IELTS Listening Test 17
Section 1: Questions 1-4
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
1. A TFN is a number used
A exclusively for tax administration
B exclusively by individual tax payers
C for managing several government services
2. Without a TFN, the applicant would be
A taxed at a higher rate
B unable to work
C liable for medicare contributions
3. What kind of visa does the applicant have?
A a visa granting indefinite stay
B a visa with work rights
C a student visa
4. A TFN is issued
A if you change your name
B only once in a lifetime
C when you claim a government benefit
Questions 5-10
Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.
(5) (6)
(7) (8)
(9) (10)
Section 2: Questions 11-16
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Keeping kids safe on Internet
• Internet for children-scary but educational
• ‘Online Family Norris’ blocks (11) and social sites
• But still important to watch children and (12) them
• Keep computer in family room where you can see it
• Children should never use their own name nor give out (13)
• Online friends stay online
• No personal email address for youngsters
• Teach teenagers that (14) on the Internet always stay there – and may ruin job prospects
• Watch out for (15)
• Teenagers use internet: to socialize or do (16)
• Young kids: find help with school subjects
Questions 17-20
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
(17) (18)
(19) (20)
Section 3: Questions 21-23
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
21. Ted and Cleo’s research results will be presented as a
A poster
B survey
C graph
22. They will select foreign students
A from the language school
B from the business school
C randomly on campus
23. The foreign students will have to
A collate the answers
B rank the answers
C know a lot about the answers.
Questions 24-28
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Reasons for studying abroad
Study abroad
• Is the best way to learn a language
• Provides a (24)
• Allows you to experience another culture first hand
• Helps you (25)
• Give you opportunity to make new friends
• Helps you (26)
• Enables you to (27)
• Increase the value of your degree
• Improves (28)
• Expands your world view
Questions 29 and 30
Label the diagram below. Choose your answers from the box and write the letters A-H next to questions 29-30.
(29)
(30)
Section 4: Questions 31-36
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND OR A NUMBER for each answer.
(31)
(32)
(33)
(34)
(35)
(36)
Questions 37-40
Complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.
Primarily, Peale was a painter but he was also a politician, scientist and (37) with many successful patents. He worked with Thomas Jefferson on the polygraph which was a desk that could be used for copying a (38) He wrote academic papers on different subjects and tried to make movies, spectacles and a velocipede (a kind of (39) ) Peale was also a naturalist and taxidermist and he helped unearth the skeleton of mastodon which was the best (40) in his museum.