ANSWER SECTION 3

21. The Secret Garden

22. (the) 20th/twentieth century

23. walk

24. motivations/motivation

25. abstract ideas

26. roses

27. dark(ness) to light(ness)

28. health

29. environment

30. human companionship

Listening section 4

This is the fourth section of your Listening test. Listen to the audio and answer questions 31-40.

Listen to the instructions for each part of this section carefully. Answer all the questions.

IELTS listening test audio: section 4

Questions 31–35

Complete the table below.

Write one word only for each answer.

Time Perspectives
Time Zone	Outlook	Features & Consequences
Past	Positive	Remember good times, e.g. birthdays. Keep family records, photo albums, etc.
	(31) ……………..	Focus on disappointments, failures, bad decisions.
Present	Hedonistic	Live for (32) …………….. ; seek sensation; avoid pain.
	Fatalistic	Life is governed by (33) …………….. , religious beliefs, social conditions. Life’s path can’t be changed.
Future	(34) ……………..	Prefer work to play. Don’t give in to temptation.
	Fatalistic	Have a strong belief in life after death and importance of (35) …………….. in life.

Questions 36–40

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Questions

36) We are all present hedonists

A) at school

B) at birth

C) while eating and drinking

37) American boys drop out of school at a higher rate than girls because

A) they need to be in control of the way they learn

B) they play video games instead of doing school work

C) they are not as intelligent as girls

38) Present-orientated children

A) do not realise present actions can have negative future effects

B) are unable to learn lessons from past mistakes

C) know what could happen if they do something bad, but do it anyway

39) If Americans had an extra day per week, they would spend it

A) working harder

B) building relationships

C) sharing family meals

40) Understanding how people think about time can help us

A) become more virtuous

B) work together better

C) identify careless or ambitious people

You now have ten minutes to copy your answers to all four sections of the Listening test on to your answer sheet. Do that now.

You have reached the end of your Listening test

ANSWER SECTION 4

31. negative

32. pleasure

33. poverty

34. active

35. success

36. B

37. A

38. C

39. A

40. B