IELTS Listening Practice Tests With Audios
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IELTS Listening Practice Tests Part 1: Questions 1-10
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER.
Alex’s Training
Alex completed his training in 2014
About the applicant:
• At first Alex did his training in the (1) department
• Alex did not have a qualification from school in (2)
• Alex thinks he should have done the diploma in (3) skills
• Age of other trainees: the youngest was (4)
Benefits of doing training at JPNW:
• Lots of opportunities because of the size of the organization
• Trainees receive the same amount of (5) as permanent staff
• The training experience increases people’s confidence a lot
• Trainees go to (6) one day per month
• The company is in a convenient (7)
Advice for interview:
• Do not wear (8)
• Do not be (9)
• Make sure you (10)
IELTS Listening Practice Tests Part 2: Questions 11-16
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
The Snow Centre
11. Annie recommends that when cross-country skiing, the visitors should
12. What does Annie tell the group about this afternoon’s dog-sled trip?
13. What does Annie say about the team relay event?
14. On the snow-shoe trip, the visitors will
15. The cost of accommodation in the mountain hut includes
16. If there is a storm while the visitors are in the hut, they should
Questions 17-20
What information does Annie give about skiing on each of the following mountain trails?
Choose FOUR answers from the options below and write the correct letter A-F next to questions 17-20
Information
A it has a good place to stop and rest
B it is suitable for all abilities
C it involves crossing a river
D it demands a lot of skill
E it may be closed in bad weather
F it has some very narrow sections
Mountain trails
17. Highland trail
18. Pine trail
19. Stony trail
20. Loser’s trail
IELTS Listening Practice Tests Part 3: Questions 21-26
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
Labels giving nutritional information on food packaging
21. What was Jack’s attitude to nutritional food labels before this project?
22. Alice says that before doing this project.
23. When discussing supermarket brands of pizza, Jack agrees with Alice that
24. Jack prefers the daily value system to other labelling systems because it is
25. What surprised both students about one flavour of crisps?
26. What do the students think about research into the impact of nutritional food labelling?
Questions 27 and 28
Choose TWO letters A-E.
Which TWO things surprised the students about the traffic-light system for nutritional labels?
Questions 29 and 30
Choose TWO letters, A-E
Which TWO things are true about the participants in the study on the traffic-light system?
IELTS Listening Practice Tests Part 4: Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
The history of coffee
Coffee in the Arab world
• There was small-scale trade in wild coffee from Ethiopia.
• 1522: Coffee was approved in the Ottoman court as a type of medicine.
• 1623: In Constantinople, the ruler ordered the (31) of every coffee house.
Coffee arrives in Europe (17th century)
• Coffee shops were compared to (32)
• They played an important part in social and (33) changes.
Coffee and European colonisation
• European powers established coffee plantations in their colonies
• Types of coffee were often named according to the (34) they came from.
• In Brazil and the Caribbean, most cultivation depended on (35)
• In Java, coffee was used as a form of (36)
• Coffee became almost as important as (37)
• The move towards the consumption of (38) in Britain did not also take place in the USA.
Coffee in the 19th century
• Prices dropped because of improvements in (39)
• Industrial workers found coffee helped them to work at (40)
1. FINANCE
2. MATHS
3. BUSINESS
4. 17
5. HOLIDAYS/ VACATIONS
6. COLLEGE
7. LOCATION
8. JEANS
9. LATE
10. SMILE
11. A
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. B
18. D
19. A
20. E
21. A
22. A
23. C
24. C
25. B
26. A
27. B
28. C
29. D
30. E
31. DESTRUCTION
32. UNIVERSITY
33. POLITICAL
34. PORT(S)
35. SLAVES/ SLAVERY
36. TAXATION
37. SUGAR
38. TEA
39. TRANSPORTATION
40. NIGHT