IELTS 4- Listening Practice Test 6

Questions 1-5

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Apartments	Facilities	Other Information	Cost
Rose Garden Apartments	studio flat	Example entertainment programme: Greek dancing	£219
Blue Bay Apartments	large salt-water swimming pool	- just (1) 1 metres from beach - near shops	£275
(2) 2 Apartments	terrace	watersports	£490
The Grand	- Greek paintings - (3) 3	- overlooking (4) 4 - near a supermarket and a disco	(5) £ 5

Questions 6-10

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

GREEK ISLAND HOLIDAYS
Insurance Benefits	Maximum Amount
Cancellation	(6) £ 6
Hospital	£600. Additional benefit allows a (7) 7 to travel to resort
(8) 8 departure	Up to £1000. Depends on reason
Personal belongings	Up to £3000; £500 for one (9) 9
Name of Assistant Manager: Ben (10) 10
Direct phone line: 081260 543216

Questions 11-13

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Winridge Forest Railway Park

11 Simon's idea for a theme park came from

his childhood hobby.

his interest in landscape design.

his visit to another park.

12 When they started, the family decided to open the park only when

the weather was expected to be good.

the children weren't at school.

there were fewer farming commitments.

13 Since opening, the park has had

50,000 visitors.

1,000,000 visitors.

1,500,000 visitors.

Questions 14-18

What is currently the main area of work of each of the following people?

Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to questions 14-18.

Area of work

A advertising

B animal care

C building

D educational links

E engine maintenance

F food and drink

G sales

H staffing

People

14 Simon (the speaker)
14

15 Liz
15

16 Sarah
16

17 Duncan
17

18 Judith
18

Questions 19-20

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR NUMBERS for each answer.

Feature	Size	Biggest challenge	Target age group
Railway	1.2 km	Making tunnels
Go-Kart arena	(19) 19 m²	Removing mounds on the track	(20) 20 year-olds

Questions 31-32

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

31 The owners of the underground house

had no experience of living in a rural area.

were interested in environmental issues.

wanted a professional project manager.

32 What does the speaker say about the site of the house?

The land was quite cheap.

Stone was being extracted nearby.

It was in a completely unspoilt area.

Questions 33-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

The Underground House

Design

• Built in the earth, with two floors
• The south-facing side was constructed of two layers of (33) 33
• Photovoltaic tiles were attached
• A layer of foam was used to improve the (34) 34 of the building

Special features

• To increase the light, the building has many internal mirrors and (35) 35
• In future, the house may produce more (36) 36 than it needs
• Recycled wood was used for the (37) 37 of the house
• The system for processing domestic (38) 38 is organic

Environmental issues

• The use of large quantities of (39) 39 in construction was environmentally harmful
• But the house will have paid its 'environmental debt' within (40) 40

Possible strategy	Benefits	Problems
peer group discussion	increases (24) 24	dissertations tend to contain the same (25) 25
use the (26) 26 service	provides structured programme	limited (27) 27
consult study skills books	are a good source of reference	can be too (28) 28

Notepad

Part 1

Questions 1-5

Questions 6-10

Part 2

Questions 11-13

Questions 14-18

Questions 19-20

Part 3

Questions 21-30

Part 4

Questions 31-32

Questions 33-40