IELTS LISTENING BOOK 17 TEST 03

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IELTS LISTENING TEST PRACTICE WITH ANSWERS BOOK 17 TEST 03

PART 1 Questions 1 – 10 Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Advice on surfing holidays: Jack’s advice

●   Recommends surfing for 1 …………………… holidays in the summer

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●   Need to be quite 2 ……………………

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Irish surfing locations

●   County Clare

        –  Lahinch has some good quality 3 …………………… and surf schools

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        –  There are famous cliffs nearby

●   County Mayo

        –  Good surf school at 4 …………………… beach

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        –  Surf camp lasts for one 5 ……………………

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        –  Can also explore the local 6 …………………… by kayak

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Weather

●   Best month to go: 7 ……………………

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●   Average temperature in summer: approx. 8 …………………… degrees

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Costs

●   Equipment

        –  Wetsuit and surfboard: 9 …………………… euros per day

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        –  Also advisable to hire 10 …………………… for warmth

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PART 2 Questions 11 – 14 Choose TWO letters, A-E. Which TWO facts are given about the school’s extended hours childcare service?

A It started recently.

B More children attend after school than before school.

C An average of 50 children attend in the mornings.

D A child cannot attend both the before and after school sessions.

E The maximum number of children who can attend is 70.

13 How much does childcare cost for a complete afternoon session per child?

14 What does the manager say about food?

15 What is different about arrangements in the school holidays?

Questions 16-20 What information is given about each of the following activities on offer? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to Questions 16-20.

PART 3 Questions 21-24 Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. Holly’s Work Placement Tutorial

21 Holly has chosen the Orion Stadium placement because.

22 Which aspect of safety does Dr Green emphasise most?

23 What does Dr Green say about the spectators?

24 What has affected the schedule in the past?

Questions 25-30 What do Holly and her tutor agree is an important aspect of each of the following events management skills? Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 25-30.

Section 4

Questions 31 – 40 Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Bird Migration Theory

Most birds are believed to migrate seasonally.

Hibernation theory

●   It was believed that birds hibernated underwater or buried themselves in 31 …………………… .

●   This theory was later disproved by experiments on caged birds.

Transmutation theory

●   Aristotle believed birds changed from one species into another in summer and winter.

        –  In autumn he observed that redstarts experience the loss of 32 …………………… and thought they then turned into robins.

        –  Aristotle’s assumptions were logical because the two species of birds had a similar 33 …………………… .

17th century

●   Charles Morton popularised the idea that birds fly to the 34 …………………… in winter.

Scientific developments

●   In 1822, a stork was killed in Germany which had an African spear in its 35 …………………… .

        –  previously there had been no 36 …………………… that storks migrate to Africa

●   Little was known about the 37 …………………… and journeys of migrating birds until the practice of ringing was established.

        –  It was thought large birds carried small birds on some journeys because they were considered incapable of travelling across huge 38 …………………… .

        –  Ringing depended on what is called the 39 ‘……………………’ of dead birds.

●   In 1931, the first 40 …………………… to show the migration of European birds was printed.

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