Practice Test 19-Go Global

In Listening Test 19, you will hear 4 audio recordings. You’re supposed to answer questions 1-40 based on them.

Section 1 you will hear a conversation between a student and an insurance agent.

Section 2 you will hear a lecture on the Universities in Newton.

Section 3 you will hear a conversation between 2 teachers discussing what makes a good teacher and a good student.

Section 4 you will hear a presentation on writing an academic essay.

Section 1

Question 1-10

Q.1 and 2

Choose the correct answers A-D and write them next to 1-2 on your answer sheet.

1 Thieves often target students’ homes because students ____________

A are often in classes.

B often have high-value, portable items.

C are wealthier than other young people.

D don’t usually lock campus accommodation.

2 If personal items are lost, destroyed or damaged, the insurance company will usually ____________

A allow the student to buy a similar replacement item at the current cost.

B give the student the sum of money the item originally cost.

C give the student a fixed amount.

D get the money from the thief.

Q. 3-6

Decide whether the following are insured for up to

A £150.

B £250.

C £600.

D £2,000.

E £3,000.

3 a computer

4 two musical instruments

5 ten computer games

6 three suits

Q. 7-10

Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND / OR NUMBERS for each gap.

7 Academic ____________ are insured up to £5.000.

8 The ____________ is valid until the end of June.

9 The insurance company has a 24-____________

10 The insurance company’s office is usually open until ____________

Section 2

Question 11-20

Q. 11-14

Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN ONE WORDS OR NUMBER for each gap.

11 What percentage of the students are mature? ____________

12 What percentage of the students are from abroad? ____________

13 How are the suburbs described? ____________

14 How many students does the university have? ____________

Q. 15-17

Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.

15 New town is England’s ____________ city.

16 The ____________ is at Salt Lane.

17 A relatively high proportion of students decide to ____________ in New town after graduating.

Q. 18-20

Complete the notes on using the university accommodation services.

Using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.

18 The university accommodation services office is in the ____________

19 The university accommodation services have a ____________ that students can look through online.

20 The website also has responses to ____________

Section 3

Questions 21-30

Q. 21-25

Complete the notes about what makes a good teacher, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.

• a good communicator with an interesting 21____________

• knows students – doesn’t 22____________ at primary/secondary levels

• knows subject at both 23____________ levels

• takes students step by step

•honest and 24____________

•clothes – 25____________

Q. 26-40

Complete the notes about what makes a good student, using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each gap.

• active – e.g. asks questions to aid understanding or for 26____________

• motivated – has goals

• disciplined – good behaviour and maintains 27____________– reviews and previews

• finds reasons to do things rather than reasons not to do things

• realises learning is not always linear and /or immediate

• doesn’t 28____________ with more experience of life /education

• doesn’t 29____________ teachers for his/her own faults – accept suggestions

•makes studying 30____________

Section 4

Questions 31-40

Q. 31 and 32

Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.

31 The lecturer says that an essay is like ____________ to a specific question.

32 A key thing for lecturers to consider when they mark an essay is whether it is ____________

Question 33-36

Complete the notes on the words used in the essay title, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.

implications ideas	following on from the 33 ____________ for rising divorce
phenomenon	refers to rising divorce
different explanations	suggests that various 34 ____________ have thought of different reasons for the phenomenon
critically analyze	35 ____________of a theory, a policy, a piece of research, an argument, etc.
36 ____________	a term which limits the subject to a place
the last 20 years	a term which limits the subject to a time