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IELTS listening version five four two nine nine.
You will hear a number of different recordings, and you will have to answer
questions on what you hear.
There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions, and you will have
a chance to check your work.
All the recordings will be played once only.
The test is in four sections.
Write all your answers in the listening question booklet.
At the end of the test, you will be given ten minutes to transfer your answers to an
answer sheet.
Now turn to section one on page two of your question booklet.
Section one.
You'll hear a telephone conversation between a man who is looking for a summer
job as a fruit picker and a woman who owns a farm.
First, you have some time to look at questions one to three on page two.
You will see that there is an example that has been done for you.
On this occasion only, the conversation relating to this will be played first.
Manor Farm.
Hello.
Hi there.
I'd like to apply to do fruit picking this summer.
Oh, hello.
I'm missus Chandler.
My husband and I own Manor Farm.
Let me take some details.
I'll just get a form to fill in.
Hold on.
Sure.
Sorry.
Right.
Your name is?
It's Ben Miller.
The man's name is Ben Miller.
So Ben Miller has been written in the space.
Now we shall begin.
You should answer the questions as you listen because you will not hear the
recording a second time.
Listen carefully and answer questions one to three.
Manor Farm.
Hello.
Hi there.
I'd like to apply to do fruit picking this summer.
Oh, hello.
I'm missus Chandler.
My husband and I own Manor Farm.
Let me take some details.
I'll just get a form to fill in.
Hold on.
Sure.
Sorry.
Right.
Your name is?
It's Ben Miller.
And where are you from?
I'm from The USA.
Fine.
Can I ask your age?
I'm 20.
You only take people over the age of 16, don't you?
Yes.
That's right.
Are you able to work in The UK?
Sorry?
I mean, do you have a visa?
Oh, yeah.
I have a thing called a blue card.
It's valid until November.
That's fine then.
We'll need fruit pickers from the middle of June until the end of September.
What's your availability?
When can I work?
I'd like to do July, August, and September, and could do October if there's any work
then.
Okay.
Did you find out about us through our website?
That's right.
It's much easier than going through an agency.
Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at
questions four to 10 on page three.
Now listen and answer questions four to 10.
I see you need most pickers in September for apples and pears, but the whole
picking season can last about sixteen weeks.
Well, yes, but it's a question of the weather.
That determines how much fruit we grow, of course.
That's why I can't give you exact picking dates now.
I see.
Oh, well, no problem.
Can you tell me what pickers earn?
Well, that depends on age.
The rate is £4.50 an hour for the under eighteens.
But as you're 18, it would rise to £5.60 an hour.
Uh-huh.
Your website says that you don't provide accommodation for pickers, so I guess I
should arrange that in advance.
Yes.
There is no accommodation on the farm, but there is a campsite about fifteen
minutes away.
Is that walking distance?
What do you think?
No.
Maybe I should bring my bike to get around.
Yes.
We always recommend that.
Some pickers bring a car, but then find the roads rather narrow, and the bus is very
infrequent.
Do you have any questions?
I know that fruit picking is hard work, but is there anything special I need to bring
with me?
Well, firstly, documentation is extremely important.
We will need proof of age, so we'll expect to see your passport.
Pickers without one won't be allowed to work.
Oh, even if their age is written on their driving license?
Sorry.
A driving license isn't suitable.
Fair enough.
I guess some lunch is provided for all the hungry fruit pickers.
I'm afraid not.
You'll need to bring your own food for lunch and more importantly, enough water to
last a full day.
It can get very hot, so drinking is vital.
Right.
Like back home.
Okay.
Well, thanks for all the information.
What happens now?
Well, I'll post a contract to you at the
That is the end of section one.
You now have half a minute to check your answers.
Focus theo từ
Now turn to section two on page three.
Section two.
You will hear a woman talking on a radio program about a festival that is about to
take place.
First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 18 on page three.
Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 18.
I have in the studio with me Mary Smith from Yorktown tourism, who is here to tell
us about some of the events happening in our state capital over the next three
weeks at the Spring Festival.
So, Mary, what can we expect to see?
Well, it's such an exciting time to be in Yorktown.
To kick off the spring festival, there'll be a huge firework display down by the lake
starting at 9PM this Saturday, September 4.
Over 10,000 fireworks will be set off, all choreographed to music and broadcast
simultaneously here on Radio Yorkie.
You should get there early if you want to get close to the action.
So bring along a picnic and a blanket as it could get chilly in the evening.
One of the things that attracts visitors to the festival from all over the country is the
amazing collection of flowers on show in Central Park throughout the festival.
Special buses will run from the town center to the show at twenty minute intervals
for those of you who prefer to take public transport.
