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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 conversation between a bank clerk and a customer on investing money
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Section 2: A woman introducing The Lunar Realm Amusement Park
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Section 3: A conversation between a tutor and an engineering student who needs help with a project
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Section 4: A talk on the caveman diet
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 9
Section 1
This audio contains answers for questions 1–10.
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
Example Answer:
Type of query: Term deposits
Customer Name: David 1. ____________
Phone: 023 - 561 - 055
D.O.B: 18 / 02 / 1968
Customer's Term Deposit details:
Amount: $18,000
Term: 2. ____________
Interest rate: 3.45% per annum
Current Term Deposit interest rates:
1 year 3.65% per annum
2 years 3. ____________ % per annum
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.
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5. ____________ tax rate: |
28% |
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Investment returns |
Depend on 6. _________ |
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Term |
Effective rate of return |
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2 years |
Salary $48,001 – $70,000 3.75% per annum |
Salary $70,001 – 7. $ ________ 3.92% per annum |
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Minimum investment amount: |
$10,000 |
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Hidden charges/fees: |
8. __________ |
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Interest payment options: |
monthly, 9. _______, 6‑monthly, annually |
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Application options: |
online 10. __________ in person |
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Section 2
This audio contains answers to questions 11–20.
Questions 11–15
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
11. ____________ The September Celebration day is held
A. five times a year to honour the city
B. on the park’s important birthday
C. to remember the history of the park
12. ____________ The park was first built in
A. 1955
B. 1979
C. the 1990s
13. The park still uses
A. a children’s play area
B. a petting zoo
C. Two of the early rides
14. The hurricane roller-coaster is
A. tall and made of wood
B. designed for smaller children
C. very fast and exciting
15. The rides with a height limit are coded
A. yellow
B. blue
C. black
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:
- Ten 19. ____________ centres in the park
- Children ask any staff member for help
- Ask the security team on the 20th. ____________
Section 3
This audio contains answers for questions 21–30.
Questions 21–24
Complete the flowchart below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Session Outline:
Project Topic: Design A Water Treatment System
Tutorial Structure:
Step 1: go over 21. ____________
Step 2: Think about research 22. ____________
search online databases using good search terms,
consider the kind of research, e.g. 23. ____________ from other projects Step 3: develop an 24. ____________
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.
Greywater is wastewater from households 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 keywords when searching the catalogue
e.g. grey-water treatment systems / 29. ____________ use EWB website Check examples from the 30. ____________ last year.
Section 4
This audio contains answers for questions 31–40.
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 ate, 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.
35. ____________ Research evidence suggests that
A. The tribesmen’s traditional diet is unhealthy
B. Our bodies can digest only certain foods
C. We can adapt to a range of diets.
36. Thai people have difficulty digesting milk because
A. They have too much lactase in their bodies
B. In the past, they didn’t farm cows
C. Their 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 from 37. ____________ 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 the 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. ____________
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