IELTS Academic Listening — Crash Course Test 4

GOAT Guru English
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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 notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Eastwood Community Centre — Evening Classes Painting with watercolours
  • Day: Tuesday, now held in the hall
  • Time: 1 pm (changed from last term)
  • Bring: a jar for water and 2
  • Cost: £45 for four classes (paints and aprons provided)
  • Level: suitable for 7
Maori language
  • Room: small room at the 3 of the stairs
  • Next course starts: 4 (delayed from July)
  • Bring: a small recorder
  • Cost: £40 for five classes
  • Tutor to contact: Jason 8
Digital photography
  • Room: room 9, starting in two weeks, Wednesdays at 6pm
  • Bring: camera and 5
  • Cost: £35 for four classes, or £6 for eight classes
  • Remember to check the camera 9 is charged
  • Final week: a visit to a local 10

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

Questions 11–12

Choose TWO letters, A–E. Which TWO tasks will the volunteers in Group A be responsible for?
Select exactly two options.

Questions 13–14

Choose TWO letters, A–E. Which TWO items should volunteers in Group A bring with them?
Select exactly two options.

Questions 15–20

Label the plan below. Write the correct letter, A–I, next to Questions 15–20.
Hadley Park Community Gardens bicycle track Island FRUIT BUSHES CAR PARK bamboo fences A B C D E F G H I
15 Vegetable beds
16 Bee hives
17 Seating
18 Adventure playground
19 Sand area
20 Pond

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

Questions 21–25

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
21 What point does Robert make about the 2013 study in Britain?
22 The speakers agree that food waste reports should emphasise the connection between carbon dioxide emissions and
23 Television programmes now tend to focus on
24 For Anna, the most significant point about food waste is
25 Anna and Robert decide to begin their presentation by

Questions 26–30

What advantage do the speakers identify for each of the following projects? Choose FIVE answers from the box, A–G, next to Questions 26–30.
Advantages
A. It should save time.
B. It will create new jobs.
C. It will benefit local communities.
D. It will make money.
E. It will encourage personal responsibility.
F. It will be easy to advertise.
G. It will involve very little cost.
26 edible patch
27 ripeness sensor
28 waste tracking technology
29 smartphone application
30 food waste composting

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

Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
Kite-making by the Maori people of New Zealand Making and appearance of the kites
  • The priests who made the kites had rules for size and scale
  • 31 was not allowed during a kite's preparation
Kites:
  • often represented a bird, a god, or a 32
  • had frames that were decorated with grasses and 33
  • had a line of noisy 34 attached to them
  • could be triangular, rectangular or 35 shaped
  • had patterns made from clay mixed with 36 oil
  • sometimes had human-head masks with 37 and a tattoo
Purpose and function of kites
  • a way of sending 38 to the gods
  • a way of telling other villages that a 39 was necessary
  • a means of 40 if enemies were coming
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