Category: IELTS Listening

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

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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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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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SKINNY MODELS

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. The audio talks about skinny models.

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Answer the following NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

1. What is the synonym of very thin?
2. What is the long runway that models walk down at fashion shows called?
3. Which country banned the use of underweight models in 2013?
4. The speaker talks about the different ways in which information gets communicated. What is it?
5. Which media company is Jamie Gavin founder of?
6. The speaker uses a phrase for limiting or an ending. What is it?
7. The speaker uses a phrase for “won’t be allowed”. What is it?
8. Give the full form of BMI.
9. The speaker uses a word for the relationship between two things. What is it?
10. The speaker uses a to refer to the fact that you need medical treatment for a condition or illness. What is it?
11. In which illness the person refuses to eat in order to lose weight?
12. The speaker uses a phrase to refer to the fact that the responsibility lies with someone. What is it?

ANSWER

1. skinny
2. cat walk
3. Israel
4. media
5. inPress
6. cut-off point
7. banned
8. Body mass index
9. ratio
10. clinically unhealthy
11. anorexia
12. buck lies with

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