Listening Test 2 – 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 part of a lecture about sleep in animals.

Questions 31–40

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

Sleep in animals

General points
Even show a sleep-like state, although they have no brain
Giraffes and elephants may sleep for only hours a day
They need time for eating and are in danger from
Some bats sleep up to 20 hours a day
Unusual sleep
Dolphins sleep with one half of the at a time
Ducks at the end of a keep one eye open
Frigatebirds take naps of about seconds while flying
Why animals sleep
To remove products from the brain
To strengthen
Rats seem to practise a during sleep
Human impact
Artificial changes the timing of birds' sleep