Organise Competitions for Open Day Committee - IELTS Listening Answers & Explanations
From IELTS Simulation Tests Academic Listening Test 06 · Part 3 · Questions 21–30
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Questions 21–25 One Choice
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Questions 26–27 Short Answers
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Questions 28–30 Flow Chart Completion
Label the flow chart below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Step 1 Find 'Portal 28' on campus on Open Day
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Step 2 Be photographed stepping through the Portal
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Step 3 Give contact 29 (name & email address)
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Step 4 Visit the University Facebook page and vote
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Step 5 The picture with the most votes at 5 pm on 30 wins
Answers & Explanations Summary
| # | Answer | Evidence | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q21 | C | CLARE: Yeah that's a great idea. That should get a lot of our younger visitors interested |
Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows Clare agreeing that their choice will attract and excite the young people who come to visit the university during Open Day. Answer Explanation: The answer "Open Day visitors" means that the competition needs to be attractive and exciting for people who visit the university during Open Day. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is C because Grant states that the committee wants something with "youth appeal," and Clare agrees by noting that "most of the visitors will have just left high school" and that their prize idea "should get a lot of our younger visitors interested." They are specifically designing the activity for the visitors coming to the Open Day event. |
| Q22 | B | GRANT: Let's make it an iPad—I wish I'd had a tablet computer when I started university. CLARE: Yeah that's a great idea. That should get a lot of our younger visitors interested. GRANT: Right let's go with that then |
Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows Grant suggesting an iPad as the prize, and both Clare and Grant agreeing to go with that choice. Answer Explanation: The answer B means that the winner of the competition will receive an iPad. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is B because Grant suggests making the prize an iPad ("Let's make it an iPad"), and Clare agrees that it is a great idea. Grant then confirms the decision by saying, "let's go with that then." While an iPod and an iPhone are mentioned as ideas earlier, both speakers finalize the iPad as the actual prize. |
| Q23 | A | A university purchase order will probably be arranged through the Resources and Supplies Section | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript states that buying the item will be organized through the university's Resources and Supplies department. Answer Explanation: The answer "a university department" means that an office or section inside the university will buy the prize. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is A because Grant explains that they do not need to buy the prize themselves. Instead, an order to buy it will be set up through the university's "Resources and Supplies Section", which is a university department. Keywords to pay attention to include "university purchase order" and "Resources and Supplies Section". |
| Q24 | A | CLARE: That's right. But the main thing is that the contestants have a lot of fun | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows Clare directly stating that the top priority for everyone joining the competition is to have a good and fun time. Answer Explanation: The answer "A" means that the most important goal for participants in the competition is to have fun and enjoy themselves. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is A because Clare clearly points out that the primary focus of the activity is entertainment. In the conversation, Grant asks if the contest should involve no skill or intelligence, and Clare agrees, adding that "the main thing" (which means the most important aspect) is that the "contestants" (entrants) "have a lot of fun." |
| Q25 | C | CLARE: It's a series where in every episode the main characters step through a portal into another world or another era. GRANT: What's a portal? CLARE: It's like a gateway or entrance to something | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript states that a portal is a gateway, and walking through it leads the characters into another world or another era (a different time period). Answer Explanation: The answer "C" means that in the television show, walking through the gateway takes the characters to a different time period in history or the future. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is C because Clare explains that in the TV show, the characters go through a "portal" (which she explains means a "gateway") into "another world or another era." The word "era" is a synonym for "time period," making "a different time period" the correct choice. |
| Q26 | the public | CLARE: Mmm. Wait. We don't decide on the winner. I mean no one person does. we get them, the public, to do it | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows Clare explaining that the organizers will not choose who wins, but will let ordinary people in the public make the decision. Answer Explanation: The answer "the public" refers to regular people or the general community. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is "the public" because Clare explains that the organizers will not choose the winner themselves. Instead, they will let "the public" judge and decide the winner by voting for their favorite photo on Facebook. |
| Q27 | graduates / Engineering Department graduates / Engineering graduates / graduates of Engineering | CLARE: I was thinking graduates of the Engineering Department could construct it as part of their contribution to Open Day | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows Clare suggesting that former students (graduates) from the Engineering Department can build (construct) the portal. Answer Explanation: The answer means that people who finished studying in the Engineering Department will make the portal. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is correct because Grant asks how they will get a portal, and Clare replies that graduates from the Engineering Department can make it. In this context, the word "construct" means to "build". |
| Q28 | photo booth | CLARE: Well, firstly, they have to make their way to the 'portal photo booth' on campus | Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript states that the first step for participants is to go to the "portal photo booth" on the university grounds. Answer Explanation: The answer refers to a special "photo booth" where people go to take pictures. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is confirmed when Clare explains how visitors enter the competition. She states that visitors must first go to the "portal photo booth" located on the university campus. Therefore, the words completing the phrase "Portal..." are "photo booth". |
| Q29 | details | GRANT: And they'll have to write down their details—you know, name, phone number, email No, hang on let's keep it simple—just name and email address should do |
Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript shows Grant explaining that the contestants must write down their "details", which include their name and email address. Answer Explanation: The answer "details" means personal information, specifically a person's contact information such as their name and email address. Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is "details" because Grant mentions that after taking a photo, visitors need to write down their personal information ("details"), specifically their name and email address, so the organizers can contact them. |
| Q30 | 10th of August / 10th August / 10 of August / 10 August / August 10th / August 10 / August tenth / 10-08 | CLARE: Of course maybe, uh the most popular photo as of 5 pm on the tenth of August will collect the iPad |
Excerpt/Transcript Explanation: The transcript states that the photo with the most votes by 5 pm on the 10th of August will win the competition. Answer Explanation: The answer is the date August 10th (or 10 August). Reason For Correctness: The correct answer is 10th August because Clare specifies the cut-off time and date for determining the winner. She mentions that the most popular photo as of 5 pm on the "tenth of August" will win the prize. |
Transcript
CLARE: Hi, Grant. What sort of competition do you think we should organise?
