IELTS listening practice

Practice Test 2 — Listening

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Student life · Bicycles · Bananas · Healthy diet

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Section 1

Questions 1–10

Complete the notes. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Kate

Her first impressions of the town: Quiet (example)
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Name of course: Environmental Studies

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Luki

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Comments about the course: Computer room busy

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Section 2

Questions 11–20

Complete the notes. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

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Section 3

Questions 21–32

Questions 21–24 — Choose the appropriate letter

21 At first Fiona thinks that Martin’s tutorial topic is

22 According to Martin, the banana

23 Fiona listens to Martin because she

24 According to Martin, bananas were introduced into Australia from

Questions 25–30 — Complete Martin’s notes

Complete the notes. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

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Questions 31 and 32 — Tick the TWO correct boxes

Consumption of Australian bananas

Answers may be written in either order.

Section 4

Questions 33–41

Questions 33–35 — Choose the correct answer

According to the first speaker:

33 The focus of the lecture series is on

34 The lecture will be given by

According to the second speaker:

35 This week’s lecture is on

Questions 36–39 — Complete the notes

Complete the notes. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

A balanced diet

A balanced diet will give you enough vitamins for normal daily living.

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Questions 40–41 — Complete the diagram

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in the boxes provided.

Example: Try to avoidsugar, salt and butter
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Answer Key — Listening Test 2

Questions 1–10

1student accommodation / hostel
2awful food
3not friendly / kept to themselves
4lecturers too busy / lecturers busy
5regular meetings / meetings with lecturers / fortnightly meetings
6family / homestay / home stay
7lot of noise / children made noise / difficult to study
8student house
9computing / bachelor of computing
10reserve computer time

Questions 11–20

11mountain
12quality
13$2,000 / 2000 / $2000 / 2,000
14short / casual rides / short casual rides
15town riding / shopping
16serious touring
17similar / almost the same
18better quality / better quality components
19buying clothes
20frame

Questions 21–32

21B
22C
23D
24B
25one bunch / a bunch
2615 months / fifteen months
27uphill / on hillsides / on hillside
28lots of water / plenty of water
29plastic bags
30bananas ripen / bananas to ripen / ones ripen / ones to ripen / to ripen
31C (either order)
32D (either order)

Questions 33–41

33B
34D
35C
36cooking
37regular daily intake / daily intake
38a variety / variety
39the dark / the fridge / a cool place / a dark place
40eat in moderation / not too much
41eat lots / eat most