IELTS Listening Practice Test 4 with Answers

Updated On Sep 12, 2023

IELTS Listening Practice Test 4 with Answers

Did you know that questions often get repeated in the IELTS? So it is important that you practise using the questions that have already appeared in the test. Our IELTS listening practice tests are curated from previous year’s IELTS test papers, making them ideal for practice.

So, try practising them on a daily basis for a good score in your IELTS exam. Check out practise test number 4 given below.

In Listening Test 4, you will hear 4 audio recordings and answer questions 1-40 based on what you hear.

Section 1 is a conversation between Fred and Mary about a farewell party.

Section 2 is a brief introduction of college by Richard Thomas who is head of the chemistry department in the college.

Section 3 is a conversation between 2 students who are talking about a survey.

Section 4 is a lecture on Corporate crimes.

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Section 1

Questions 1-10

Choose the correct letter, A-C

Whose idea was it to hold the party?

A. Fred’s B. A few close friends C. Mary’s

Example: A

Q. 1

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 1 on your answer sheet

1 How much time do Mary and Fred have to prepare everything for the party?

A About four hours

B Two hours

C About three hours

Q. 2 and 3

Answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

2 Where did Fred leave the list of things to do?_______________________

3 What time did Jim say he would arrive at Fred’s house?___________________

Q. 4

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 4 on your answer sheet

4 How much wine will Mary buy?

A 15 bottles of red and IS white

B 15 white and 35 red

C 25 red and 15 white

Q. 5

On the map below, choose the letter representing the liquor store. Note: S means ‘supermarket’

Q. 6

Answer the question. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

6 Where are the glasses that Sally borrowed? __________________

Q. 7 and 8

Choose the correct answers A-E and write them next to 7 -8 on your answer sheet

The meat for the barbecue are flavoured with 7___________& 8___________.

A Salt

B Chilli

C Garlic

D Pepper

E Honey

Q. 9 and 10

Answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

9 Apart from French bread, what is another thing that Mary will buy?_____________

10 What will she carry it/them in?______________

Section 2

Question 11-20

Q. 11-12

Answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND A NUMBER for each answer.

11 What is the name of the college?__________________

12 When was the college founded?___________________

Q. 13 and 14

Choose two correct answers A-E and write them net to 13-14 on your answer sheet

Why did the school move out of London?

A The surroundings had become unpleasant

B It was given some cheap land in east England.

C An English millionaire gave the school 65 million pounds.

D The Second World War started

E Sir Gifford Reads gave the school a big sum of money to move.

Q. 15

Answer the following question. Write A NUMBER.

15 What year did the school open in cast England?______________

Question 16

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 16 on your answer sheet

16 In 1858, the school had_________________.

A just female students

B just male students

C both male and female students

Question 17-19

Complete the following sentences. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

In fact, the school is very famous for its 17__________________.The 18 ______________, used to say, A 19_____________ in a healthy body’

Question 20

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 20 on your answer sheet.

20 What team sports does Mr. Thomas say are played at the school?

A Rugby, soccer, and American football

B Basketball and water polo

C Soccer and cricket

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Section 3

Question 21-30

Q. 21

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 21 on your answer sheet.

A John and Ann have both finished writing their survey reopens.

B John has finished and Ann has nearly finished.

C Both of them have nearly finished.

Q. 22 and 23

Complete the following sentences. Write ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer.

22 The X axis of John’s graph is the____________ variable.

23 John divided his survey population into____________ groups.

Question 24

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 24 on your answer sheet.

24 The relationship between time spent watching TV and reading ability is____________.

A the same for teenagers as it is for people in their fifties

B almost the same for people in their forties as it is for those in their fifties

C very different between teenagers and people in their twenties

Question 25-26

Choose the correct answer and write them next to 25-26 on your answer sheet.

John’s survey shows that

25 people now in their fifties read as much as they used to.

True False Not Given

26 forty and fifty-year-old watch television more than they used to and their reading level have not declined.

True False Not Given

Question 27-30

IELTS Listening Practice Test 4

Complete the following sentences.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

27 On the above chart, the arrow point the percentage of _______________ people.

28 The Y (horizontal) axis is the usual number of _________________ meals per ______________.

29 Ann ask people about their eating, weight, and __________________.

30 Richard weighs 260 kilograms, short, fat and _______________.

Section 4

Questions 31-40

Questions 31

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 31 on your answer sheet

31 What types of Corporate crime will the course cover?

A All white-collar crime

B Cases of CEOs bribing government officials without telling their colleagues

C Cases involving corporate culture

Questions 32-36

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

The course will try to identify what corporate criminals share in terms of 32___________ and 33__________ .An interesting part of corporate crime is the 34_____________ of detection, trial, and punishment. Before it is detected by the 35_____________, it often seems that it goes on for an unreasonable length of time. There is also a 36_______________ that people found guilty of corporate crimes are treated more leniently by the courts.

Question 37

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 37 on your answer sheet

37 In 1980, the Ford Motor Company was put on trial for______________.

A reckless homicide

B tax evasion

C corporate greed

Questions 38-40

Complete the following sentences.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

38 Companies sometimes exaggerate their profits to increase____________________.

39 The Wall Street Journal ran an article saying Enron might have been President Bush’s______________.

40 The Bush administration’s_____________might have been design to help Enron.

Answers

Section 1

1.	C
2.	in the library
3.	around 5
4.	C
5.	Y
6.	in the cupboard
7.	Garlic or Pepper
8.	Garlic or Pepper
9.	paper Napkins
10.	rucksack

Section 2

11.	Royal Hospital College
12.	in 1694
13.	A
14.	E
15.	1963
16.	C
17.	choir and orchestra
18.	Romans
19.	healthy mind
20.	B

Section 3

21.	C
22.	dependent
23.	five
24.	B
25.	False
26.	True
27.	obese
28.	fast food
29.	exercise
30.	no muscle

Section 4

31.	C
32.	psychology
33.	organization culture
34.	process
35.	authorities
36.	common perception
37.	A
38.	their share prices
39.	biggest financial backers
40.	national energy plan