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IELTS Listening Exercise: Multiple choice.

Exercise 1

On this page you will find IELTS Listening exercise for multiple choice questions. By completing this exercise you will improve your IELTS Listening skills and develop specific techniques for answering multiple choice questions.

Multiple choice questions contain 3 answers and only one of them is correct. Your task is to choose the correct answer. Multiple choice questions are common for parts 2, 3 and 4 of IELTS Listening test.

To succeed in IELTS Listening multiple choice questions you should:

• Be patient. You are likely to hear ALL the given answers, so choosing the one you hear the first is not a good strategy.
• Be attentive - sometimes the speaker can correct himself or give new details.
• Beware of order - the answers will not necessarily be in the same order as the speaker gives information.

Now listen to the recording and choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.

 

1. The most widespread style of graffiti in Brazil is  Show hint

   In the beginning the speaker talks about graffiti in Paris and Barcelona, saying that it is pro-equality, pro-human rights, anti-capitalism and anti-war. Then he says that in Brazil there are much of such kind of streat art and that it was legalized. But after that, he says that it is not nearly as widespread as the other graffiti, dangerous and illegal.
   

   1. anti-capitalistic and anti-war
   2. legalized
   3. dangerous and illegal



2. The Brazilian graffiti is different from simply some scribbling on a wall because  Show hint

   The talking man describes why the graffiti is different from simple scribblings: "The letters had harmony or the lack of harmony, or they had a composition, or they had an attitude, or they looked almost like the skeletons of cartoons. They took originality seriously."
   

   1. it always lacks harmony
   2. it takes originality seriously
   3. it portrays skeletons



3. The reporter in the centre of Sao Paulo mentions all of the following, EXCEPT  Show hint

   In the beginning of his talk, the reporter says: "It's Thursday evening and it's startign to get dark..."
   

   1. it's Tuesday evening
   2. he's approaching a huge loud group of people
   3. there are some police cars at the end of the street
   
   
   
4. The group of people (mentioned by the reporter) know what the graffiti on the buildings says because  Show hint

   The reporter says that the buildings are covered with thick black writing. He adds that he has no idea what it says and that many of the locals don't know what it's ment to say either. Then the reporter says: "But this group of people here... They know exactly what it says... Because they wrote most of it."
   

   1. they know the language of the graffiti
   2. they wrote most of it
   3. they have lived in this area for a long time


5. The more risky the process of graffiti tagging is, the more its artist is  Show hint

   After the music ends, the woman says: "The thing about the tag is where you place it. The more risk it poses to the artist's life the more street grade you get".
   

   1. searched by the police
   2. considered extravagant
   3. respected among other graffiti taggers

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