IELTS Listening Test
LISTENING Test 1
The impact of climate change on butterflies in Britain
Questions 1–10
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 1–10 on your answer sheet.
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2
3
4
Questions 5-10 Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Details of climbing club
5. meets
6. excursion to France in the
7. subscriptions paid
Benefits
8. discounts on
9. annual
10. free entrance to climbing in Cardiff
Listening Test 2
Deep-sea mining
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C
Write your answers in boxes 11-15 on your answer sheet.
Stanthorpe Twinning Association
11. During the visit to Malatte, in France, members especially enjoyed
12. What will happen in Stanthorpe to mark the 25th anniversary of the Twinning Association?
13. Which event raised most funds this year?
14. For the first evening with the French visitors host families are advised to
15. On Saturday evening there will be the chance to
Questions 16–20
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter, A–H, next to Questions 16–20
Farley House
Listening Test 3
The Unselfish Gene
Questions 21 and 22
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Which TWO things did Colin find most satisfying about his bread reuse project?
Questions 23 and 24
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Which TWO ways do the students agree that touch-sensitive sensors for food labels could be developed in future?
Questions 25–30
What is the students’ opinion about each of the following food trends?
Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–H, next to Questions 25–30.
Opinions
- AThis is only relevant to young people.
- BThis may have disappointing results.
- CThis already seems to be widespread.
- DRetailers should do more to encourage this.
- EMore financial support is needed for this.
- FMost people know little about this.
- GThere should be stricter regulations about this.
- HThis could be dangerous.
Food trends
25. Use of local products
26. Reduction in unnecessary packaging
27. Gluten-free and lactose-free food
28. Use of branded products related to celebrity chefs
29. Development of ‘ghost kitchens’ for takeaway food
30. Use of mushrooms for common health concerns
Listening Test 4
Céide Fields
• an important Neolithic archaeological site in the northwest of Ireland
Discovery
• In the 1930s, a local teacher realised that stones beneath the bog surface were once 31
• His 32 became an archaeologist and undertook an investigation of the site:
– a traditional method used by local people to dig for 33 was used to identify where stones were located
– carbon dating later proved the site was Neolithic.
• Items are well preserved in the bog because of a lack of 34
Neolithic farmers
• Houses were 35 in shape and had a hole in the roof.
• Neolithic innovations include:
– cooking indoors
– pots used for storage and to make 36
• Each field at Céide was large enough to support a big 37
• The fields were probably used to restrict the grazing of animals – no evidence of structures to house them during 38
Reasons for the decline in farming
• a decline in 39 quality
• an increase in 40
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