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IELTS® Listening Practice 40

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This listening practice simulates the fourth section of the IELTS Listening test. Listen to the audio and answer questions 33-40.
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Questions 33-36
Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS  for each answer.

 

Chewing Gum: Key events

Who Why they chewed gum
- for enjoyment and relieving toothaches.
Ancient Mayans - to satisfy or combat hunger
Aztecs

Married women and widows - to use it in private as a freshener

Men - to clean their teeth, but only in secret. 

North American Indians

(Note: European   adopted this indigenous custom of chewing on spruce tree resin)

- to improve oral hygiene

Questions 37-40
Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.

John Curtis developed the first commercial spruce tree gum in the late 1840s.

The recipe was later changed to make the chewing gum .

By the mid-1900s, ingredients were being used instead of chicle.

William Wrigley Junior offered store owners to stock his products.

In 1906, Frank Fleer's first attempt to make bubble gum failed. Years later, the first bubble gum was introduced.

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Multiple Choice
Summary Completion
Multiple Selection
Short Answer
Matching
Sentence Completion
Diagram Labelling
Note Completion
Form Completion
Table Completion
Flow Chart Completion
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