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Mock Listening 22 Listening

40 questions across 4 sections. From 80 Academic Listening Tests (Second Edition).

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Section 1Questions 1–10

Prime Recruitment — Employee Record

Questions 1–6

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

PRIME RECRUITMENT — Employee record
Example
Surname
Riley
Email1 @worldnet.com
Nationality2
Reference (professional)Name: John Keen
Job: manager of 3
Reference (personal)Name: Eileen Dorsini
Job: 4
Special qualificationscurrent 5 certificate
certificate of competence in 6

Questions 7–10

Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.

PRIME RECRUITMENT — CHILDCARE VACANCIES
LocationNameChildrenSpecial requirements
LondonBentongirl and boybe keen on 7
near OxfordGranger8 boysbe animal-lover
9Campbellfour girlsbe willing to 10 when camping
Section 2Questions 11–20

Cityscope Sports and Leisure

Questions 11 and 12

Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Which TWO sources of funding helped build the facility?

Select two options (Q11 and Q12 — either order).

Questions 13 and 14

Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Which TWO pre-existing features of the site are now part of the new facilities?

Select two options (Q13 and Q14 — either order).

Questions 15–20

Label the map below.
Write the correct letter, A–H, next to questions 15–20.

Map of Cityscope Sports and Leisure showing positions A–H plus the Bowling area, PLAZA, Rooftop Cafe, two roundabouts and the main Entrance Cityscope Sports and Leisure — map positions A–H
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Section 3Questions 21–30

Chloe & Ivan's University Course

Questions 21–25

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21 What is Chloe concerned about?
22 Which of the following does Ivan feel he has improved?
23 What does Chloe especially like about the course?
24 Ivan is pleased that the university is going to have
25 What does Ivan advise Chloe to do?

Questions 26–30

What does Chloe decide about the following subjects?
Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to questions 26–30.

A she will study it
B she won't study it
C she might study it
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Section 4Questions 31–40

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 .

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