IELTS Cambridge Book 17.3 Welcome to your listening 17.3 https://ieltscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cambridge-17.3-with-answers-Advice-on-surfing-holidays-listening-audio.mp3 PART 1 Questions 1–10 Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. Advice on surfing holidays Jack's advice Recommends surfing for 1 ....... holidays in the summer Need to be quite 2 ..... Irish surfing locations County Clare- Lahinch has some good quality 3 ..... and surf schools- There are famous cliffs nearbyCounty Mayo Good surf school at 4 ..... beach Surf camp lasts for one 5 ...... Can also explore the local 6 .... by kayak Weather Best month to go: 7 ....... Average temperature in summer: approx. 8 ...... degrees Costs Equipment Wetsuit and surfboard: 9 ..... euros per day Also advisable to hire 10 ..... for warmth PART 2. Questions 11 and 12 Choose TWO letters. A-E which TWO facts are given about the school's extended hours childcare service? A. it started recently. B. more children attend schools than before school C. An average of 50 children attend in the mornings D. A child cannot attend both the before and after school sessions E. the maximum number of children who can attend 70 Questions 13-15 Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. 13. How much does childcare cost for a complete afternoon session per child? A. £3.50 B. £5.70 C. £7.20 None 14. What does the manager say about food? A. Children with allergies should bring their own food B. Children may bring healthy snacks with them. C. Children are given a proper meal at 5 p.m. None 15. What is different about arrangements in the school holidays? A. Children from other schools can attend. B. Older children can attend. C. A greater number of children can attend. None Questions 16–20 What information is given about each of the following activities on offer? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–G, next to Questions 16–20. Activites 16. Spanish Please select your answer A B C D E F G 17. Music Please select your answer A B C D E F G 18. Painting Please select your answer A B C D E F G 19. Yoga Please select your answer A B C D E F G 20. Cooking Please select your answer A B C D E F G PART 3. Questions 21-24 Questions 21-30 Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. Holly's Work Placement Tutorial 21. Holly has chosen the Orion Stadium placement because A. it involves children. B. it is outdoors. C. it sounds like fun. None 22. Which aspect of safety does Dr Green emphasise most? A. ensuring children stay in the stadium B. checking the equipment children will use C. removing obstacles in changing rooms None 23. What does Dr Green say about the spectators? A. They can be hard to manage B. They make useful volunteers. C. They shouldn't take photographs None 24. What has affected the schedule in the past? A. bad weather B. an injury C. extra time None Questions 25-30 What do Holly and her tutor agree is an important aspect of each of the following events Management skills? Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 25-30. Events management skills 25. Communication Please select your answer A B C D E F G H 26. Organisation Please select your answer A B C D E F G H 27. Time management Please select your answer A B C D E F G H 28. Creativity Please select your answer A B C D E F G H 29. Leadership Please select your answer A B C D E F G H 30. Networking Please select your answer A B C D E F G H PART 4. Questions 31–40 Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. Bird Migration Theory Most birds are believed to migrate seasonally. Hibernation theory It was believed that birds hibernated underwater or buried themselves in 31 .... This theory was later disproved by experiments on caged birds. Transmutation theory Aristotle believed birds changed from one species into another in summer and winter. In autumn he observed that redstarts experience the loss of 32 ...... and thought they then turned into robins. Aristotle's assumptions were logical because the two species of birds had a similar 33 ..... 17th century Charles Morton popularised the idea that birds fly to the 34 ...... in winter. Scientific developments In 1822, a stork was killed in Germany which had an African spear in its 35 .... previously there had been no 36 ....... that storks migrate to Africa Little was known about the 37 ...... and journeys of migrating birds until the practice of ringing was established. It was thought large birds carried small birds on some journeys because they were considered incapable of travelling across huge 38 ... Ringing depended on what is called the 39 ...... of dead birds. In 1931, the first 40 .... to show the migration of European birds was printed. Time's up
