IELTS LISTENING PRACTICE TEST

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: