IELTS LISTENING PRACTICE TEST
SECTION 1
Questions 1-10
Questions 1-6
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
CUSTOMER ORDER FORM Example: ORDER PLACED BY: John Carter ACCOUNT NUMBER 1__________ COMPANY NAME 2__________ Envelopes Size A4 normal Colour 3__________ Quantity 4__________ Photocopy paper Colour 5__________ Quantity 6__________ |
Questions 7-9
List THREE additional things that the man requests.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
7__________
8__________
9__________
Question 10
Complete the notes.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for your answer.
Special instructions: Deliver goods 10__________
SECTION 2
Questions 11-20
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Artist’s Exhibition General details: Place: 11)__________ No. 1 12)__________ Dates: 6th October – 13)__________ Display details: · jewellery · furniture · ceramics · 14__________ · Sculpture Expect to see: crockery in the shape of 15__________ silver jewellery, e.g. large rings containing 16__________ a shoe sculpture made out of 17__________ Go to demonstrations called: 18__________ |
Artist’s Conservatory Courses include: Chinese brush painting 19__________ silk painting Fees include: Studio use Access to the shop Supply of 20__________ |
SECTION 3
Questions 21-30
Questions 21-23
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
According to Alison Sharp, bear ancestors date back 21__________ years. Scientists think bears were originally in the same family as 22__________ . The Cave Bear was not dangerous because it 23__________ . |
Questions 24-28
Choose the correct bear species in each question.
Sloth Bear Giant panda Black Bear Brown Bear Sun Bear |
24 Which is the most recent species?
25 Which is the largest looking bear?
26 Which is the smallest bear?
27 Which bear eats plants?
28 Which bear eats insects?
Questions 29-30
Check TWO letters A-F.
Which TWO actions are mentioned to help bears survive?
A breeding bears in captivity
B encouraging a more humane attitude
C keeping bears in national parks
D enforcing international laws
E buying the speaker’s book
F writing to the United Nations
SECTION 4
Questions 31-36
Choose the correct letters A-C.
31 The speaker compares a solar eclipse today to a
A religious experience.
B scientific event.
C popular spectacle.
32 The speaker says that the dark spot of an eclipse is
A simple to predict.
B easy to explain.
C randomly occurring.
33 Concerning an eclipse, the ancient Chinese were
A fascinated.
B rational.
C terrified.
34 For the speaker, the most impressive aspect of an eclipse is the
A exceptional beauty of the sky.
B chance for scientific study.
C effect of the moon on the sun.
35 Eclipses occur rarely because of the size of the
A moon.
B sun.
C earth.
36 In predicting eclipses, the Babylonians were restricted by their
A religious attitudes.
B inaccurate observations.
C limited ability to calculate.
Questions 37-40
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Date of eclipse | Scientists | Observation |
1715 | Halley | 37________ who accurately predicted an eclipse |
1868 | Janssen and Lockyer | discovered 38________ |
1878 | Watson | believed he had found 39________ |
1919 | Einstein | realised astronomers had misunderstood 40________ |
Answers
1. 692411:
2. Rainbow Communications:
3. white:
4. two/2 boxes:
5. light blue: :
6. 10 packs/10 packets:
7. (coloured) floppy disks/computer disks/discs/disks:
8. (a/one) wall calendar:
9. (a/new) catalogue:
10. before 11.30/not after 11.30/by 11.30:
11. Royal Museum:
12. Queen's Park Road/Rd:
13. 10th Dec(ember):
14. metal work:
15. (garden):
16. coloured stones:
17. (white) paper:
18. Face to Face: :
19. pencil drawing:
20. all materials:
21. 40 million:
22. dogs/the dog:
23. only ate plants:
24. Polar Bear:
25. Brown Bear
26. Sun Bear:
27. Giant Panda:
28. Sloth Bear:
29. B OR E IN EITHER ORDER:
30. B OR E IN EITHER ORDER:
31. C:
32. B:
33. C:
34. B:
35. A:
36. C:
37. first person:
38. (a)new element/helium
39. (the) lost planet/(the) new planet/Vulcan:
40. gravity: