Cambridge 15 IELTS Listening Test 3 |

Book 15 IELTS Listening Test 3

PART 1 : Questions 1–10

Complete the notes below.

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

Employment Agency: Possible Jobs

First Job

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

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

PART 2 : Questions 11–20

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.

Questions 17 and 18

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

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

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

Questions 19 and 20

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO results of the King Street experiment surprised Alice?

A more shoppers

B improved safety

C less air pollution

D more relaxed atmosphere

E less noise pollution

PART 3 Questions : 21-30

Complete the notes below.

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 27-30

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

27. national news item

28. editorial

29. human interest

30. arts

PART 4 : Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below.

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.

Answers

1. furniture
2. meetings
3. diary
4. detail(s)
5. 1 / one year
6. deliveries
7. tidy
8. team
9. heavy
10. customer

11. B
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. C
16. B
17&18. B, D
19&20. A, E

21. page
22. size
23. graphic(s)
24. structure
25. purpose
26. assumption(s)
27. A
28. C
29. C
30. B

31. mud
32. clay
33. metal
34. hair
35. bath(s)
36. disease(s)
37. perfume
38. salt
39. science
40. tax

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Book 15 IELTS Listening Test 3

PART 1 : Questions 1–10

PART 2 : Questions 11–20

PART 3 Questions : 21-30

PART 4 : Questions 31–40

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