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IELTS Listening

Time: Approximately 09 minutes

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  • There are 10 questions in this test.
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IELTS Listening Part 2

Questions 11-16

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

Touring Devon Port on a Segway

  • - The company does not allow children, pregnant women, or people recovering from
    to ride Segways.
  • - The Segway tour of Devon Port lasts for
  • - A Segway rider barely needs
    to remain in motion.
  • - A Segway weighs
  • - Accidents happen due to jumping off, or jerking instead of
    to move the Segway.
  • - The gyroscope monitors a rider's center of
    and adjusts the post to maintain balance.

Questions 17 – 20

The map has nine labels. (A – I). Choose the correct label.

A B C D E F G H I
17French Café
18Yacht club
19pre-European settlement
20North Head

Touring Devon Port on a Segway - IELTS Listening Part 2 Answers

Question Your Answer Correct Answer Solution
11 leg surgery Q11
12 2,5 hours Q12
13 exertion Q13
14 36 kilograms Q14
15 leaning Q15
16 gravity Q16
17 D Q17
18 G Q18
19 I Q19
20 A Q20

Touring Devon Port on a Segway - IELTS Listening Part 2 Transcript

Touring Devonport on a Segway.

You will hear a guide giving information on how to ride a Segway, and on places to see in Devonport.

Before you listen, you have 30 seconds to read questions 11 to 16.

Guide: Hi folks.

Before we start, I’d like to check if there’s anyone here under the age of thirteen. No? Anyone who’s pregnant, or who’s just had (11) leg surgery? Good. Our company isn’t insured for these users.[Q-11]

Now, I can see you’re all eyeing your Segway with interest. They’re curious beasts, aren’t they? Battery-driven two-wheeled vehicles are often used in crowd control or postal delivery. I’ll be giving detailed operating instructions in a moment, and then I’ll outline our route.

In (12) 2,5 hours, [Q-12]we won’t see everything in Devonport, but we’ll take in much more than if we were on foot. In fact, the maximum speed of a Segway is eighteen kilometres per hour.

Right-o. Safety gear. Here are your helmets. Please keep them on while riding. I hope you’re wearing flat enclosed shoes as well. Actually, you can operate a Segway in any footwear, but our company insists on sturdy shoes because we explore tunnels, and walk around rocks at North Head.

So. Riding a Segway is marvellously easy once you know how. It’s important not to think of a Segway as a similar to a bicycle or a scooter since a Segway rider barely needs (13) to exert energy to move. This concept of movement with minimal (13) exertion seems foreign to some beginners, and most mishaps are the result of riders’ jerking backwards and losing their balance. [Q-13]

Another mistake learners make is to hop off a Segway then they’ve stopped, but a Segway is as steady when stationary as when in motion, so don’t dismount unless there’s a place you can’t ride into, like the tunnels in (17) North Head or (18) the French Café, where we end our tour.

A Segway is also robust. It’s quite light at (14) 36 kilograms[Q-14], and its low centre of gravity and wide tyres mean it can handle many different surfaces. In fact, I’ve been in the snow with mine.

However, a Segway does have a delicate internal mechanism. It contains a gyroscope- a device that’s constantly moving to keep itself, and you, upright.

OK. Using the controls. The first thing you’ll notice is that there are hardly any. There’s an on-off button, and a screen indicating battery life and operational mode; we’ll be using ‘Normal’. So, let’s turn on our Segways. Now, hold the post upright, and place one foot on the platform. Push the on-off button. You’ll see the red lights rotating while the gyroscope is calibrating. When the lights turn green, release the kickstand, and place both feet on the platform. Now, lean forward slowly, and the machine will start; lean further forward, and it will speed up. In fact, (15) leaning is the way to control your Segway[Q-15]. (15) Leaning remember, not jerking- that’ll make you fall off. Lean backwards, and the Segway slows down; keep leaning backwards, and it stops. Twist the left handle to go left; twist the right to go right. Simple. With the internal gyroscope constantly monitoring your (16) centre of gravity and adjusting the post accordingly, you’ll always keep your balance. [Q-16]

Narrator: Before you listen to the rest of the talk, you have 30 seconds to read questions 17 to 20.

Guide: As I said earlier, we’ve been in this lovely harbour suburb of Devonport for (12) 2,5 hours, beginning at the wharf and (17) ending up at the French Café. On the way, we’ll pass (18) a yacht club, quite a famous club in fact, and a church and graveyard that are the oldest in this part of the city. We’ll also climb two volcanoes. (19) The first volcano has remained from the pre-European settlement in the form of storage pits and terraces, but there are no buildings left. (20) The second volcano, called North Head, has a museum at its base and some disused tunnels[Q-17,18,19,20]. The museums are devoted to naval history, but I’m afraid we won’t have time to visit. Where do we go next? Oh yes- (17) the rocks below North Head. The rocks below North Head lead to Cheltenham Beach. We’ll leave our Segways above the rocks while we explore. It’s too cold to swim at this time of year, but people do in summer.

Throughout our tour, I’ll be guiding you in your Segway adventure, and recounting some amazing tales of this historic suburb.