If you're interested in seeing the latest in cars from the fastest to the most
expensive, then head over to the motor show at the Exhibition Center from the
tenth to the September 15.
It'll be open daily from 9AM until 10PM, so you can even pop there after work.
Do you like photography?
Then go along to grow your imagination, an exhibition of photographs of famous
gardens, which will be held at the art gallery from the eleventh to the nineteenth of
September.
Come and be inspired by some of the world's most beautiful gardens.
I've had a sneak preview of some of the photographs, and they are magnificent.
If music is more your scene, then you should come and hear the Australian
Philharmonic Orchestra performing swing in spring at the concert hall on Friday the
seventeenth and Saturday September 18.
It's a celebration of dance music from the nineteen forties and fifties.
There'll be three performances.
Both evenings start at 7PM and a matinee performance at 02:30 on the Saturday.
So get your dancing shoes on and head there.
It's guaranteed to get your feet tapping.
Before you hear the rest of the program, you have some time to look at questions
nineteen and twenty on Page four.
Now listen and answer questions nineteen and twenty.
Those are just a few of the attractions on offer.
But for something a little different, you could try balloons down under, which is the
largest gathering of hot air balloons in the Southern Hemisphere.
It's well worth it because there'll be over 25 balloons of all shapes and sizes, which
is a truly amazing sight.
I'm also happy to announce that one lucky person will get the chance to go up in
one of these balloons absolutely free.
That's the prize in our special spring festival competition.
It'd normally cost you $200, so it's not a bad prize.
I'm sure you all want a chance to win, so you'll need to fill out the entry form in
today's edition of the Yorktown news.
Don't forget to include your phone number, and send it to Radio Yorkie.
Make sure your entry reaches us by 5PM on Thursday, September 9.
Then to see if you've won, just check out the festival's website on Saturday,
September 11, where we'll publish the name of the lucky winner.
It's such a fantastic prize, so hurry up and get your entry in.
So there you have it.
Just a few of the special events happening here in Yorktown over the spring festival.
And if you'd like any more details about the festival
That is the end of section two.
You now have half a minute to check your answers.
Part three.
You will hear two students called Jeannie and Dan discussing some research on the
effects of music on consumer behaviour.
First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 26.
Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 26.
Hi, Dan.
How's it going?
Hello, Jeannie.
Pretty well.
Thanks.
Have you finished your research yet?
Yes.
It's all done.
I've spent several weeks on it, from the very beginning of deciding the topic to
carrying out the research and writing the essay.
Congratulations.
Seems like a big project.
I know the research has to do with music, but what is it exactly about?
Well, at first, I didn't have a specific purpose until one day I read a report that said, if
appropriate music is played while people are eating, it may cause some changes in
their behavior, but the report didn't illustrate the changes in detail.
So I wanted to carry out a thorough investigation into this.
That's quite unique.
So how did you conduct your research?
I started by looking for five different restaurants and then went to each of the
restaurants to order some food and observe other people.
I mainly focused on how the music is played instead of how people eat.
Findings of my observations indicate that the five restaurants have something in
common.
They all have a special section to play the music.
More importantly, although the music is played at different times, the volume is
unchanged.
Sounds attractive.
I've never read anything about this before.
In addition to observation, what other research methods have you used?
I also distributed the survey questionnaire to people dining there.
What questions are posed in your questionnaire?
Well, the first section of the questionnaire asks subjects to indicate the number of
times they have been to the restaurant previously, the number of people they dine
with, and whether they think they will return to the restaurant.
These early questions don't involve musical preferences but largely act as
distractors, the intention being that subjects will be less inclined to think that the
survey is about the music being played.
That sounds very reasonable.
Did you design the questionnaire by yourself?
Actually, no.
I read an assignment a student wrote last year, which was just kept beside a
dictionary in the library.
I came across it when I was looking something up in the dictionary.
Oh, you're so lucky.
Is there any other question included in the questionnaire?
Yes.
Subjects are also asked why they choose to dine at a particular restaurant.
Several reasons are listed in the questionnaire.
I thought people would put service first, but that's not the case.
Only about 12% of them have chosen this reason, while the majority of
respondents think whether they will pick this restaurant depends on how many
available seats it has.
They think it's terrible to eat in a crowded place.
Yes.
Everyone wants to enjoy a meal comfortably.
Then I guess maybe the location of a restaurant is an important factor since no one
likes to waste too much time on the way.
It used to be.
But nowadays, nearly every household has a private car, so they don't have to be
worried about the traffic problem.
What I find interesting, however, is that a large percentage of people say they will
compare different restaurants in the neighborhood on the Internet first.
If one of them stands out from its rivals, they will choose it.
Wow.
It's really interesting.
Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions
27 to 30.
Now listen and answer questions 27 to 30.
