IELTS LISTENING CAMBRIDGE 17 TEST 3

Questions 1 – 10

Complete the notes below.

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

Advice on surfing holidays

Jack’s advice

• Recommends surfing for 1 holidays in the summer
• Need to be quite 2

Irish surfing locations

• County Clare

        –  Lahinch has some good quality 3  and surf schools

        –  There are famous cliffs nearby

• County Mayo

        –  Good surf school at 4  beach

        –  Surf camp lasts for one 5 

        –  Can also explore the local 6  by kayak

Weather

• Best month to go: 7
• Average temperature in summer: approx. 8 degrees

Costs

• Equipment

        –  Wetsuit and surfboard: 9  euros per day

        –  Also advisable to hire 10  for warmth

What information is given about each of the following activities on offer?

Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to Questions 16-20.

What do Holly and her tutor agree is an important aspect of each of the following events management skills?

Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 25-30.

Questions 31 – 40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Bird Migration Theory

Most birds are believed to migrate seasonally.

Hibernation theory

• It was believed that birds hibernated underwater or buried themselves in 31 .
• This theory was later disproved by experiments on caged birds.

Transmutation theory

• Aristotle believed birds changed from one species into another in summer and winter.

        –  In autumn he observed that redstarts experience the loss of 32  and thought they then turned into robins.

        –  Aristotle’s assumptions were logical because the two species of birds had a similar 33  .

17th century

• Charles Morton popularised the idea that birds fly to the 34 in winter.

Scientific developments

• In 1822, a stork was killed in Germany which had an African spear in its 35 .

        –  previously there had been no 36  that storks migrate to Africa

• Little was known about the 37 and journeys of migrating birds until the practice of ringing was established.

        –  It was thought large birds carried small birds on some journeys because they were considered incapable of travelling across huge 38  .

        –  Ringing depended on what is called the 39 ‘’ of dead birds.

• In 1931, the first 40 to show the migration of European birds was printed.