Recent Listening Set 6 – 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 microplastics.

Questions 31–40

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

Microplastics
Smaller than 5 mm
Microbeads in have been banned in many countries
Sources
washing synthetic fabrics such as
car wearing down on roads
Where found
deep ocean trenches, Arctic ice and
drinking water, salt and seafood, especially
Health
may cause
some chemicals affect
Solutions
washing machine (required in )
plastic removed by treatment plants ends up in spread on farmland