IELTS Listening · Practice test
Brindley: IELTS Listening practice test
Hiring a narrowboat, a canal museum, a heritage trail project and a lecture on the canal age.
- 4 parts
- 40 questions
- About 35 minutes
Part 1 · Questions 1–10
Hiring a narrowboat
You will hear a conversation between a woman and the owner of a canal boatyard.
Questions 1–6
Complete the form below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Boat Hire Booking
Questions 7–10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Advice for a first trip
Part 2 · Questions 11–20
A canal museum
You will hear a guide introducing visitors to a canal museum.
Questions 11–15
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 11What is unusual about the museum building?
- ABoats could be loaded inside it.
- BIt was built entirely of iron.
- CIt was designed by Brindley himself.
- 12The museum's first exhibit was
- Abought from another museum.
- Brecovered from the canal by volunteers.
- Cgiven by the warehouse's last owner.
- 13Visitors who cannot use the stairs to the top floor
- Acan be shown photographs of the display.
- Bare given a reduced ticket price.
- Cmay use a separate lift.
- 14In the paintings gallery, visitors must not
- Atake photographs at all.
- Buse a flash.
- Ccarry bags.
- 15Only one of the boats outside can be boarded because the others
- Aare still in use.
- Bare privately owned.
- Chave unsafe floors.
Questions 16–20
Label the plan below. Write the correct letter, A–H, next to questions 16–20.
- 16Shop
- 17Tea room
- 18Blacksmith's forge
- 19Lock model
- 20Archive and reading room
Part 3 · Questions 21–30
An industrial heritage trail
You will hear two students, Ellie and Sanjay, discussing a heritage trail project with their tutor.
Questions 21–25
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 21Who does the tutor say the trail should be designed for?
- Avisitors from outside the area
- Bpeople who use the towpath regularly
- Cschool groups
- 22What follows from that decision?
- AThe trail must offer something new each visit.
- BThe trail must be shorter.
- CThe signs must be in several languages.
- 23How many signs does the tutor recommend?
- Aeight
- Bfourteen
- Ctwenty-two
- 24What does Ellie say the trail's central subject should be?
- Athe goods the canal carried
- Bthe engineering of the locks
- Cthe families who lived on the boats
- 25What material does the tutor prefer for the signs?
- Acast metal fixed to existing structures
- Baluminium boards on posts
- Cpainted wooden panels
Question 26
Answer the question below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY.
- 26Whose consent is needed before anything is fixed to the canal structures?
Questions 27–30
What does the tutor say about each of the following? Choose the correct letter, A–F, next to questions 27–30.
Advice
- AIt would be too hard for the trust to maintain.
- BPut it on a web page rather than on the trail.
- CProduce it together with someone who will use it.
- DThe students must decide this one themselves.
- EIt should be funded separately.
- FIt has already been done by the trust.
- 27a phone app with audio
- 28the oral history interviews
- 29the school resource pack
- 30the story of the 1931 fire
Part 4 · Questions 31–40
The canal age
You will hear part of a lecture about canals and the industrial revolution.
Questions 31–40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
The canal age
The problem in 1750
The Bridgewater Canal, 1761
Engineering
Consequences