Listening for ielts 7 Unit 1

Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 3 
1. EF Language School
 
EF 
House
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Brighton 
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BN3 
1AW 
1AL
Tel: 
723651 
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Telex: 
77843 
877743 
2. EF International School of English
 
21 
Hill 
Road 
221
Cambridge 
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CB2 
2RL 
2RW
Tel· 
240020 
240040
Telex: 
817713 
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Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 4 
Alison wants to make a phone call.
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It's cheaper to make a call before 6 pm.
After 6pm
Telephone directory provides gardening information.
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Arrange an alarm call before 10:30 pm on Tuesday evening.
previous evening 
You would pay until you talk to the right person.
not pay
Alison will make a personal call. 
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Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 5 
1.
Barbara Cooper
2.
John Murphy
3.
Stephen
4.
Adelaide
5.
Martha Hunt
6.
James Black
7.
Greenwich
8.
Terry Fisher
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 6 
1. person-to-person 
2. Leeds
3. David Barker
4. 5027745 
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 7 
1. Manchester 
2. John Abel 
3. 2418
4. 3659783 
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 8 
1. Edinburgh 
2. Diana Paxton 3. 932 Beach Road 
4. 4023685 
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 9 
1. WILLIAMS 
2. Peter
3. Canada
4. 9 
5. RC4
6. 2342965 
7. 25 
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 10 
1. TURNBALL 
2. Gill 
3. Australia 
4. 32 
5. SE23 
6. 2073346 
7. 23 
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 11 
1. POTTERS 
2. Mike
3. The United States 
4. 27 
5. 
45 
6. 
E24 
7. 
3653241 
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 12A 
1. 2:45
2. 5:20
3. 7:30
4. 6:20
5. 8:00 
6. 12:30
7. 11:05
8. 17:40
9. 22:50
10. 15:30 
 
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 12B 
1. 9:30; 11:30 2. 10:30
3. an hour 
4. 50 
5. 15 

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Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 13 
Trains 
 
Platform No. 
Time
Destination 
1. 
4 
13:30
Cambridge 
2. 
2 
14:20
Birmingham 
3. 
3 
16:40
Liverpool
4. 
1 
7:30
London
5. 
5 
9:10
Leeds
6. 
2 
10:30
Oxford
7. 
5 
11:05
Leeds
8. 
3 
11:30
Manchester 
 
Planes 
Flight No. 
Time
Destination 
9. 
BA207 
8:30
Paris
10. 
OA535 
12:05
Athens
11. 
BA965 
12:00
Belfast
12. 
SK506 
17:15
Stockholm
13. 
BA205 
9:30
Dublin
14. 
BA305 
11:30
Paris
15. 
OA593 
14:40
Athens
16. 
BA707 
15:05
Edinburgh
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 14 
Table
1
Area 
People/ sq km
UK 
234
European Community 
143
England 
364
Greater London
4263
Scotland 
56
Wales 
138
Northern Ireland
112
 
Table 2 
City 
Area (sq km)
Population (thousand) 
Greater London
1580
6735.4
Birmingham 
264
993.7
Leeds 
562
709.6
Glasgow 
198
703.2
Edinburgh 
261
433.5
Manchester 
116
445.9
Bristol 
110
377.7
Coventry 
97
306.2

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Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 15 
Undergraduate Students at the University 
Men
Women
Total 
3472
2742
Science 
1137
616
Social Science 
484
401
Engineering 
509
56
Arts 
593
943
Medicine 
306
336
Dentistry 
139
107
Law 
182
171
Veterinary Science 
110
104
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 16 
1. 46.4%
2. 45.2%
3. 30%
4. 
60%
5. 
51.9% 
6. 80.5%
7. 2.5% 8. 
12.6% 
9. 
30% 
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 17 
Geographical Distribution of Trade in 1987
Export 
Import
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 18 
1. 93%
2. 85%
3. 80%
4. 
13%
5. 
7% 
6. 52%
7. 89%
8. 89%
9. 
65%
10. 
90% 
11. 75%
12. 39%
13. 75%
14. 85%
15. 87% 
16. 45%
17. 86%
18. 87%
19. 92%
20. 95% 
Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 19 
1. A 
2. B 
3. B 
4. A 
5. A 
6. B 
7. B 
8. A
9. B 
10. B 
11. B 
12. B 
Oil-
exporting 
companies 
7%
Other 
developing 
countries 
11%
Rest of 
western 
Europe 10%
North 
America 
16%
Other 
developed 
countries 
5%
Centrally 
planned 
economies 
2%
European 
Community 
49%
Oil-
exporting 
companies 
2%
Other 
developing 
countries 
10%
Rest of 
western 
Europe 14%
North 
America 
11%
Other 
developed 
countries 
8%
Centrally 
planned 
economies 
2%
European 
Community 
53%

