IELTS Listening Practice: Botanical Art and Plants

Welcome to this IELTS Listening practice test focusing on botanical art and environmental awareness.

You will hear a lecture about botanical illustration and plant conservation from a TED Talk.

The test contains 9 questions and follows the standard IELTS format.

You should spend approximately 10 minutes on this section.

Take time to read the questions before the audio begins, and remember to write your answers as you listen.

Good luck!

Play the recordingNirupa Rao An Illustrated Kingdom Of Real Fantastical PlantsThe video loads from TED when you press play. TED may set cookies.

Sentence Completion Questions

Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

1. The speaker creates botanical illustrations using ____________ as her main medium.
2. The rainforest trees discussed can grow up to ____________ in height.
3. The speaker and naturalists documented ____________ important tree species.
4. Plants that capture insects use ____________ to attract their prey.
5. The strangler fig’s seeds are spread by ____________.
6. The Neelakurinji flowers bloom every ____________.
7. Scientists say plants are often ignored because they lack ____________.
8. The speaker’s illustrations were transformed into ____________ for village children.
9. Local children recognized the plants as ____________ for washing hair.

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1. 1watercoloralso: watercolour, watercolors, watercolours“I paint plants, usually with watercolor”
2. 2140 feetalso: 140 ft, 140“These trees were up to 140 feet tall.”
3. 330also: thirty“We were able to document 30 of the region’s most iconic species”
4. 4sweet secretionsalso: secretions“The little insects are attracted to the sweet secretions”
5. 5birds“its seeds are dispersed by birds that drop them atop the branches of existing trees”
6. 612 yearsalso: twelve years, 12“it happens only once every 12 years”
7. 7visual cuesalso: certain visual cues“plants lack certain visual cues. They don’t have faces, they don’t move”
8. 8games“her team turned some of my illustrations into games that village children could play”
9. 9fruit“the fruit they use to wash their hair”

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