Answers, Audio & Listening Practice Test 4 for IELTS Academic and General Training Cam 14

Part 1: Questions 1-10

Questions 1-7: Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Enquiry about booking hotel room for event

Andrew is the Events Manager

Rooms

Adelphi Room

  • number of people who can sit down to eat:
  • has a gallery suitable for musicians
  • can go out and see the in pots on the terrace
  • terrace has a view of a group of

Carlton Room

  • number of people who can sit down to eat: 110
  • has a
  • View of the lake

Options

Master of Ceremonies:

  • can give a while people are eating
  • will provide if there are any problems

Accommodation:

  • in the hotel rooms or
Questions 8-10: What is said about using each of the following hotel facilities? Choose THREE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to Questions 8-10.
Availability
A. included in cost of hiring room
B. available at extra charge
C. not available

Hotel facilities

8 outdoor swimming pool
9 gym
10 tennis courts

Part 2: Question 11-20

Questions 11-16: What information does the speaker give about each of the following excursions? Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 11-16.
Information
A. all downhill
B. suitable for beginners
C. only in good weather
D. food included
E. no charge
F. swimming possible
G. fully booked today
H. transport not included

Excursions

11 dolphin watching
12 forest walk
13 cycle trip
14 local craft tour
15 observatory trip
16 horse riding
Questions 17 and 18: Choose TWO letters, A-E.
17 & 18
Which TWO things does the speaker say about the attraction called Musical Favourites?
Questions 19 and 20: Choose TWO letters, A-E.
19 & 20
Which TWO things does the speaker say about the Castle Feast?

Part 3: Question 21-30

Questions 21-25: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
21
What does Trevor find interesting about the purpose of children’s literature?
22
Trevor says the module about the purpose of children’s literature made him
23
Stephanie is interested in the Pictures module because
24
Trevor and Stephanie agree that comics
25
With regard to books aimed at only boys or only girls, Trevor was surprised
Questions 26-30: What comment is made about each of these stories? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to Questions 26-30.
Comments
A. translated into many other languages
B. hard to read
C. inspired a work in a different area of art
D. more popular than the author’s other works
E. original title refers to another book
F. started a new genre
G. unlikely topic

Stories

26 Perrault’s fairy tales
27 The Swiss Family Robinson
28 The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
29 The Lord of the Rings
30 War Horse

Part 4: Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

The hunt for sunken settlements and ancient shipwrecks

ATLIT-YAM

  • was a village on coast of eastern Mediterranean
  • thrived until about 7,000 BC
  • stones homes had a courtyard
  • had a semicircle of large stones round a
  • cause of destruction unknown – now under the sea
  • biggest settlement from the prehistoric period found on the seabed
  • research carried out into structures, and human remains

TRADITIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES (AUVs)

  • used in the oil industry, e.g. to make
  • problems: they were expensive and

LATEST AUVs

  • much easier to use, relatively cheap, sophisticated
  • Tests:
    • Marzamemi, Sicily: found ancient Roman ships carrying architectural elements made of
  • Underwater internet:
    • is used for short distance communication, acoustic waves for long distance
    • plans for communication with researchers by satellite
    • AUV can send data to another AUV that has better , for example
  • Planned research in Gulf of Baratti:
    • to find out more about wrecks of ancient Roman ships, including one carrying supplies; tables may have been used for cleaning the
    • others carrying containers of olive oil or