IELTS Listening · Practice test
Riverside: IELTS Listening practice test
A cottage booking, a festival briefing, a food-waste project and a lecture on hot cities.
- 4 parts
- 40 questions
- About 35 minutes
Part 1 · Questions 1–10
Booking a holiday cottage
You will hear a conversation between a woman and a letting agent about a holiday cottage.
Questions 1–6
Complete the form below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Holiday Cottage Booking
Questions 7–10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
About the cottage
Part 2 · Questions 11–20
Festival volunteer briefing
You will hear a volunteer coordinator giving a briefing to new volunteers at a music festival.
Questions 11–15
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 11Volunteers will receive their shift times
- Aby text message each evening.
- Bfrom the information point each morning.
- Cin the printed festival programme.
- 12If a visitor is unwell, volunteers should
- Atake them to the first-aid tent.
- Bphone the site office.
- Cradio the duty manager.
- 13Meal vouchers can be used
- Aat any food stall on the site.
- Bat the Kitchen Tent only.
- Cfor a twenty per cent discount.
- 14What is different about the festival this year?
- AThe site is larger.
- BThere is an extra stage.
- CThe camping area is on the site.
- 15Volunteers who come by car
- Ashould use the main visitor car park.
- Bcan park next to the site office.
- Cmust register their vehicle in advance.
Questions 16–20
Label the plan below. Write the correct letter, A–H, next to questions 16–20.
- 16First-aid tent
- 17Information point
- 18Volunteers' hub
- 19Lost property
- 20Quiet area
Part 3 · Questions 21–30
A food-waste project
You will hear two students, Priya and Tom, discussing a presentation on food waste in their university canteens.
Questions 21–22
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
2122Which TWO survey results surprised the students?
- Ahow many students found the food unappetising
- Bhow much students complained about portion sizes
- Cwhy students took more food than they wanted
- Dwhich meal produced the most waste
- Ehow few students completed the survey
Questions 23–26
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 23According to the canteen manager, evening waste is high because
- Astudents eat less in the evening.
- Bthe same quantities are cooked as at lunchtime.
- Cthe evening menu is less popular.
- 24What do the students decide about their main recommendation?
- AIt should be presented as a trial.
- BIt should be charging according to how much is taken.
- CIt should be combined with several smaller measures.
- 25How many background sources will they refer to?
- Athree or four
- Babout ten
- Caround twenty
- 26What kind of chart will they use?
- Aa pie chart for each canteen
- Ba single bar chart
- Ca line graph over time
Questions 27–30
What do the students decide to say about each of the following measures? Choose the correct letter, A–F, next to questions 27–30.
Decisions
- Amake it the main recommendation
- Bsuggest a small pilot
- Csay it has already been tried
- Dleave it out of the presentation
- Esay it needs more research
- Frecommend it for the evening service only
- 27smaller portions
- 28a discount for bringing your own container
- 29a composting scheme
- 30a food-sharing app
Part 4 · Questions 31–40
Urban heat islands
You will hear part of a lecture about urban heat islands.
Questions 31–40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Urban heat islands
What they are
Causes
Effects
Solutions
Example: Melbourne