IELTS Academic Listening — Crash Course Test 14

🎧 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 1–4

Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Festival information

Date	Type of event	Details
17th	a concert	performers from Canada
18th	a ballet	company called 1
19th–20th (afternoon)	a play	type of play: a comedy called Jemima has had a good 2
20th (evening)	a 3 show	show is called 4

Questions 5–10

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Workshops

Making 5 food
(children only) Making 6
(adults only) Making toys from 7 using various tools

Outdoor activities

Swimming in the 8
Walking in the woods, led by an expert on 9

See the festival organiser's 10 for more information

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

Questions 15–20

Label the map below. Write the correct letter, A–I, next to Questions 15–20.

15 statue of Diane Gosforth

16 wooden sculptures

17 playground

18 maze

19 tennis courts

20 fitness area

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

Questions 21–22

Choose TWO letters, A–E. Which TWO groups of people is the display primarily intended for?

Select exactly two options.

A. students from the English department B. residents of the local area C. the university's teaching staff D. potential new students E. students from other departments

Questions 23–24

Choose TWO letters, A–E. What are Cathy and Graham's TWO reasons for choosing the novelist Charles Dickens?

Select exactly two options.

A. His speeches inspired others to try to improve society. B. He used his publications to draw attention to social problems. C. His novels are well-known now. D. He was consulted on a number of social issues. E. His reputation has changed in recent times.

Questions 25–30

What topic do Cathy and Graham choose to illustrate with each novel? Choose SIX answers from the box, A–H, next to Questions 25–30.

Topics

A. poverty

B. education

C. Dickens's novels

D. entertainment

E. crime and the law

F. wealth

G. medicine

H. a woman's life

25 The Pickwick Papers

26 Oliver Twist

27 Nicholas Nickleby

28 Martin Chuzzlewit

29 Bleak House

30 Little Dorrit

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

Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Agricultural programme in Mozambique How the programme was organised

It focused on a dry and arid region in Chicualacuala district, near the Limpopo River.
People depended on the forest to provide charcoal as a source of income.
31 was seen as the main priority to ensure the supply of water.
Most of the work organised by farmers' associations was done by 32.
Fenced areas created to keep animals away from crops.

The programme provided

– 33 for the fences
– 34 for suitable crops
– water pumps.

The farmers provided

– labour
– 35 for the fences on their land.

Further developments

The marketing of produce was sometimes difficult due to lack of 36.
Training was therefore provided in methods of food 37.
Farmers made special places where 38 could be kept.
Local people later suggested keeping 39.

Evaluation and lessons learned

Agricultural production increased, improving incomes and food security.
Enough time must be allowed, particularly for the 40 phase of the programme.