IELTS Academic Listening — Crash Course Test 7

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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 1–6

Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
NamePrice per person (dormitory rooms)Comments and reviews
Top End Backpackers (example)$19parking available
staff are 1
nice pool
air-conditioning is too 2
Gum Tree Lodge$3good quiet location
pool and gardens
4 in the dormitories
Kangaroo Lodge$22downtown location
reception at the lodge is always open
no lockers in the rooms
the 5 are very clean
seems to be a 6 every night

Questions 7–10

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Kangaroo Lodge
  • Address: on 7 Lane
General information about hostel accommodation
  • sheets are provided
  • can hire a 8
  • 9 is included in the price
  • a shared 10 is available

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

Questions 11–16

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
11 The land where the Sculpture Park is located was previously
12 What is unusual about the Anglia Sculpture Park?
13 What is the theme of Joe Tremain's 'burnt' sculptures?
14 The path by the Lower Lake
15 What does the speaker say about the Visitor Centre?
16 Today, visitors can buy snacks and sandwiches

Questions 17–20

Label the map below. Write the correct letter, A–F, next to Questions 17–20.
Anglia Sculpture Park N S W E Steps Lower Lake Bridge Upper Lake Education Centre Visitor Centre You are here Car Park Entrance A B C D E F
17 Joe Tremain sculptures
18 Giorgio Catalucci bird sculptures
19 Garden Gallery
20 Long House

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

Questions 21–26

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
21 Why did Leo choose instant coffee as the topic for his marketing report?
22 Leo discovered that in Australia, recent technological developments
23 What do the speakers agree about Leo's table of coffee products?
24 What do they decide about the description of Shaffers coffee as a market follower?
25 What does Anna say about originality in someone's first marketing report?
26 What difference between his school assignments and this report has surprised Leo?

Questions 27–30

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Notes on specific sections of marketing report
Executive summary
  • Give a brief overview including the 27
Problems
  • Link each problem to a 28 which explains it
Implementation
  • Practical solutions to problems
  • Include details such as participants, 29 and sequence
  • Section is often poorly done because of lack of 30
Conclusion
  • Don't use new material here

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

Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
History of Fireworks in Europe 13th–16th centuries
  • Fireworks were introduced from China.
  • Their use was mainly to do with:
  •   – war
  •   – 31 (in plays and festivals)
17th century
  • Various features of 32 were shown in fireworks displays.
  • Scientists were interested in using ideas from fireworks displays:
  •   – to make human 33 possible
  •   – to show the formation of 34
London:
  • Scientists were distrustful at first
  • Later, they investigated 35 uses of fireworks (e.g. for sailors)
St Petersburg:
  • Fireworks were seen as a method of 36 for people
Paris:
  • Displays emphasised the power of the 37
  • Scientists aimed to provide 38
18th century
  • Italian fireworks specialists became influential.
  • Servandoni's fireworks display followed the same pattern as an 39
  • The appeal of fireworks extended to the middle classes.
  • Some displays demonstrated new scientific discoveries such as 40
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