Cambridge IELTS 8 Listening Test 4
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PART 1 Questions 1-10
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
West Bay Hotel – details of job
| Example • Newspaper advert for temporary staff |
- Vacancies for 1
- Two shifts
- Can choose your 2 (must be the same each week)
- Pay: £5.50 per hour including a 3
- A 4 is provided in the hotel
- Total weekly pay: £231
- Dress: a white shirt and 5 trousers (not supplied)
- a 6 (supplied)
- Starting date: 7
- Call Jane 8 (service manage) before 9 tomorrow (Tel: 832009)
- She will require a 10
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PART 2 Questions 11-20
Questions 11-13
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
Improvements to Red Hill Suburb
11. Community groups are mainly concerned about
- pedestrian safety
- traffic jams
- increased pollution
12. It has been decided that the overhead power lines will be
- extended
- buried
- repaired
13. The expenses related to the power lines will be paid by
- the council
- the power company
- local businesses
Questions 14-20
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter A-H next to questions 14-20.
Red Hill Improvement Plan
- Trees
- Wider footpaths
- Coloured road surface
- New sign
- Traffic lights
- Artwork
- Children’s playground
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PART 3 Questions 21-30
Questions 21 and 22
Choose TWO letters A-E.
In which TWO ways is Dan financing his course?
- He is receiving money from the government
- His family are willing to help him
- The college is giving him a small grant
- His local council is supporting him for a limited period
- A former employer is providing partial funding
Questions 23 and 24
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO reasons does Jeannie give for deciding to leave some college clubs?
- She is not sufficiently challenged
- The activity interferes with her studies
- She does not have enough time
- The activity is too demanding physically
- She does not think she is any good at the activity
Questions 25 and 26
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
25. What does Dan say about the seminars on the course?
- The other students do not give him a chance to speak
- The seminars make him feel inferior to the other students
- The preparation for seminars takes too much time
26. What does Jeannie say about the tutorials on the course?
- They are an inefficient way of providing guidance
- They are more challenging than she had expected
- They are helping her to develop her study skills
Questions 27-30
Complete the flow chart below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Advice on exam preparation
Make sure you know the exam requirements
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Find some past papers
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Work out your 27 for revision and write them on a card
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Make a 28 and keep it in view
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Divide revision into 29 about each topic
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Write one 30 about each topic
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PART 4 Questions 31-40
Questions 31-36
Australian Aboriginal Rock Paintings
Which painting styles have the following features?
Write the correct letter A, B or C next to questions 31-36.
Painting Styles
- Dynamic
- Yam
- Modern
Features
- figures revealing bones
- rounded figures
- figures with parts missing
- figures smaller than life size
- sea creatures
- plants
Questions 37-40
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Rainbow Serpent Project
Aim of project:
- to identify the 37 used as the basis for the Rainbow Serpent
Yam Period:
- Environmental changes led to higher 38
- Traditional activities were affected especially 39
Rainbow Serpent Image
- Similar to a sea horse
- Unusual because it appeared in inland areas
- Symbolises 40 in Aboriginal culture
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Answer keys for IELTS Cambridge Book 8 Listening Test 4
West Bay Hotel – Details of Job IELTS Listening Answers:
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 | waiters |
| 2 | day off |
| 3 | break |
| 4 | meal |
| 5 | dark (colored) |
| 6 | jacket |
| 7 | 28 June |
| 8 | Urwin |
| 9 | noon |
| 10 | reference |
| 11 | A |
| 12 | B |
| 13 | B |
| 14 | C |
| 15 | D |
| 16 | G |
| 17 | B |
| 18 | F |
| 19 | A |
| 20 | E |
| 21 & 22 | IN EITHER ORDER B E |
| 23 & 24 | IN EITHER ORDER A C |
| 25 | B |
| 26 | C |
| 27 | priorities |
| 28 | timetable |
| 29 | (small) tasks |
| 30 | (single) paragraph |
| 31 | C |
| 32 | B |
| 33 | C |
| 34 | A |
| 35 | B |
| 36 | B |
| 37 | animal |
| 38 | sea level |
| 39 | hunting |
| 40 | creation |
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