Recent Listening Set 19 – 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 the history of tea.

Questions 31–36

Complete the flow-chart below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Tea was first used as a in China
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Lu Yu wrote the first about tea
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Buddhist took tea to Japan
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Dutch traders brought tea to Europe
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Catherine of Braganza made tea fashionable in
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Robert Fortune tea plants out of China
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Plantations started in Assam and

Questions 37–40

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

The tea bag was invented in .
The first tea bags were made of .
The tea bag was invented by .
Tea is the most consumed drink after .