Practice Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 3 with Answers

Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 3

The Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 3 provides excellent practice for improving your IELTS Listening skills. This test includes “Employment agency: Possible jobs”, a discussion on job opportunities and placement services; “Street Play Scheme”, detailing a community program for children’s outdoor activities; and “Early history of keeping clean”, an intriguing exploration of historical hygiene practices.

Each section challenges your ability to follow conversations, understand speaker intentions, and grasp detailed information. Answers are included to support your preparation and learning.

Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 3 – Part 1

Questions 1 – 10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Employment Agency: Possible Jobs

First Job

Administrative assistant in a company that produces 1…………….. (North London)

Responsibilities
●   data entry
●   go to 2……………. and take notes
●   general admin
●   management of 3……………..

Requirements
●   good computer skills including spreadsheets
●   good interpersonal skills
●   attention to 4……………..

Experience
●   need a minimum of 5…………… of experience of teleconferencing

Second Job

Warehouse assistant in South London

Responsibilities
●   stock management
●   managing 6…………….

Requirements
●   ability to work with numbers
●   good computer skills
●   very organised and 7……………
●   good communication skills
●   used to working in a 8…………….
●   able to cope with items that are 9……………..

Need experience of
●   driving in London
●   warehouse work
●   10…………… service

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Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 3 – Part 2

 

Questions 11 – 16
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Street Play Scheme

11   When did the Street Play Scheme first take place?

A   two years ago
B   three years ago
C   six years ago

12   How often is Beechwood Road closed to traffic now?

A   once a week
B   on Saturdays and Sundays
C   once a month

13   Who is responsible for closing the road?

A   a council official
B   the police
C   local wardens

14   Residents who want to use their cars

A   have to park in another street.
B   must drive very slowly
C   need permission from a warden.

15   Alice says that Street Play Schemes are most needed in

A   wealthy areas
B   quiet suburban areas.
C   areas with heavy traffic.

16   What has been the reaction of residents who are not parents?

A   Many of them were unhappy at first.
B   They like seeing children play in the street.
C   They are surprised by the lack of noise.

Questions 17 and 18
Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO benefits for children does Alice think are the most important?

A     increased physical activity
B     increased sense of independence
C     opportunity to learn new games
D     opportunity to be part of a community
E     opportunity to make new friends

Questions 19 and 20

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO results of the King Street experiment surprised Alice?

A     more shoppers
B     improved safety
C     less air pollution
D     more relaxed atmosphere
E     less noise pollution

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Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 3 – Part 3

Questions 21 – 26
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

What Hazel should analyse about items in newspapers:

●   what 21……………… the item is on
●   the 22……………… of the item, including the headline
●   any 23…………….. accompanying the item
●   the 24……………… of the item, e.g. what’s made prominent
●   the writer’s main 25………………
●   the 26……………… the writer may make about the reader

Questions 27-30

What does Hazel decide to do about each of the following types of articles?

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to Questions 27-30

A     She will definitely look for a suitable article.
B     She may look for a suitable article.
C     She definitely won’t look for an article.

Types of articles

27   national news item                 ……………
28   editorial                                     ……………
29   human interest                        ……………
30   arts                                             ……………

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Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 3 – Part 4

Questions 31 – 40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Early history of keeping clean

Prehistoric times:
●   water was used to wash off 31……………..

Ancient Babylon
●   soap-like material found in 32…………… cylinders

Ancient Greece:
●   people cleaned themselves with sand and other substances
●   used a strigil – scraper made of 33………………
●   washed clothes in streams

Ancient Germany and Gaul:
●   used soap to colour their 34………………

Ancient Rome:
●   animal fat, ashes and clay mixed through action of rain, used for washing clothes
●   from about 312 BC, water carried to Roman 35……………… by aqueducts

Europe in Middle Ages:
●   decline in bathing contributed to occurrence of 36……………….
●   37………………. began to be added to soap

Europe from 17th century:
●   1600s: cleanliness and bathing started becoming usual
●   1791: Leblanc invented a way of making soda ash from 38………………
●   early 1800s: Chevreul turned soapmaking into a 39………………
●   from 1800s, there was no longer a 40……………… on soap.

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Cambridge IELTS 15 Listening Test 3 Answers

Employment agency jobs Listening Answers

1. Furniture
2. Meetings
3. Diary
4. Detail(s)
5. 1/ one year
6. Deliveries
7. Tidy
8. Team
9. Heavy
10. Customer

Street Play Scheme Listening Answers

11. B
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. C
16. B
17. B, D
18. B, D
19. A, E
20. A, E

Hazel about newspapers Listening Answers

21. Page
22. Size
23. Graphic(s)
24. Structure
25. Purpose
26. Assumption(s)
27. A
28. C
29. C
30. B

Early history of keeping clean Listening Answers

31. Mud
32. Clay
33. Metal
34. Hair
35. Bath(s)
36. Disease(s)
37. Perfume
38. Salt
39. Science
40. Tax

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