IELTS Listening Practice Test 11
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The IELTS Listening test ensures that while studying and working in an English-speaking country, you are easily able to understand and follow the native speakers. Thus, to prove your Listening proficiency, you must get a good score in the Listening module of the IELTS. To ace the Listening Module, you must get used to understanding and keeping up with the speaking speed of audio recordings in English accents.
If you’re taking the listening test, you should be aware of concepts such as signposting and techniques such as distraction. Take one of our IELTS listening practice tests and learn how to follow the audio using these techniques.
In Listening Test 11, you will hear 4 audio recordings and answer questions 1-40 based on these recordings.
Section 1 is a university student radio station broadcast.
Section 2 is a speech given at the annual meeting of an international computer company by the company president.
Section 3 is a conversation between Ms Mary and Mr Hays one of their former teacher highschool teachers.
Section 4 is a lecture on the achievement of the ancient Aztecs of Central America.
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Audio Transcription
Section 1
Questions 1-10
Choose the correct letter, A-C The radio station broadcasts ____________ A national news and local news B campus news only C Portsmouth news Example: C |
Q. 1-3
Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 1-3 on your answer sheet
1 The first part of the news will be ____________
A entertainment
B academic
C sports
2 Mike is most likely to be studying ____________
A history
B animal psychology
C physics
3 How many goals did Molly Mbeka score against Southampton?
A Three
B Four
C Five
Q. 4-5
4 Susie Smith’s nickname is ____________
5 Molly Mbeka comes from the country of ____________
Q. 6
Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 6 on your answer sheet
6 How many goals did Molly Mbeka score in international matches last year?
A 25
B A few more than 25
C A lot more than 25
Q. 7-10
Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
7 Why didn’t Bristol University’s two best players play against Portsmouth University? ____________
8 Where does the bad news come from? ____________
9 What is Mike’s favourite beer? ____________
10 What is the radio station’s telephone number? ____________
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Section 2
Question 11-20
Q. 11-13
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Name three types of people in the audience
11 ____________
12 ____________
13 ____________
Q. 14-15
Choose TWO correct answers A-E and write them next to 14-15 on your answer sheet
Why were sales of the company’s new mobile phones disappointing?
A The company didn’t promote them.
B Poor market research
C Lack of experience
D Competitors were ready with new models.
E Not easy to break into the cell phone market
Q. 16
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for your answer
16 In addition to reliability, what quality will the company stress in its next mobile phone marketing campaign? ____________
Q. 17-20
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer
17 The company’s professional digital cameras are selling well in the field of ____________
List two things that have reduced the company’s costs.
18 ____________
19 ____________
20 The company is not involved in digital music because of fierce competition, high legal fees, and ____________
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Section 3
Question 21-30
Q. 21-23
21 What does Mary want to talk about with Mr. Hays? ____________
22 Where are Mary’s parents? ____________
23 Name one of Mary’s favourite places in the city where she lives ____________
Q. 24-25
Choose TWO correct answers A-C and write them next to 24-25 on your answer sheet
Which statements are correct?
A Mary lives close to the countryside.
B Mr. Hays lives far from the sea.
C Mary is enthusiastic about her university studies.
D Mary used to like German.
E Mary was good at German.
Q. 26-29
Write ONE WORD for each answer.
26 When did Mary last talk with her mother or father?
27 What industry do Mary’s parents work in?
28 What city are Mary and Mr. Hays meeting in?.
29 What high school club was Mary the president of?
Q. 30
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for your answer
30 Where will Mary go as soon as she returns to university? ____________
Section 4
Question 31-40
Q. 31-34
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer
31 Today, what stands on the site of Tenochtitlan? ____________
32 The Aztecs prevented soil run-off by ____________
33 To prepare for chinampas, the Aztecs first ____________
34 The Aztecs used those floating gardens to plant vegetables like (name any 3 kinds of vegetables) ____________
Q. 35-38
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Data on the Aztec’s Calendar Stone |
The number of years needed to make it | 35 ____________ |
Dimensions | Thickness: 3 feet |
Diameter. 36 ____________ feet | |
Weight: approx 24 tons | |
Number of months in a year | 18 |
The number of days in each month | 37 ____________ |
English meaning of “Nemontemi” | 38 ____________ |
Q. 39-40
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
39 Apart from angry gods, what did the Aztecs blame for disease? ____________
40 What did Aztec doctors do to treat an illness? ____________
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Answers
Section 1
1. | C |
2. | B |
3. | B |
4. | Blond Dynamite |
5. | Ghana |
6. | A |
7. | injury |
8. | Students’ Union |
9. | Bitter |
10. | 8759 765 |
Section 2
11. | board member |
12. | staff member |
13. | stockholder |
14. | C |
15. | E |
16. | long battery life |
17. | medical imaging |
18. | interest sourcing |
19. | energy efficiency |
20. | minimum |
Section 3
21. | university |
22. | New Zealand |
23. | Canterbury Cathedral |
24. | A |
25. | E |
26. | Easter |
27. | filming |
28. | London |
29. | Chess |
30. | debating society |
Section 4
31. | Mexico City |
32. | building terraces |
33. | dug canals |
34. | beans, chilli peppers, avocados, squash, tomatoes ( any three of these ) |
35. | 52 |
36. | 12 |
37. | 20 |
38. | sacrificial days |
39. | bad birth signs |
40. | using herbal medicine |
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3 Comments
Dai
Posted on Jan 7, 2022
The answer for Q10 is 8759 765 or 875-765? It sounds like “line” to me
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Rajasekhar Reddy K
Posted on Aug 7, 2021
20th answer should be “Extremely Costly” I feel
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zaib azhar
Posted on Nov 17, 2021
yess i guessed the same either.