IELTS Past Papers | Sample paper for Listening Module

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IELTS Listening Practice Test 1

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SECTION 1:

Questions 1-10:

·         Complete the notes below.

·         Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

HIRING A PUBLIC ROOM

Example:

·         the Main Hall - seats 200

 Room and cost

·         the 1 ___________ Room - seats 100

·         Cost of Main Hall for Saturday evening: 2 £_______+ £250 deposit (3_________ payment is required)

·         Cost includes use of tables and chairs and also 4__________

·         Additional charge for use of the kitchen: £25

Before the event

·         Will need a 5________ licence

·         Need to contact caretaker (Mr Evans) in advance to arrange 6___________

During the event

·         The building is no smoking

·         The band should use the 7 _______ door at the back

·         Don’t touch the system that controls the volume

·         For microphones, contact the caretaker

After the event

·         Need to know the 8_________ for the cleaning cupboard

·         The 9___________ must be washed and rubbish placed in black bags

·         All 10 __________ must be taken down

·         Chairs and tables must be piled up

SECTION 2:

Questions 11-20:

Questions 11-14:

·         Complete the notes below.

·         Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Fiddy Working Heritage Farm:

Advice about visiting the farm

Visitors should

·         take care not to harm any 11_______

·         not touch any 12_________

·         wear 13 _________

·         not bring 14_________ into the farm, with certain exceptions

 Questions 15-20

Label the map below.

Write the correct letter A-I, next to Questions 15-20.

15 Scarecrow 

16 Maze 

17 Café

18 Black Barn

19 Covered picnic area

20 Fiddy House

SECTION 3

Questions 21-30

Choose the correct letter, A, B C.

Study on Gender in Physics

21    The students in Akira Miyake’s study were all majoring in

A  physics.

B  psychology or physics.

C  science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

22    The aim of Miyake’s study was to investigate

A  what kind of women choose to study physics.

B  a way of improving women’s performance in physics.

C  whether fewer women than men study physics at college.

23    The female physics students were wrong to believe that

A  the teachers marked them in an unfair way.

B  the male students expected them to do badly.

C  their test results were lower than the male students’.

24    Miyake’s team asked the students to write about

A  what they enjoyed about studying physics.

B  the successful experiences of other people.

C  something that was important to them personally.

25    What was the aim of the writing exercise done by the subjects?

A  to reduce stress

B  to strengthen verbal ability

C  to encourage logical thinking

26    What surprised the researchers about the study?

A  how few students managed to get A grades

B  the positive impact it had on physics results for women

C  the difference between male and female performance

27    Greg and Lisa think Miyake’s results could have been affected by

A  the length of the writing task.

B  the number of students who took part.

C  the information the students were given.

28    Greg and Lisa decide that in their own project, they will compare the effects of

A  two different writing tasks.

B  a writing task with an oral task.

C  two different oral tasks.

29    The main finding of Smolinsky’s research was that class teamwork activities

A  were most effective when done by all-women groups.

B  had no effect on the performance of men or women.

C  improved the results of men more than of women.

30    What will Lisa and Greg do next?

A  talk to a professor

B  observe a science class

C  look at the science timetable

SECTION 4

Questions 31-40

·         Complete the notes below.

·         Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Ocean Biodiversity

Biodiversity hotspots:

·         areas containing many different species

·         important for locating targets for 31 _______

·         at first only identified on land

Boris Worm, 2005:

·         identified hotspots for large ocean predators, e.g. sharks

·         found that ocean hotspots:

§  were not always rich in 32_________

§  had higher temperatures at the 33 ____________

§  had sufficient 34 ___________ in the water

Lisa Ballance, 2007:

·         looked for hotspots for marine 35 ___________

·         found these were all located where ocean currents meet

Census of Marine Life

·         found new ocean species living:

§  under the 36 ______

§  near volcanoes on the ocean floor

Global Marine Species Assessment

·         want to list endangered ocean species, considering:

§  population size

§  geographical distribution 

§  rate of 37__________

·         Aim: to assess 20,000 species and make a distribution 38________ for each one

Recommendations to retain ocean biodiversity

·         increase the number of ocean reserves

·         establish 39 ________ corridors (e.g. for turtles)

·         reduce fishing quotas

·         catch fish only for the purpose of 40

Solutions

Answer for IELTS- Listening Practice Test 1

1	Charlton	21	C
2	(£)115 / a/one hundred (and) fifteen	22	B
3	cash	23	B
4	parking	24	C
5	music	25	A
6	entry	26	B
7	stage	27	C
8	code	28	A
9	floor/floors	29	B
10	decoration/decorations	30	A
11	animal/animals	31	conservation
12	tool/tools	32	food/foods
13	shoes	33	surface
14	dog/dogs	34	oxygen/O2
15	F	35	mammals
16	G	36	ice
17	D	37	decline/declining/decrease
18	H	38	map
19	C	39	migration
20	A	40	consumption