IELTS LISTENING CAMBRIDGE 14 TEST 2

Questions 1-10

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

TOTAL HEALTH CLINIC

PATIENT DETAILS

Personal information

Example

Name              Julie Anne ……Garcia…..

   Contact phone           1

   Date of birth               2 , 1992

   Occupation                 works as a 3

    Insurance company   4  Life Insurance

Details of the problem

    Type of problem         pain in her left 5

    When it began            6  ago

    Action already taken   has taken painkillers and applied ice

Other information

    Sports played              belongs to a 7 club

                                           goes 8  Regularly

    Medical history           injured her 9  last year

                                           no allergies

                                           no regular medication apart from 10

Label the plan below.

Write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 16-20

Branley Castle

16   Starting point for walking the walls  

17   Bow and arrow display   

18   Hunting birds display     

19   Traditional dancing         

20   Shop                                   

What action will the students take for each of the following sections of their presentation?

Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 25-30.

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

The history of weather forecasting

Ancient cultures

• many cultures believed that floods and other disasters were involved in the creation of the world
• many cultures invented 31   and other ceremonies to make the weather gods friendly
• people needed to observe and interpret the sky to ensure their 32  
• around 650 BC, Babylonians started forecasting, using weather phenomena such as 33  
• by 300 BC, the Chinese had a calendar made up of a number of 34  connected with the weather

Ancient Greeks

• a more scientific approach
• Aristotle tried to explain the formation of various weather phenomena
• Aristotle also described haloes and 35  

Middle Ages

• Aristotle’s work considered accurate
• many proverbs, e.g. about the significance of the colour of the 36  , passed on accurate information.

15th-19th centuries

• 15th century: scientists recognised value of 37   for the first time
• Galileo invented the 38  
• Pascal showed relationship between atmospheric pressure and altitude
• from the 17th century, scientists could measure atmospheric pressure and temperature
• 18th century: Franklin identified the movement of 39  
• 19th century: data from different locations could be sent to the same place by 40