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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.
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Section 1: A recruitment agent helps an English teacher update her profile and discusses several temporary and potential permanent teaching vacancies.
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Section 2: A flight attendant updates passengers on severe weather conditions in New Zealand and provides travel and safety advice due to an approaching storm.
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Section 3: Psychology students and their tutor explore Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and apply the theory to various real-life case studies.
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Section 4: A lecture explains how a nuclear power plant operates and analyses the sequence of events that led to the Fukushima reactor meltdown after the 2011 tsunami.
By completing this practice test, you can strengthen your listening skills, better understand spoken English, and confidently prepare for the IELTS exam.
IELTS Listening Practice Test 88
Section 1
This audio contains answers for questions 1-10.
Questions 1-6
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Recruitment Agency
Employee Record
Surname: Thompson
Email: 1. ............. @haught.net
Employer reference: Name: Jane Foot
Job: 2. .............. at Bermuda Girls’ School
Character reference: Name: Monica Carmody
Relationship: 3. .............. since 1991
Main occupation: 4. ...............
Additional qualifications: diploma in 5. ..............
Can also teach: 6. ................ to GCSE level
Questions 7-10
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Temporary Teaching Positions
|
Location |
Name |
Duration |
Notes |
|
City centre |
La Salle |
6 months contract |
With a view to making positions 7. ……………. |
|
Near Chelsea |
Chelsea Free School |
8. ……………… |
Teacher absent on 9. ……………. |
|
10. …………………. |
Cambridge |
6 weeks |
Teacher absent on extended sick leave |
Section 2
This audio contains answers to questions 11-20.
Questions 11-15
Label the map below. Write the correct letter A-H next to questions 11-15.
11. Christchurch-
12. Collingwood-
13. Bluff-
14. Lewis-
15. Kaikoura-
Questions 16-20
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
16. From what time onwards will all roads out of Christchurch be closed?
A. 7.30 am
B. 8 am
C. 1 pm
17. What should passengers who have pre-arranged accommodation in Christchurch do when they disembark from their flight?
A. Go to the customer service desk
B. Evacuate to the shelters
C. Go directly to their hotel
18. There will be a period of calm weather
A. Until 7 pm
B. Between 4 and 4.30 pm
C. After 9 pm
19. What are people travelling by car advised to do?
A. Wait until 9 pm before using the roads
B. Drive only before 9 pm
C. Avoid travel if at all possible
20. Coastal towns on the storm-facing side of the island have been affected by
A. Strong tornadoes
B. Flash flooding
C. Power cuts
Section 3
This audio contains answers for questions 21-30.
Questions 21-24
Write the correct letter A-E next to questions 21-24.
Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs
A. Safety needs
B. Physiological needs
C. Self-actualisation needs
D. Love and belonging needs
E. Esteem needs
21. Physiological needs _____
22. Self-actualisation needs _____
23. Love and belonging needs _____
24. Esteem needs _____
Questions 25-30
What need level in Maslow’s hierarchy is the person in each case study at?
Write the correct letter A-E next to questions 25-30.
A. Physiological
B. Safety
C. Love and belonging
D. Esteem
E. Self-actualisation
25. Case 1
26. Case 2
27. Case 3
28. Case 4
29. Case 5
30. Case 6
Section 4
This audio contains answers to questions 31-40.
Questions 31-36
Label the diagram below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Questions 37-40
Complete the flow chart below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
The Fukushima Disaster: Sequence Of Events
Earthquake strikes
Reactors 37. ............... (new source of power now needed for coolant system)
Diesel generators powered on
Tsunami hits after 50 minutes, 38. .............. sea-wall defences
Turbine halls become flooded
39. .............. are disabled
The backup battery power in Reactor 1 partially fails
Core temperature and pressure inside the containment building rise
The explosion the next day left the containment building’s roof collapsed; meltdown is 40. ...............
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