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IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Perfect CV

THE PERFECT CV

The below audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. The audio talks about making a perfect cv.

You can download the audio from the link – AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS.

  1. What is the full form of CV?
  2. “Looking for work” is a phrase with meaning defined in the audio. Which word does that?
  3. How long do you have to make an impression on the employer to hire you?
  4. Something that becomes “popular easily” is defined in the audio. Which word does that?
  5. “Becoming more visible than others” has a phrasal meaning in the audio? What is it?
  6. Which phrase means to make something clear?
  7. What word is used to refer to someone who is self-assured and believes in his or her capacities to do things?
  8. What is the synonym of humble?
  9. Anything that is brief has a synonym in the audio. What is the synonym?

ANSWERS

  1.  Curriculum Vitae
  2. job seekers
  3. viral
  4. less than five minutes
  5. stand out
  6. get your strengths across
  7. confident
  8. modest
  9. concise

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IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Spouse

SPOUSE INCOME

The below audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes learning English. The audio talks about the fact that most people don’t have a clue about their spouse income.

You can download the audio from the given link – AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

  1. “Sharing the cost of something” has a phrasal meaning in the audio. What is it?What percentage of married couples don’t know exactly what their spouse earns?
  2. There is situation when a bank lends you money to buy a house. What word does the speaker uses in audio for it?
  3. The speaker uses a phrase for “physical money”. What is it?
  4. Who is the person who does not like spending money?
  5. The speaker uses a word to refer to the money you have available for something and have a plan to use it? What is it?
  6. What phrase has been used to mean that you accept that you have different opinions?

ANSWERS

  1. go dutch
  2. 44%
  3. mortgage
  4. hard cash
  5. cheapskate
  6. budget
  7. agree to differ
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IELTS Listening Sample Question # Hypocrisy

HYPOCRISY

The audio talks about hypocrisy and its true meaning.

Source of Audio is BBC 6 minutes English. You can download the audio from the given link –AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

  1. What was the actual meaning of hypocrite?
  2. What is the person who says one thing and does the other called?
  3. The speaker uses a synonym for changeable. What is it?
  4. The speaker uses a word to define stern and unkind. Which word is it?
  5. The speaker uses a word to describe you when you show a bit of sympathy and concern. Which word is it?
  6. The speaker uses a phrase to describe the situation when you realize you have made a mistake. What word is it?
  7. The speaker uses a word to refer to being angry about something according to the principles of right and wrong?
  8. What is the one word for something that is very deadly or destructive?
  9. Which phrase is used to talk about something that spreads very quickly on the internet?

ANSWER

  1. actor
  2. Hypocrite
  3. Inconsistent
  4. harsh
  5. compassionate
  6. catch somebody out
  7. morally indignant
  8. pernicious
  9. goes viral
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IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Penicillin

THE PENICILLIN

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes learning English. The audio talks about a medicine,”penicillin” used as a life saving drug.

You can download the audio from the link – AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS–

  1. How many lives penicillin has saved?
  2. What is a substance that kills micro organisms called?
  3. Penicillin was discovered on ____________?
  4. Which Scottish scientist discovered Penicillin?
  5. What is the synonym of halo?
  6. The delay in washing dishes causes a green fuzzy thing to grow on dishes. What is it called?
  7. The speaker uses a term for the chemical treatment which kill cancer cells. What is it?
  8. The speaker uses a synonym for stop? What is it?
  9. What is the defense against infection and disease that our body has called?
  10. The speaker uses a phrase that means “to mean to make something possible”. What is it?
  11. Against what kinds of bacteria does penicillin work?
  12. The speaker defines a word for a thing that something cannot harm it anymore. What is it?
  13. What word is used to refer to dead bodies?
ANSWERS
  1.  200 million
  2. anti biotic
  3. 1928
  4. Alexander Fleming
  5. circle
  6. mould
  7. Chemotherapy
  8. suppresses
  9. immune system
  10. pave the way
  11. bacteria with protein
  12. resistance
  13. corpses
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