Category: IELTS Listening

Women’s Life

The below audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes learning English. The audio talks about women’s life.

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Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

1. What is the meaning of talked about?
2. The speaker uses a  term for woman having no children. What is it?
3. The speakers tells us about the series organized by BBC that discusses issues that affect women. What is it?
4. What is the unjust treatment of people who belong to different groups called?
5. How many female heads of state or government do we have around the world now, in 2015?
6. What is at the core of the 100 women project?
7. The speaker uses a term to refer something that is at the central part of something. What is it?
8. Which term is used to talk about the strict idea of what each sex can or can’t do?

ANSWERS

1. covered
2. childless
3. 100 Women
4. discrimination
5. 19
6. live debates
7. core
8. sexism

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The below audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes learning English.

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AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

1. What is the Mexican version of One Direction?
2. What is the synonym of joke?
3. Which phrase has been used to refer to the fact that you understand something?
4.  Which Greek word means the study of laughter and its effects on the body?
5. What term has been used to refer to the kind of comedy where a person performs in front of and talks directly to the audience?
6. Which word is used to refer to someone who is too interested in themselves?
7. What is someone who want to be successful in their chosen career called?
8. What is the synonym of unusual?
9. Which word is used to refer to the fact that one should keep on trying to achieve something even when it seems difficult?
10. What phrase has been used to refer to the fact that to be successful you need to work harder than every body else?
11. Which word describes people who are more interested in their own thoughts and feelings that in spending time with other people?
12. What are the people who are lively and enjoy the company of others called?
13. From which Greek word has been the word laughter derived?

ANSWERS

1. Juan direction
2. gag
3. get something
4. gelotology
5. stand-up comedy
6. Narcissistic
7. aspiring
8. unique
9. perseverance
10. outwork
11. introverts
12. extroverts
13. gelos

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ELEPHANTS

The below audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes Learning English. The audio talks about elephants.

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AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

1. How many elephants are still living in the wild in China?
2. Which animal is on the verge of extinction in Australia?
3. Which human activity is responsible for the extinction of animals in Australia?
4. The speaker uses a term to refer to illegal hunting of animals. What is the term?
5. The speaker uses a word for animals horns used for medicinal purposes. What is the term?
6. Which phrase is used to refer to the fact that something has arrived?
7. What are the places where animals live called?
8. The speaker uses a word for the scheme that helps to bring back animals to their normal lives. What is it?
9. The speaker talks about the way in which people farm their land. What is it?
10. The speaker uses a word to refer to people earning enough money to survive. What is the word?

ANSWERS

1. fewer than 300
2. turtles
3. over-fishing
4. poach
5. rhinoceros
6. showing up
7. habitat
8. rehabilitation program
9. farming practices
10. make a living

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