Cambridge ielts 7 listening test 4 transcript

TUTOR:            OK, so what I’d like you to do now is to talk to your partner about your presentations on urban planning. You should have done most of the reading now, so I’d like you to share your ideas, and talk about the structure of your presentation and what you need to do next.

CARLA:            OK Rob. I’m glad we chose quite a specific topic – cities built next to the sea. It made it much easier to find relevant information.

ROB:                Yeah. And cities are growing so quickly – I mean, we know that more than half the world’s population lives in cities now.

CARLA:            Yeah, though that’s all cities, not just ones on the coast. But (Q21) most of the biggest cities are actually built by the sea. I’d not realised that before.

ROB:                Nor me. And what’s more, a lot of them are built at places where rivers come out into the sea. But apparently this can be a problem.

CARLA:            Why?

ROB:                Well, as the city expands, agriculture and industry tend to spread further inland along the rivers, and so agriculture moves even further inland up the river. That’s not necessarily a problem, except (Q22) it means more and more pollutants are discharged into the rivers.

CARLA:            So these are brought downstream to the cities?

ROB:                Right. Hmm. Did you read that article about Miami, on the east coast of the USA?

CARLA:            No.

ROB:                Well, apparently back in the 1950s they build channels to drain away the water in case of flooding.

CARLA:            Sounds sensible.

ROB:                Yeah, they spent quite a lot of money on them. (Q23) But what they didn’t take into account was global warming. So they built the drainage channels too close to sea level, and now sea levels are rising, they’re more or less useless. If there’s a lot of rain, the water can’t run away, there’s nowhere for it to go. The whole design was faulty.

CARLA:            So what are the authorities doing about it now?

ROB:                I don’t know. I did read that they’re aiming to stop disposing of waste into the ocean over the next ten years.

CARLA:            But that won’t help with flood prevention now, will it?

ROB:                No. Really (Q24) they just need to find the money for something to replace the drainage channels, in order to protect against flooding now. But in the long term they need to consider the whole ecosystem.

CARLA:            Right. Really, though, coastal cities can’t deal with their problems on their own, can they? I mean, they’ve got to start acting together at an international level instead of just doing their own thing.

ROB:                Absolutely. The thing is, everyone knows what the problems are and environmentalists have a pretty good idea of what we should be doing about them, so (Q25) they should be able to work together to some extent. But it’s going to be a long time before countries come to a decision on what principles they’re prepared to abide by.

CARLA:            Yes, if they ever do.

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CARLA:            So I think we’ve probably got enough for our presentation. It’s only fifteen minutes.

ROB:                OK. So I suppose we’ll begin with some general historical background about why coastal cities were established. But (Q26) we don’t want to spend too long on that, the other students will already know a bit about it. It’s all to do with communications and so on.

CARLA:            Yes. We should mention some geographical factors, things like wetlands and river estuaries and coastal erosion and so on. We could have some maps of different cities with these features marked.

ROB:                On a handout you mean? Or (Q27) some slides everyone can see?

CARLA:            Yeah, that’d be better.

ROB:                It’d be good to go into past mistakes in a bit more detail. Did you read that case study of the problems there were in New Orleans with flooding a few years ago?

CARLA:            Yes, (Q28) We could use that as the basis for that part of the talk. I don’t think the other students will have read it, but they’ll remember hearing about the flooding at the time.

ROB:                OK. So that’s probably enough background.

CARLA:            So then we’ll go on to talk about what action’s being taken to deal with the problems of coastal cities.

ROB:                OK. What else do we need to talk about? Maybe something on future risks, looking more at the long term, if populations continue to grow.

CARLA:            Yeah. We’ll need to do a bit of work there, I haven’t got much information, have you?

ROB:                No. (Q29) We’ll need to look at some websites. Shouldn’t take too long.

CARLA:            OK. And I think we should end by talking about international implications. Maybe (Q30) we could ask people in the audience. We’ve got people from quite a lot of different places.

ROB:                That’d be interesting, if we have time, yes. So now shall we …

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Section 1: Questions 1-6
Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER.

HOMESTAY APPLICATION

Surname: Yuichini
First name: (1) Sex: female Nationality: Japanese

Passport number: (2)

Age: 28 years Present address: Room 21C, Willow College

Length of homestay: approx. (3)

Couse enrolled in: (4)
Family preferences: no (5)  and no objection to
(6)

Questions 7-10
Answer the questions below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

7. What does the student particularly like to eat?
8. What sport does the student play?
9. What mode of transport does the student prefer?
10. When will the student find out her homestay address?

Cambridge IELTS 7 Listening Test 4 – Section 2

Section 2: Questions 11-14
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

11. What kind of tour is Sally leading?
A a bus tour
B a train tour
C a walking tour

12. The original buildings on the site were
A houses
B industrial buildings
C shops

13. The local residents wanted to use the site for
A leisure
B apartment blocks
C a sports centre

14. The Tower is at the centre of the
A nature reserve
B formal gardens
C Bicentennial Park

Questions 15-17
Label the plan below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

(15)
(16)
(17)

Questions 18-20
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

(18)
(19)
(20)

Cambridge IELTS 7 Listening Test 4 – Section 3

Section 3: Questions 21 and 22
Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

The presentation will last 15 minutes.
There will be (21)  minutes for questions.
The presentation will not be (22)

Questions 23-26

What do the students decide about each topic for the geography presentation?
A They will definitely include this topic.
B They might include this topic.
C They will not include this topic.

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to questions 23-26.

23. Geographical Location
24. Economy
25. Overview of Education System
26. Role of English Language

Questions 27-30
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

(27)                 (28)
(29)                (30)

Cambridge IELTS 7 Listening Test 4 – Section 4

Section 4: Questions 31-33
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)

31. The speaker says the main topic of the lecture is
A the history of monosodium glutamate
B the way monosodium glutamate works
C where monosodium glutamate is used

32. In 1908, scientists in Japan
A made monosodium glutamate
B began using kombu
C identified glutamate

33. What change occurred in the manufacture of glutamate in 1956?
A It began to be manufactured on a large scale
B The Japanese began extracting it from natural sources
C It became much more expensive to produce

Questions 34-40
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)

• MSG contains o Glutamate (78.2%) o Sodium (12.2%)

o (34)  (9.6%)

• Glutamate is found in foods that contain protein such as (35)  and
(36)

• MSG is used in foods in many different parts of the world.
• In 1908 Kikunae Ikeda discovered a (37)
• Our ability to detect glutamate makes sense because it is so (38)  naturally. • John Prescott suggests that: o Sweetness tells us that a food contains carbohydrates.

o (39)  tells us that a food contains toxins.

o Saltiness tells us that a food contains (40)

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1. Keiko 2. JO6337 3. 4 months 4. English (studies) 5. (young) children 6. pets 7. seafood 8. tennis 9. trains 10. that afternoon 11. C 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. car park 16. rose garden 17. cafe 18. cycling 19. biology lesson 20. viewing shelter 21. 5 22. assessed 23. A 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. media room 28. resources room 29. embassy 30. statistics/ stat 31. B 32. C 33. A 34. water 35. meat 36. cheese 37. fifth taste 38. common 39. bitterness

40. minerals

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