Undergraduate Details: Questions 1-7

Complete IELTS 6-7 (listening exercises)
track 1
Questions 1-7
Undergraduate details
Name: (1)..............
nationality: (2)................
Email: (3)[email protected]
Mobile number: (4).................
Home number: not applicable
Address: (5)..............................., Barnford, BF6 7EY
Course: International (6)................... , (3rd year)
Date of final exam: (7) 13th ................................
track 2
Questions 8-15
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.
Other information
Career plans:
Would like to work as a (8).................
Previous experience:
Spent (9)................... working as a reader for a (10)...................
Also has experience working as a (11)..................
Languages:
has a very good working knowledge of (12)...................
Speaks a little (13)....................
Hobbies/interests:
Plays (14)................ and other sports
Is member of the college (15)....................
track 3
Complete the table below. Write ONE word for each answer.
Aim: Feature or discovery:

Mind over Matter
To examine how colour affects (1)................. Students do (2)................ in rooms painted in
different colours.
The Colour of Medicine
To find out if colour can heal (3)............. Studying historical (4)............. which
people. involved the use of colour.
The Right Words:
To study the impact (5).................. has on the Colour-related experiments with a remote
way people perceive colour. (6).............. .
track 4
Questions 7-8
Which TWO foods rely on the addition of food colouring to make them more attractive to
consumers?
A. bananas D. butter
B. orange juice E. chilli sauce
C. fizzy drinks
Questions 9-10
Which TWO of the following reasons do the volunteers give for feeling ill after eating the
chicken?
A. it didn’t taste very nice D. it doesn’t look natural
B. it reminds them of foods they don’t like E. it looks like something that could be
C. it makes them think of food that has gone bad harmful to their health
track 5
Questions 1-5
Match the comments the student and his tutor make with the types of alternative medicine.
A. these involve using gentle physical contact to encourage relaxation
B. these assume that physical health and mental well-being are connected
C. these combine alternative with conventional medical treatments
D. these involve a combination of different alternative treatment types
E. these involve supplementing your normal diet.
F. these focus on the body’s physical structure
(1) Biologically-based practices
(2) Manipulative therapies
(3) Mind-body interventions
(4) Energy therapies
(5) Cross-practices
track 6
Questions 6-10
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.A
A BRIEF HISTORY OF FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
1747
James Lind finds a way of preventing an (6).................... called scurvy.
1905
William Fletcher discovers that (7).............. contains Thiamine.
1912+
First use of the word ‘vitamin’ (vita + amine).
(8)............... are identified as a source of Vitamin E.
Scientists look at the various ways vitamins can benefit the (9)................. .
Early 1930s
Vitamins are synthetically created for the first time.
Early 1950s
Vitamin tablets become popular when they become (10).................. .
track 7
Questions 1-9
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
Tattoos
Tattoos also known as (1)......................
Early history
People have been wearing tattoos for more than (2)..................... .
Earliest tattoos found on a (3).................. discovered in European
mountains. (57 tattoos found on his body.)
Some of these possibly the unintentional results of a (4)..................... .
Others possibly applied (5)................ afterwards.
Earliest recorded use of tattoos

Earliest (6)................. of tattoo use dates from 297 (Japan).
Japanese believed tattooing to be a form of (7)................ .
Number of tattoos was an indication of (8)................... .
rich people paid artists (horis) a lot of money to have their (9)...................... .
track 8
Questions 10-15
Use of tattoos in the South Pacific
Polynesia:
Possibly the most intricate and skilful tattoos.
Polynesians believed your (10)................... increased as you added more tattoos.
New Zealand:
Maori tattoo known as a moko.
A man’s moko usually covered his entire (11)................ .
Among other things, the moko gave information about (12)..................... .
Maori women wore mokos on their nose, chin and/or (13)...................... .
Other places
Ancient Persia:
Worn by women as (14)..................... .
Central America (including Mexico):

