IELTS Academic Listening Test 23

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🎧 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 form below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Accommodation form: Rental properties
Example — Name: Jane Ryder
  • Contact phone number: (0044) 1
  • Email address: richard@2.co.uk
  • Occupation: a local 3
Type of accommodation
  • a 2-bedroom apartment wanted (must have its own 4)
  • no 5 required (family bringing theirs)
  • a 6 in the kitchen is preferable
  • Preferred location: near a 7
  • Maximum rent: £8 per month
  • Other requests: the accommodation has to be 9 in the daytime
  • How did you first hear about us: through a 10

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

Questions 11–15

Proposed crime prevention measures. Answer the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
  • The police officer suggests neighbours give each other their 11.
  • Neighbours should discuss what to do if there's any kind of 12.
  • It's a good idea to leave on the 13.
  • Think carefully about where you put any 14.
  • It's a good idea to buy good-quality 15.

Questions 16–20

Which crime prevention measure is proposed for each area affected by crime? Choose FIVE answers from the box, A–G, next to Questions 16–20.
Proposed crime prevention measures
A. install more lighting
B. have more police officers on patrol
C. remove surrounding vegetation
D. contact local police
E. fix damage quickly
F. change road design
G. use security cameras
16 Skate park
17 Local primary schools
18 Abbotsford Street
19 Shops on Victoria Street
20 Supermarket car park

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

Questions 21–26

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. Presentation on the problems and potential of biofuels.
21 Mike suggests they begin their presentation by
22 Karina doesn't want to discuss the production of ethanol because
23 Which source of biofuel do the students agree is least environmentally friendly?
24 What is the main problem facing the development of the biofuel industry in the USA?
25 Karina doubts that sugar cane production in Brazil will
26 Karina and Mike conclude that in order to increase the use of biofuels

Questions 27–30

Answer the questions below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
What TWO biofuel-related problems do Mike and Karina decide to focus on in the last section of their presentation?
  • 27
  • 28
Which two sources of biofuel do Mike and Karina say are being tried out?
  • 29
  • algae
  • 30

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

Questions 31–34

The "weak-tie" theory: how friends-of-friends influence us. Complete the summary below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

In 1973, Mark Granovetter claimed that the influence of "weak-ties" can affect the behaviour of populations in the fields of information science, politics and 31. Although friends-of-friends may be unlike us, they have similar enough 32 to have a beneficial effect on our lives. An example of this influence is when we hear about 33 because information about them is provided by weak-ties. Since Granovetter proposed his theory, other studies have shown that weak-tie networks also benefit our 34.

Questions 35–36

Choose TWO letters, A–E. Which does the speaker believe are TWO real benefits of online social networking?
Select exactly two options.

Questions 37–38

Choose TWO letters, A–E. Which TWO problems related to online social networking will increase, according to the speaker?
Select exactly two options.

Questions 39–40

Choose TWO letters, A–E. Which TWO claims are made by Robin Dunbar about social networking sites?
Select exactly two options.
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