IELTS Listening Practice Test 03

SECTION 1

Questions 1 – 10

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Job Enquiry

Example

– name: Fredie Lea

– location: 1…………. Island

– Starting date: 2………….

– Age: 17

– Four vacancies for 3………….

– Pay: 5.52 per hour

– Qualities required: ability to 4…………..

– Duties:

+ Offer table service

+ Look after 5………….

– Extra advantage: ability of the candidate to 6………….

– Benefits:

+ free 7…………….

+ a 8………….. will be provided

– Interview arranged for: 9…………… at 10:00 am

– Need to take

+ a reference letter from employer

+ a bank statement

+ the application form with a 10………….

SECTION 2

Questions 11 – 12

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO things are included in the price of the tour?

A   garden gloves

B   ladybugs

C   bush timbering lessons

D   food

E   hummina birds

Questions 13 and 14

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO facilities of Pine Garden are open today?

A   plant care centre

B   cafe

C   gift shop

D   model town

E   tourist office

Questions 15-20

Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to questions 15-20.

A     varieties of desert

B     edible plants

C     lawns and lawn alternatives

D     native plants

E     storing water

F     plants attract wildlife

G     unified design

H     soil nutrients

15   Mary

16   Berson

17   Smith

18   Nunee

19   Scanlan

20   Mandelson

SECTION 3

Questions 21 – 26

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21   How could ancient Africans recognize different stars?

A   by the location of the stars

B   by the way stars affect each other

C   by the distance between two stars

22   In which way do the Weyaka people like to deal with their money?

A   open bank accounts

B   assist others

C   lend money to others

23   What do the Africans obtain from their suffering?

A   ways of protecting their environment

B   approaches to improving their international status

C   reasons of conquering drought

24   What are the local people concerned with?

A   having enough food

B   getting rid of disease

C   going back to their former environment

25   What is the reason for the declining financial condition of the African people?

A   They find it hard to trade because of the undeveloped transportation system.

B   They have difficulty in mining minerals.

C   They refuse to develop a range of commercial activities.

26   When can the African people expect to stop suffering from starvation?

A   next year

B   in the long-term future

C   in the near future

Questions 27 – 30

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

27   A valuable quality of the Africans is to make up for the difficulties of food transportation.

28   The government intends to pay greater attention to their plan.

29   Nowadays, the Africans are encouraged to in an area consistently.

30   For the Weyaka people, it is impolite to visit someone’s home without

SECTION 4

Questions 31 – 40

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Animal Sense

Smell

– Dogs have a greater sense of smell than human beings and are able to tell.

– Some animals can smell odours such as 31…………… recognised by the human nose.

– Some beetles can only distinguish the odours of certain plants.

– Bees, feeling threatened, will use their 32…………. before they sting.

– Queen bees, which can sting multiple times, use their feet to keep 33…………… over the colony.

– A female 34……………. decides whether or not to mate with a male according to the quality of his scent.

Hearing

– Sound through vibrations can be recognized by beetles without ears by using their 35…………..

– They can locate prey living in 36………….. by tracking the vibrations.

Sight

– Snakes are able to search for food by detecting 37………….. from the mouths of their prey.

– They can tell the 38……………. of a mouse by detecting its heat.

– After its prey is killed, a snake stores food in its 39……………. and hibernates.

– A snake that goes into a state of hibernation will not eat for a long period of time.

– The 40……………. is calculated by snakes before hunting their prey.