IELTS Listening Test 17

Part 1: Questions 1-4
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

1. A TFN is a number used
A exclusively for tax administration
B exclusively by individual tax payers
C for managing several government services

2. Without a TFN, the applicant would be
A taxed at a higher rate
B unable to work
C liable for medicare contributions

3. What kind of visa does the applicant have?
A a visa granting indefinite stay
B a visa with work rights
C a student visa

4. A TFN is issued
A if you change your name
B only once in a lifetime
C when you claim a government benefit

Questions 5-10
Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Passport:(5)……………..
NationalitySpanish
Postal Address1339 (6)……………………Hollywell 1517
Contact DetailsPhone: 09-55775076
Preferred Contact PersonMartha (7)…………………..(landlady)
Family NameFarina
First Given Name(8)……………………….Maria
Any Other NamesMary = (9)………………….
Date of Brith(10)…………./……………../…………………(dd/mm/yy)
GenderFemale
Name of SpouseNA

(5)                    (6)   
(7)                   (8)    
(9)                  (10)  




Part 2: Questions 11-16
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Keeping kids safe on Internet

• Internet for children-scary but educational
• ‘Online Family Norris’ blocks (11)  and social sites
• But still important to watch children and (12)  them
• Keep computer in family room where you can see it
• Children should never use their own name nor give out (13)
• Online friends stay online
• No personal email address for youngsters
• Teach teenagers that (14)  on the Internet always stay there – and may ruin job prospects
• Watch out for (15)
• Teenagers use internet: to socialize or do (16)
• Young kids: find help with school subjects

Questions 17-20
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

(17)                  (18)
(19)                 (20)




Part 3: Questions 21-23
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

21. Ted and Cleo’s research results will be presented as a
A poster
B survey
C graph

22. They will select foreign students
A from the language school
B from the business school
C randomly on campus

23. The foreign students will have to
A collate the answers
B rank the answers
C know a lot about the answers.

Questions 24-28
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Reasons for studying abroad
Study abroad
• Is the best way to learn a language
• Provides a (24)
• Allows you to experience another culture first hand
• Helps you (25)
• Give you opportunity to make new friends
• Helps you (26)
• Enables you to (27)
• Increase the value of your degree
• Improves (28)

• Expands your world view

Questions 29 and 30
Label the diagram below. Choose your answers from the box and write the letters A-H next to questions 29-30.

WebsiteContentActivityAge Group
www.mathtutor.comMathematicsPractice and (17)………………….All levels
www.spellcity.comSpelling(18)………………………Primary school
www.bee.co/typingTyping(19)……………………….All levels
www.coolresource.com(20)………………….Extra practiceMiddle school

(17)                  (18)
(19)                 (20)




Part 3: Questions 21-23
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

21. Ted and Cleo’s research results will be presented as a
A poster
B survey
C graph

22. They will select foreign students
A from the language school
B from the business school
C randomly on campus

23. The foreign students will have to
A collate the answers
B rank the answers
C know a lot about the answers.

Questions 24-28
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Reasons for studying abroad
Study abroad
• Is the best way to learn a language
• Provides a (24)
• Allows you to experience another culture first hand
• Helps you (25)
• Give you opportunity to make new friends
• Helps you (26)
• Enables you to (27)
• Increase the value of your degree
• Improves (28)

• Expands your world view

Questions 29 and 30
Label the diagram below. Choose your answers from the box and write the letters A-H next to questions 29-30.

(29)
(30)




Part 4: Questions 31-36
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Charles William Peale

SlidePaintingDateNotes
1Pitt as a Roman Senator(31)……………….Elaborate , symbolical portrait of British parliamentarian
2George Washington1772(32)……………….of many Washington portraits
3The Peale Family1773Family portrait – shows exuberance & (33)…………………
4The (34)………….1795‘trompe l’oeil’ style – double portraits of sons – Raphaelle & Titian
5Rachel Weeping1772Wife and dead (35)……………..
6James(36)……………….Brother James – in darkness but face illuminated

(31)
(32)
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)

Questions 37-40
Complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.

Primarily, Peale was a painter but he was also a politician, scientist and (37)  with many successful patents. He worked with Thomas Jefferson on the polygraph which was a desk that could be used for copying a (38)  He wrote academic papers on different subjects and tried to make movies, spectacles and a velocipede (a kind of (39)  ) Peale was also a naturalist and taxidermist and he helped unearth the skeleton of mastodon which was the best (40)  in his museum.

Show Answer

1. C
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. JGW1100536
6. harbor drive
7. pearce
8. miss
9. first name
10. 15/11/1983
11. military
12. educate
13. personal information
14. postings
15. bullying
16. research/ homework
17. compete
18. play games
19. sing (songs)
20. worksheets
21. A
22. C
23. B
24. chance to travel
25. develop new skills
26. learn about yourself
27. study different subjects
28. employment opportunities
29. A
30. D
31. 1768
32. first (ever)
33. warmth
34. staircase group
35. daughter
36. 1822
37. inventor
38. manuscript
39. bicycle
40. exhibit

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