IELTS Cambridge Book 11 Listening Practice Test 04 with Answers

Official Cambridge 11 test 4 Listening Answers

Cam IELTS Listening Practice Test 4

SECTION 1 Questions 1-10

Questions 1-7

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer

Event	Cost	Venue	Notes
Jazz band	Example Tickets available for £ …15….	The 1 school	Also appearing: Carolyn Hart (plays the 2 )
Duck races	£1 per duck	Start behind the 3	Prize: tickets for 4 held at the end of the festival. Ducks can be bought in the 5
Flower show	Free	6 Hall	Prizes presented at 5 pm by a well-known 7

Questions 8-10

Who is each play suitable for?

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to Questions 8-10

1. mainly for children
2. mainly for adults
3. suitable for people of all ages

Plays

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

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SECTION 2 Questions 11-20

Questions 11-16

What does the speaker say about each of the following collections?

Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to Questions 11-16.

Comments

1. was given by one person
2. was recently publicised in the media
3. includes some items given by members of the public
4. includes some items given by the artists
5. includes the most popular exhibits in the museum
6. is the largest of its kind in the country
7. has had some of its contents relocated

Collections

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

Questions 17-20

Label the plan below.

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

Basement of museum

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

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SECTION 3 Questions 21-30

Questions 21 and 22

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

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

1. They had all won prizes for their music.
2. They had all made music recordings.
3. They were all under 27 years old.
4. They had all toured internationally.
5. They all played a string instrument.

Questions 23 and 24

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO points does Joanna make about her use of telephone interviews?

1. It meant rich data could be collected.
2. It allowed the involvement of top performers.
3. It led to a stressful atmosphere at times.
4. It meant interview times had to be limited.
5. It caused some technical problems.

Questions 25 and 26

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO topics did Joanna originally intend to investigate in her research?

1. regulations concerning concert dress
2. audience reactions to the dress of performers
3. changes in performer attitudes to concert dress
4. how choice of dress relates to performer roles
5. links between musical instrument and dress choice

Questions 27-30

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

27. Joanna concentrated on women performers because

1. women are more influenced by fashion.
2. women’s dress has led to more controversy.
3. 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

1. their wish to be taken seriously.
2. their tendency to copy each other.
3. their reaction to the masculine nature of the music.

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

1. The musicians’ choice of clothing is linked to respect for the audience.
2. The clothing should not distract the audience from the music.
3. The audience should make the effort to dress appropriately.

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

1. the importance of clothing for physical freedom.
2. the part played by clothing in improving performance.
3. the way clothing may protect against physical injury.

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SECTION 4 Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

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

Rattan Lal:

• Claims that 13% of CO2 in the atmosphere could be absorbed by agricultural soils
• Erosion is more likely in soil that is 31
• Lai found soil in Africa that was very 32
• It was suggested that carbon from soil was entering the atmosphere

Soil and carbon:

• plants turn CO2 from the air into carbon-based substances such as 33
• some CO2 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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Question	Answer
1	secondary
2	flute
3	cinema
4	concert
5	market
6	Bythwaite
7	actor
8	A
9	B
10	C
11	E
12	D
13	G
14	B
15	C
16	A
17	F
18	H
19	C
20	B
21 & 22	B or D
23 & 24	A or B
25 & 26	B, E
27	C
28	A
29	A
30	C
31	dry
32	hard
33	sugar / sugars
34	roots
35	moist / damp / wet
36	variety
37	cattle
38	gardens / gardening
39	grasses
40	payment / payments / money

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