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This listening practice simulates the second section of the IELTS Listening test. Listen to the audio and answer questions 11-20.

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Questions 11-12

Choose two letters A-E.

Write your answers in boxes 11-12 on your answer sheet.

Questions 11 and 12 — Which TWO responsibilities are being left to Group A rather than another organisation?

making access routes easier to use
adding new trees to boundary areas
clearing litter from the park
putting visitor information in place
replacing the cycle-track fencing

(A) is correct. Ellen says Group A should deal with paths that are too narrow for easy wheelchair access.

(B) is incorrect. Tree planting is planned for the school.

(C) is incorrect. Those jobs have already been assigned to the school or to the council contractor.

(D) is correct. Ellen says Group A should put the new information notices around the site.

(E) is incorrect. Those jobs have already been assigned to the school or to the council contractor.

Associated Text:
Some of these footpaths are far too narrow, barely wide enough for a wheelchair to pass, and the council was supposed to widen them last summer but never got round to it. So we'd love you to take that on today

(A) is correct. Ellen says Group A should deal with paths that are too narrow for easy wheelchair access.

(B) is incorrect. Tree planting is planned for the school.

(C) is incorrect. Those jobs have already been assigned to the school or to the council contractor.

(D) is correct. Ellen says Group A should put the new information notices around the site.

(E) is incorrect. Those jobs have already been assigned to the school or to the council contractor.

Associated Text:
We've also got a stack of new informational signs, about the plants, the wildlife, and the rules of the park, and they need installing at various points around the site

Questions 13-14

Choose two letters A-E.

Write your answers in boxes 13-14 on your answer sheet.

Questions 13 and 14 — Which TWO things are Group A expected to provide for themselves?

refreshments for the day
suitable footwear
protective handwear
weatherproof clothing
personal repair equipment

(A) is correct. Ellen says volunteers must supply their own lunch and water.

(B) is incorrect. Boots are available from storage.

(C) is incorrect. Footwear, gloves, and tools will be supplied on site.

(D) is correct. The afternoon weather makes waterproof clothing necessary.

(E) is incorrect. Footwear, gloves, and tools will be supplied on site.

Associated Text:
I'm afraid we're going to have to ask you to bring your own food and drink today.

(A) is correct. Ellen says volunteers must supply their own lunch and water.

(B) is incorrect. Boots are available from storage.

(C) is incorrect. Footwear, gloves, and tools will be supplied on site.

(D) is correct. The afternoon weather makes waterproof clothing necessary.

(E) is incorrect. Footwear, gloves, and tools will be supplied on site.

Associated Text:
we're expecting heavy showers from about two o'clock, so a good waterproof raincoat is essential

Questions 15-20

Label the plan below.

Choose Write the correct letter A-I, next to questions 15-20. for each answer.

15 Vegetable beds

16 Bee hives

17 Seating

18 adventure playground

19 Sand area

20 Pond

The correct answer is D because the vegetable beds are reached by going west from the circular footpath and are just past the bamboo fence, matching that location on the plan.

Associated Text:
From the car park, head straight up the main footpath until you come to the circular footpath with a small cluster of trees in the middle. From there, take the path that branches off to the west, that's the left side of the plan as we're looking at it, and just past the bamboo fence, you'll find the vegetable beds set out in rows

The correct answer is A because the beehives are in the top-right corner, beside the eastern end of the bicycle track.

Associated Text:
If you keep going up to the very top of the park instead of taking any of the side paths, the beehives are tucked right into the top right corner, alongside the eastern end of the bicycle track.

The correct answer is F because the seating is the first labelled place to the left at the top of the plan, just south of the bicycle track.

Associated Text:
Back near the circular footpath, the route north takes you up to the bicycle track at the top of the plan. When you reach that top edge, turn left along the line of the track and you'll find the seating area just south of it, with a wonderful view of the river.

The correct answer is H because the adventure playground is immediately west of the car park, with a bamboo fence to its north.

Associated Text:
Back down at the car park, the short path off to the west, to your left as you face the plan, takes you straight to the adventure playground, just to the west of the car park, with a small bamboo fence to its north.

The correct answer is G because the sand area is along the bicycle track between the seating to the west and the beehives to the east.

Associated Text:
From the seating, if you move east along the bicycle track, the sand area sits between the seating to its west and the beehives to its east, with another bamboo fence directly to its north between it and the bicycle track.

The correct answer is C because the pond is on the left-hand side near the top, above the fruit bushes and in the top-left area of the park.

Associated Text:
For the pond, go back to the main circular path and take the path up the western side of the park. The pond is towards the top, just above the line of fruit bushes you can see marked there.

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