Recent Listening Set 11 – 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 plants survive in deserts.

Questions 31–36

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

StrategyExampleFeatures
Storing watercactithick stems with a layer; instead of leaves
Deep or wide roots treeroots over 50 metres deep reach ; shallow roots catch light
Avoiding droughtannual plantsseeds stay for years; grow after heavy rain

Questions 37–40

Complete the sentences below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Deserts receive less than mm of rain a year.
Annual plants flower and produce seeds within a few .
Many desert plants open their at night.
Scientists hope to develop that survive drought.