IELTS Academic Listening — Crash Course Test 12

GOAT Guru English
30:00

🎧 Section 1. This recording contains all four sections of the test in one continuous audio file — use the player to skip ahead once you finish this section. Questions 1–10.

Questions 1–10

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Holiday rental
Owner's names: Jack Fitzgerald and Shirley Fitzgerald
Granary Cottage
  • available for week beginning 1 May
  • cost for the week: £2
3 Cottage
  • cost for the week: £480
  • building was originally a 4
  • walk through doors from living room into a 5
  • several 6 spaces at the front
  • bathroom has a shower
  • central heating and stove that burns 7
  • views of old 8 from living room
  • view of hilltop 9 from the bedroom
Payment
  • deposit: £144
  • deadline for final payment: end of 10

🎧 Section 2. Continue in the same recording — skip ahead to this section using the player. Questions 11–20.

Questions 11–14

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. Local council report on traffic and highways.
11 A survey found people's main concern about traffic in the area was
12 Which change will shortly be made to the cycle path next to the river?
13 Plans for a pedestrian crossing have been postponed because
14 On Station Road, notices have been erected

Questions 15–20

Label the map below. Write the correct letter, A–I, next to Questions 15–20. Recreation ground after proposed changes.
Recreation ground map
15 New car park
16 New cricket pitch
17 Children's playground
18 Skateboard ramp
19 Pavilion
20 Notice board

🎧 Section 3. Continue in the same recording — skip ahead to this section using the player. Questions 21–30.

Questions 21–22

Choose TWO letters, A–E. Which TWO benefits of city bike-sharing schemes do the students agree are the most important?
Select exactly two options.

Questions 23–24

Choose TWO letters, A–E. Which TWO things do the students think are necessary for successful bike-sharing schemes?
Select exactly two options.

Questions 25–30

What is the speakers' opinion of the bike-sharing schemes in each of the following cities? Choose SIX answers from the box, A–G, next to Questions 25–30.
Opinion of bike-sharing scheme
A. They agree it has been disappointing.
B. They think it should be cheaper.
C. They are surprised it has been so successful.
D. They agree that more investment is required.
E. They think the system has been well designed.
F. They disagree about the reasons for its success.
G. They think it has expanded too quickly.
25 Amsterdam
26 Dublin
27 London
28 Buenos Aires
29 New York
30 Sydney

🎧 Section 4. Continue in the same recording — skip ahead to this section using the player. Questions 31–40.

Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
THE EXTINCTION OF THE DODO BIRD
The dodo was a large flightless bird which used to inhabit the island of Mauritius.
History
  • 1507 – Portuguese ships transporting 31 stopped at the island to collect food and water.
  • 1638 – The Dutch established a 32 on the island.
  • They killed the dodo birds for their meat.
  • The last one was killed in 1681.
Description
  • The only record we have is written descriptions and pictures (possibly unreliable).
  • A Dutch painting suggests the dodo was very 33.
  • The only remaining soft tissue is a dried 34.
  • Recent studies of a dodo skeleton suggest the birds were capable of rapid 35.
  • It's thought they were able to use their small wings to maintain 36.
  • Their 37 was of average size.
  • Their sense of 38 enabled them to find food.
Reasons for extinction
  • Hunting was probably not the main cause.
  • Sailors brought dogs and monkeys.
  • 39 also escaped onto the island and ate the birds' eggs.
  • The arrival of farming meant the 40 was destroyed.
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