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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. What main cause of microplastic pollution does the lecturer identify?

32. Which fish were only recently understood to be affected?

33. What is Dr Hartfield mainly investigating?

34. Why is salmon mentioned?

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: natural breakdown of coastal rocks.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: fish feeding close to river mouths.

(C) is correct. The lecturer says the main reason microplastics are increasing is the way consumer products are made and used.

Associated Text:
So, the main reason for this is the way our consumer products are made and used.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: fish that eat shrimp.

(B) is correct. Fish feeding on plankton can be affected when plastic fragments are similar in scale to zooplankton.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: fish that live only in rivers.

Associated Text:
those that feed on plankton can also be affected, because some of the most abundant microplastic fragments are at exactly the same scale as zooplankton.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: how many fish die immediately.

(B) is correct. Dr Hartfield focuses particularly on a fish's sense of direction in long migrations.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: how plastics change ocean currents.

Associated Text:
she's particularly focusing on the effects of microplastics on a fish's sense of direction in long migrations.

(A) is correct. Salmon are migrating fish caught and sold for human consumption.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: as a species resistant to microplastics.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: as a fish used only in laboratory tanks.

Associated Text:
the migrating fish such as salmon, which travel thousands of kilometres and are then caught and sold for human consumption.

Questions 35-37
Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Research on fish
Topic Detail
Possible effects Microplastics may affect fish growth and the way their (35) work.
Learning migration routes Young fish follow paths laid down by their (36).
Laboratory studies Researchers gain more experimental (37).

The correct answer is organs because Dr Hartfield is studying possible effects on fish growth and on the way their organs work.

Associated Text:
with the effect of microplastics on the way their organs work

The correct answer is parents because young fish learn routes from paths laid down by their parents.

Associated Text:
a young fish seems to acquire this skill by following the migration paths laid down by its parents,

The correct answer is precision because lab studies allow greater precision for the experimenter.

Associated Text:
Lab studies allow much more precision for the experimenter, of course

Questions 38-40
Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Human concerns and prevention

- Researchers are asking whether children may have problems learning (38).

- During pregnancy, microplastic may enter the mother's body through her (39).

- The most important upstream step is reducing plastic (40).

The correct answer is navigation because researchers are asking whether microplastics could affect children learning navigation.

Associated Text:
could lead to problems in learning navigation in human children too

The correct answer is diet because microplastic may enter a mother's body through her diet.

Associated Text:
Microplastic in a mother's body, taken in through her diet, may also affect the unborn child.

The correct answer is waste because reducing plastic waste is the key upstream step.

Associated Text:
Reducing our overall plastic waste, especially single use packaging, is the single most important upstream step.

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