IELTS - LISTENING - CAM 14 - TEST 2

Purpose of questions: to collect personal     

Contact phone number:     

Date of birth: October tenth,     

Occupation: restaurant     

Place of work: Esterhazy’s restaurant     

Doctor’s comment: enjoys their     

Insurance company - Spelling:      Life Insurance

Main problem: pain in left     

Duration of pain:     

How it began: came on gradually and was      at first

Medication taken: pain      (Tylenol)

Effect of treatment: helps the      a little

Sport played regularly:     

Current status: hasn’t played since it     

Other exercise:      (three or four times a week)

Effect on legs: quite a     

Previous injury:      (last year)

Regular medication:     

The first fort was built in 914 AD by King Alfred the Great’s daughter for defence against   .

In the following century, the land was given to Richard de Vere, who built a castle that the family stayed in for over   .

In 1576, Queen Elizabeth I visited; a new house of wood was built for her as the castle was run down. This house was later destroyed by   .

In the 17th century, the      Fenys family owned and enlarged the castle.

In 1982, the Fenys family could no longer afford maintenance and sold it to a company that owned   .

In the state rooms, there are life-like moving wax models dressed in period costumes that even carry on   .

Booklets in every room provide information about the room's use and the history of its objects and   .

The park is quite   .

It once had a small zoo with      like rabbits and a baby elephant.

Nowadays, the old zoo buildings are used for   .

The oldest tree (800 years old) was sadly blown down in   .

Visitors are free to wander around on their own until   .

Afterwards, everyone must meet together at the bottom of the   .

The group will then go to the long gallery to see photos of the family having tea in the   .

Branley Castle has four   , joined together by a high wall.

The river runs along      sides of the castle.

The Great Hall is near the river in the main tower, which was      in the eighteenth century.

Starting point to walk around the walls: walk straight down the path until you get to the   .

Location for the archers displaying their skill: take the first left after the main entrance, follow the path past the   .

Location for the hunting birds display: go towards the south gate, but turn right before you get there, you'll see it on your right past the      tower.

Outdoor stage for traditional dancing: across the other side of the castle from the entrance, and over   .

The shop: take the first left after the main entrance, go down the path and take the   .

Rosie and Martin are preparing a presentation about a      on woolly mammoths.

The research project focuses on mammoths in   .

In the introduction, they want to establish a link between mammoths and the modern   .

They decide not to use a cartoon because it would be too   .

Instead, they choose to include a      in their presentation.

The timeline will be supported by visual   .

The discovery they describe took place on   .

This island is located in   .

The mammoth tooth was discovered by   .

The tooth was found under a      inside a cave.

The tooth was in very good   .

It looked as if it had been removed from the animal’s   .

Tests showed that the tooth was      years old.

Mammoth bones previously found on the mainland were      than this.

In prehistoric times, mammoths were able to      freely across the area.

The island became separated when the      began to rise.

As a result, the mammoths on the island could not   .

The species survived on the island until about      years ago.

Researchers analysed samples taken from the bottom of a   .

These samples even contained mammoth   .

Today’s lecture focuses on the early history of   .

Many ancient cultures believed weather events were controlled by   .

Floods were often mentioned in ancient   .

The Egyptian sun god mentioned in the lecture is   .

The Norse god associated with thunder and lightning is   .

Some ancient civilisations performed      to please the weather gods.

Early humans’      depended on observing the skies accurately.

The Babylonians produced early weather forecasts around   .

Their forecasts were based on observations of   .

By 300 BC, the Chinese calendar divided the year into      festivals.

The ancient Greek thinker who influenced weather theory was   .

Aristotle wrote an important book on weather in   .

He attempted to explain the formation of rain, clouds, wind and   .

Aristotle also described celestial phenomena such as   .

His ideas remained influential for nearly      years.

In the Middle Ages, weather knowledge was passed on through   .

Scientists in the fifteenth century began to develop weather   .

A hygrometer is used to measure   .

The world’s first thermometer was developed by   .

Benjamin Franklin discovered that storms usually travel from      to east.