Cambridge 15 IELTS Academic Listening Test 3 | IELTS Listening Practice Test

Part 1

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Questions

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Questions 1-10

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

Employment Agency: Possible Jobs

First Job

Role: Administrative assistant in a company that produces 1 (North London)
Responsibilities:
- data entry
- go to 2 and take notes
- general admin
- management of 3
Requirements:
- good computer skills including spreadsheets
- good interpersonal skills
- attention to 4
Experience:
- need a minimum of 5 of experience of teleconferencing

Second Job

Role: Warehouse assistant in South London
Responsibilities:
- stock management
- managing 6
Requirements:
- ability to work with numbers
- good computer skills
- very organised and 7
- good communication skills
- used to working in a 8
- able to cope with items that are 9
Need experience of:
- driving in London
- warehouse work
- 10 service

Questions 11-16

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Street Play Scheme

11 When did the Street Play Scheme first take place?

A. two years ago

B. three years ago

C. six years ago

12 How often is Beechwood Road closed to traffic now?

A. once a week

B. on Saturdays and Sundays

C. once a month

13 Who is responsible for closing the road?

A. a council official

B. the police

C. local wardens

14 Residents who want to use their cars

A. have to park in another street.

B. must drive very slowly

C. need permission from a warden.

15 Alice says that Street Play Schemes are most needed in

A. wealthy areas

B. quiet suburban areas.

C. areas with heavy traffic.

16 What has been the reaction of residents who are not parents?

A. Many of them were unhappy at first.

B. They like seeing children play in the street.

C. They are surprised by the lack of noise.

17–18 Which TWO benefits for children does Alice think are the most important?

Choose TWO letters, A–E.

A. increased physical activity

B. increased sense of independence

C. opportunity to learn new games

D. opportunity to be part of a community

E. opportunity to make new friends

19–20 Which TWO results of the King Street experiment surprised Alice?

Choose TWO letters, A–E.

A. more shoppers

B. improved safety

C. less air pollution

D. more relaxed atmosphere

E. less noise pollution

Questions 21-26

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Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

What Hazel should analyse about items in newspapers:

what 21 the item is on
the 22 of the item, including the headline
any 23 accompanying the item
the 24 of the item, e.g. what’s made prominent
the writer’s main 25
the 26 the writer may make about the reader

Questions 27-30

What does Hazel decide to do about each of the following types of articles?

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to Questions

A She will definitely look for a suitable article.

B She may look for a suitable article.

C She definitely won’t look for an article.

Types of articles

	A	B	C
27 national news item
28 editorial
29 human interest
30 arts

Questions 31-40

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Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Early history of keeping clean

Prehistoric times

water was used to wash off 31

Ancient Babylon

soap-like material found in 32 cylinders

Ancient Greece

people cleaned themselves with sand and other substances
used a strigil – scraper made of 33
washed clothes in streams

Ancient Germany and Gaul

used soap to colour their 34

Ancient Rome

animal fat, ashes and clay mixed through action of rain, used for washing clothes
from about 312 BC, water carried to Roman 35 by aqueducts

Europe in Middle Ages

decline in bathing contributed to occurrence of 36
37 began to be added to soap

Europe from 17th century

1600s: cleanliness and bathing started becoming usual
1791: Leblanc invented a way of making soda ash from 38
early 1800s: Chevreul turned soapmaking into a 39
from 1800s, there was no longer a 40 on soap.

Questions

Employment Agency: Possible Jobs

What Hazel should analyse about items in newspapers:

Early history of keeping clean

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