IELTs – Listening – Test 4
IELTS Listening – Test 4 (Sections 1–4)
Practice all 4 sections on one page. Use Check Answers in each section for feedback.
Voices (used for all sections)
Section 1 (Questions 1–10): Cycle tour leader – Applicant enquiry
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
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Questions 1–10
Cycle tour leader: Applicant enquiry
Example Name: Margaret Smith
About the applicant:
• wants a 1 job
• will soon start work as a 2
• has led cycle trips in 3
• is currently doing voluntary work with members of a 4 club
• available for five months from the 1st of 5
• can’t eat 6
Contact details:
• address: 27 7 Place, Dumfries
• postcode: 8
Interview:
• interview at 2.30 pm on 9
• will plan a short 10 about being a tour guide
Section 2 (Questions 11–20): Visiting the Sheepmarket area
Questions 11–14: choose A, B or C. Questions 15–20: label the map (choose A–I).
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Questions 11–20
Questions 11–14 (Choose A, B or C)
11. Which is the most rapidly-growing group of residents in the Sheepmarket area?
12. The speaker recommends the side streets in the Sheepmarket for their
13. Clothes designed by entrants for the Young Fashion competition must
14. Car parking is free in some car parks if you
Questions 15–20 (Map labels: choose A–I)
Select the letter for each place (A–I).
15. The Reynolds House
16. The Thumb
17. The Museum
18. The Contemporary Art Gallery
19. The Warner Gallery
20. Nucleus
Section 3 (Questions 21–30): Presentation on film adaptations
Questions 21–24: ONE WORD ONLY. Questions 25–30: choose from the box (A–G).
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Questions 21–30
Questions 21–24 (ONE WORD ONLY)
Introduce Giannetti’s book containing a 21 of adaptations
Ask class to suggest the 22 adaptations
Present Rachel Malchow’s ideas: prepare some 23
Discuss relationship between adaptations and 24 at the time of making the film
Questions 25–30
Choose SIX answers from the box (A–G).
Comments
A. clearly shows the historical period
B. contains only parts of the play
C. is too similar to another kind of film
D. turned out to be unpopular with audiences
E. presents the play in a different period from the original
F. sets the original in a different country
G. incorporates a variety of art forms
25. Ran
26. Much Ado About Nothing
27. Romeo & Juliet
28. Hamlet
29. Prospero’s Books
30. Looking for Richard
Section 4 (Questions 31–40): Noise in Cities
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
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Questions 31–40
Noise in Cities
Noise ‘maps’
• do not show other sources of noise, e.g. when windows are open or neighbours are in their 31
Problems caused by noise
• noise is a 32 issue that must be dealt with
• effect on the 33 of schoolchildren
Different types of noise
• pleasant example: the sound of a 34 in a town
• researchers may use methods from 35 sciences (e.g., questionnaires)
What people want
• urban environments which are 36 , but also allow people to relax
Architects and town planners
• do not get much 37 in acoustics
Understanding sound as an art form
• how sound relates to 38
• whether physics can help us understand the 39 of sound
Virtual reality programs
• current disadvantage: they are 40