Practice Listening Test 1

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SECTION 1 Questions 1 - 10
Questions 1- 6
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
JENNOS ZOO TOURS
Name of
Tour
Snakes
Unlimited
Birds
Galore
1. Behind the
Scenes
Beginning
times
2.10:15 am 12:00 3. 2:30 pm
Price per
person
4. $5.50 5.$6.50
$9.50
Included in
price
hold a python hold an eagle
6. feed baby
kangaroos
Questions 7-10
Complete the notes.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
All tours leave from 7. (the) same spot/place/location, next to the caf.
interpreter available
The tours are given in 8. English
The customers should bring 9. a hat and some 10. sunscreen OR sun cream

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SECTION 2 Questions 11-20
Questions 11 and 12
Choose TWO letters A-E
What are the TWO awards Mitchford university has won?
Awards Won by Mitchford
A. Research Excellence
B. OnlineUniversity
C. University of the Year
D. DistanceEducation
E. StaffExcellence
Question 13-17
Choose the correct letter A, B, C, or D
13 Postgraduate students at Mitchford University receive help only
A. if they have families
B. if they are new students
C. if they are overseas students
D. if they are first year students
14 Student Administration is responsible for
A. enrolments
B. collection of student fees
C. exam results
D. all class timetables
15 Student fees are used
A. to purchase new music
B. for movie nights
C. to pay for some class excursions
D. to host special charity dinners
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16 Once a student is accepted into Mitchford, the application
A. is sent to the registrar's office
B. goes to Student Administration
C. goes to the testing department
D. is checked for a good academic record
17 Notification of acceptance takes place
A. in late June
B. in early April
C. in late May
D. in early June

Questions 18-20
Choose THREE letters A-G
What are the THREE major ways applications can be delayed?
A. incorrect postage
B. sending application to Post Office Box
C. not including academic records
D. forgetting a forwarding address
E. sending the application to the wrong address
F. forgetting to include payment
G. paying only $45.00

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SECTION 3 Questions 21 - 30
Questions 21 - 23
Choose THREE letters A-G
According to the discussion, which THREE reasons are given for dividing up tasks in a group?
A. people can do what they want
B. the lecture notes suggestedit
C. the work will be distributed evenly
D. a classmate suggestedit
E. some tasks take longer
F. most groups do it this way
G. some tasks are more difficult thanothers
Questions 24-26
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
SCHEDULE OF TASKS
Person responsible Task Due Date
Tom design the survey March 23
Anne 24 organising or organise the questions mid-March
Carol 25 conduct the survey 26 late March

Questions 27-30
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each answer.
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Guidelines for Oral Presentation
Due Date: April 12
Length: 27Min :15..minutes Max: 20. minutes
Points for delivery
Maintain 28 eye contact.
- don't read the presentation
- speak clearly
Make use of gestures
Include a variety of 29 visual aids.
- OHT's,
- handouts,
- use the 30 whiteboard
- DVD or Video

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SECTION 4 Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each answer.
ABORIGINAL ENGLISH
Background
much recent research
31 hundreds of languages once spoken by Aboriginals
Aboriginal people adopted the language of 32 European settlers OR Europeans
Many languages died off
white man impacted Aboriginal 33. language (and) culture
Use today
two major language groups
- spoken in 34. remote areas of Australia
- The Kimberleys and Far North Queensland
35 3000 fluent speakers using two major language groups
5000 speakers currently using the 36 Western Desert language
A. Numbers of Languages Used
languages range in number from 37. 260 (to) 200 OR 200 (to) 260
all languages mutually incomprehensible
mostly variations of 38. English
much in common with English
B. Future outlook
as older generations die, the languages could be 39. lost
some languages being revived by communities
future of the Aboriginal language in the hands of 40. the youth OR youth
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preservation of the language must be taken seriously
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