Recent Listening Set 3 – Part 4

Computer-based IELTS practice · free

  • •Part 4: questions 31–40. Time allowed: 10 minutes.
  • •Each recording is played ONCE only. Read the questions before you press play.
  • •Write your answers while you listen. Spelling counts.
  • •Use the question numbers at the bottom to move between questions. Flag questions to review later.
  • •Put on your headphones and turn up the volume.
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Part 4

Listen and answer questions 31–40.

Situation: You will hear a lecture about how honeybees communicate.

Questions 31–40

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Honeybee communication
A colony may contain up to 50,000 bees
Explained by Karl von Frisch, who won the Prize
Round dance
used when food is close
shows food is nearby but not its
Waggle dance
the bee shakes her while running straight
the angle shows direction in relation to the
the length of the run shows
Other signals
the dancer carries the of flowers
Recent research
tags show bees fly straight to food
young bees make mistakes and improve with
this suggests is involved
neonicotinoid pesticides may damage bees’