IELTS Listening Test 2 | 2020 Online Practice

PART 1 Questions 1-10

Questions 1 - 10

Complete the notes. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER in each gap.

Employment Agency: Possible Jobs

First Job
Administrative assistant in a company that produces (North London)

Responsibilities
data entry
go to and take notes
general admin
management of

Requirements
good computer skills including spreadsheets
good interpersonal skills
attention to

Experience
need a minimum of experience of teleconferencing

Second Job
Warehouse assistant in South London
Responsibilities
stock management
managing

Requirements
ability to work with numbers
good computer skills
very organised and
good communication skills
used to working in a to participate in
able to cope with items that are

Need experience of
driving in London
warehouse work
service

PART 2 Questions 11-20

Questions 11 - 16

Choose the correct answer.

Street Play Scheme

11 When did the Street Play Scheme first take place?

two years ago

three years ago

six years ago

12 How often is Beechwood Road closed to traffic now?

once a week

on Saturdays and Sundays

once a month

Questions 17 - 18

Choose TWO correct answers.

Which TWO benefits for children does Alice think are the most important?

increased physical activity
increased sense of independence
opportunity to learn new games
opportunity to be part of a community
opportunity to make new friends

Questions 19 - 20

Choose TWO correct answers.

Which TWO results of the King Street experiment surprised Alice?

more shoppers
improved safety
less air pollution
more relaxed atmosphere
less noise pollution

PART 3 Questions 21-30

Questions 21 - 26

Complete the notes. Write ONE WORD ONLY in each gap.

What Hazel should analyse about items in newspapers:
what the item is on
the of the item, including the headline
any accompanying the item
the of the item, e.g. what's made prominent
the writer's main
the the writer may make about the reader

Questions 27 - 30

What does Hazel decide to do about each of the following types of articles?

Choose the correct letter, A–C.

A She will definitely look for a suitable article.

B She may look for a suitable article.

C She definitely won't look for an article.

Types of articles

national news item

editorial

human interest

arts

PART 4 Questions 31-40

Questions 31 - 40

Complete the notes. Write ONE WORD ONLY in each gap.

Early history of keeping clean

Prehistoric times:
water was used to wash off

Ancient Babylon:
soap-like material found in cylinders

Ancient Greece:
people cleaned themselves with sand and other substances
used a strigil - scraper made of
washed clothes in streams

Ancient Germany and Gaul:
used soap to colour their

Ancient Rome:
animal fat, ashes and clay mixed through action of rain, used for washing clothes
from about 312 BC, water carried to Roman by aqueducts

Europe in Middle Ages:
decline in bathing contributed to occurrence of
began to be added to soap

Europe from 17th century:
1600s: cleanliness and bathing started becoming usual
1791: Leblanc invented a way of making soda ash from
early 1800s: Chevreul turned soapmaking into a
from 1800s, there was no longer a on soap

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