Academic Listening — Practice Test 1
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Sections
4
Questions
20
Recommended
~30 min
Academic Listening — Practice Test 1
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Section 1 — Booking a community hall
A telephone enquiry between a caller and the bookings officer at the Riverside Community Centre.
Complete the booking form below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Event type: a 1 party for about 40 guests.
Preferred date: Saturday the 2 of June.
The hire fee is $3 for the whole afternoon.
A refundable 4 of $50 is also required.
The hall has a kitchen but no 5.
Section 2 — A talk about a city museum
A guide gives visitors practical information about the City History Museum and its facilities.
Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
6The museum is currently free to enter because
7The most popular gallery is the one about
8Photography is allowed
9The café is located on the
10Guided tours run every day except
Section 3 — Planning a research project
Two students, Mia and Theo, discuss their geography research project with their tutor.
Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
11The students decide to focus their project on
12Mia is mainly worried about
13The tutor suggests they begin by
14Theo offers to be responsible for
15They agree to meet again
Section 4 — The history of tea
A university lecture tracing how tea spread around the world and became a global commodity.
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Tea was first drunk in 16 thousands of years ago.
Buddhist 17 helped spread tea-drinking to Japan.
Europeans were first introduced to tea by 18 traders.
In Britain, tea became cheaper after taxes were 19.
Today the largest producer of tea is 20.