IELTS Listening · Practice test
Dunmore: IELTS Listening practice test
Booking a diving course, a dive centre briefing, a wreck survey project and a lecture on shipwrecks.
- 4 parts
- 40 questions
- About 35 minutes
- Challenging
Part 1 · Questions 1–10
Booking a diving course
You will hear a conversation between a man and the manager of a diving centre.
Questions 1–6
Complete the form below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Course Booking
Questions 7–10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Before the course
Part 2 · Questions 11–20
A dive centre briefing
You will hear an instructor giving a briefing to a group of divers at a dive centre.
Questions 11–15
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 11Why will the boat not wait for late divers?
- AThe harbour has a fixed departure slot.
- BThe conditions at the site last a short time.
- CThe crew must finish by a certain hour.
- 12The ninety-minute interval between dives is
- Aa safety requirement.
- Ba break for lunch.
- Cthe time needed to refill cylinders.
- 13The centre has added one signal of its own, which means
- Areturn to me immediately.
- BI am low on air.
- Cfollow the line to the surface.
- 14What does the instructor say about visibility at the site?
- AIt is reliably good in summer.
- BIt varies greatly from day to day.
- CIt is best on an incoming tide.
- 15Divers whose own regulator has not been serviced recently must
- Ahave it checked at the centre.
- Buse equipment hired from the centre.
- Cdive only in the shallow area.
Questions 16–20
Label the plan below. Write the correct letter, A–H, next to questions 16–20.
- 16Compressor room
- 17Drying room
- 18Changing rooms
- 19Office
- 20First aid point
Part 3 · Questions 21–30
A wreck survey project
You will hear two archaeology students, Lucia and Jonas, discussing a wreck survey with their supervisor.
Questions 21–26
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 21Why can the students not draw the whole site by hand?
- AThe water is too deep.
- BThere is far too little time underwater.
- CThe timbers are too fragile to measure.
- 22What does the supervisor say about photogrammetry?
- AIt removes the need for any drawing.
- BIt moves most of the work onto dry land.
- CIt requires specialist camera equipment.
- 23Why are control points necessary?
- Ato give the model its true size
- Bto mark where photographs were taken
- Cto show divers the boundary of the site
- 24What does he insist they do with every measurement?
- Arecord it twice, by two different people
- Bcheck it against the published plan
- Cwrite it up the same evening
- 25What most damages a photogrammetric model?
- Apoor visibility
- Bchanging light on the subject
- Cmovement of the camera
- 26What are the students forbidden to do on the site?
- Atake photographs of the timbers
- Bremove any sediment
- Cdive without an instructor
Questions 27–30
What does the supervisor say about each of the following? Choose the correct letter, A–F, next to questions 27–30.
Advice
- ADo it before the diving begins.
- BIt is not possible in the time available.
- CIt should be the very first task.
- DThe students may decide for themselves.
- EIt must be done by a qualified contractor.
- FLeave it until the model is complete.
- 27the multibeam seabed survey
- 28taking timber samples for dating
- 29searching the customs records
- 30laying a dive trail for visitors
Part 4 · Questions 31–40
What shipwrecks preserve
You will hear part of a lecture about the archaeology of shipwrecks.
Questions 31–40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Shipwreck archaeology
Why wrecks matter
What decides whether a wreck survives
Why raising a wreck is usually wrong
The modern answer