IELTS Listening Practice Test 67 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 family planning a visit to London learns about hop-on hop-off bus tours, ticket prices, operating hours, sightseeing routes, and advance booking. 

• Section 2: The talk covers panda biology, habitat, ecological importance, threats such as hunting and habitat loss, and debates surrounding panda conservation.  

• Section 3: Students review six business case studies, identify marketing-related problems, and discuss future prospects for a music retail company. 

• Section 4: The lecture examines dolphin social structures, altruistic behaviour, tool use, aggression, feeding techniques, and playful interactions with other species. 

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 67

Section 1

Questions 1-5

Complete the notes below.

Customer details:

• They will be coming to London on 1. ................. 
• He’s going with his sister and his 2. ................ 

Tour details:

• Bus tour
  
  • The cost is 3. .............. £  for adults and 4. ............... £  for children
  • Tours start at 7 am and finish at 5. ................. 

Questions 6-8

Which three places does the tourist decide he’s likely to see?

A. Buckingham Palace

B. Big Ben

C. Harrods

D. Houses of Parliament

E. Hyde Park

F. St Paul’s Cathedral

G. London Eye

Questions 9-10

9. How will the tourist buy the tickets?

A. By phone

B. Online

C. On the bus

10. How long before he leaves should he buy his tickets?

A. 1 week

B. 6 weeks

C. 3 months

Section 2

Questions 11-12

11. Each day, pandas need to eat:

A. Very little nutrition

B. 12-38 kg of bamboo

C. 330 pounds of bamboo

12. If pandas are cared for away from the wild, they can live for approximately:

A. 6 months

B. 14-20 years

C. 30 years

Questions 13-14

Select two things that are endangering pandas:

A. Public awareness

B. Ecotourism

C. Poaching

D. Other wildlife

E. Building of roads and railroads

Questions 15-16

15. What proportion of the panda population in China is protected by reserves?

16. What did the WWF create which encouraged people to support pandas? 

Questions 17-20

Reasons that pandas may not be worth saving:

• They are extremely 17. ..............  to look after
• They have a diet that is not 18. ................ 
• They get sick easily and are hard to breed

Reasons that pandas should not be allowed to die out:

• They are in danger because 19. ...............  are damaging the forests
• We should protect their homes because other animals live there
• The number of pandas in the wild is 20. ................so they will not become extinct

Section 3

Questions 21 and 22

21. What is the problem that the students are having with the project?

A. The readings are too difficult

B. The readings are not interesting

C. The project is taking too long

22. When can extensions be granted?

A. Problems with planning

B. Illness or accidents

C. Scheduling issues

Questions 23-27

A. Knowledge about their customers

B. Long-term gain

C. Competition

D. Customer satisfaction

E. Employees

F. External factors

23. Princeton Windows…………

24. MK Cars………… 

25. Lakeside Golf…………. 

26. Bryson’s Meats…………. 

27. Mojo’s Music Shop………….. 

Questions 28-30

A. It has good managers

B. It has been operating for too long

C. There aren’t enough music shops

D. It needs more innovative marketing

E. It will close down in the end

F. It has a good long-term future

28. Sarah ………..

29. John………… 

30. Neil………… 

Section 4

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Behaviour Of Dolphins

• Almost 40 species of dolphin
• Found 31. ................ 
• Usually in shallower seas
• Carnivores

SOCIALISING

• Very sociable and live in pods
• Super-pods may have more than 32. ...............  dolphins
• Have strong social bonds
• Help other animals – Moko helped a whale and calf escape from 33. ............
• Have been known to assist swimmers

CULTURE

• Discovered in May 2005 that young bottlenose dolphins learn to 34. ................ 
• Dolphins pass knowledge from mothers to daughters, whereas primates pass to 35. .............. 

AGGRESSION

• Dolphins may be aggressive towards each other
• Like humans, this is due to disagreements over 36. .................  and competition for females
• Infanticide sometimes occurs, and the killing of porpoises

FOOD

• Dolphins have a variety of feeding methods, some of which are 37. .................  to one population
• Methods Include:
  
  • Herding
  • Corralling
  • 38. ...................  or strand feeding
  • Whacking fish with their flukes

PLAYING

• Have a variety of playful activities
• Common behaviour with an object or small animal includes:
  
  • Carrying it along
  • Passing it along
  • 39. ...............  away from another dolphin, throwing it out of the water
• May harass other animals
• Playful behaviour may include other 40. ...............  such as humans
  

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