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IELTS Listening

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Audio for Part 1

Questions 1-4

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Festival Information

Date Type of event Details
17th a concert performers from Canada
18th a ballet company called 1
19th-20th afternoon a play type of play: a comedy called Jemima
has had a good 2
20th evening a 3 show show is called 4

Questions 5-10

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Workshops

Making 5 food

Children only: making 6

Adults only: making toys from 7 using various tools

Outdoor activities

Swimming in the 8

Walking in the woods, led by an expert on 9

See the festival organiser’s 10 for more information

Audio for Part 2

Questions 11-14

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Minster Park

11. The park was originally established

12. Why is there a statue of Diane Gosforth in the park?

13. During the First World War, the park was mainly used for

14. When did the physical transformation of the park begin?

Questions 15-20

Label the map below.

Write the correct letter, A-I, next to questions 15-20.

Map of Minster Park

15. statue of Diane Gosforth 15

16. wooden sculptures 16

17. playground 17

18. maze 18

19. tennis courts 19

20. fitness area 20

Audio for Part 3

Questions 21 and 22

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO groups of people is the display primarily intended for?

Questions 23 and 24

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

What are Cathy and Graham’s TWO reasons for choosing the novelist Charles Dickens?

Questions 25-30

What topic do Cathy and Graham choose to illustrate with each novel?

Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to questions 25-30.

Topics

A. poverty

B. education

C. Dickens’s travels

D. entertainment

E. crime and the law

F. wealth

G. medicine

H. a woman’s life

25. The Pickwick Papers 25

26. Oliver Twist 26

27. Nicholas Nickleby 27

28. Martin Chuzzlewit 28

29. Bleak House 29

30. Little Dorrit 30

Audio for Part 4

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Agricultural Programme in Mozambique

How the programme was organised

It focused on a dry and arid region in Chicualacuala district, near the Limpopo River.

People depended on the forest to provide charcoal as a source of income.

31 was seen as the main priority to ensure the supply of water.

Most of the work organised by farmers’ associations was done by 32.

Fenced areas were created to keep animals away from crops.

The programme provided:

33 for the fences

34 for suitable crops

water pumps

The farmers provided:

labour

35 for the fences on their land

Further developments

The marketing of produce was sometimes difficult due to lack of 36.

Training was therefore provided in methods of food 37.

Farmers made special places where 38 could be kept.

Local people later suggested keeping 39.

Evaluation and lessons learned

Agricultural production increased, improving incomes and food security.

Enough time must be allowed, particularly for the 40 phase of the programme.

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