What else then?
Well, the second section of the questionnaire asks subjects to respond to the music
being played by rating so that the relationship between music and perceived
atmosphere could be examined directly.
As a means of examining purchase intention, the final section of the questionnaire
asks them to indicate the maximum amount of money they are prepared to spend
on their main meal.
So what have you finally discovered?
I collected all the questionnaires and analyzed people's answers to get a clear idea
of their reactions to different music conditions.
The result shows that music has become an indispensable part of restaurants.
If people find there isn't any music during the meal, they will think the restaurant
charges too much.
Yes.
Now music is everywhere in our life.
Is there any difference in people's attitudes towards different musical styles?
Yes.
Most people think that if jazz is being played when eating, they tend to stay at the
restaurant longer and order more food to enjoy the music.
But this is quite the opposite of what happens when classical music is played.
Many customers think if the restaurant plays classical music, they wouldn't like to
stay there for another minute but to finish the food quickly and hurry away because
they don't like this type of music at all.
And lastly, about pop music.
It's very popular these days, especially among young people, as I've noticed in
restaurants.
They like listening to this type of music during their meals.
As a result, this greatly increases the possibility of their presence at the same
restaurant.
Great.
I've learned a lot from your research.
I think it's meaningful and innovative.
Thanks for telling me, Jeannie.
You're welcome, Dan.
That is the end of part three.
You now have thirty seconds to check your answers to part three.
Now turn to section four on page seven.
Section four.
You will hear a talk about the effects of our digital world on young people.
First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40 on pages seven and eight.
Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
In this lecture series, we're looking at changes occurring due to the rapid spread of
digital technology in the last decades of the twentieth century.
By digital technology, I include any computer related devices such as email, the
Internet, cell phones, instant messaging, to name but a few.
Today's lecture focuses on the ideas of Mark Prensky and what he believes are the
major effects that high exposure to digital technology has had on young people
today.
Firstly, what exactly does Prensky believe?
He argues that because today's young people have been born into a digital world
and spend hours simply playing with technology, they've changed in fundamental
ways.
He believes they're evolving differently, and as a result, process information
differently from previous generations.
It's even possible that these young people's brains have physically changed,
although whether this is literally true isn't yet known.
Nor does Prensky go quite this far.
Prensky divides people into digital natives and digital immigrants.
Today's young people are the digital natives, and they belong in this new digital age
because they were born into it and grew up as native speakers of the digital
language of computer technology, whereas digital immigrants are those born in the
generations before the digital age.
Just as those who learn a second language often retain their foreign accent, the
immigrants are usually in varying degrees not quite as effective at speaking the
digital language as the natives are.
For example, they're more comfortable finding phone numbers using a phone book
or looking up information in an encyclopedia rather than using the Internet as a
primary source of information.
Prinsky calls this the digital accent.
Another example of the digital accent is scanning a manual for a computer program
rather than assuming the program itself will teach you how to use it.
Basically, people with a digital accent have never really stopped relying on their
original nondigital means of sourcing information.
They prefer doing things as they've always done them without typing something
into a computer.
Prensky predicts that due to all this, changes are in store, mainly in the area of
education.
But what do other educators and theorists such as Thomas Allen, Samuel James,
and Peter Vandar believe?
Samuel James from Sydney University agrees with Prensky's predictions.
He believes that educators are no longer successful in the way they teach.
However, not surprisingly, Prensky has been criticized by more traditional theorists
like Peter Vander and Thomas Allen.
They disagree with many of Prensky's assertions.
Vanderm argues that a typical classroom is more varied than Prensky believes, with
students coming from a range of backgrounds.
He maintains that a large percentage of these students are not necessarily
proficient with technology, and not all students today fit the one stereotype.
And Allen adds that even though most students today have easy access to
technology, some just don't find the digital medium appealing.
James disagrees, though.
He believes that all today's students do share the same basic interest in and
knowledge of digital technology.
However, James believes our younger students can communicate with their digital
immigrant teachers and can still learn using methods which have proven to be
successful in the past.
James's theories are taken a step further by Allen, who recognizes that both digital
immigrants and natives have to deal with vast amounts of information in today's
electronic society.
Allen maintains that while most young students are proficient in playing computer
games and using the web in quite basic ways, they're not used to using the
computer at advanced levels.
For example, to conduct complex information searches, which are so necessary for
university study today.
Irrespective of Allen's research, James believes it's possible for computer games to
to play a major role in making classroom learning more stimulating, and he cites
many instances where this would be possible today.
However, Vandar asserts that rather than focusing on developing games, we should
think of better ways to assist teachers because no computer program comes close
to doing what a human teacher does every day.
That is the end of section four.
You now have half a minute to check your answers.