Recent Listening Set 7 – 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 glaciers.

Questions 31–40

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

TopicDetails
Formationmore snow falls than ; snow is compressed into dense ice
Typesvalley glaciers; ice (Antarctica and )
Movementice deforms; at the base allows sliding
LandformsU-shaped valleys; rocks called ; piles of rock called
ImportanceHimalayan glaciers supply water to over a people
ChangeAlpine glaciers lost about their volume since 1900
Measurement and time-lapse