IELTS Listening Sample 44: Cambridge IELTS Book 11 Test 4

IELTS Listening Sample 44 is taken form Cambridge IELTS Book 11 Test 4. You may use this test as your mock test for listening or as a preview of Cambridge Book 11 test 4 before you decide to buy the book.

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IELTS Listening Sample 44

Section 1   

Question 1-10
Question 1-7
Complete the table below.

WriteONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBERfor each answer

Questions 8 -10
Who is each play suitable for?
Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to Questions 8-10.

 Plays
8    The Mystery of Muldoon  ………….
9    Fire and Flood                 ………….
10  Silly Sailor                       ………….

Section 2

Questions 11-20
Questions 11 – 16
What does the speaker say about each of the following collections?
ChooseSIXanswers from the box and write the correct letter,A-G, next to Questions 11-16.

Collections
11    20th- and 21st-century paintings    …………….
12    19th-century paintings                    …………….
13    Sculptures                                      …………….
14    ‘Around the world’ exhibition          …………….
15    Coins                                              …………….
16    Porcelain and glass                        …………….

Questions 17- 20
Label the plan below.
Write the correct letter,A-H, next to Questions 17-20.

17 restaurant  ………………
18 café        ……………….
19 baby-changing facilities ……………
20 cloakroom   ………………..

Section 3  

Questions 21-30
Questions 21- 22
Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO characteristics were shared by the subjects of Joanna’s psychology study?

• AThey had all won prizes for their music.
• BThey had all made music recordings.
• CThey were all under 27 years old.
• DThey had all toured internationally.
• E They all played a string instrument.

Questions 23 -24
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO points does Joanna make about her use of telephone interviews?

• A   It meant rich data could be collected.
• B   It allowed the involvement of top performers.
• C   It led to a stressful atmosphere at times.
• D   It meant interview times had to be limited.
• E   It caused some technical problems.

Questions 25-26

• A    regulations concerning concert dress
• B    audience reactions to the dress of performers 
• C    changes in performer attitudes to concert dress 
• D    how choice of dress relates to performer roles
• E    links between musical instrument and dress choice

Questions 27-30
27    Joanna concentrated on women performers because

• A    women are more influenced by fashion.
• B    women’s dress has led to more controversy.
• C    women’s code of dress is less strict than men’s.

28    Mike Frost’s article suggests that in popular music, women’s dress is affected by

• A    their wish to be taken seriously.
• B    their tendency to copy each other.
• C    their reaction to the masculine nature of the music.

29    What did Joanna’s subjects say about the audience at a performance

• A    The musicians’ choice of clothing is linked to respect for the audience.
• B    The clothing should not distract the audience from the music.
• C    The audience should make the effort to dress appropriately.

30    According to the speakers, musicians could learn from sports scientists about

• A    the importance of clothing for physical freedom.
• B    the part played by clothing in improving performance.
• C    the way clothing may protect against physical injury.

Section 4    

Questions 31–40
Complete the notes below.
WriteONE WORD ONLYfor each answer.

The use of soil to reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂)in the atmosphere

Rattan Lal:

•    Claims that 13% of C0₂ in the atmosphere could be absorbed by agricultural soils
•    Erosion is more likely in soil that is 31 ……………………..

•     Lal found soil in Africa that was very 32……………………
•     It was suggested that carbon from soil was entering the atmosphere

Soil and carbon:

•    plants turn C0₂ from the air into carbon-based substances such as  33 …………………….

•    some C0₂ moves from the 34 ……………… of plants to microbes in the soil
•    carbon was lost from the soil when agriculture was invented

Regenerative agriculture:

•   uses established practices to make sure soil remains fertile and 35 ………………………
•   e.g. through year-round planting and increasing the 36 ……………………… of plants that are grown

California study:

•    taking place on a big 37 ……………………… farm
•    uses compost made from waste from agriculture and 38 ……………………..

Australia study:

•    aims to increase soil carbon by using 39 ……………………….. that are always green

Future developments may include:

•    reducing the amount of fertilizer used in farming
•    giving farmers 40 ……………………. for carbon storage, as well as their produce

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