IELTS Listening Practice Test 51 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: A telephone conversation between a woman and a rental agent discussing short-term holiday accommodation on the Gold Coast. 

• Section 2: A member of an outdoor club talking about the club’s activities, membership, and events. 

• Section 3: A conversation between a university advisor and a student discussing an education course and its assessments. 

• Section 4: A lecture on immunity, vaccination, and how the body fights diseases. 

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

IELTS Listening Practice Test 51

Section 1

Questions 1-10

Complete the form below. 

Short Stay Accommodation

Family name: Mackinlay

First Name: 1. ............... 

Country Of Origin: 2. ............... 

Date Of Arrival: 3. ............. 

Number Of Tenants: 4. ............... 

Length of Stay: 2 weeks

Purpose Of Visit: 5. ............... 

Type Of Accommodation: 6. ................ 

Number Of Bedrooms: 1 or 2

Car Parking: Off street and 7. ............. 

General Area: Near the beach

Other Requirements: Near 8. .............. 

Name Of Town: 9. .................. 

Client’s Email: [email protected]

Price Range: up to 10. .............. $  a week

Section 2

Questions 11-14

11. Refreshments will be served

A. At the front counter

B. In the lobby

C. At the back of the hall

12. Nick Noble advertises

A. On the radio

B. On a billboard

C. In the newspaper

13. The original number of founding members was about

A. 12

B. 20

C. 200

14. The club provides activities primarily for reasonably fit

A. Males up to 75

B. Females with young children

C. Males and females of any age

Questions 15-20

Complete the table below.

Section 3

Questions 21-26

Complete the notes below. 

Globalisation And Educational Change

• New Code 21. .............. 
• Aims: Analysis of educational problems arising from globalisation
• Chance to research and 22. ...............  progress of educational change
• Investigate the influence of culture and 23. .............  on education
• Argue the advantages and disadvantages of the reorganisation of public education in one's own country with regard to globalisation
• Consider the 24. .................  of globalisation on the diversity of national curricula across richer and poorer countries
• Assignment 1 - PowerPoint presentation (ungraded) + 25. .................  (30%)
• Assignment 2 - Take part in 26. ...............  (20%) + essay (50%)

Questions 27-30

Complete the table below.

Section 4

Questions 31-37

Complete the summary below.

Every day, the human body is fighting off 31. ............  by destructive pathogens. A person in good health has natural protection in the form of an immune system, which works best against familiar microorganisms which may have been encountered during a previous 32. ..........  or passed on by the mother before or after birth.

Vaccination is a way to cause 33. .............  immunisation by introducing a small amount of pathogen into the body – just enough for the body’s 34. ...........  to react by making antibodies. Passive immunisation can be used as a way of treating someone who is already sick. Proteins from animals 35. .............  are introduced into the patient to give him the necessary antibodies to fight the disease.

Dr Edward Jenner observed that people who had suffered and recovered from a serious disease called smallpox did not get it again. He also noted that victims of milder disease, cowpox, which they caught from 36. ..............  were immune to smallpox. He carried out a successful 37. ..............  by deliberately giving a child cowpox in order to make him immune to smallpox.

Questions 38-40

Complete the diagram below.

38. ……………

39. ……………

40. ……………

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