IELTS Listening Practice Test 17
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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.
So, try practising them on a daily basis for a good score in your IELTS exam. Check out practise test number 17 given below.
In Listening Test 17, you will hear 4 audio recordings and answer questions 1-40 based on them.
Section 1 is a conversation between a man and a saleswoman about car rentals.
Section 2 is a conversation between an interviewer and interviewee about the last holiday location they choose.
Section 3 is a monologue on how to teach different types of learners.
Section 4 is a lecture on note-taking.
Audio
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Section 1
Question 1-10
Q. 1-4
Complete the following information about the cars available for rental.
Using NO MORE THAN ONE WORD OR NUMBER for each gap.
| Name | Size | Miles per gallon | Price |
| IOTA | small | 20 | £23 |
| COMBI | medium | 18 | £28.75 |
| ROADSTER | 1 ________ | 2________ | 3________ |
| * Prices include tax and 4________ |
Q. 5-7
Complete the following information using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each gap.
| Name | David 5________ |
| Company | 6________ |
| Address | 7________, Arlington Close, Baddleton, Yorkshire |
| Telephone | 0675934 888 |
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Q. 8-10
Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each gap.
8 In the car, there is a ________ and a torch.
9 The registration number of the car is ________
10 The car uses a ________ locking system.
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Section 2
Question 11-20
Q. 11-14
Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR NUMBERS for each answer.
11 How did the traveller hear about New York? ________
12 How many times had the traveller flown by plane? ________
13 What surprised the traveller about New York’s airport? ________
14 What happened in London? ________
Q. 15-17
Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
15 The traveler liked the different kinds of ________
16 Things that the traveler didn’t like in New York were the ________
17 From the flat, the traveler could see the ________
Q. 18-20
Choose the correct answers A-D and write them next to 18-20 on your answer sheet.
18 The traveler found New Yorkers to be ________
A kind.
B rude.
C pushy.
D helpful.
19 Which people showed the traveler around New York?
A Her friend
B Her friends
C Her friends’ neighbors
D Strangers
20 What events did the traveler see?
A A chess tournament
B The Annual Feast of San Gennaro
C The Annual African American Day Parade
D The Richmond County Fair
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Section 3
Question 21-30
Q. 21-24
Complete the notes on how to teach kinaesthetic learners, using only ONE word for each gap.
21 Use gestures – especially _______ones.
22 Spell out words in the ________
23 Put a ________ on the board and students label it.
24 Students ________ out words and others guess them.
Q. 25-27
Complete the following sentences about visual learners, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
25 Flashcards can be different colours according to the________
26 Students can word in texts and ask their partners for meanings ________
27 Lastly, Tina points out that can be used ________
Q. 28-30
Complete the summary on auditory learners, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
Students listen to a 28________ and draw what they hear, or the teacher could describe a picture and the teacher and students can see whose picture was closest to the original.
Each student gets a flashcard and holds up their card when the 29________ is used in a song, poem or story. Students add a sentence to a story, including the word on their flashcard.
The teacher gives the students lyrics with some words replaced by 30________ words. Students listen to the song and make corrections.
Section 4
Question 31-40
Q. 31-33
Complete the following sentences according to the information given by the tutor.
Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
31 Note-taking improves your ability to ________ on what the speaker says.
32 Note-taking allows you to get a ________ of the material being presented.
33 There are many ways of taking notes, but they must allow you to ________ contained in them and connect them together.
Q. 34-38
Complete the following notes according to the information given by the tutor.
Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each gap.
| Title of lecture | Write it down 34________ |
| Direct signals | For example 35________ “ you get this down.” |
| Indirect signals | Pausing. Speaking slowly, loudly. Using stress. |
| Repetition | 36________ and add new information. |
| Book recommendation | Tutor usually 37________ reading the whole book. |
| General advice | Avoid repetition. 38________ obvious points. |
| Summarize important ideas. |
Q. 39-40
Complete the following notes on recommended books.
Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each gap.
| Title | Author | Suggested units |
| 39________ | Tony Lynch | 6 and 12 |
| Learning to Study in English | Brian Heaton and Don Dunmore | 40________ |
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Section 1
| 1. | medium |
| 2. | 17 |
| 3. | 31.05 |
| 4. | insurance |
| 5. | Browne |
| 6. | Hectrix Electronics |
| 7. | Unit 2/two |
| 8. | first -aid kit |
| 9. | K758 SMD |
| 10. | central |
Section 2
| 11. | (from) friends |
| 12. | none/never/O/zero |
| 13. | lots of foreigners |
| 14. | (they) changed planes |
| 15. | building and monuments |
| 16. | crowds, bad weather |
| 17. | ocean |
| 18. | A |
| 19. | C |
| 20. | B |
Section 3
| 21. | finger |
| 22. | air |
| 23. | poster |
| 24. | act |
| 25. | part(s) of speech |
| 26. | highlight |
| 27. | spider diagrams |
| 28. | dictation |
| 29. | word or phrase |
| 30. | rhyming |
Section 4
| 31. | concentrate |
| 32. | deeper understanding |
| 33. | reproduce the ideas |
| 34. | in full |
| 35. | Make sure |
| 36. | go back |
| 37. | doesn’t |
| 38. | Omit |
| 39. | Study Listening |
| 40. | 5 and 10 |
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