IELTS Listening Test 04

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Part 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

Area of work
A advertising
B animal care
C building
D educational links
E engine maintenance
F food and drink
G sales
H staffing

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

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

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

GREEK ISLAND HOLIDAYS

Part 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) ________________________________
Computer modeling
Weaknesses: lack of background information
Poor (23) ________________________________
skills

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Recommendations: use a card index
Read all notes (29) ________________________________
Next tutorial date: (30) ________________________________ January

Part 4: Questions 31 and 32
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

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 NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/ 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) ________________________________