Listening Practice DAVID FONSECA

A Student Credit Card

1. According to the conversation, which item did the woman NOT purchase with her credit card?A. a digital camera


2. What is one reason to explain why the woman obtained a student credit card?
B. She hopes to establish a good credit rating.

3. According to the man, what is one reason for NOT having a credit card?
A. People generally have a difficult time getting out of debt.

4. What does the woman imply about how she plans on resolving her credit card problems?
A. She hopes that someone will give her the money.

5. What is the man going to do for the woman to help her manage her money?
C. show her how she can apply for low-interest student credit cards

Dinner Time

1. What does the conversation imply about the mother?C. She is resting in bed.

2. What is the first problem the girl notices about her father's cooking?A. He is not following the recipe.

3. How does the girl know her father doesn't like the pizza he prepared?A. He tells her honestly what he thinks about it.

4. What problem did the girl NOT mention about the pizza?
C. It was too chewy.

5. What do they end up doing for lunch?
B. They eat something different at home.
http://www.esl-lab.com/cook/cookrd1.htm

English Language Center

1. Which was NOT mentioned as part of the purpose of the English Language Center?

B. to teach students how to use English in their daily lives and at work

2. What is one course taught at the English Language Center?

A. business English

3. If the Fall semester begins on August 29th, by what date should one apply to the program?

B. June 29th

4. What is the tuition for a full-time student?

A. $2030

5. Which one was NOT mentioned as part of the application packet a student must send to the center?

B. high school transcripts

http://www.esl-lab.com/elc/elcrd1.htm

Grocery Shopping: Supermarkets and Food Coupons

1. Why did the man buy dog food at the supermarket?

B. The man adopts a dog from a stranger, and they don't have food for it.

2. Why does he buy tomato juice?

B. He's trying to modify the way he eats.

3. How much was the milk?

C. $2.50

4. Which item did the man NOT buy?

C. a carton of orange juice

5. Why does the woman get upset at the end of the conversation?

A. The man is preparing the steaks for the dog.

http://www.esl-lab.com/supermarket/supermarketrd1.htm

Yuliette García KureSmall, local shops are better for the community than large supermarkets

By: Yuliette Garcia Kure
Universidad de la sabana

Small, local shops are better for the community than large supermarkets

Within the different cities in the world, there are supermarkets and small shops where people can make their purchases. The best option for people are the big supermarkets because people get what they want in the same place.

First major supermarkets helps people get what they need, while in a supermarket or a small shop, not going to get everything, just a few things, necessary. In the big supermarkets you can find from the cleaning up what to consume, variety of products and brands.

Moreover large supermarkets to help the person to save time because they can buy everything in the same place, while people who buy things in stores or small supermarkets have to go to another store or even a large supermarket to get ingredients or different things they need.

Although small stores are useful for people, because when the person has the desire can get some things there and that you avoid heavy traffic or save some money on transportation.

I think that the big supermarkets are better because people have more options to buy whatever they want, and everything can be done in a single purchase rather than several as will do if they did in small supermarkets.

Yuliette García Kure...Can be considered a value similar to a belief

By: Yuliette García Kure
Universidad de la Sabana

Can be considered a value similar to a belief

People often confuse the meaning between value and belief and often this causes confusion among different positions and viewpoints that they want to express within society. These two terms are related but they are very different.

Values are the rules governing the behavior of individuals in everyday life, namely whether it is responsible, honest, kind, charitable, among others. While beliefs are the thoughts that people have about things. The second is related to culture and society. Some people believe that values are beliefs because they are points of view on something that is already established by someone. But if we realize are different terms.

But we found a similarity between these two is that through the values and beliefs people have achieved the majority of shares in their lives. For example, many people do not steal because it would be dishonest to steal or has a bad meaning for them, or because inside their homes had been inculcated not steal.

Although the two terms in many things are related does not mean the same, from my point of view the values are as rules are tightened and imposed by society, and beliefs are more personal, more free and less imposed by the society.

Local shops are better for the community than large supermarkets

By Diana Hernandez

In some countries there are varieties of supermarkets that people can choose according to their preferences or flavors. Sometimes the increments of supermarkets reflect the growth in domestic trade but the increase of large supermarkets brings consequences as contamination and the bankrupted of local shops and their owners.

Firstly, for the community is a better large supermarket because there are more job opportunities. For example, in Colombia there are supermarkets as Exito, Carulla or Olimpica where owners need more and more employees for the attention of their customers.

Secondly, for the community is a better large supermarket than local shops because people can find different brands of products or different price according to their needs.

On the other hand with the increase of large supermarkets owners of local shops can lost their customers reducing the income for sales. In addition large supermarkets bring consequences as contamination because in the streets there are more cars creating pollution in the air with the smoke of these.

In conclusion I consider that the increase of large supermarkets give more opportunities for all the kind of public.

Andres Felipe Gonzalez S - Listening Practice

Listening Practice:

1. http://www.esl-lab.com/car-accident/car-accidentrd1.htm

My Answers:
1. a
2. a
3. b X
4. c
5. a X

2. http://www.esl-lab.com/petcare/petcarerd1.htm

My Answers:
1. a
2. c
3. c
4. b
5. a

3. http://www.esl-lab.com/jobhunting/jobhuntingrd1.htm

My Answers:
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. c X

4. http://www.esl-lab.com/dear/dearrd1.htm

My Answers:
1. a
2. b
3. b X
4. c X
5. a X

5. http://www.esl-lab.com/dir4/dir4.htm

My Answers:
1. b
2. c
3. b
4. d
5. a

IELTS Practice Test Plus: Studium Audio CD 2

By DAVID FONSECA
Test 3 - Section 3
Procedure for Bookshops

21. Booklist
22. Recommended
23. Sales figures
24. Yeargroup
25. Catalogues
26. Letters
27. Free copies
28. Value
29. Clear
30. Easy to use

Test 4 - Section 1
Event Details

1. 2 July Sunday
2. Marinal
3. 9:30
4. 1000 pounds
5. Hong Kong
6. Captain
7. Parent's permission
8. Jackets
9. Clothes
10. Name

Test 4 - Section 2
"Kigi"
11. Stams and coins
12. Call
13. Smell
14. Fly
15. Introduced animals
16. Research
17. Global education
18. Collect kiwi's eggs
19 Chicks reared
20. 5% to 85%


Test 4 - Section 3
"City Traffic"
21. c: resut in more city suburbs
22. A: like the advantages of the suburbs
23. B: public transport will be more popular
24. B: result in lower levels of pollution
25. Sidney (16%)
26. Frankfurt (32%)
27. A
28. D
29. B
30. F


Tst 4 - Section 4
"Reason for preserving food"
31. Export
32. Food shortages
33. Lasts longer
34. Poisoning
35. Electricity supplies
36. Chemical preservation
37. Cheap to store
38. Hot soup
39. Belt
40. Dry soup

Listening exercises

By Diana Hernandez


http://www.esl-lab.com/police/policerd1.htm

Traffic Ticket


1. He exceeded the speed limit.
2. The driver didn't come to a complete stop.
3. The license is no longer valid.
4. The driver tells the officer that they have met before.
5. The driver is taken to court.

Movie review

1. Absurd
2. The doctor
3. The acting
4. Science fiction
5. at a movie theater