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IELTS Listening Practice Test

Section 1

Questions 1–4

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

City Bank Customer Service Log

Customer's Term Deposit details:

Current Term Deposit interest rates:

4 Term Deposits

Minimum deposit: $20,000

Questions 5–10

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

5 tax rate:	28%
Investment returns	Depend on 6
Term	Effective rate of return
2 years	Salary $48,001 – $70,000 3.75% per annum	Salary $70,001 – 7 $ 3.92% per annum
Minimum investment amount:	$10,000
Hidden charges/fees:	8
Interest payment options:	monthly, 9, 6‑monthly, annually
Application options:	online 10 in person

Section 2

Questions 11–15

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

11The September Celebration day is held

Afive times a year to honour the city

Bon the park’s important birthday

Cto remember the history of the park

12The park was first built in

A1955

B1979

Cthe 1990s

13The park still uses

Aa children’s play area

Ba petting zoo

Ctwo of the early rides

14The Hurricane roller-coaster is

Atall and made of wood

Bdesigned for smaller children

Cvery fast and exciting

15The rides with a height limit are coded

Ayellow

Bblue

Cblack

Questions 16–20

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Food options:

• Italian, Chinese, etc. at the Food Court
• hamburgers, sandwiches, etc. at 16

Special events:

Parade

• Starts at noon
• On the 17
• Run by final year high school students

Concert

• At the amphitheatre
• Theme: 18
• Starts at 7:00

Safety and Security:

• Ten19 centres in the park
• Children ask any staff member for help
• Ask security team at the 20

Section 3

Questions 21–24

Complete the flowchart below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Session outline:

Tutorial structure:

Step 1: go over 21

Step 2: think about research 22

• search online databases using good search terns
• consider the kind of research, e.g. 23 from other projects

Questions 25–27

Complete the summary below.

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.

Project description:

You need to design a grey-water treatment system to reduce the pressure on the water 25 in a Cameroon village. Grey-water is wastewater from household 26 . The system needs to treat this water to remove bacteria, and recycle it to use for purposes such as watering plants, flushing toilets and doing 27 .

Questions 28–30

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Research tips

General internet searches:

Avoid websites where 28 try to sell their products.

Engineering library:

Use key words when searching the catalogue
e.g. grey-water treatment systems / 29 use

EWB website

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Check examples from the 30 last year.

Section 4

Questions 31–34

Complete the summary below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Origins of the Caveman Diet

There are many popular fad diets nowadays. They all promise good health if you stick to the 31 . The Caveman diet is a popular example. This diet includes foods such as lean meat and fish that our forebears ate before we developed 32 . We need to find out what our ancestors did eat, so researchers are studying some existing hunter-gatherer tribes. These tribes typically like to eat meat but they can’t always get it, even though they are skilled with their weapons, e.g. 33 and . So, instead, they eat foods that their wives gather. They get only about a 34 of their energy from meat.

Questions 35–36

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

35Research evidence suggests that

Athe tribesmen’s traditional diet is unhealthy

Bour bodies can digest only certain foods

Cwe can adapt to a range of diets.

36Thai people have difficulty digesting milk because

Athey have too much lactase in their bodies

Bin the past they didn’t farm cows

Ctheir saliva lacks certain enzymes.

Questions 37–40

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Variation in global diets:

• Inuit – most calories from37 foods, e.g. seal meat
• Jains – vegetarian, but milk is permitted
• Others – fish, insects

Implications for the caveman diet:

• Cavemen did not all eat the same diet
• Diets come from complicated cultural 38

Problems with Caveman diet:

• Costs a lot of money for lean meat and 39
• Too much red meat may be unhealthy
• Reliance on meat is bad for the 40

Listening Answer Key

SECTION 1

1. Marshall
2. 180 days
3. 3.85 (%)
4. Monthly Interest / monthly interest
5. maximum
6. income bracket
7. 120,000 / 120000
8. no fees
9. quarterly
10. (by) phone

SECTION 2

1. C
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. food stands
7. Main Street / St. / main street / st.
8. Hollywood
9. first-aid / first aid / First Aid
10. guard stations

SECTION 3

1. task instructions
2. strategies
3. case studies
4. action plan
5. supply
6. drains
7. laundry
8. manufacturers
9. residential
10. competition

SECTION 4

1. plan
2. agriculture
3. bows, arrows [in either order]
4. third / 3rd
5. C
6. B
7. high fat / high-fat
8. (dietary) practices
9. nut oils
10. environment

IELTS Listening Score

Band Score	Raw score out of 40
9	39–40
8.5	37–38
8	35–36
7.5	32–34
7	30–31
6.5	26–29
6	23–25
5.5	18–22
5	16–17
4.5	13–15
4	11–12
3.5	8–10
3	6–7
2.5	4–5