Answers, Audio & Listening Practice Test 3 for IELTS Academic and General Training Cam 14

Part 1: Questions 1-10

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

Flanders Conference Hotel

Customer Services Manager: Angela

Date available

  • weekend beginning February 4th

Conference facilities

  • the room for talks
  • (projector and available)
  • area for coffee and an
  • free throughout
  • a standard buffet lunch costs $ per head

Accommodation

  • Rooms will cost $ including breakfast.

Other facilities

  • The hotel also has a spa and rooftop
  • There’s a free shuttle service to the

Location

  • Wilby Street (quite near the )
  • near to restaurants and many

Part 2: Question 11-20

Questions 11 and 12: Choose TWO letters, A-E.
11 & 12
Which TWO activities that volunteers do are mentioned?
Questions 13 and 14: Choose TWO letters, A-E.
13 & 14
Which TWO ways that volunteers can benefit from volunteering are mentioned?
Questions 15-20: What has each of the following volunteers helped someone to do? Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to Questions 15-20.
What volunteers have helped people to do
A. overcome physical difficulties
B. rediscover skills not used for a long time
C. improve their communication skills
D. solve problems independently
E. escape isolation
F. remember past times
G. start a new hobby

Volunteers

15 Habib
16 Consuela
17 Minh
18 Tanya
19 Alexei
20 Juba

Part 3: Question 21-30

Questions 21-26: Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Background on school marching band

  • It consists of around students.
  • It is due to play in a band competition.
  • It has been invited to play in the town’s
  • They have listened to a talk by a
  • Joe will discuss a with the band.
  • Joe hopes the band will attend a next month.
Questions 27-30: What problem does Joe mention in connection with each of the following band members? Choose FOUR answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-F, next to Questions 27-30.
Problems
A. makes a lot of mistakes in rehearsals
B. keeps making unhelpful suggestions
C. has difficulty with rhythm
D. misses too many rehearsals
E. has a health problem
F. doesn’t mix with other students

Band members

27 flautist
28 trumpeter
29 trombonist
30 percussionist

Part 4: Questions 31-40

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

Concerts in university arts festival

Concert 1

  • Australian composer: Liza Lim
  • studied piano and before turning to composition
  • performers and festivals around the world have given her a lot of commissions
  • compositions show a great deal of and are drawn from various cultural sources
  • her music is very expressive and also
  • the festival will include her called The Oresteia
  • Lim described the sounds in The Oresteia as
  • British composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederick Delius

Concert 2

  • British composers: Benjamin Britten, Judith Weir
  • Australian composer: Ross Edwards
    • the festival will include The Tower of Remoteness, inspired by nature
    • The Tower of Remoteness is performed by piano and
    • compositions include music for children
    • celebrates Australia’s cultural

Concert 3

  • Australian composer: Carl Vine
    • played cornet then piano
    • studied before studying music
    • worked in Sydney as a pianist and composer
    • became well known as the composer of music for
    • the festival will include his music for 1996
  • British composers: Edward Elgar, Thomas Adès