Answers, Audio & Listening Practice Test 3 for IELTS Academic and General Training Cam 17

PART 1: Questions 1–10

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Advice on surfing holidays

Jack’s advice

  • Recommends surfing for holidays in the summer
  • Need to be quite

Irish surfing locations

County Clare

  • Lahinch has some good quality and surf schools
  • There are famous cliffs nearby

County Mayo

  • Good surf school at beach
  • Surf camp lasts for one
  • Can also explore the local by kayak

Weather

  • Best month to go:
  • Average temperature in summer: approx. degrees

Costs

Equipment

  • Wetsuit and surfboard: euros per day
  • Also advisable to hire for warmth

PART 2: Questions 11–20

Questions 11 and 12: Choose TWO letters, A–E.
11 & 12
Which TWO facts are given about the school’s extended hours child care service?
Questions 13–15: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
13
How much does childcare cost for a complete afternoon session per child?
14
What does the manager say about food?
15
What is different about arrangements in the school holidays?
Questions 16–20: What information is given about each of the following activities on offer? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–G.
Information
A. has limited availability
B. is no longer available
C. is for over 8s only
D. requires help from parents
E. involves an additional fee
F. is a new activity
G. was requested by children

Activities

16 Spanish
17 Music
18 Painting
19 Yoga
20 Cooking

PART 3: Questions 21–30

Questions 21–24: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Holly’s Work Placement Tutorial

21
Holly has chosen the Orion Stadium placement because
22
Which aspect of safety does Dr Green emphasise most?
23
What does Dr Green say about the spectators?
24
What has affected the schedule in the past?
Questions 25–30: What do Holly and her tutor agree is an important aspect of each of the following events management skills? Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–H, next to Questions 25–30.
Important aspects
A. being flexible
B. focusing on details
C. having a smart appearance
D. hiding your emotions
E. relying on experts
F. trusting your own views
G. doing one thing at a time
H. thinking of the future

Events management skills

25 Communication
26 Organization
27 Time management
28 Creativity
29 Leadership
30 Networking

PART 4: Questions 31–40

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

Bird Migration Theory

Most birds are believed to migrate seasonally.

Hibernation theory

  • It was believed that birds hibernated underwater or buried themselves in
  • This theory was later disproved by experiments on caged birds.

Transmutation theory

  • Aristotle believed birds changed from one species into another in summer and winter.
  • In autumn he observed that redstarts experience the loss of and thought they then turned into robins.
  • Aristotle’s assumptions were logical because the two species of birds had a similar

17th century

  • Charles Morton popularised the idea that birds fly to the in winter.

Scientific developments

  • In 1822, a stork was killed in Germany which had an African spear in its .
  • previously there had been no that storks migrate to Africa
  • Little was known about the and journeys of migrating birds until the practice of ringing was established.
  • It was thought large birds carried small birds on some journeys because they were considered incapable of travelling across huge .
  • Ringing depended on what is called the of dead birds.
  • In 1931, the first to show the migration of European birds was printed.