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Listening Test 2

🎧 IELTS Listening Test 2

40 questions • 4 sections
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Section 1 — Questions 1–10

An enquiry about family excursions

Questions 1–10

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

FAMILY EXCURSIONS

Cruise on a lake

  • Travel on an old steamship
  • Can take photos of the 1. that surround the lake

Farm visit

  • Children can help feed the sheep
  • Visit can include a 40-minute ride on a 2.
  • Visitors can walk in the farm's 3. by the lake
  • 4. is available at extra cost

Cycling trips

  • Cyclists explore the Back Road
  • A 5. is provided
  • Only suitable for cyclists who have some 6.
  • Bikes can be hired from 7. (near the Cruise Ship Terminal)
  • Cyclists need:
    • a repair kit
    • food and drink
    • a 8. (can be hired)
  • There are no 9. or accommodation in the area

Cost

  • Total cost for whole family of cruise and farm visit: $10.

Section 2 — Questions 11–20

A talk to new kitchen assistants

Questions 11–16: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

What is the responsibility of each of the following restaurant staff?

Choose FOUR answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–F, next to Questions 17–20.

Responsibilities
A training courses
B food stocks
C first aid
D breakages
E staff discounts
F timetables

Section 3 — Questions 21–30

Two students planning a paper on public libraries

Questions 21–23: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Questions 24–30

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Study of local library: possible questions
  • whether it has a 24. of its own
  • its policy regarding noise of various kinds
  • how it's affected by laws regarding all aspects of 25.
  • how the design needs to take the 26. of customers into account
  • what 27. is required in case of accidents
  • why a famous person's 28. is located in the library
  • whether it has a 29. of local organisations
  • how it's different from a library in a 30.

Section 4 — Questions 31–40

A lecture on four business values

Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Four business values
  • Many business values can result in 31..
  • Senior managers need to understand and deal with the potential 32. that may result.

Collaboration

  • During a training course, the speaker was in a team that had to build a 33..
  • Other teams experienced 34. from trying to collaborate.
  • The speaker's team won because they reduced collaboration.
  • Sales of a 35. were poor because of collaboration.

Industriousness

  • Hard work may be a bad use of various company 36..
  • The word 'lazy' in this context refers to people who avoid doing tasks that are 37..

Creativity

  • An advertising campaign for a 38. was memorable but failed to boost sales.
  • Creativity should be used as a response to a particular 39..

Excellence

  • According to one study, on average, pioneers had a 40. that was far higher than that of followers.
  • Companies that always aim at excellence may miss opportunities.

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