IELTS Listening Practice Test 1 with Answers (2024)

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IELTS Listening Practice Test – Accommodation – Food Waste – Kite Making by Maori People

Part 1

Questions 1 – 10
Complete the form below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER in each gap.

Properties in Accommodation

Name:Jane Ryder
Phone number:(0044) 1 ___________
Email address:richard 2 ___________co.uk
Occupation:a local 3 ___________
Type of accommodation:– a 2-bedroom apartment wanted (must have its own 4 ___________
-no 5 ___________Required (family bringing theirs)
– a/an 6 ___________in the kitchen is preferable
Preferred location:near a/an 7 ___________
Maximum rent:8 ___________ per month
Other requests:the accommodation has to be 9 ___________ In the daytime
How did you hear?Through a/an 10 ___________

Part 2

Questions 11 – 15
Complete the sentences below
Write ONE WORD ONLY in each gap

Safety Guidelines

– The police officer suggests neighbours give each other their details of 11 ___________

– Neighbours should discuss what to do if there’s any kind of 12 ___________

– It’s a good idea to leave on the 13 ___________

– Think carefully about where you put any 14 ___________

– It’s a good idea to buy good quality 15 ___________

Questions 16 – 20

Choose FIVE answers from the list below and write the correct letter, A – G, next to questions 16 – 20.

Proposed crime prevention measures

A. install more lighting
B. have more police officers on patrol
C. remove surrounding vegetation
D. Contact local police
E. fix damage quickly
F. change road design
G. use security cameras

List of Jobs

skate park 16 ___________
local primary schools 17 ___________
Abbotsford street 18 ___________
Shops on Victoria street 19 ___________
supermarket car park 20 ___________

Part 3

Questions 21 – 25
Choose the correct letters A, B or C

Food Waste

21. What point does Robert make about the 2013 study in Britain?

A. it is focused more on packaging than wasted food
B. it proved that households produced more waste than restaurants.
C. it included liquid waste as well as solid waste

22. The speakers agree that food waste reports should emphasize the connection between carbon dioxide emissions and

A. food production
B. transport of food to landfill sites
C. distribution of food products

23. Television programs now tend to focus on

A. the nutritional value of food products
B. the origin of food products
C. the chemicals found in food products

24. For Anna, the most significant point about food waste is

A. the moral aspect
B. the environmental impact
C. the economic effect

25. Anna and Robert decide to begin their presentation by

A. handing out a questionnaire
B. providing statistical evidence
C. showing images of wasted food.

Questions 26-30

What advantages do the speakers identify for each of the following projects?

Choose FIVE answers from the list below and write the correct letter, A – G next to questions 26 – 30

List of Advantages:

A. it should save time
B. it will create new jobs
C. it will benefit local communities
D. it will make money
E. it will encourage personal responsibility
F. it will be easy to advertise
G. it will involve very little cost

List of Projects:

edible patch 26 ___________
ripeness sensor 27 ___________
waste tracking technology 28 ___________
smartphone application 29 ___________
food waste composting 30 ___________

Part 4

Questions 31 – 40
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Kite making by the Maori people of New Zealand

Making and appearance of kites
• The priests who made the kites had rules for size and scale
31 ___________ was not allowed during a kite’s preparation

Kites:
• Often represented a god, a bird, or a 32 ___________
• Had frames that were decorated with grasses and 33 ___________
• Had a line of noisy 34 ___________ attached to them.
• Could be triangular, rectangular, or 35 ___________ shaped.
• Had patterns made from clay mixed with 36 ___________ oil.
• Sometimes had human head masks with 37 ___________ and a tattoo.

Purpose and function of kites:
• A way of sending 38 ___________ to the gods
• A way of telling other villages that a 39 ___________ was necessary
• A means of 40 ___________ if enemies were coming.

IELTS Listening Practice Test – Accommodation – Food Waste – Kite Making by Maori People Answers

Part 1

1. 208 613 2978
2. Visiontech
3. Doctor
4. Garage
5. Furniture
6. Fridge
7. School
8. 950 dollars
9. Quiet
10. Friend

Part 2

11. Contact
12. Emergency
13. Radio
14. keys
15. locks
16. C
17. D
18. F
19. G
20. E

Part 3

21. C
22. A
23. B
24. C
25. A
26. G
27. A
28. D
29. C
30. E

Part 4

31. food
32. hero
33. Feathers
34. Shells
35. diamond
36. shark
37. teeth
38. messages
39. Meeting
40. escape

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