考满分IELTS: 剑雅听力9Test4Section4

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Listen and answer questions 31-40

Question 31-36

Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
Wildlife in city gardens

31. What led the group to choose their topic?

  • A.

    They were concerned about the decline of one species.

  • B.

    hey were interested in the effects of city growth.

  • C.

    They wanted to investigate a recent phenomenon.

32. The exact proportion of land devoted to private gardens was confirmed by

  • A.

    consulting some official documents.

  • B.

    taking large-scale photos.

  • C.

    discussions with town surveyors.

33. The group asked garden owners to

  • A.

    take part in formal interviews.

  • B.

    keep a record of animals they saw.

  • C.

    get in contact when they saw a rare species.

34. The group made their observations in gardens

  • A.

    which had a large number of animal species.

  • B.

    which they considered to be representative.

  • C.

    which had stable populations of rare animals.

35. The group did extensive reading on

  • A.

    wildlife problems in rural areas.

  • B.

    urban animal populations.

  • C.

    current gardening practices.

36. The speaker focuses on three animal species because

  • A.

    a lot of data has been obtained about them.

  • B.

    the group were most interested in them.

  • C.

    they best indicated general trends.

Question 37-40

Complete the table below:

Animals

Reason for population

increase in gardens

Comments

  

suitable stretches of water

massive increase in

urban population

Hedgehogs

safer from   when in cities

easy to   them accurately

Song thrushes

– a variety of   to eat

– more nesting places

available

large survey starting soon