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TEST 22: IELTS Actual Listening Test with Answers

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SECTION 1: Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

SECTION 2: Questions 11-14
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

11/ The host families will
A earn a big money.
B receive no pay.
C receive stable pay.
12/ What is the guest expected to overcome when suffering from
culture shock?
A loneliness
B difficulty to make friends
C language barriers
13/ What can the guests do if they want to become familiar with
host families?
A talk about personal interests
B clean their rooms
C cook together
14/ What’s likely to happen to the guests in the long run?
A They will enhance cultural understanding.
B They will gain overseas experience.
C They will know more people from different countries.

Questions 15-20: Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each
answer.

SECTION 3:
21/ What kind of research method does the professor recommend?
A interview
B observation
C questionnaire
22/ What is the project based on?
A a study they did before in Australia
B a similar angle someone has done before
C an Australian study
23/ What does the professor advise Douglas to do about the formation of
the focus groups?
A strengthen the group in size
B reduce the number of children in each group
C build more than 3 groups
24/ To do the project best, the professor suggests the students
A interview various people or sectors.
B not be too ambitious.
C work hard enough.
25/ To gather data, the professor asks Jane
A to replace other people’s advice.
B to simplify the textbook.
C to practice using the date table.
26/ The reason why Douglas hasn’t read enough reference books is that
A he doesn’t have enough time.
B he thinks there are too many books to read.
C he hasn’t spent time in the library.


Questions 27-30
What do the students decide about the following parts of the project?
Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to questions 27-30.

A Jane will do
B Douglas will do
C They will do together

27/ final report
28/ sheet preparation
29/ letter
30/ transcript


SECTION 4
Questions 31-36: Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

GRAPHICAL SYMBOL

‘Graphical symbol’
– includes the logographs in Egyptian hieroglyphic writing and ancient Chinese pictograms
– found in Africa, the Americas, and Oceania
– still has something to do with 31…………… use today
Ancient graphic writing systems
Researchers obtain a wide range of 32…………… about past civilisations.
– Rosetta Stone was found in 1799 when members of Napoleon’s expedition got to Egypt.
– Frenchman Jean-François Champollion determined the phonetic values of the symbols in 1822.
In those symbols, 33…………… are used to depict various meanings.
Camera obscura
34…………… helps people understand history better.
Some charities will 35…………… many endangered species.
A camera was tied to one 36…………… of a bird.

Questions 37-40: Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
More 37…………… will be included in the future with the development of photography.
Companies would like to invest a lot to advertise in 38…………….
Designing appealing 39 is used as a way of effective branding.
Graphic writing systems are of great importance in the subject of 40……………