Listening Preview Test 8 TASKTYPE 1 Sentence Completion 12 National Geographic Video 1: Mega Green Museum 16 TASK TYPE 2 Note, Form, Table and Flow-chart Completion and Short Answer Questions 18 National Geographic Video 2: Songs Under a Big Sky 24 VOCABULARY 1 Times, dates and numbers; Phrasal and prepositional verbs; Compound nouns; Word-building; Research data; Common IELTS topic: The natural world 26 TASKTYPE 3 Map/Plan/Diagram Labelling 30 National Geographic Video 3: Eco-detectives 34 TASK TYPE 4 Multiple Choice 36 National Geographic Video 4: Picture Perfect 40 VOCABULARY 2 Dependent prepositions; Recognising and organising synonyms and antonyms; Formal and informal synonyms; Guessing the meaning from context; Word-building; Common IELTS topic: Academic life 42 TASK TYPE 5 Multiple Choice (with more than one answer) 46 National Geographic Video 5: Kiteboarding 50 TASKTYPE 6 Matching 52 National Geographic Video 6: Solar-powered Water Heater 56 VOCABULARY 3 Informal and academic language; Views and opinions; Synonyms: academic language; 58 Expressing responsibility: verb+ preposition; Recognising and identifying paraphrases; Common IELTS topic: Business Listening Review Test 62