |
| 5 | Saturday |
| 6 | Mairead |
| 7 | Bridge |
| 8 | (the) 14(th)/fourteen(th)(of) May/May (the) 14 (th)/fourteen(th)/14.(0)5/(0)5.14 |
| 9 | park |
| 10 | newspaper |
SECTION 2 (TWO)
| 11 | C |
| 12 | B |
| 13 | A |
| 14 | H |
| 15 | G |
| 16 | films/movies |
| 17 | reports |
| 18 | region |
| 19 | job |
| 20 | housing |
SECTION 3 (THREE)
| 21 | E |
| 22 | I |
| 23 | C |
| 24 | G |
| 25 | B |
| 26 | D |
| 27 | A |
| 28 | aims/objectives/goals |
| 29 | staff |
| 30 | feedback |
SECTION 4 (FOUR)
| 31 | hook |
| 32 | string |
| 33 | danger |
| 34 | rubber |
| 35 | light |
| 36 | intelligence |
| 37 | tail(s) |
| 38 | energy |
| 39 | chemical |
| 40 | diet |
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