IELTS LISTENING CAMBRIDGE 19 TEST 1

Questions 1–10

Complete the notes below.

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

Hinchingbrooke Country Park

The park

Area: 1  hectares

Habitats: wetland, grassland and woodland

Wetland: lakes, ponds and a 2

Wildlife includes birds, insects and animals

Subjects studied in educational visits include

Science: Children look at 3  about plants, etc.

Geography: includes learning to use a 4  and compass

History: changes in land use

Leisure and tourism: mostly concentrates on the park’s 5

Music: Children make 6 with natural materials, and experiment with rhythm and speed.

Benefits of outdoor educational visits

They give children a feeling of 7  that they may not have elsewhere.

Children learn new 8  and gain self-confidence.

Practical issues

Cost per child: 9 £

Adults, such as 10 , free

abel the map below.

Write the correct letter, A–H, next to Questions 16–20.

Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Céide Fields

●   an important Neolithic archaeological site in the northwest of Ireland

Discovery

●   In the 1930s, a local teacher realised that stones beneath the bog surface were once 31 .

●   His 32 became an archaeologist and undertook an investigation of the site:

       –   a traditional method used by local people to dig for 33  was used to identify where stones were located

       –   carbon dating later proved the site was Neolithic.

●   Items are well preserved in the bog because of a lack of 34  .

Neolithic farmers

●   Houses were 35  in shape and had a hole in the roof.

●   Neolithic innovations include:

       –   cooking indoors

       –   pots used for storage and to make 36 .

●   Each field at Céide was large enough to support a big 37 .

●   The fields were probably used to restrict the grazing of animals – no evidence of structurers to house them during 38 .

Reasons for the decline in farming

●   a decline in 39  quality

●   an increase in 40