IELTS Academic Listening — Crash Course Test 17

GOAT Guru English
30:00

🎧 Section 1. Listen once and answer Questions 1–10. You will hear the recording only one time in the real exam — for practice, you may replay it.

Questions 1–10

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Transport survey
  • Name: Sadie Jones
  • Year of birth: 1991
  • Postcode: 1
Travelling by bus
  • Date of bus journey: 2
  • Reason for trip: shopping and visit to the 3
  • Travelled by bus because cost of 4 too high
  • Got on bus at 5 Street
  • Complaints about bus service:
  •   – bus today was 6
  •   – frequency of buses in the 7
Travelling by car
  • Goes to the 8 by car
Travelling by bicycle
  • Dislikes travelling by bike in the city centre because of the 9
  • Doesn't own a bike because of a lack of 10

🎧 Section 2. Listen and answer Questions 11–20.

Questions 11–13

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. Becoming a volunteer for ACE.
11 Why does the speaker apologise about the seats?
12 What does the speaker say about the age of volunteers?
13 What does the speaker say about training?

Questions 14–15

Choose TWO letters, A–E. Which TWO issues does the speaker ask the audience to consider before they apply to be volunteers?
Select exactly two options.

Questions 16–20

What does the speaker suggest would be helpful for each of the following areas of voluntary work? Choose FIVE answers from the box, A–G, next to Questions 16–20.
Helpful things volunteers might offer
A. experience on stage
B. original, new ideas
C. parenting skills
D. an understanding of food and diet
E. retail experience
F. a good memory
G. a good level of fitness
16 Fundraising
17 Litter collection
18 'Playmates'
19 Story club
20 First aid

🎧 Section 3. Listen and answer Questions 21–30.

Questions 21–26

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. Talk on jobs in fashion design.
21 What problem did Chantal have at the start of the talk?
22 What were Hugo and Chantal surprised to hear about the job market?
23 Hugo and Chantal agree that the speaker's message was
24 What do Hugo and Chantal criticise about their school careers advice?
25 When discussing their future, Hugo and Chantal disagree on
26 How does Hugo feel about being an unpaid assistant?

Questions 27–28

Choose TWO letters, A–E. Which TWO mistakes did the speaker admit she made in her first job?
Select exactly two options.

Questions 29–30

Choose TWO letters, A–E. Which TWO pieces of retail information do Hugo and Chantal agree would be useful?
Select exactly two options.

🎧 Section 4. Listen and answer Questions 31–40.

Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Elephant translocation Reasons for overpopulation at Majete National Park
  • strict enforcement of anti-poaching laws
  • successful breeding
Problems caused by elephant overpopulation
  • greater competition, causing hunger for elephants
  • damage to 31 in the park
The translocation process
  • a suitable group of elephants from the same 32 was selected
  • vets and park staff made use of 33 to help guide the elephants into an open plain
  • elephants were immobilised with tranquilisers
  •   – this process had to be completed quickly to reduce 34
  •   – elephants had to be turned on their 35 to avoid damage to their lungs
  •   – elephants' 36 had to be monitored constantly
  •   – tracking devices were fitted to the matriarchs
  •   – data including the size of their tusks and 37 was taken
  • elephants were taken by truck to their new reserve
Advantages of translocation at Nkhotakota Wildlife Park
  • 38 opportunities
  • a reduction in the number of poachers and 39
  • an example of conservation that other parks can follow
  • an increase in 40 as a contributor to GDP
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