IELTS FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES TEST 2 (LISTENING) SECTION 4

IELTS FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

TEST 2 (LISTENING)

SECTION 4 (Questions 31-40)

Questions 31 – 34

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

31	The lecture is intended mainly for those entering the ______________, but relevant to all students present.
32	The lecture believes that too ______________ a specialisation can be damaging.
33	The number of ______________ who were also writers is surprising.
34	The speaker believes that literature provides a ______________ which medical schools do not.

Questions 35-40

What is said about each of these books?

Choose your answers from the box and write the letters A-H next to questions 35-40.

A	It conveys the thrill of scientific discovery.
B	It id of interest to any natural historian.
C	This is a classic of scientific writing.
D	It is about the life of a scientist.
E	This book is now sometimes used in schools.
F	This is also a good travel book.
G	This book examines the dark side of human nature.
H	This book was a response to another book.

35	A Short History of Nearly Everything	___________________
36	Wonderful Life	___________________
37	The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee	___________________
38	The Water Babies	___________________
39	The Emperor of Scent	___________________
40	On The Origin of Species	___________________

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ANSWER KEY

31	medical profession
32	narrow
33	physicians
34	human dimension/mind
35	E because she says :’just because it’s now officially a school book’.
36	A because she says it: ‘shows how much imagination and excitement there is in scientific discovery’
37	G because she says it: ‘forces us to look at some of the darker aspects of human nature.’
38	H because she says: ‘it is the first fictional response to Charles Darwin’s On The Origin of Species’.
39	D because she says it: ‘is a biography’ and it ‘is about Luca Turin, a biophysicist.’
40	C because she says: ‘that classic of the genre, Charles Darwin’s On The Origin of Species.’