IELTS Cambridge 19 — Listening Test 3

IELTS Check — Listening
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Part 1

Questions 1-6

Complete the form below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Local Food shops

Where to go

Kite Place — near the 1

Fish market

  • cross the 2 and turn right
  • best to go before 3 pm, earlier than closing time

Organic shop

  • called ' 4'
  • below a restaurant in the large, grey building
  • look for the large 5 outside

Supermarket

  • take a 6 minibus, number 289

Questions 7-10

Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Shopping

  To buy Other ideas
Fish market a dozen prawns a handful of 7 (type of seaweed)
Organic shop beans and a 8 for dessert spices and 9
Bakery a brown loaf a 10 tart

Part 2

Questions 11-16

What information is given about each of the following festival workshops? Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 11-16.

Information

  • A. involves painting and drawing
  • B. will be led by a prize-winning author
  • C. is aimed at children with a disability
  • D. involves a drama activity
  • E. focuses on new relationships
  • F. is aimed at a specific age group
  • G. explores an unhappy feeling
  • H. raises awareness of a particular culture

11 Superheroes

12 Just do it

13 Count on me

14 Speak up

15 Jump for joy

16 Sticks and stones

Questions 17 and 18

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

17 18 Which TWO reasons does the speaker give for recommending Alive and Kicking? (choose 2)
A
B
C
D
E

Questions 19 and 20

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

19 20 Which TWO pieces of advice does the speaker give to parents about reading? (choose 2)
A
B
C
D
E

Part 3

Questions 21-25

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21 Science experiment for Year 12 students — How does Clare feel about the students in her Year 12 science class?
A
B
C
22 How does Jake react to Clare's suggestion about an experiment based on children's diet?
A
B
C
23 What problem do they agree may be involved in an experiment involving animals?
A
B
C
24 What question do they decide the experiment should address?
A
B
C
25 Clare might also consider doing another experiment involving
A
B
C

Questions 26-30

Complete the flowchart below. Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 26-30.

  • A. size
  • B. escape
  • C. age
  • D. water
  • E. cereal
  • F. calculations
  • G. changes
  • H. colour

26 Choose mice which are all the same

27 Divide the mice into two groups, each with a different

28 Feed group B the same, but also sugar contained in

29 Place them in a weighing chamber to prevent

30 Do all necessary

Part 4

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Microplastics

Where microplastics come from

  • fibres from some 31 during washing
  • the breakdown of large pieces of plastic
  • waste from industry
  • the action of vehicle tyres on roads

Effects of microplastics

  • They cause injuries to the 32 of wildlife and affect their digestive systems.
  • They enter the food chain, e.g., in bottled and tap water, 33 and seafood.
  • They may not affect human health, but they are already banned in skin cleaning products and 34 in some countries.
  • Microplastics enter the soil through the air, rain and 35.

Microplastics in the soil — a study by Anglia Ruskin University

  • Earthworms are important because they add 36 to the soil.
  • The study aimed to find whether microplastics in earthworms affect the 37 of plants.
  • The study found that microplastics caused:
    • 38 loss in earthworms
    • fewer seeds to germinate
    • a rise in the level of 39 in the soil.
  • The study concluded:
    • soil should be seen as an important natural process.
    • changes to soil damage both ecosystems and 40.