Seminar Prep: Sources on the Industrial Revolution

IELTS Listening Practice

hard

Audio

You can replay the recording as many times as you like while practising.

Questions

Questions 1–4

What is the main limitation of each source?

Options
  • A. Owners tidied up before inspections.
  • B. Only a minority of workers could write.
  • C. They exaggerate for effect.
  • D. They reveal nothing about people's feelings.
  • E. They were written long after the events.
1
the factory inspection reports
2
the workers' diaries
3
the newspaper cartoons
4
the modern economic dataset
Question 5

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

5
Their central argument is
Question 6

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

6
Ben concedes that
Questions 7–9

Complete the sentences below.

7
The students describe their method of comparing sources as ______.(max 1 word)
8
Ben will present the official and ______ sources.(max 1 word)
9
The reading list must be circulated to the group by ______.(max 1 word)
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