IELTS Listening Practice Test 10 with Audio and Answer Key

Step up your preparation with the IELTS Listening Practice Test. Test your listening skills, then explore the transcript and answer key to understand your results.

In this test, you will listen to 4 Sections and answer Questions 1-40 based on the information you hear. Each section reflects a typical situation you may encounter in the actual IELTS Listening exam.

• Section 1: Tour Information

• Section 2: Fitness programs are available at Fitness Land 

• Section 3: Pain Management

• Section 4: Podcast about technology and mental health

By completing this practice test, you can strengthen your listening skills, understand spoken English more effectively, and prepare yourself confidently for the IELTS exam.

LISTENING PRACTICE TEST 10

Listen to the audio and write the answers accordingly. 

Section 1

Questions 1-5

Complete the information below.

Questions 6-10 

Complete the booklet of ticket types below.

Section 2

Questions 11-15

Choose FIVE letters, A—I. 

Which FIVE group fitness programs are available at Fitness Land? 

A. Yoga

B. Pilates

C. Step dance

D. Aerobics

E. Belly dance

F. Barbell classes

G. Kickboxing

H. zumba

I. Stretching

Questions 16-20 

Complete the timetable of group activities below.

Section 3

Questions 21-25

Answer the questions below.

Choose the correct letter A, B or C. 

21. Why do people experience pain? 

A. It preserves good health conditions 

B. It prevents us from damaging ourselves 

C. Continuous pain is useful for humans 

22. What parts of our body are responsible for feeling pain? 

A. Receptors and nerves 

B. Some part of our brain 

C. Pain is a complex process, which involves various parts of our body

23. How many people in the UK suffer from pain? 

A. 31% 

B. 37% 

C. 40 million 

24. Is chronic pain different from the pain we feel when we knock our knee? 

A. No, all kinds of pain have evolved as survival mechanisms

B. Yes, there is an enormous difference 

C. We don’t have much insight into that 

25. Professor John Wood compares pain perception to 

A. Beauty 

B. Continuousness 

C. Anesthesia 

Questions 26-28 

Choose the correct letters A, B or C.

26. How do scientists block pain nowadays? 

A. By blocking the activity of nerves that send electrical signals 

B. By understanding mechanisms of pain perception and altering them

C. By threatening the central nervous system 

27. When do patients experience “phantom limb” pain? 

A. After the operation 

B. While their wounds heal 

C. After the amputation 

28. Are peripheral nerves involved in the process of feeling pain? 

A. No, pain has nothing to do with peripheral nerves 

B. Yes, peripheral nerves are required to feel pain 

C. Scientists don’t know much about pain perception nowadays

Questions 29 and 30 

Complete the information below.

What’s happening in the case of phantom limb? 

Pain can create a 29. __________ of itself.

The same way listening to music can take you to a certain point in time, some sort of stimulation can cause a 30. __________ to be re-experienced. 

Section 4

Questions 31-33

Complete the sentences below.

31. Psychologist Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic says, “If narcissism is fire, then Facebook is __________”. 

32. People have a desire to broadcast their lives to reinforce their self-concept, __________ and self-centered needs. 

33. According to the recent research, the more time you spend on the various social networks, the more you become __________. 

Questions 34-36 

Choose the correct letter A, B or C. 

34. Social networks may cause depression because: 

A. People have to portray themselves in a positive way 

B. People spend too much time on social networks 

C. People compare themselves to others and feel miserable

35. What is the biggest problem of children and teenagers who spend too much time online? 

A. They don’t develop their social and intellectual skills 

B. They grow isolated 

C. They don’t spend enough time on education 

36. If children spend their time looking at screens instead of looking out, what consequences may it cause? 

A. Their adaptation to the world is more technologically mediated

B. They encounter difficulties in interacting with other people 

C. They experience a deficit in social and emotional skills 

Questions 37-40 

Complete the sentences below.

37. Psychotherapist Gillian Isaacs Russell discovered that there are some distinct differences between working on the screen and working __________ in the room. 

38. Therapies like CBT are appropriate for online use because they are __________. 

39. Psychotherapists have to pay attention to __________ , non-verbal part of relationships, as it makes up 60% of our communication. 

40. There are some risks related to treatment at a distance, because therapists can’t see the whole body and a lot __________ of things that are going on. 

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