IELTS Academic Listening practice test 5

Listen and answer questions 1 to 10.

1. • Length of course: {{1}} weeks

2. • Classes are on {{2}} evenings, starting at 7 pm

3. • Tutor: Dr Ruth {{3}}

4. • Students will study old {{4}} and newspaper reports

5. • Last session: a talk by a visiting {{5}}

6. • Fee for library members: £{{6}}

7. • Students should buy a small {{7}}

8. • Bring a {{8}} to the first class for the student card

9. • Free parking behind the {{9}}

10. • Enrolment deadline: {{10}} September

Listen and answer questions 11 to 20.

11. When the Friends of Fernley Road Cemetery was first set up, its main aim was to

A) protect the wildlife living in the cemetery

B) clear overgrown paths so that people could reach the graves

C) raise money to repair the chapel

12. Where will this year's lantern walk begin?

A) at the main gates

B) outside the chapel

C) in the car park on Hollin Lane

13. What is Helen's main concern about the lantern walk?

A) There may be too many people for the narrow paths

B) Wet weather may stop people from coming

C) There may not be enough volunteers to help with parking

14. New volunteers who would like to help at the information table should

A) attend a short training session first

B) have visited the cemetery several times before

C) be able to come every week

15. Which TWO things can visitors do at the remembrance evening?

A) write a message on a card for the memory tree

B) have a family grave cleaned

C) join a guided talk about local history

D) buy hot drinks from a stall

E) light a candle inside the chapel

16. Which TWO things can visitors do at the remembrance evening?

A) write a message on a card for the memory tree

B) have a family grave cleaned

C) join a guided talk about local history

D) buy hot drinks from a stall

E) light a candle inside the chapel

17. Which TWO pieces of advice does Helen give about finding a family grave?

A) Check the online burial register before you visit

B) Bring a soft brush to read worn inscriptions

C) Ask at the council office for a map of the plots

D) Take photographs instead of copying the words by hand

E) Avoid visiting just after heavy rain

18. Which TWO pieces of advice does Helen give about finding a family grave?

A) Check the online burial register before you visit

B) Bring a soft brush to read worn inscriptions

C) Ask at the council office for a map of the plots

D) Take photographs instead of copying the words by hand

E) Avoid visiting just after heavy rain

19. Which TWO tasks does the group most need help with this autumn?

A) repairing the boundary fence

B) updating the group's website

C) clearing fallen leaves from the paths

D) showing school groups around

E) recording the words on old headstones

20. Which TWO tasks does the group most need help with this autumn?

A) repairing the boundary fence

B) updating the group's website

C) clearing fallen leaves from the paths

D) showing school groups around

E) recording the words on old headstones

Listen and answer questions 21 to 30.

21. Why did the students choose Kestrel Cycles for their project?

A) The owner had already kept a large collection of customer emails

B) One of the students had a part-time job there

C) Their tutor had suggested working with the business

22. What did the students originally plan to build?

A) a chatbot for the shop's website

B) a system with five separate agents

C) one assistant to deal with every task

23. What did the tutor say was the main benefit of dividing the work between specialised agents?

A) The system would run more quickly

B) It would be easier to find where a mistake came from

C) The system would cost less to operate

24. What problem did the students have when they tested the system with real emails?

A) Some customers wrote in languages other than English

B) Personal details had to be removed from the messages

C) Some emails contained more than one request

25. How did the shop owner react to the first replies produced by the system?

A) She felt they sounded too formal

B) She was concerned customers would dislike automated replies

C) She wanted them to be much shorter

26. What do the students decide to do in their presentation?

A) run the system live in front of the group

B) show a recording of the system working

C) concentrate mainly on how the system was designed

27. the sorting agent

A) It was easier to build than expected

B) It needs clearer instructions

C) It sometimes repeats the work of another agent

D) It will not be needed in the next version

E) It produced the most useful results

F) It is too slow to be practical

28. the reply-drafting agent

A) It was easier to build than expected

B) It needs clearer instructions

C) It sometimes repeats the work of another agent

D) It will not be needed in the next version

E) It produced the most useful results

F) It is too slow to be practical

29. the checking agent

A) It was easier to build than expected

B) It needs clearer instructions

C) It sometimes repeats the work of another agent

D) It will not be needed in the next version

E) It produced the most useful results

F) It is too slow to be practical

30. the booking agent

A) It was easier to build than expected

B) It needs clearer instructions

C) It sometimes repeats the work of another agent

D) It will not be needed in the next version

E) It produced the most useful results

F) It is too slow to be practical

Listen and answer questions 31 to 40.

31. • In Hawaii, the length of a board and the tree it came from showed a person's {{31}}.

32. • From the 1950s, foam boards were shaped so quickly that production moved from small workshops into {{32}}.

33. • Shaping foam and resin releases harmful {{33}}.

34. • Damaged boards are rarely recycled because the materials are hard to {{34}}.

35. • In parts of West Africa, many surfers rely on boards left behind by {{35}}.

36. • A board core can be grown from the root-like part of {{36}} mixed with farm waste.

37. • The most promising plant-based resin is currently made from {{37}}.

38. • Cork is used on the top of the board because it gives good {{38}} without wax.

39. • Surf clubs collect the most plastic from beaches after {{39}}.

40. • Collected plastic is pressed into {{40}} for young surfers.