IELTS Cambridge Book 15.3 DisclaimerIELTS Collection is not affiliated with Cambridge, British Council, IDP, or IELTS. All materials remain the property of their respective copyright owners and are used here for educational practice only https://ieltscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IELTS-15.3-.mp3PART 1. Questions 1–10Complete the notes below.Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.Employment Agency: Possible JobsFirst JobAdministrative assistant in a company that produces 1 (North London)Responsibilitiesdata entrygo to 2 and take notesgeneral adminmanagement of 3 ....Requirementsgood computer skills including spreadsheetsgood interpersonal skillsattention to 4 ...Experienceneed a minimum of 5 .... of experience of teleconferencingSecond JobWarehouse assistant in South LondonResponsibilitiesstock managementmanaging 6 ....Requirementsability to work with numbersgood computer skillsvery organised and 7 .....good communication skillsused to working in a 8 ......able to cope with items that are 9 .....Need experience ofdriving in Londonwarehouse work10 .. servicePART 2. Questions 11-20Questions 11-16Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.Street Play Scheme11. When did the Street Play Scheme first take place? A. Two years ago B. three years ago C. six years ago None 12. How often is Beechwood Road closed to traffic now? A. Once a week B. on Saturdays and Sundays C. once a month None 13. Who is responsible for closing the road? A. a council official B. the police C. local wardens None 14. Residents who want to use their cars A. have to park in another street. B. must drive very slowly. C. need permission from a warden. None 15. Alice says that Street Play Schemes are most needed in A. wealthy areas. B. quiet suburban areas. C. areas with heavy traffic. None 16. What has been the reaction of residents who are not parents? A. Many of them were unhappy at first. B. They like seeing children play in the street. C. They are surprised by the lack of noise. None Questions 17 and 18Choose TWO letters, A-E.Which TWO benefits for children does Alice think are the most important? A. increased physical activity. B. increased sense of independence. C. opportunity to learn new games. D. opportunity to be part of a community. E. opportunity to make new friends. Questions 19 and 20Choose TWO letters, A-E.Which TWO results of the King Street experiment surprised Alice? A. more shoppers B. improved safety C. less air pollution D. more relaxed atmosphere E. less noise pollution PART 3. Questions 21-30Questions 21-26Complete the notes below.Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.What Hazel should analyse about items in newspaperswhat 21 ....... the item is onthe 22 ...... of the item, including the headlineany 23 ..... accompanying the itemthe 24 ..... of the item, e.g. what's made prominentthe writer's main 25 .....the 26 .... the writer may make about the readerQuestions 27-30What does Hazel decide to do about each of the following types of articles?Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to Questions 27-30Types of articales27. national news item Please select your answerABC 28. editoral Please select your answerABC 29. human interest Please select your answerABC 30. arts Please select your answerABC PART 4. Questions 31–40Complete the notes below.Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.Early history of keeping cleanPrehistoric times:water was used to wash off 31 ...Ancient Babylon:soap-like material found in 32 ..... cylindersAncient Greece:people cleaned themselves with sand and other substancesused a strigil - scraper made of 33 ...washed clothes in streamsAncient Germany and Gaul:used soap to colour their 34 ....Ancient Rome:animal fat, ashes and clay mixed through action of rain, used for washing clothesfrom about 312 BC, water carried to Roman 35 .... by aqueductsEurope in Middle Ages:decline in bathing contributed to occurrence of 36 ...37 ...... began to be added to soapEurope from 17th century:1600s: cleanliness and bathing started becoming usual1791: Leblanc invented a way of making soda ash from 38 ....early 1800s: Chevreul turned soapmaking into a 39 ....from 1800s, there was no longer a 40 ..... on soap Time's up
