IELTS LISTENING CAMBRIDGE 18 TEST 1

Questions 1-10

Complete the notes below.

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

Transport survey

Name:   Sadie Jones

Year of birth:   1991

Postcode:   1

Travelling by bus

Date of bus journey:   2

Reason for trip:   shopping and visit to the 3

Travelled by bus because cost of   4  too high

Got on bus at   5  Street

Complaints about bus service:

–   bus today was 6

–   frequency of buses in the 7

Travelling by car

Goes to the   8  by car

Travelling by bicycle

Dislikes travelling by bike in the city centre because of the 9

Doesn’t own a bike because of a lack of 10

What does the speaker suggest would be helpful for each of the following areas of voluntary work?

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

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Elephant translocation

Reasons for overpopulation at Majete National Park

• strict enforcement of anti-poaching laws
• successful breeding

Problems caused by elephant overpopulation

• greater competition, causing hunger for elephants
• damage to 31 in the park

The translocation process

• a suitable group of elephants from the same 32 was selected
• vets and park staff made use of 33 to help guide the elephants into an open plain
• elephants were immobilised with tranquilisers

      –   this process had to be completed quickly to reduce 34

      –   elephants had to be turned on their 35  to avoid damage to their lungs

      –   elephants’ 36  had to be monitored constantly

      –   tracking devices were fitted to the matriarchs

      –   data including the size of their tusks and 37  was taken

• elephants were taken by truck to their new reserve

Advantages of translocation at Nkhotakota Wildlife Park

• 38 opportunities
• a reduction in the number of poachers and 39
• an example of conservation that other parks can follow
• an increase in 40 as a contributor to GDP