Listening Section 1
[capitals optional)
1 Dress your Best
2 Kirby
3 09356 788 545
4 (extra) charge
5 American Express
6 black/dark
7 Glass desk(s)
8 TG 586
9 yellow
10 Coffee table
Listening Section 2
11 plan
12 on foot
13 sensible clothes
14 (weather) forecast / weather
15 volunteers
16 accidents
17 finish line
18 C
19 B
20 E
Listening Section 3
21 C
22 B
23 A
24 C
25 A
26 B
27 D/E
28 E/D
29 A/C
30 C/A
Listening Section 4
31 rain shadow
32 few inches
33 (other) minerals
34 collect
35 (green) stem
36 expand
37 white hairs
38 (sharp) thorns
39 (very) tough
40 plastic
Reading Passage 1
1 TRUE
2 FALSE
3 TRUE
4 TRUE
5 NOT GIVEN
6 FALSE
7 (a) wire
8 solar power
9 (an) inflatable dummy
10 a mark
11 (an) extending arm
12 movement
13 two(-)way communication
Reading Passage 2
14 D
15 E
16 A
17 F
18 A
19 G
20 C/D21 D/C
22 B/C23 C/B
24 forest footprint
25 decaying plants
26 60%
Reading Passage 3
27C 34 YES
28B 35 YES
29A 36 NOT GIVEN
30D 37 D
31 B 38 G
32 YES 39 C
33 NO 40 A
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Saturday, October 4, 2014
IELTS 9, Test 1 Listening Transcript
Section 1:
.....
Andrew: Now we go to Jane
who is going to tell us about what's happening in townthis weekend.
jane: Right, thanks Andrew, and now on to what's new,
and do we really needyet another sports shop in Bradcaster? Well, most of you
probably know Sports World - the branch
of a Danish sports goods company Q11 that opened a few years ago - it's
attracted a lot of custom, and so the company has now decided to open another
branch in the area. It's going to be in the shopping centre to the west of Bradcaster Q12, so that will be good
news for all of you who've found the
original shop in the north of the town hard to get to.
I was invited to a special preview and I can
promise you, this is theultimate in sports retailing. The whole place has been
given a new minimalist look with the company's signature colours of black and
red. The first three floors have a
huge range of sports clothing Q13 as well as equipment, and on the top floor there's a cafe and a book and DVDsection.
You'll find all the well-known names as well as some less well-known ones. If
they haven't got exactly what you want in stock they promise to get it for you in ten days Q14. Unlike the other store, where it can take up to
fourteen days. They cover all the major sports, includingfootball, tennis and
swimming, but they particularly focus on running Q15. and they
claim to have the widest range of equipment in the country. Aswell as that, a
whole section of the third floor is
devoted to sports bags Q16, including the latest designs from the States - if you can't find what
youwant here, it doesn't exist!
The shop will be open from 9.00 am this
Saturday and if you go along to the opening then you'll have the chance to meet
the national 400 metres running champion Paul King, who's coming along to open
the shop, and he will be staying around until about midday Q17 to chat to
any fans who want to meet him and sign autographs.Then there will be a whole
range of special attractions all weekend. There will be free tickets for local
sporting events for the first 50 customers, and also a special
competition open to all. Just answer fifteen out of twenty sports questions
correctly to win a signed copy of Paul King's DVD 'Spring Tips', while the first person to get all the questions
correct gets a year's free membership of
the Bradcaster Gym Q18. All entrants will receive a special Sports calendar
with details of all Bradcaster fixtures in the coming year.
One of the special opening offers is a fitness
test - a complete review of your cardiac fitness and muscle tone, actually done
in the shop by qualified staff. This would
normally cost £30.00 but is available at half price for this month only. There
are only a limited number of places available for this, so to make a booking Q19
& 20 phone 560341. In addition, if you open an account you get lots
more special offers including the chance to try out equipment at special open
evenings ...
Section 3:
Section 4:
Good afternoon everyone.
Well, with some of you about to go out on field work it's timely that in this
afternoon's session I'll be sharing some ideas about the reasons why groups of
whales and dolphins sometimes swim ashore from the sea right onto the beach
and, most often, die in what are known as 'mass standings'.
Unfortunately, this type of
event is a frequent occurrence in some of the locations that you'll be travelling to,
where sometimes the tide goes out suddenly Q31, confusing the animals.However,
there are many other theories about the causes of mass strandings.