Worn by natives to show how brave they were.
Believed by 16th century Spanish explorers to have (15)..................... .
track 9
Questions 1-5
(1) Why is Trevor going on an (4) What does Trevor think the weather
archaeological dig? conditions will be like?
A. he’s interested in history A. cold
B. it’s part of his geology course B. wet
C. he has some useful knowledge C. warm
(2) What does Trevor think he’ll find on the (5) What does Trevor suggest Charlie does?
dig? A. lend him her camera
A. something valuable B. make a visual record of the dig
B. something worthless C. talk to Professor Jacobson about
C. nothing at all joining the dig
(3) Where will the archaeological dig take

place?
A. Egypt
B. in a nearby wood
C. on a nearby hill
track 10
Questions 6-12
Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
The four main stages of an archaeological dig
Stage 1: Preparation
archaeologists (6).............. to find out if the area is worth excavating.
Archaeologists must then (7).............. to excavate the land.
A (8)................... is prepared, outlining the methods that will be used.
Stage 2: Implementation
The excavating team is assembled.
A transit (a special (9).....................) is used to prepare a grid.
Stage 3: Excavation
The site is slowly uncovered.
Archaeologists take great care to ensure the things they find aren’t (10)..............
The site is filled in again.
Stage 4: Analysis
(11)............... examine the findings.
A (12).............. takes possession of the findings.
track 11
Questions 1-5
Satellite navigation (satnav)

Brief history
1994
American military makes its GPS available for (1)............ .
Adopted by car manufacturer BMW.
First system was very basic. For example:
- it only showed towns and cities in Germany.
- the direction to go is shown by (2).............. on a map.
- not possible to change any of the information it gave.
Also became out of date as soon as a (3)........... was changed.
1995
Maps updated for first time.
1995-2000
Coverage expanded to cover around (4)............... .
2000
DVDs replace compact discs.
(5)................ increase dramatically.
2003
New technology allows introduction of (6)............. devices.
track 12
Questions 7-12
Satnav today
Currently about (7).............. satnav devices around the world.
More than 80% are portable.
Systems are (8)...................... on a regular basis.
Modern systems can do things such as:
- warn about traffic congestion, roadworks, etc.
- tell drivers what the (9)................. is on the road they are on.
- tell drivers where they can get (10)................... for their car.
Satnav can take (11)................. off a typical driver’s annual mileage.
(12)............... occur, such as drivers ending up in wrong place.
track 13
Questions 1-6
(1) Birds and bats find that .................... are good places to build their nests.
(2) Deciduous trees are preferable to coniferous trees, even though they .............. .
(3) A high ............... will enable visitors to observe nesting birds.
(4) Replace the .................. with grass and other plants.
(5) Bushes and hedges provide natural cover where animals can look for ..................
(6) Try to get the ................... involved.
track 14
Questions 7-13
Label the map.
(7) canal
(8) remaining factory section
(9) viewing platform
(10) deciduous trees
(11) shelter
(12) information board
(13) pond
track 15
Space travel – early history

October 1957
An (1).................. called Sputnik becomes first man-made object to be carried into space.
This marks the beginning of the USA/Soviet Union (2)................... .
November 1957
A (3)............ is sent into space for the first time (=Laika, a dog).
Americans and Soviets begin work on spaceships capable of taking humans into space.
Major (4)............... include:
 building rockets (5)................. enough to achieve the right speed needed to carry
heavy loads into space.
 developing equipment for astronauts’ survival.
1961
Yuri Gagarin becomes first human in space.
US President John F Kennedy promises to put man on moon before end of decade.
1967
A (6).................. is one of many setbacks in the US space programme.
July 1969
(7).................. American astronauts set foot on the moon for the first time.
track 16
Complete the notes below Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.
Mars mission
Technology from the Space Shuttle (the first spacecraft that could be (8).................. ) is
applied to Mars mission.
Problems and challenges
A (9)............. would need to be built on the moon.
astronauts would need to overcome dangers from lethal radiation.
(10)................... of moon dust can damage space suits.
Surviving extreme temperature ranges on the moon.
Getting oxygen from moon dust so astronauts have (11).............. , air to breathe and fuel to
power rockets.
NASA Constellation programme

Stage 1
Construction of:
Orion spacecraft and Ares 1 rocket (already ordered).
Larger Ares V (12)................ rocket (planned).
Stage 2
First trips to moon (estimated 2018).
Technology and (13).................. tested by astronauts.

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Complete IELTS 6-7 (listening exercises)

Aim: Feature or discovery:

Earliest recorded use of tattoos

Central America (including Mexico):

(3) Where will the archaeological dig take

Satellite navigation (satnav)

Space travel – early history

NASA Constellation programme

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