Practice Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 2 with Answers

Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 2

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Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 2 – Section 1

Section 1:
Questions 1-5
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Children’s Art and Craft Workshops

• Adults must accompany children under (1) _________________
• Cost: £2.50
• Workshops held in: Winter House, (2) _________________ Street
• Security device: must push the (3) _________________ to open door
• Should leave car behind the (4) _________________
• Book workshops by phoning the (5) _________________ (on 200765)

Questions 6-10
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

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Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 2 – Section 2

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Section 2:
Questions 11-14
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

TRAIN INFORMATION

11. Local services depart from _________________ railway station.
12. National services depart from the _________________ railway station.
13. Trains for London depart every _________________ each day during the week.
14. The price of a first class ticket includes _________________

Questions 15-17
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Questions 18-20
Which THREE attractions can you visit at present by train from Trebirch?

A a science museum
B a theme park
C a climbing wall
D a mining museum
E an aquarium
F a castle
G a zoo

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Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 2 – Section 3

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Section 3:
Questions 21-30
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Dissertation Tutorial Record (Education)

Name: Sandy Gibbons

Targets previously agreed	Work completed	Further action suggested
Investigate suitable data analysis software	– Read IT 21_______ – Spoken to Jane Prince, Head of the 22_______	Sign up for some software practice sessions
Prepare a 23_______ for survey	– Completed and sent for review	Add questions in section three on 24_______
Further reading about discipline	– Read Banerjee – N.B. Couldn’t find Ericsson’s essays on managing the 25_______	Obtain from library through special loans service

New Targets	Specific suggestions	Timing
Do further work on Chapter 1 (Give the title: Context 26 _______ )	– Add statistics on the 27_______ in various zones –  Include more references to works dated after 28_______	By the 29_______
Prepare list of main sections for Chapter 2	– Use index cards to help in organisation	Before starting the 30_______

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Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 2 – Section 4

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Section 4:
Questions 31-37
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

The History of Moving Pictures

31. Some photographs of a horse running showed

A all feet off the ground
B at least one foot on the ground
C two feet off the ground

32. The Scotsman employed by Edison

A designed a system to use the technology Edison had invited
B used available technology to make a new system
C was already an expert in motion picture technology

33. One major problem with the first system was that

A only one person could be filmed
B people could only see very short films
C the camera was very heavy

34. Rival systems started to appear in Europe after people had

A been told about the American system
B seen the American system
C used the American system

35. In 1895, a famous new system was developed by

A a French team working alone
B a French and German team working together
C a German team who invented the word ‘cinema’

36. Longer films were not made at the time because of problems involving

A the subject matters
B the camera
C the film projector

37. The ‘Lantham Loop’ invention relied on

A removing tension between the film reels
B adding three more films reels to the system
C making one of the film reels more effective

Questions 38-40
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

38. The first motion picture was called The _________________
39. _________________ were used for the first time on film in 1926.
40. Subtitles were added to The Lights of New York because of its _________________

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Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 2 Answers

1. 8
2. Tamer
3. green button
4. library
5. education department
6. castles
7. old clothes
8. bottle tops
9. undersea worlds
10. silver paper
11. king street
12. central
13. half hour
14. refreshments
15. 10.15
16. advance
17. seat reservations
18. C
19. D
20. G
21. catalogues
22. computer centre
23. checklist
24. teaching experience
25. classroom
26. review
27. schools
28. 2000
29. end of term
30. research
31. A
32. B
33. C
34. A
35. A
36. C
37. A
38. great train robbery
39. sound effects
40. poor sound quality

Practice Test: Practice Cambridge IELTS 6 Listening Test 1 with Answers