IELTS LISTENING PRACTICE TEST 145

IELTS Listening Practice Tests With Audios

IELTS Listening Practice Tests Part 1: Questions 1-10

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

(1)  

(2)  

(3)  

(4)  

(5)  

(6)  

(7)  

(8)  

(9)  

(10)  

IELTS Listening Practice Tests Part 2: Questions 11-16

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

SPORTS WORLD

a new (11)  of an international sports goods company

located in the shopping centre to the (12)  of Bradcaster

has sports (13) and equipment on floors 1 – 3

can get you any item within (14)   days

shop specialises in equipment for (15)  

has a special section which just sells (16) 

Questions 17 and 18

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

17. A champion athlete will be in the shop



18. The first person to answer 20 quiz questions correctly will win



Questions 19 and 20

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO pieces of information does the speaker give about the fitness test?

IELTS Listening Practice Tests Part 3: Questions 21-30

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Course Feedback

21. One reason why Spiros felt happy about his marketing presentation was that



22. What surprised Hiroko about the other students’ presentations?



23. After she gave her presentation, Hiroko felt



24. How does Spiros feel about his performance in tutorials?



25. Why can the other students participate so easily in discussions?



26. Why is Hiroko feeling more positive about tutorials now?



27. To help her understand lectures, Hiroko



28. What does Spiros think of his reading skills?



29. What is Hiroko’s subject area?



30. Hiroko thinks that in the reading classes the students should



IELTS Listening Practice Tests Part 4: Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

Mass Strandings of Whales and Dolphins

Mass strandings: situations where groups of whales, dolphins, etc. swim onto the beach and dieCommon in areas where the (31)   can change quickly

Several other theories:

Parasites

e.g. some parasites can affect marine animals’ (32)  ,which they depend on for navigation

Toxins

Poisons from (33)   or…………are commonly consumed by whales

e.g. Cape Cod (1988) – whales were killed by saxitoxin

Accidental Strandings

Animals may follow prey ashore, e.g. Thurston (1995)

Unlikely because the majority of animals were not (34) when they stranded

Human Activity

(35)  from military tests are linked to some recent strandings

The Bahamas (2000) stranding was unusual because the whales

were all (36)  

were not in a (37)  

Group Behaviour

More standings in the most (38) species of whales

1994 dolphin stranding – only the (39)  was ill

Further Reading

Marine Mammals Ashore (Connor) – gives information about stranding (40)  

1. ANSWERING THE PHONE

2. HILLSDUNNE ROAD

3. LIBRARY

4. 4.45

5. NATIONAL HOLIDAYS

6. AFTER 11’O CLOCK

7. CLEAR VOICE

8. THINK QUICKLY

9. 22 OCTOBER

10. MANUJA

11. BRANCH

12. WEST

13. CLOTHING

14. 10

15. RUNNING

16. BAGS

17. A

18. A

19. A

20. E

21. B

22. C

23. B

24. A

25. C

26. B

27. A

28. B

29. C

30. B

31. TIDES

32. HEARING/ EARS

33. PLANTS AND ANIMALS

34. FEEDING

35. NOISES

36. HEALTHY

37. GROUP

38. SOCIAL

39. LEADER

40. NETWORKS

Written by HASAN