# Maori Kite Making

IELTS Academic Listening - 10 questions - 9 minutes - Note completion

Source: Recording, questions and answer key from The Official Cambridge Guide to IELTS, Test 4, Listening Part 4. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## The recording

7 minutes of audio. Practice it with the player on the page; the transcript is on the answers page.

## Questions

### Questions 31-40: Note completion

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Kite-making by the Maori people of New Zealand
Making and appearance of the kites
The priests who made the kites had rules for size and scale
**(31)** _____ was not allowed during a kite's preparation
Kites:
often represented a bird, a god, or a **(32)** _____.
had frames that were decorated with grasses and **(33)** _____.
had a line of noisy **(34)** _____ attached to them.
could be triangular, rectangular or **(35)** _____ shaped.
had patterns made from clay mixed with **(36)** _____ oil.
sometimes had human-head masks with **(37)** _____ and a tattoo.
Purpose and function of kites:
a way of sending **(38)** _____ to the gods
a way of telling other villages that a **(39)** _____ was necessary
a means of **(40)** _____ if enemies were coming.

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