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Unit 1: Listening Activity No. 20 
Quality Daily Newspapers:
The Daily Telegraph
1855 
990,000 
The Times
1785 
690,000 
The Guardian 
1821 
410,000 
The Financial Times
1888 
450,000 
Quality Sunday Newspapers:
The Sunday Times
1822 
145,000 
The Observer
1791 
480,000 
The Sunday Telegraph
1961 
830,000 
Popular Daily Newspapers:
The Daily Express
1900 
1,000,000 
The Sun
1964 
3,730,000 
The Mirror
1903 
2,130,000 
Daily Mail
1896 
2,470,000 
Popular Sunday Newspapers:
News of the World
1843 
4,100,000 
Sunday Mirror
1963 
1,880,000 
The People
1881 
1,390,000 
The Mail on Sunday 
1982 
710,000 
Sunday Express 
1918 
850,000 
Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 1 
1. Riley
2. Peter
3. 6 years 
4. IELTS
5. 6 
6. listening, writing, speaking 
7. speaking 
Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 2 
1. Computer Science 
2. well-paid 
3. big effect 
4. Arts
5. 
D 
6. 
Medicine 
7. 
Dentistry 8. 
Engineering 
Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 3 
Conversation 1 
1. 4217845 
2. Mary
3. Have a night out/invitation 
4. See a film, eat out 
5. Friday 
Conversation 2 
1. 2045789 
2. Mary
3. Peter
4. Part
5. coming over
Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 4 
1. 
showers 
2. 
west 
3. 
3 
4. 
4 
5. Northern Ireland 
6. East
7. 2 
8. 8 
9. Coast of England 
10. sunshine 
11. 
winds
12. Northern Ireland 
13. -10
14. -3 
 
Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 5 
1. Pratley 
2. 14 Twyford 
3. 5638995 
4. A bank clerk 

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Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 6 
1. Yes 
2. One
3. Toilet and Bathroom 
4. 
Four 
5. 
No 
6. 
No 
7. 
₤
200
8. The first day
9. 
₤
350 
10. 4093378 
Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 7 
1. Butcher 
2. Anthony 
3. Male 
4. 14 April, 1966
5. Italian
6. To study English 
7. 35
Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 8 
1. Handbag 
2. oval
3. black and white 
4. 
₤
250 
5. 2:30pm 
6. coffee shop 
7. Janet Thomas
8. 25 King Street 
9. 4237689
Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 9 
1. Sutton 
2. Leeds University 
3. English 
4. 1990
5. Secondary School Teacher 
6. 1992-1993 
7. 1990-1992 
8. 
₤
500 a month
9. 
₤
600 a month 
10. four 
Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 10 
Message 1 
1. 
Bill 
2. 
10pm 
3. 
8:30am 
4. 235669 
5. Mary Roberts 
Message 2 
1. 237561 
2. Henry Grey 
3. Tom 
4. 10:30 tomorrow 
5. 5:30
6. 488992 
Message 3 
1. 
345714 2. 
Linda 
3. 
Film 
4. School Gate 
5. Lunch time 
6. 4440456 
Message 4 
1. 409267 
2. Linda
3. The school Hall
4. 8:30 
 
Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 11 
1. By car/Drive
2. By bike/Ride
3. 5 miles 
4. 20 miles 
5. A few blocks
6. 15-20 minutes
7. 15 minutes 
8. Yes 
9. No 
10. No
11. More buses
12. Better subway system 
Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 12 
1. Job application/Applying for job
2. Mr. Bradshaw 
3. Penny Jacobs
4. UEA/University of East Anglia 
5. Sociology and Foreign Languages 
6. French, Italian 
7. 3; 6
8. 9:30am, Friday
9. 6
th
floor 
10. degree; birth 

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Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 13 
1. Wood
2. Caroline 
3. Air Stewardess
4. Over 4 years
5. B. Sc. Mathematics 
6. Travel, Reading, Languages 
7. 4 including English 
Unit 2: Listening Activity No. 14 
1. New York 
2. Great Western Bank 
3. Ellen Robbins
4. 3021 Sagebrush Drive 5. VO233779 
6. 
₤
300 
7. $450
8. Elton John 
9. 8 
10. Telegraphic Transfer 11. Telegraphic Transfer