Ielts listening practice test 17 with answers

Let’s start:- #0090 Latest Listening Practice Test for IELTS Ielts listening practice test 17

PART-1

Questions 1-2

Choose the correct letters A , B or C.

(1)  What kind of shop is it ?

 A    a ladies’ dress shop

 B    a department store

 C    a children’s clothes shop

(2)  What is the name of the section Penny will be working in ?

 A    the Youngster

 B    the Youngest

 C    the Young Set 

Questions 3-5

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Pay:                             $6.50 an hour

Breaks:                      one hour for lunch and (3)………… coffee breaks

Holidays:                  three weeks a year in the first two years four weeks a year in the (4)…………

Staff training:         held on the (5)………… of every month

Questions 6-10

Special staff:                staff discount of (6)………… on everything except sale goods

Information of 

pension:                        see Personal Manager , office in (7)…………

Boss’s name:               (8)…………

Duties:                           serve customers (9)………… check for shoplifters

Expected to wear:     a (10)………… , a red blouse, and a name badge

PART-2

Questions 11-12

Label the map below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Questions 13-18

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

	Attraction	Further information
STOP A:       Main booking office: First boat: 8 a.m. Last boat; (13)………… p.m.	Palace	has lovely (14)…………
STOP B:	(15)…………	has good (16)………… of city centre
STOP C:	Museum	bookshop specializing in the (17)………… of the local area
STOP D:	Entertainment Complex	(18)………… cinema  video games arcade

Questions 19-20

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer

(19)  How often do the Top Bus Company tours run ?

…………………

(20)  Where can you catch a Number One Sightseeing Tour from ?

…………………

PART-3

Questions 21-25

Answer the questions below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

(21)  When did Mt. Pinatubo erupt for the first time ? …………

(22)  When was the earthquake measuring 7.8 recorded ? …………

(23)  When did the experts begin to study Mt. Pinatubo ? …………

(24)  What fell on the local villages on 2nd April ? …………

(25)  What does a ‘Level 5’ alert mean ? …………

Questions 26-30

Complete the summary below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Several large earthquakes were triggered by the eruption of Pinatubo on 15th June 1991 because of the (26)………… of the summit. The ‘caldera’ thus created considerably reduced the height of mountain. At the same time a (27)………… was passing by and the rain associated with it mixed with the cinders in the air to form a substance called ‘tephra’ which fell on the (28)………… of homes causing them to collapse, crushing hundreds of people. During the eruption, large amount of sulfur dioxide gas were emitted, which combined with (29)………… to make sulfuric acid which was responsible for great deal of ozone depletion above Antarctica. The overall effect of the cloud from this great eruption was the lowering of (30)………… .  

PART-4

Questions 31-37

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

People borrow money for several reasons:

(31)  to buy a house you need a …………

(32)  to buy a car you need to get a …………

(33)  to buy everyday items you need a …………

(34)  People in developed countries have ………… to credit.

(35)  For poor people, they must use a private lender for a higher interest ………… .

(36)  People have increasing debts when they cannot ………… .

(37)  Something unplanned, for example, a failed business or losing a ………… .

Questions 38-40

Complete the flow chart below. 

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS  (Ielts listening practice test 17)

1. B
2. C
3. 15 minute
4. third/3rd year
5. first/1st Tuesday
6. 25%
7. room 12
8. (Mrs) Wad dell
9. window dressing / dress windows
10. black skirt
11. city bridge
12. New town
13. 6.30
14. (formal) garden
15. (tower) restaurant
16. view(s)
17. history
18. 7 screen
19. every 20 minutes
20. (from/the) central Station
21. 5,500 years ago
22. July 1990
23. mid-March 1991
24. ash
25. eruption in progress
26. collapse
27. tropical storm
28. roofs
29. water and oxygen
30. global temperatures
31. mortgage
32. loan
33. credit card/ extra money
34. easy access
35. loan
36. repay interest
37. job
38. servant
39. never
40. bondage

 

 

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