IELTS Listening · Practice test
Saltmarsh: IELTS Listening practice test
Registering at a surgery, a coastal nature reserve, a nutrition survey and a lecture on soil.
- 4 parts
- 40 questions
- About 35 minutes
Part 1 · Questions 1–10
Registering at a surgery
You will hear a conversation between a woman and a receptionist at a medical practice.
Questions 1–5
Complete the form below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
New Patient Registration
Questions 6–10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
How the practice works
Part 2 · Questions 11–20
A coastal nature reserve
You will hear a reserve manager talking on local radio about a coastal nature reserve.
Questions 11–15
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 11Birds come to the reserve in large numbers in winter because
- Athe mud provides food and does not freeze.
- Bit is a safe place to breed.
- Cit is warmer than inland sites.
- 12Visitors are asked to stay on the paths in winter in order to
- Aprotect rare plants.
- Bavoid making birds use up energy.
- Ckeep away from the deepest mud.
- 13The speaker says the danger of the tide is that it
- Arises without warning.
- Bcomes in behind people.
- Cis strongest at night.
- 14Visitors to the reserve have to pay for
- Aentry to the reserve.
- Bparking.
- Centry to the visitor centre.
- 15What has the reserve recently acquired?
- Aa new visitor centre
- Ba second car park
- Can area of grazing marsh
Questions 16–20
Who is each of the following walks most suitable for? Choose the correct letter, A–F, next to questions 16–20.
Most suitable for
- Afamilies with young children
- Bpeople willing to start very early
- Cfit and experienced walkers
- Dpeople who already know the subject
- Ethose who do not mind being disappointed
- Fpeople with limited mobility
- 16the Dawn Chorus walk
- 17the Rockpool Ramble
- 18the Full Circuit
- 19the Saltmarsh Plants walk
- 20the Seal Watch
Part 3 · Questions 21–30
A survey of student diets
You will hear two nutrition students, Oliver and Mei, discussing a dietary survey with their supervisor.
Questions 21–25
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
- 21What was the main problem with the twenty-four-hour recall method?
- AParticipants were not honest.
- BParticipants forgot what they had eaten.
- CIt took participants too long to complete.
- 22What does the supervisor say about the students' recruitment plan?
- AThe sample would be too small.
- BIt would attract unrepresentative volunteers.
- CIt would take too long to fill.
- 23Which research question does the supervisor prefer?
- Awhether students eat badly
- Bwhether kitchen facilities affect what students eat
- Cwhether cooking skills improve during a degree
- 24How does he want the results analysed?
- Aby comparing group averages
- Bby showing how the values are spread
- Cby ranking the participants
- 25Why should the survey not be run in the last week of term?
- AEating habits are untypical then.
- BThe catering outlets are closed.
- CThere is no time to analyse the data.
Questions 26–29
What does the supervisor say about each of the following publications? Choose the correct letter, A–F, next to questions 26–29.
Comments
- ACompare all your figures with it.
- BBorrow its questionnaire.
- CMention it briefly but do not design around it.
- DUse it as a model for what you recommend.
- EIts findings have since been disproved.
- FIt is too old to be useful.
- 26the Haldane national study
- 27the Kaur paper on cooking skills
- 28the review of food insecurity
- 29the Berger intervention trial
Question 30
Answer the question below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY.
- 30What must the students send the supervisor by the end of next week?
Part 4 · Questions 31–40
The life of soil
You will hear part of a lecture about soil.
Questions 31–40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Soil
What soil is made of
Texture and structure
Earthworms
Losing soil
What helps