Orientation Tour of the City Museum

IELTS Listening PracticePart 2medium

Recording

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You can replay the recording as many times as you like while practising. In the real exam you hear it once only.

Questions

Questions 1–5

Label the museum plan. Where is each place located?

Choose the correct location A–F for each place from the list.

Plan

Options

A. immediately on the right of the entrance
B. straight ahead, at the far end of the entrance hall
C. on the first floor, up the main staircase
D. in the corner, left of the Egyptian Gallery
E. on the right, past the cloakroom
F. next to the exit

the cloakroom

the Egyptian Gallery

the Natural History Gallery

the café

the gift shop

Question 6

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

What is NOT permitted in the Egyptian Gallery?

In the Egyptian Gallery, visitors may not use

A. taking any photographsB. using flash photographyC. bringing children

Questions 7–10

Practical information

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Suggested donation on entry: £(max 2 words)

Adult charge for the Ancient Rome exhibition: £(max 2 words)

The free highlights tour leaves from the information desk at 11 am and again at:(max 2 words)

The guided tour lasts about ______ minutes.(max 1 word)

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About this Listening test

“Orientation Tour of the City Museum” is an original IELTS Listening practice test in the style of Part 2 with 10 questions (Plan / Map Labelling, Multiple Choice and Note Completion). Play the recording, answer as you listen, then submit to have every answer marked instantly and read the transcript.

Part 2 is a monologue in an everyday social context — a guided tour, a welcome talk, an announcement about local facilities. You answer 10 questions, commonly multiple choice, matching, and map or plan labelling, by following one speaker’s organised description.

How to approach it

In the preparation pause, read the questions and mark the key difference between multiple-choice options, so you listen for meaning rather than matching words.
For a map task, orient yourself before the audio starts: find the entrance or starting point, the compass if there is one, and every label already printed.
Common trap: Map disorientation: "on your left" is the speaker’s left along the route being described, not the left of the page.

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