IELTS Listening · Practice Test 1 · Section 4 of 4

Lecture: The Urban Heat Island

A university lecture. Note completion, Questions 31–40.

Exam conditions: Section 4 runs continuously with no break in the middle. Play the recording once only. Read the questions before you start.

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📝 IELTS Listening — Test 1, Section 4: The Urban Heat Island

IELTS Listening — Practice Test 1, Section 4 of 4. A university lecture on the urban heat island. Play the recording ONCE. Section 4 has no break in the middle — the recording runs continuously through all ten questions. Follow the note headings as you listen.

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1. 31. First documented in London in ___ by Luke Howard.

2. 32. The effect is strongest at ___ .

3. 33. Loss of evaporation is responsible for about ___ of the effect in temperate cities.

4. 34. Urban geometry is measured using the ___ .

5. 35. Waste heat, especially from ___ , creates a feedback loop.

6. 36. Deaths are concentrated among the ___ .

7. 37. High night temperatures prevent the body’s ___ .

8. 38. Reflective roofs increase the ___ .

9. 39. The main constraint on street trees is ___ .

10. 40. Overall, the heat island acts as a ___ for climate change.

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