TEST 13 LISTENING IELTS 5 Practice Tests, Academic Set 3

PRACTICE TEST 13

LISTENING

SECTION 1 Questions 1 – 10

Questions 1 – 5

Complete Happies Nursery’s new child enrolment form below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the listening for each answer.

Happies Nursery
New Child Enrolment Form

Example Answer

Child’s age: 2

Parents’ Names - Father: Luke Beckett

Mother: (1) ________ Beckett

Address: (2) ________ Castle Crescent

Backley

Postcode: BA3 7TR

Telephone Numbers:

Home Father: 01538 853 285

Mother: Same as father’s

Mobile Father: 07770 728 473

Mother: 07743 812 (3) ________

Work Father: 01538 926 477

Mother: 01538 596 821

Fees will be paid by: (4) ________

Allergies: (5) ________

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Questions 6 – 10

Complete Luke’s notes for his wife below.

Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the listening for each answer.

Happies Nursery – Notes

* Activities start at (6) ________ a.m. - parents can drop their children off after 6.30 a.m.
* From 6.30 a.m., there’s a team of carers for supervision, cleaning and changing.
* All we need to bring are a sweater and some (7) ________ in a marked bag.

* Happies will call if Gertrude is sick - we’ll have to pick her up if this happens.
* Happies is 1 mile from the County Hospital and there’s always a (8) ________ on the
premises for health supervision.

* Activities end at 4.00 p.m. (we can pick Gertrude up earlier if we want).
* Children are supervised until 6.30 p.m.
* We mustn’t come after 6.30 p.m. and we should call the number in the (9) ________ if
we’re delayed.

* Happies runs a new service - supervision during the (10) ________. It could be useful
for us sometimes.

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SECTION 2 Questions 11 – 20

Questions 11 – 15

Complete the sentences below.

Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the listening for each answer.

11 Green Trees can accommodate a maximum of ___________ people.

12 Green Trees does not cater for caring for ___________.

13 If residents communicate with Green Trees, they can arrange ___________ to be prepared.

14 Green Trees tries to combine care and nursing with opportunities for residents to remain
as ___________ as possible.

15 Green Trees’ fees can be found in their leaflets or on the ___________.

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Questions 16 – 20

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the listening for each answer.

Green Trees Old Age Centre

What When Notes
Games Room Twice weekly * Cards, bingo etc.
Activities * A (16) _________ is permitted to be invited - residents
can meet new people
Puzzle Sessions Regular * Crosswords, sudoku etc.
Telling Life Stories Not mentioned * Sometimes not easy, but brings back lost memories
* Can be recorded or written down
* Good for the younger generation
All these above activities promote good condition in the (17) _________ and lead to all sorts of
other benefits.
Trips Away Regular * Trips to various places, including shows, markets and
places of interest
* Only (18) _________ trips arranged to prevent resident
fatigue
* Residents’ families can take residents away for
overnight trips - inform Green Trees when this happens

Gardening Suitable weather * Very fulfilling

* Caring for plants helps combat sense of
(19) _________ and makes residents feel in control
* Very popular activity
* Can be dangerous, but training and
(20) _________ are provided
* Supervised by the two gardeners

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SECTION 3 Questions 21 – 30

Questions 21 – 25

Choose the correct letter A, B, or C.

21 Lily’s engineering placement will be working

A with planes.
B on a bridge.
C in an office.

22 Ross’ engineering placement will be

A in his family’s firm.

B with the local government.
C on an oil rig.

23 Derek was refused an engineering placement in the Antarctic, because

A of the extreme cold.

B his father had to go to hospital.
C of a previous health problem.

24 Tanya’s engineering placement will involve working with her

A tutor’s contacts.
B cousin.
C boyfriend.

25 The students must send their engineering placement notifications to their department

A verbally.
B by email.
C by hand.

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Questions 26 – 28

Complete the diagram below on the gas drilling station where Tanya will do her engineering
placement.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the listening for each answer.

Gas Drilling Station

Questions 29 and 30

Answer the questions below. Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the
listening for each answer.

29 How will Tanya’s team in the desert be in contact with their head office?

30 How long will Tanya spend in the desert at any one time?

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SECTION 4 Questions 31 – 40

Questions 31 – 37

Complete the summary below on the lecture on hypnosis, hypnotism and hypnotherapy.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the listening for each answer.

Hypnosis, Hypnotism and Hypnotherapy

Definitions

Hypnosis - a different psychological state of consciousness with increased potential

for (31) ________.

Hypnotism - the study of hypnosis or the study of using suggestion during hypnosis.

Hypnotherapy - a therapy conducted mainly during hypnosis.

Discussion

Hypnosis creates such relaxation that certain suggestions may be made to the (32) ________,
bypassing the awake and logical part of the brain, so that therapy is possible. The hypnotic
trance allows increased (33) ________ to create beneficial changes. Usually the hypnotic
trance is medium, which slows certain body functions, while the brain creates alpha waves.
This condition is different to normal states of consciousness, as alpha waves signify a
special (34) ________.

Not yet fully understood, a favoured theory is that hypnosis influences how people pay
attention, which happens in the brain stem’s ascending reticular formation. This area
receives stimuli from the (35) ________ and passes on messages to the rest of the brain.
Hypnosis may inhibit this area, creating great calm.

Hypnotherapy works by exploring the subconscious, where people have unrealised

problems, self images, strengths and knowledge. Using hypnotherapy can exploit people’s
unknown (36) ________ and help solve problems. Many techniques are used by the
hypnotherapist in the hypnotic trance. Some hypnotherapy requires little change in a
patient, but more complicated behaviours require deeper therapy and
psychological (37) ________.

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Questions 38 - 40

Choose THREE letters, A - G.

According to the listening, why has hypnotherapy been criticised?

A Because any practitioners are not properly qualified.

B Because not enough research has been done to back up the results.

C Because the relationship between hypnotherapy and improved patient results is not easy
to prove.

D Because current tests do not use a big enough sample of the population.

E Because some tests have shown that hypnotherapy has only had an effect because the
patients thought it would.

F Because patients give positive responses when questioned in tests because they think
they ought to.

G Because of ignorance of hypnotherapy in the critics.

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