Mock Listening 22 Listening
40 questions across 4 sections. From 80 Academic Listening Tests (Second Edition).
Prime Recruitment — Employee Record
Questions 1–6
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
| Example Surname | Riley |
| 1 @worldnet.com | |
| Nationality | 2 |
| Reference (professional) | Name: John Keen Job: manager of 3 |
| Reference (personal) | Name: Eileen Dorsini Job: 4 |
| Special qualifications | current 5 certificate certificate of competence in 6 |
Questions 7–10
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.
| Location | Name | Children | Special requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Benton | girl and boy | be keen on 7 |
| near Oxford | Granger | 8 boys | be animal-lover |
| 9 | Campbell | four girls | be willing to 10 when camping |
Cityscope Sports and Leisure
Questions 11 and 12
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Which TWO sources of funding helped build the facility?
Questions 13 and 14
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Which TWO pre-existing features of the site are now part of the new facilities?
Questions 15–20
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter, A–H, next to questions 15–20.
Chloe & Ivan's University Course
Questions 21–25
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Questions 26–30
What does Chloe decide about the following subjects?
Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to questions 26–30.
History of Weather Forecasting
Questions 31–35
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
History of weather forecasting
Early methods
- Almanacs connected the weather with the positions of different 31 at particular times
Invention of weather instruments
- A hygrometer showed levels of 32 (Nicholas Cusa 1450)
- Temperature variations first measured by a thermometer containing 33 (Galileo Galilei 1593)
- A barometer indicated air pressure (Evangelista Torricelli 1643)
Transmitting weather information
- The use of the 34 allowed information to be passed around the world
- Daily 35 were produced by the French from 1893
Questions 36–40
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
36 Weather observation stations are found mostly at around the country.
37 Satellite images use the colour orange to show .
38 The satellites give so much detail that meteorologists can distinguish a particular .
39 Information about the upper atmosphere is sent from instruments attached to a .
40 Radar is particularly useful for following the movement of .