IELTS Trainer 2 — Test 2 Listening
40 questions across 4 parts. Cambridge IELTS Trainer 2 (Academic).
New Apartment
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.
Example: Landlady's Name — Mary Jones
General
- partly furnished
- no 1 are allowed
Kitchen
- nice and big
- there is a new 2
Lounge
- some 3 will be built soon
Bedroom
- good clothes storage
- need to bring a 4
Bathroom
- only a shower
- the water is heated by 5
Complete the form below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Tenant Details
- Full name: Andrew 6
- Best contact: andrew171@7.com
- Driver's licence: 8
Tenancy Details
- Moving-in date: 9
- Rent per week: $315
- Bond paid: $10
Local Events & Festivals
Questions 11–15 · Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Questions 16–20 · Match each event with the correct comment (A, B or C).
What comment does the speaker make about each of the following events? You may use any letter more than once.
Research on Babies' Learning
Questions 21–22 · Choose TWO letters, A–E.
What TWO problems do the students identify with 'learning videos'?
Questions 23–24 · Choose TWO letters, A–E.
When discussing the 'present research', Maia is surprised that
Questions 25–26 · Choose TWO letters, A–E.
What impresses the students about the bilingual experiment in Spain?
Questions 27–30 · Match each research study with its finding (A–F).
What was the finding of each of the following research studies? Choose FOUR answers from the box.
The Engineer Sarah Guppy, 1770–1852
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
The Engineer Sarah Guppy, 1770–1852
Background
- women were active in many areas of 19th-century British society — e.g. Jane Harrison was the first female 31
- by the end of the century there were 140 female dentists and 212 32, as well as many musicians and actors
Sarah Guppy
- was born in Birmingham and moved to Bristol with her husband
- designed bridges that could survive 33
- built 34 of the Clifton Suspension Bridge
- was a significant 35 in the Clifton Suspension Bridge together with her husband
- designed a 'barnacle buster' that allowed 36 to go faster
- helped stop 37 near railway lines
- built an amusing machine for making different parts of 38 at the same time
- designed an early type of 39 equipment
Conclusions
- other women worked as engineers, e.g. Ada Lovelace and Hertha Marks Ayrton
- it was not until 1906 that a woman 40 in engineering