GRANT: Well, Clare, the Open Day Committee was pretty clear on that—it must be something with youth appeal.
CLARE: That makes sense—after all, most of the visitors will have just left high school.
GRANT: Yeah, so I was thinking—technology.
CLARE: Do you mean something which uses the latest technology—like an iPod?
GRANT: Something like that but a bit more expensive maybe.
CLARE: What about the latest iPhone? I'm saving up for one right now.
GRANT: Let's make it an iPad—I wish I'd had a tablet computer when I started university.
CLARE: Yeah...that's a great idea. That should get a lot of our younger visitors interested.
GRANT: Right...let's go with that then.
CLARE: Fine. We could go into town now and buy it. I saw great deals advertised at the Rick Smith store.
GRANT: Oh, I don't think we'll have to worry about that. A university purchase order will probably be arranged through the Resources and Supplies Section.
CLARE: Well, that's settled then. What about the competition—is it going to be a game of skill or a guessing game or something else?
GRANT: What do you think would work best?
CLARE: Good question. I don't think it should be anything too hard or anything that will make the visitors look silly—some of them have such fragile egos.
GRANT: True. So...something that anyone can do?—Nothing competitive—no skill or intelligence involved?
CLARE: That's right. But the main thing is that the contestants have a lot of fun.
GRANT: How do we do that?
CLARE: Well, I was thinking of a popular TV series: science fiction or science fantasy—I don't actually know the difference.
GRANT: Go on.
CLARE: It's a series where in every episode the main characters step through a portal into another world or another era.
GRANT: What's a portal?
CLARE: It's like a gateway or entrance to something...
GRANT: Okay, I get it—they'll be stepping into the new world of tertiary learning—so somehow we encourage people to step through this 'portal'—then what?
CLARE: They get their photo taken.
GRANT: Is that all?
CLARE: Not exactly—let me think.
GRANT: I can't see how that's a competition...unless we pick the best photograph...but there's not much excitement or involvement in that for the participants!
CLARE: Mmm. Wait. We don't decide on the winner...I mean no one person does...we get them, the public, to do it.
GRANT: How?
CLARE: Put all the photos on Facebook—and the one with the most votes wins.
GRANT: I agree...good idea. But there's just one more thing I'm not clear about—how do we get hold of a portal?
CLARE: I was thinking graduates of the Engineering Department could construct it as part of their contribution to Open Day.
GRANT: How do visitors enter the competition on Open Day?
CLARE: Well, firstly, they have to make their way to the 'portal photo booth' on campus.
GRANT: Okay—a bit like a treasure hunt to start with.
CLARE: Yes, and then they get their photo taken stepping through the portal.
GRANT: And they'll have to write down their details—you know, name, phone number, email...No, hang on... let's keep it simple—just name and email address should do.
CLARE: Then after, say, the thirtieth of July, people can visit the university Facebook page and vote for their favourite photo.
GRANT: So the photo with the most votes wins.
CLARE: Yes, I think that should generate quite a bit of interest.
GRANT: What about a cut-off date?
CLARE: Of course...maybe, uh...the most popular photo as of 5 pm on the tenth of August will collect the iPad.
GRANT: And the winner will be notified by email.
CLARE: And...the winning photo will be enlarged and published in full colour on the university Facebook page.