Day: 22 February 2017

IELTS Listening Sample Question # Old Technology

Technology has changed in ways that we never thought of!! However, there are times that we forget that no matter how old the technology was it still was technology. This time therefore we are going to listen to a BBC 6 minute English audio about old technology.

Listen to the audio below and answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

  1. What is a device with a box with turning plate to put the vinyl records into it called?
  2. Which word means you are going back to styles and fashions from the past?
  3. What is the name of the plastic that records are made of?
  4. What are the plastic cases with audio tape on reels inside them called?
  5. Which word is used for new rise in ?
  6. How many records were sold in the UK in 2014?
  7. What is thinking about past with a mixture of warm feelings and sadness called?
  8. Which one word can be used for put together?
  9. What are the disks that stored data magnetically called?
ANSWERS
  1. record player
  2. retro
  3. Vinyl
  4. cassette tapes
  5. resurgence
  6. 1 million
  7. Nostalgia
  8. compiled
  9. floppy disk

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IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Cycle

With global warming and traffic increasing all over the world, people have started using cycles like never before. Not only cycles help us in living in a beautiful world, they also allow us to have a fitter bodies. This time we are listening to a BBC 6 minute English audio that talks about cycles and how they have helped shape so many mass movements.

Listen to the audio given below and answer the questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

  1. What is the synonym of air-filled?
  2. Who invented the first air-filled cycle tyre in 1888?
  3. What bicycles did people ride before 1885?
  4. What was the first bike with pedals called?
  5. Which word describes the piece of clothing worn under a dress or skirt?
  6. What is the synonym of logical?
  7. Which word has a similar meaning to gathered in ?
  8. What word can be used instead of shock and anger?
  9. Which word is synonymous with freedom?
  10. What does shore up mean?
  11. What is the collection of genes in a particular population called?
  12. Which word describes something that starts off as an enthusiasm but does not lasts long?
  13. Name a fad that the speaker talks about.
ANSWERS
  1. pneumatic
  2. John Boyd Dunlop
  3. boneshakers, tricycles, high-wheelers
  4. velocipede
  5. petticoat
  6. rational
  7. cinched
  8. outrage
  9. emancipation
  10. support
  11. gene pool
  12. fad
  13. Iycra wearing

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