IELTS Listening · Practice test
Brackenhill: IELTS Listening practice test
A village hall booking, a new arts centre, an architecture project and a lecture on the history of glass.
- 4 parts
- 40 questions
- About 35 minutes
Part 1 · Questions 1–10
Booking a village hall
You will hear a conversation between a woman and the man who takes bookings for a village hall.
Questions 1–6
Complete the form below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Village Hall Booking
Questions 7–10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Conditions of hire
Part 2 · Questions 11–20
A new arts centre
You will hear the director of a new arts centre being interviewed on local radio about the building.
Questions 11–15
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Brackenhill Arts Centre
Questions 16–20
Label the plan below. Write the correct letter, A–H, next to questions 16–20.
- 16Box office
- 17Meeting room
- 18Recording studio
- 19Pottery workshop
- 20Rehearsal room
Part 3 · Questions 21–30
An architecture design project
You will hear two architecture students, Tomas and Aisha, discussing a design project with their tutor.
Questions 21–25
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 21What does the tutor consider the best feature of the design?
- Athe position of the stair
- Bthe rooflights over the reading room
- Cthe separation of noisy and quiet uses
- 22What does she say is the weakest part of the work so far?
- AThere are too few drawings.
- BThe drawings do not explain the ideas.
- CThe ideas themselves are unoriginal.
- 23What does she advise about the timber structure?
- Achanging to a different material
- Bshortening the distance between supports
- Creducing the weight of the bookshelves
- 24What is her objection to the entrance?
- AIt faces away from where people come from.
- BIt is too close to the road.
- CIt is too small for the numbers expected.
- 25What kind of model does she want them to make?
- Aone carefully finished model
- Bseveral rough models
- Ca digital model only
Questions 26–30
What does the tutor say about each of the following? Choose the correct letter, A–G, next to questions 26–30.
Advice
- Aworth doing, but not essential
- Bdo not spend time on it
- Cdo it again yourselves
- Dreduce it and spread it through the portfolio
- Edo it before anything else is drawn
- Fask another student who has done it
- Gput it in an appendix
- 26meeting the sustainability consultant
- 27the energy modelling software
- 28the council's site survey
- 29the precedent study
- 30talking to library staff
Part 4 · Questions 31–40
The history of glass
You will hear part of a lecture about the history of glass.
Questions 31–38
Complete the table below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Developments in glassmaking
| Date | Place | Development |
|---|---|---|
| c. 3500 BC | Mesopotamia | glass made into 31, valued like precious stone |
| c. 1500 BC | Egypt | vessels formed around a 32 of sand and clay |
| 1st century BC | the Syrian coast | glass 33 invented, using a hollow iron tube |
| 1st century AD | Rome | cast window glass let in 34 but could not be seen through |
| 1291 | Venice | furnaces moved to Murano, officially because of the risk of 35 |
| 1300s–1500s | Venice | very clear cristallo; workers forbidden to leave the 36 |
| 1674 | England | 37 oxide added, giving a heavier glass that could be cut |
| 1800s | Britain | plate glass ground and polished, wasting about 38% of it |
Questions 39–40
Complete the sentences below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
- In the float process, molten glass is poured onto a bath of molten 39.
- Cathedral windows are thicker at the bottom because the glass was 40 into uneven discs.