BT–L-9B IELTS

LISTENING TEST – 9
SECTION – 1 Questions 1 – 10

Example: What was James caught in?

Answer: A problem

Questions 1 – 5: Complete the following. Write No More Than Two Words and/or a Number for
each answer.

1. James has to divide his time between ________ and study.

2. To meet deadlines, James sometimes worked ___________.
3. James took up the job to attend ___________ classes.
4. James is busy appearing for ___________.
5. James’s major problem is the working hours and suitability of ________.

Questions 6 – 10: Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

6. Most of the job offers are either ad-hoc or for

(A) early morning (B) day time (C) late afternoon
7. Michael asks James to wait because
(A) he gets another call (B) something struck him (C) he is reminded of something
8. Michael wants
(A) to have a word with James
(B) James to have a word with his boss
(C) to have a word with his boss
9. When James says that he wants to have a word with Michael’s boss, he
(A) is quite serious (B) is not quite serious (C) is being naughty
10. Michael ends up by saying that
(A) he will call up the boss’s secretary
(B) he will ask his boss’s secretary to call James up
(C) he has to get back to office

SECTION – 2 Questions 11 – 20

Questions 11 – 15: Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

11. Who is speaking?

(A) The retired team leader of the company.
(B) The retired Managing Director of the company.
(C) The retired Chief Executive Director of the company.

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12. What was the designation of Mr. Bradman in the company?
(A) Managing Director (B) Team Leader (C) Chief Executive Director
13. For how long did Mr. Bradman work as a team leader?
(A) Six months (B) Three years (C) Five years
14. Which award did Mr. Bradman get in the year 1995?
(A) The Achiever Award (B) The Diamond (C) The Best Employee Award
15. What did Mr. Morrison remark about Mr. Bradman?
(A) The smart operator (B) A man of calibre (C) The achiever

Questions 16 – 20: Complete the following sentences. Write No More Than Three Words
and/or a Number for each answer.

16. The _____ that Mr. Bradman had in the staff made the speaker jealous sometimes.

17. The speaker announces to open ______________.

18. The company in which Mr. Bradman worked was in ____________.

19. Mr. Bradman died of __________.

20. The speaker says that Mrs. Bradman is the wife of ________.

SECTION – 3 Questions 21 – 30

Questions 21 – 25: Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

21. Anita is not satisfied with her

(A) grades in the tests
(B) score in the verbal section
(C) performance in the mock tests
22. Anita has been doing pretty well
(A) in the verbal section (B) in the mathematics section (C) overall
23. The verbal section is different from the mathematics section, which
(A) involves a stepwise process (B) cannot be proved (C) is a little subjective
24. Anita says that Mr. Samuel hit the nail
(A) on its head (B) pretty well (C) on the first attempt

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25. RC-based questions are very important because

(A) the right answers are difficult to find
(B) they constitute a large proportion of questions
(C) you can hope to score well here

Questions 26 – 30: Complete the following ‘Reading Comprehension’. Write No More Than Three
Words and/or a Number for each answer.

READING COMPREHENSION
Ü The ability to comprehend can greatly be improved by reading on
(26)______________.
Ü Students make the mistake of saying that the (27)______________.
Ü The main idea will be the one that contains the (28)______________ of the
author.
Ü Anita must know that the probability of marking the correct answer increases
as the number of answer options decreases, as she is (29)______________.
Ü Anita will be able to (30)______________ by applying these strategies in the
RC-based questions.

SECTION – 4 Questions 31 – 40

Questions 31 – 33: Choose the correct letter A – D.

31. The prevailing trend among qualified dental hygienists is to

(A) work full time in a hospital
(B) work part–time in a hospital
(C) work either on full-time or part-time basis
(D) work part-time in a hospital and have part-time self practice
32. According to a survey, the number of people suffering from oral health problems is
(A) 40% of the adult population in cities
(B) 40% of the population in urban areas
(C) 20% of the adult population in rural areas
(D) 20% of the adult population in urban areas

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33. The main job of a dental hygienist is to remove
(A) the soft deposits from the teeth
(B) the hard deposits from the teeth
(C) the soft and hard deposits from the teeth
(D) the soft and not-so-hard deposits from the teeth

Questions 34 – 36: Choose the Three letters A – F.

What do oral hygienists teach people?
(A) How to prevent tooth decay. (B) How to remove soft deposits.
(C) How to practice good oral habits. (D) How to prevent other diseases.
(E) How to prevent oral diseases. (F) How to care for gums.

Questions 37 – 40: Complete the summary. Write No More Than Three Words and/or a
Number for each blank.

Oral diseases can lead to other diseases such as those of (37)___________________. Increase

in the importance of aesthetic value of dental hygiene requires dental hygienists to remove

(38)_____________ from teeth. Dental hygienists ascertain the exact cause of dental disease

through (39)________________ of the patients. They (40)_______________ so that patients

can eat anything they like.

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