Category: IELTS Listening

Who are you? This is one of the most important questions one deals with in life. Not knowing who exactly you are and what you want in life, often leads into living a life not that exciting. This time we are listening to a BBC audio that talks about who are you?

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes english.

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

1. Which word describes a white skinned and European person?
2. Which word describes who or what a person is?
3. What percentage of the UK population described themselves as ethnically mixed?
4. What word describes an attractive girl with delicate complexion?
5. Which word describes the skin color of an individual?
6. What is a society made from people of different countries who live together called?
7. What word describes an individual who is raised by parents that are not biologically their?
8. Which word describes to join a group of people?
9. Which word describes something that is important in creating our sense of identity?
10. What word does the speaker use for hiding what you are thinking or feeling?

ANSWERS

1. Caucasian
2. identity
3. 0.9%
4. English rose
5. complexion
6. melting point
7. adopted
8. integrate
9. formative
10. reserve

IELTS BAND 7

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

IELTS BAND 7

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

IELTS BAND 7

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