IELTS Listening Practice Test 13

SECTION 1

Questions 1-10

Complete the notes below.

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

Midbury Drama Club

Background

Example                     Answer

• club staged in     …..1957…..

• prize recently won by 1…………… section

• usually performs 2………….. plays

Meetings

• next auditions will be on Tuesday 3…………..

• help is needed with 4…………….. and ……………..

• rehearsals take place in the 5………….. hall

• nearest car park for rehearsals is in Ashburton Road opposite the 6……………

Costs

• annual membership fee is 7 £…………….

• extra payment for 8……………

Contact

• secretary’s name is Sarah 9…………….

• secretary’s phone number is 10……………

SECTION 2

Questions 11-15

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

11   What does the charity Forward thinking do?

A   It funds art exhibitions in hospitals.

B   It produces affordable materials for art therapy.

C   It encourages the use of arts projects in healthcare.

12   What benefit of Forward thinking’s work does Jasmine mention?

A   People avoid going to hospital.

B   Patients require fewer drugs.

C   Medical students do better in tests.

13   When did the organization become known as Forward thinking?

A   1986

B   in the 1990s

C   2005

14   Where does Forward thinking operate?

A   within Clifton city

B   in all parts of London

C   in several towns and villages near Clifton

15   Jasmine explains that the Colville Centre is

A   a school for people with health problems.

B   a venue for a range of different activities.

C   a building which needs repairing.

Questions 16-20

Who can take part in each of the classes?

Write the correct letter A, B or C next to questions 16-20.

Class participants

A     children and teenagers

B     adults

C     all ages

16   Learn Salsa              ………..

17   Smooth Movers      ………..

18   Art of the Forest     ………..

19   The Money Maze    ………..

20   Make a Play             ……….. 

SECTION 3

Questions 21-26

Complete the flow-chart below.

Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-l, next to questions 21-26.

A     air quality

B     journey times

C     land use

D     leisure facilities

E     means of transport

F     parking facilities

Q     number of pedestrians

H     places of employment

I      traffic flow

CITY CENTRE FIELD TRIP

Choose area of city to study
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Did a survey of 21…………. in city centre to compare with old maps
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22…………. was assessed in five key locations		Measured 23…………. twice a day
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Researched 24…………… during one afternoon
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Looked at official figures
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Measured 25………… in several locations.		Asked questions about 26…………

Questions 27-30

Who will be responsible for each task?

A     Stefan

B     Lauren

C     both Stefan and Lauren

Write the correct letter next to questions 27-30.

27   draw graphs and maps

28   choose photographs

29   write report

30   do presentation

SECTION 4

Questions 31-35

Complete the sentences below.

Write ONLY ONE WORD for each answer.

Manufacturing in the English Midlands

31   In the eighteenth century, the ………………. still determined how most people made a living.

32   In the ground were minerals which supported the many ……………….. of the region.

33   Since the late sixteenth century the French settlers had made …………………

34   In Cheshire ………………. was mined and transported on the river Mersey.

35   Potters worked in a few ……………… situated on the small hills of North Staffordshire.

Questions 36-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Pottery notes

Earthenware

advantages:

• pottery used 36……………. clay

• saved money on 37……………….

disadvantages:

• needed two firings in the Kiln to be 38……………….

• fragility led to high 39……………….. during manufacturing

Stoneware

• more emotive but better

• made from a 40……………… of clay and flint