IELTS Listening Practice | Test 86 | Mobile phone Version | Special Edition

Timely Answers and Explanations, Obvious Questions, Clear Voice, Easy Seeking, Mobile Phone Orientation.

Answers:
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[00:00] Introduction
[00:44] Part 1, Questions 1–10
[02:00] 1 floor(s)
[02:20] 2 fridge
[02:32] 3 shirts
[02:51] 4 windows
[03:10] 5 balcony
[04:18] 6 electrician
[04:37] 7 dust
[04:58] 8 police
[05:12] 9 training
[05:24] 10 review
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[06:29] Part 2, Questions 11–20
[08:11] 11 A (what they don't realize is that it's the lack of training in many hotel jobs)
[08:26] 12 A (having to recruit new staff all the time can be very time consuming and managers may have to cover some duties)
[09:16] 13 A (make sure you never give certain staff preferential treatment)
[10:02] 14 C (they also noticed a significant increase in the amount each customer spent during their stay)
[11:31] 15 A (junior staff at all levels are regularly invited to meetings where their ideas are welcomed)
[11:46] 16 C (their first step was to introduce a scheme for recognizing talent amongst their employees ... organizing training for individuals with management potential...)
[12:12] 17 B (as a reward they're sent on an all expenses paid trip abroad)
[12:42] 18 C (in order to encourage them to see ... they introduced a management program)
[13:12] 19 B (the hotel began issuing vouchers to help cover the cost of child care)
[13:29] 20 A (creating a cooperative and supportive environment for her the staff are part of a large family where everyone is valued)
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[14:20] Part 3, Questions 21–30
** 21&22 IN EITHER ORDER: C, E
[15:17] 21 E (all my classmates assumed I would achieve it they thought I was brilliant)
[15:36] 22 C (perhaps they should have pushed me harder though ... I think I should have practiced more)
** 23&24 IN EITHER ORDER: A, D
[16:01] 23 D (I just kept thinking how fortunate ... I was what a great chance this was)
[16:16] 24 A (I thought this can't be happening)
[18:00] 25 B (a factory was making rolls of the rubber in bulk ... someone realized that it would make a perfect covering for the wooden bats)
[18:29] 26 F (the Australian batsman who first wore it was booed and jeered by people watching because it was so ugly)
[19:06] 27 A (it says serious cyclists ended up with wet hair from all the hard exercise ... their skin can breathe more easily)
[19:31] 28 D (because a club was made entirely of wood it would easily break and players had to get another)
[19:53] 29 C (when the game started you had to produce)
[20:21] 30 G (you can imagine the damage to players necks when the ball was headed)
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[21:11] Part 4, Questions 31–40
[22:50] 31 golden
[23:10] 32 healthy
[24:04] 33 climate
[24:56] 34 rock(s)
[25:41] 35 diameter
[26:35] 36 tube
[27:18] 37 fire
[27:32] 38 steam
[27:57] 39 cloudy
[28:10] 40 litre / liter
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[28:38] Answers
[28:57] The end
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* Correct answers to band score:
39-40: 9.0
37-38: 8.5
35-36: 8.0
32-34: 7.5
30-31: 7.0
26-29: 6.5
23-25: 6.0
18-22: 5.5
16-17: 5.0
13-15: 4.5
11-12: 4.0
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