The first is that the
behaviour is linked to parasites. It's often found that stranded animals were
infested with large numbers of parasites. For instance, a type of worm is
commonly found in the ears of dead
whales. Since marine animals rely heavily on their hearing to navigate, this type of infestation has the potential to be
very harmful Q32.
Another theory is related to
toxins, or poisons. These have also been found to contribute to the death of many marine
animals. Many toxins, as I'm sure vou're aware, originate from plants, or animals Q33. The whale ingests these
toxins in its normal feeding behaviour but whether these poisons directly or
indirectly lead to stranding and death, seems to depend upon the toxin
involved.
In 1988, for example,
fourteen humpback whales examined after stranding along the beaches of Cape Cod
were found to have been poisoned after eating tuna that contained saxitoxin,
the same toxin that can be fatal in humans.
Alternatively, it has also
been suggested that some animals strand accidentally by following their prey
ashore in the confusion of the chase. In 1995 David Thurston monitored pilot
whales that beached after following squid ashore. However, this idea does not
seem to hold true for the majority
of mass strandings because examination of the animals' stomach contents reveal that most had not been feeding as thev
stranded Q34. There are also some new
theories which link strandings to humans. A growing concern is that loud noises in the ocean
cause strandings. Noises such as those caused bv military exercises are of particular concern and have been pinpointed as the cause of some strandings of late Q35.
One of these, a mass
stranding of whales in 2000 in the Bahamas coincided closely with experiments
using a new submarine detection system. There were several factors that made
this stranding stand out as different from previous strandings. This led
researchers to look for a new cause. For
one, all the stranded animals were healthy Q36. In addition, the animals were spread out along 38 kilometres of coast Q37, whereas
it's more common for the animals to be found in a group when mass
strandings occur.
A final theory is related to
group behaviour, and suggests that sea mammals cannot distinguish between sick
and healthy leaders and will follow sick leaders, even to an inevitable death. This is a
particularly interesting theory since the whales that are thought to be most social - the toothed whales - are the group that strand the most frequently Q38.
The theory is also supported by evidence from
a dolphin stranding
in 1994. Examination of the
dead animals revealed that apart
from the leader, all the others had been healthy Q39 at
the time of their death.
Without one consistent theory however it is
very hard for
us to do anything about this phenomenon except to assist animals where and
when we
can. Stranding networks have been established around the world to aid in
rescuing animals and collecting samples from those that could not be heloed. I recommend
John Connor's
Marine Mammals Ashore as an excellent starting point if vou're interested in finding out more about these networks Q40, or
establishing one yourself.
IELTS 9, Test 1 Listening Answer key
The answer keys below were extracted from Cambridge IELTS 9. Transcript is also available here
Section 1, Questions 1-10
1 answer(ing) (the) phone
2 Hillsdunne Road
3 library
4 4.45
5 national holidays
6 after 11 (o'clock)
7 clear voice
8 think quickly
9 22 October
10 Manuja
Section 2, Questions 11-20
11 branch
12 west
13 clothing
14 10
15 running
16 bags
17 A
18 A
19&20 IN EITHER ORDER
A
E
Section 3, Questions 21-30
21 B
22 C
23 B
24 A
25 C
26 B
27 A
28 B
29 C
30 B
Trans
Section 4, Questions 31-40
31 tide/tides
32 hearing/ear/ears
33 IN EITHER ORDER; BOTH REQUIRED FOR ONE MARK
plants
animals/fish/fishes
34 feeding
35 noise/noises
36 healthy
37 group
38 social
39 leader
40 network/networks
Section 1, Questions 1-10
1 answer(ing) (the) phone
2 Hillsdunne Road
3 library
4 4.45
5 national holidays
6 after 11 (o'clock)
7 clear voice
8 think quickly
9 22 October
10 Manuja
11 branch
12 west
13 clothing
14 10
15 running
16 bags
17 A
18 A
19&20 IN EITHER ORDER
A
E
Section 3, Questions 21-30
21 B
22 C
23 B
24 A
25 C
26 B
27 A
28 B
29 C
30 B
Trans
Section 4, Questions 31-40
31 tide/tides
32 hearing/ear/ears
33 IN EITHER ORDER; BOTH REQUIRED FOR ONE MARK
plants
animals/fish/fishes
34 feeding
35 noise/noises
36 healthy
37 group
38 social
39 leader
40 network/networks
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