Category: IELTS Listening

We all have heard about the different revolutions that have to happen in the past. Some were to get freedom, others were of equal right. But, do you know, when everyone was fighting for freedom, women were also fighting for their freedom. Yes, there freedom to live an independent life. This time we are listening to the BBC audio that talks about the Women’s right to vote.

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English.

Answer the following questions in NOT MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

1. Which phrase is used to refer to people looked to by others as examples to follow?
2. What are the women who fought for the right to vote in UK called?
3. Which was the first country to give all women the right to vote in public elections?
4. Which word does the speaker use to mean that you tried to persuade someone?
5. In which year women in UK first vote?
6. What word describes people who can vote?
7. Who is the author of Women against the vote?
8. Which word does the speaker use for a bad situation?
9. What phrase does the speaker use to refer to the fact that people did things to get noticed?
10. What word describes an unplanned meeting?
11. Which word describes something that is aggressive or has a direct action?
12. In which year did New Zealand, gave the women right to vote in national elections?

ANSWERS

1. role models
2. suffragettes
3. New Zealand
4. lobbied
5. 1928
6. electorate
7. Julia Bush
8. plight
9. raise their profile
10. impromptu
11. militant
12. 1893

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A phobia is actually a fear of something and almost all of us have the phobia of something or other. This time we are looking at the different animal phobias people have and what do we call them.

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English.

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

1. What does the irrational fear of insects call?
2. What part of the brain generates the rational response?
3. Which part of the brain generates the instinctive reaction?
4. Which phrase means the same as faint or lose consciousness?
5. What are the people who have a fear of spiders called?
6. Which word defines the situation when you can spot something without even thinking about it?
7. What is the synonym of entomophobia?
8. Which word describes the fear of death?
9. What is the fear of beards or bearded people called?

ANSWERS

1. entomophobia
2. central cortex
3. amygdala
4. pass out
5. arachnophobes
6. reflexive awareness
7. insectophobia
8. Thanatophobia
9. pogonophobia

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Driving. This is not a new term. We all drive, right? Some drive cars, some bikes and then we all drive our lives. This time we shall be hearing a BBC conversation about driving, driving cars.

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English.

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

1. Which word is used by the speaker to define independent or driverless?
2. Which word does the speaker use to define the way to get to a place?
3. What are the mistakes made by a human called?
4. Which phrase does the speaker use for the person who is in control of the car?
5. On an average, how many people around the world die each day from road accidents?
6. What word does the speaker use for a person that loves cars and driving?
7. What title does Eddie Jordan own?
8. Which word does the speaker use for doing something to the maximum capacity?
9. Which word means to stop an automatic action by taking control yourself?
10. What does the phrase “right of the bat” mean?

ANSWERS

1. autonomous
2. navigate
3. human error
4. behind the wheel
5. 3000
6. petrol head
7. racing team owner
8. flat out
9. override
10. immediately

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We all have a personality type, the one that defines who we are. It shows up in your acts, the deeds that you do. Now, there are two kinds of people : the introverts and extroverts. This time we are listening to a BBC audio that talks about the introverts.

The audio is taken from BBC 6 minutes English.

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

1. What word describes a person who is a mixture of an introvert and extrovert?
2. Which word explains that a person is thoughtful?
3. Who used the word extrovert for the first time?
4. What word describes the feeling when you are very tired?
5. What is the synonym of overpower?
6. Which phrase means that you have carefully considered something before doing it?
7. What kind of a doctor was Carl Jung?

ANSWERS

1. ambivert
2. reflective
3. Carl Jung
4. drained
5. intimidate
6. thought through
7. psychatrist

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