IELTS Listening Practice Test 163

SECTION 1

Questions 1-5
Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER.

Questions 6-10
Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER.

SECTION 2

Questions 11-13
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

WINRIDGE FOREST RAILWAY PARK
11. Simon’s idea for a theme park came from
 A his childhood hobby
 B his interest in landscape design
 C his visit to another park

12. When they started, the family decided to open the park only when
 A the weather was expected to be good
 B the children weren’t at school
 C there were fewer farming commitments

13. Since opening, the park has had
 A 50,000 visitors
 B 1,000,000 visitors
 C 1,500,000 visitors

Questions 14-18
What is currently the main area of work of each of the following people?

Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter A-H next to questions 14-18.

People
14. Simon  …………………. 
15. Liz  …………………. 
16. Sarah  …………………. 
17. Duncan  …………………. 
18. Judith  …………………. 

Questions 19 and 20
Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER.

SECTION 3

 Questions 21-30
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER.

Study Skills Tutorial – Caroline Benning

Dissertation topic: the (21)  …………………. 
Strengths: (22)  ………………….  and Computer modeling
Weaknesses: lack of background information
Poor (23)  ………………….  skills

Recommendations: use a card index and Real all notes (29)  …………………. 
Next tutorial date: (30)  ………………….  January

SECTION 4

Questions 31 and 32

31. The owners of the underground house
 A had no experience of living in a rural area
 B were interested in environmental issues
 C wanted a professional project manager

32. What does the speaker say about the site of the house?
 A The land was quite cheap
 B Stone was being extracted nearby
 C It was in a completely unspoilt area

Questions 33-40
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER.

THE UNDERGROUND HOUSE
Design
• Built in the earth, with two floors
• The south-facing side was constructed of two layers of (33)  …………………. 
• Photovoltaic tiles were attached
• A layer of foam was used to improve the (34)   …………………. of the building

Special features
• To increase the light, the building has many internal mirrors and (35)  …………………. 
• In future, the house may produce more (36) ………………….   than it needs
• Recycled wood was used for the (37) ………………….   of the house
• The system for processing domestic (38)  ………………….  is organic

Environmental issues
• The use of large quantities of (39)  ………………….  in construction was environmentally harmful
• But the house will have paid its ‘environmental debt’ within (40)  ………………….