IELTS LISTENING PRACTICE TEST 133

IELTS Listening Practice Tests With Audios

IELTS Listening Practice Tests Part 1: Questions 1-5

Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER.

BORGHEIMER LANGUAGE COURSES INFORMATION

Course Level – 3/ lower intermediate

Customer’s name: (1) 

Maximum class size: (2)  

Hours of study per day (weekdays): (3) 

Most expensive accommodation: (4) 

First Berlin course begins: (5) 

Questions 6 and 7

Choose TWO letters A-E.

Which TWO things does he need to buy for the course?

Questions 8-10

Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.

8. Without the student discount, the course costs  Euros.

9. Payment can be made by credit card or by  

10. To get a free course you need to find  other people.

IELTS Listening Practice Tests Part 2: Questions 11-15

Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.

11. Ministers and officials put the  of the agriculture business first.

12. Hormones make cattle  thus making meat production more profitable.

13. The use of hormones was banned over  ago in Europe

14. The USA and Canada asked the WTO to declare the ban  

15. A Danish study shows that hormones are over  more dangerous than was previously thought.

Questions 16-20

Complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Lack of testing

The government has not been testing beef which is (16) much to the anger of Mr. Verral. About (17) of the beef which British people eat comes from abroad, some of it from Brazil, a country which on paper does not allow the use of (18) However, when some EU inspectors visited a Brazilian farm, they found a (19) of the banned substance. This is not the first food scandal we have had in this country. Several months ago, a well-known chocolate company found out its sweets were contaminated with (20) of salmonella.

IELTS Listening Practice Tests Part 3: Questions 21-25

Complete the summary below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.

High achievers

Although it is thought that people who bring work home every night would be top achievers, they tend to peak early and then go into (21) High achievers work hard, but within (22) It is also important to choose (23) you enjoy. Top achievers spend over (24) of their working hours doing work they prefer. They want (25) not just external rewards.

Questions 26-30

Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

26. Top achievers take risks



27. Very often perfectionists



28. When top achievers make mistakes



29. Top achievers tend to be people who



30. Loners



IELTS Listening Practice Tests Part 4: Questions 31-34

Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

31. Exposure to bright light



32. Melatonin’s role in SAD is



33. Subsyndromal SAD



34. You would expect the typical SAD sufferer to be



Questions 35-40

Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

35. Depression probably has a  as it seems to run in the family.

36. Many SAD sufferers have a craving.

37. Serotonin has a effect on the brain.

38. The serotonin system of the brain cannot regulate itself well during 

39. Some neurotransmitters may be  in certain cases.

40. Many SAD patients put on fat in late autumn, just as 

1. JOHN PETTERSON

2. 12

3. 5

4. BED AND BREAKFAST

5. 8 JUNE

6. C

7. E

8. 550

9. BANK TRANSFER

10. FIVE

11. PROFITS

12. GROW FASTER

13. 20 YEARS

14. ILLEGAL

15. 200 TIMES

16. IMPORTED

17. 40%

18. (GROWTH) HORMONES

19. LARGE STOCKPILE

20. A RARE FORM

21. DECLINE

22. STRICT LIMITS

23. A CAREER

24. TWO-THIRDS

25. INTERNAL SATISFACTION

26. C

27. B

28. C

29. A

30. A

31. A

32. C

33. A

34. C

35. GENETIC COMPONENT

36. CARBOHYDRATE

37. SOOTHING

38. WINTER

39. INADEQUATE

40. HIBERNATIONS

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