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This listening practice simulates the fourth section of the IELTS Listening test. Listen to the audio and answer questions 31-40.
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Questions 31-34
Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.

Write your answers in boxes 31-34 on your answer sheet.

31. Why is the common wombat also called bare-nosed?

32. What is unusual about wombat teeth?

33. What is the main modern predator of adult wombats?

34. What helped displaced wombats find their way home?

(A) is correct. The bare-nosed name comes from the wombat's hairless nose pad.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: it has no facial markings.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: it lives in open grassland.

Associated Text:
bare nosed wombat, because it has a hairless nose pad

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: they fall out every year.

(B) is correct. Wombat teeth grow continuously throughout their lives.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: they are only used for digging.

Associated Text:
their teeth, which grow continuously throughout their entire lives

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: large birds of prey.

(B) is correct. Adults are now more likely to be killed by dingoes.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: possums.

Associated Text:
nowadays adults are more likely to be caught and killed by dingoes

(A) is correct. They could return home if they detected a clear scent trail.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: visual landmarks.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: the position of the sun.

Associated Text:
they could usually find their way back home as long as they could detect a clear scent trail along the route

Questions 35-37
What point is made about each aspect of wombat behaviour?
  1. include plant material below ground
  2. may last across many generations
  3. may involve protection from other males
  4. depend mainly on visual landmarks
  5. increase during food shortages
  6. require a GPS collar

Write the correct letter A-F next to questions 35-37.

35. Diet

36. Burrow use

37. Male behaviour in mating season

The correct answer is A because the wombat diet includes roots as well as bark and grasses.

Associated Text:
In terms of diet, they have quite a varied feeding repertoire, including bark and roots, but they mostly eat grasses of various kinds.

The correct answer is B because generations of wombats may use the same burrow for decades.

Associated Text:
Unlike most ground dwelling mammals of their size, it seems that they're relatively settled, returning to the same burrow year after year. Generations of wombats can use the same burrow for decades.

The correct answer is C because males may provide a female with shelter from rival males.

Associated Text:
maybe the male wombats stay around so they can give the female access to the safety of the burrow, and so provide a kind of shelter from rival males that try to drive her out.

Questions 38-40
Complete the short answers below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

38. What type of boxes were used to catch wombats gently?

39. Where was the soft padded harness fitted?

40. What direct problem may wombats avoid by keeping apart?

The correct answer is traps because the wombats were caught gently in box traps.

Associated Text:
We caught some wombats in the wild, gently, in box traps

The correct answer is neck because the GPS unit was attached to a soft padded harness around the neck.

Associated Text:
a soft padded harness around the neck. Then we set the wombats free again, and we were able to track them for thirty days

The correct answer is conflict because the lecturer suggests wombats may avoid one another to prevent direct conflict.

Associated Text:
maybe this active avoidance is a way of preventing direct conflict.

Note: After the instruction audio, you will have 20 seconds to look at questions before listening to the talk.
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