Cambridge IELTS 9 Listening Test 3

Section 1: Questions 1-10

Questions 1-5

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER.

Apartments	Facilities	Other information	Cost
Rose Garden Apartments	studio flat	entertainment programme: Greek dancing	£ 219
Blue Bay Apartments	large salt water swimming pool	– just (1)…………….meters from beach – near shops	£ 275
(2)………………Apartments	terrace	watersports	£ 490
The Grand	Greek paintings and (3)…………..	– overlooking (4)…………. – near a supermarket and disco	(5) £…………

Questions 6-10

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER.

GREEK ISLAND HOLIDAYS

Insurance benefits	Maximum amount
Cancellation	(6) £………………….
Hospital	£ 600, additional benefit allows a (7)………………to travel to resort
(8)……………………departure	up to £ 1000 depends on reason
Personal belongings	up to £ 3000, £ 500 for one (9)……………

Name of Assistant Manager: Ben (10)………………..

Section 2: Questions 11-20

Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

WINRIDGE FOREST RAILWAY PARK

11. Simon’s idea for a theme park came from
    1. his childhood hobby
    2. his interest in landscape design
    3. his visit to another park
12. When they started, the family decided to open the park only when
    1. the weather was expected to be good
    2. the children weren’t at school
    3. there were fewer farming commitments
13. Since opening, the park has had
    1. 50,000 visitors
    2. 1,000,000 visitors
    3. 1,500,000 visitors

Questions 14-18

What is currently the main area of work of each of the following people?

Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter A-H next to questions 14-18.

Area of work

A advertising	B animal care	C building	D educational links
E engine maintenance	F food and drink	G sales	H staffing

People

14. Simon
15. Liz
16. Sarah
17. Duncan
18. Judith

Questions 19 and 20

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER.

Feature	Size	Biggest challenge	Target age group
Railway	1.2 km	making tunnels
Go-kart arema	(19)…………..sq mt	removing mounds on the track	(20)……………..year olds

Section 3: Questions 21-30

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER.

Study Skills Tutorial – Caroline Benning

Dissertation topic: the (21) …………………………
Strengths: (22) ………………………… and Computer modeling
Weaknesses: lack of background information
Poor (23) ………………………… skills

Possible strategy	Benefits	Problems
Peer group discussion	increase (24) …………………………	dissertations tend to contain the same (25) …………………………
Use the (26) ………………………… service	provides structured programme	limited (27) …………………..
Consult study skills books	are a good source of reference	can be too (28)……………….

Recommendations: use a card index and Real all notes (29) …………………………
Next tutorial date: (30) ………………………… January

Section 4: Questions 31-40

31. The owners of the underground house
    1. had no experience of living in a rural area
    2. were interested in environmental issues
    3. wanted a professional project manager
32. What does the speaker say about the site of the house?
    1. The land was quite cheap
    2. Stone was being extracted nearby
    3. It was in a completely unspoilt area

Questions 33-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER.

THE UNDERGROUND HOUSE

Design
• Built in the earth, with two floors
• The south-facing side was constructed of two layers of (33) …………………………
• Photovoltaic tiles were attached
• A layer of foam was used to improve the (34) ………………………… of the building

Special features
• To increase the light, the building has many internal mirrors and (35) …………………………
• In future, the house may produce more (36) ………………………… than it needs
• Recycled wood was used for the (37) ………………………… of the house
• The system for processing domestic (38) ………………………… is organic

Environmental issues
• The use of large quantities of (39) ………………………… in construction was environmentally harmful
• But the house will have paid its ‘environmental debt’ within (40) …………………………

Section 1 Answers Cambridge 9 Listening Test 3

1. 300
2. sunshade
3. balcony
4. forests
5. 319
6. 10,000
7. relative
8. missed
9. item
10. Ludlow

Section 2 Answers Cambridge 9 Listening Test 3

11. C
12. A
13. C
14. E
15. H
16. F
17. C
18. G
19. 120
20. 5 to 12

Section 3 Answers Cambridge 9 Listening Test 3

21. fishing industry
22. statistics
23. note-taking
24. confidence
25. ideas
26. student support
27. places
28. general
29. 3 times
30. 25

Section 4 Answers Cambridge 9 Listening Test 3

31. B
32. A
33. glass
34. insulation
35. windows
36. electricity
37. floors
38. waste
39. concrete
40. 15 years