IELTS Listening Practice Test 41 – with Answers

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Updated On Aug 30, 2024

You will find IELTS Listening practice test 41 with four sections. It emphasizes the importance of practicing with real test questions for familiarizing yourself with various different types of questions along with English accents and intonations.

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Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
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In the IELTS Listening Test, you will encounter a series of questions based on a short audio recording on a particular topic. To attempt the IELTS Listening test, you have to practice discerning the important information being relayed in the audio format and using it to answer the test questions. By practicing with sample questions, you can ensure a good score on this module of the IELTS.

The audio in the IELTS listening practice test has 4 parts of varying English accents ranging from British to Australian. If you’re not used to them, it is good to take this test and familiarize yourself with the different tones and intonations. This will lend you a hand in the IELTS listening recent actual test.

In IELTS Listening Test 41, you will hear 4 audio recordings and answer questions 1-40 based on what you hear.

Section 1 is a conversation between a computer technician and the woman whose computer has crashed.

Section 2 is a monologue by the water project manager of a charity called Charity Water.

Section 3 is a conversation between a student and a university advisor.

Section 4 is a lecture on the behaviour of primates.

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Section 1

Questions 1-10

Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Tom’s Computer Maintenance

Customer Information Form

Date: Sunday, 12th May

Example: Answer.

Reason for call: computer problem

What happened: screen 1 ________

Troubleshooting checklist:

Restarted computer

The computer is 2 ________ – not running on battery

Activity when the problem occurred: 3 ________

Possible diagnosis: a virus

Anti-virus programme: 4 ________

Appointment

Location: 5 ________

Time scheduled for visit: 6 ________

Street address: 14 7 ________ Crescent, 2F3

Customer Name: Sandra 8 ________

Name on buzzer: the same as above

Fee: 9 ________ for the first hour’s work, then £40 per hour

Estimated time for job: less than 10 ________

Section 2

Questions 11-20

Q. 11-17

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 11-17 on your answer sheet’

11 The speaker’s job requires

A a great deal of walking.

B extensive travel.

C clean water.

12 Why is this story being told?

A to promote Charity-Water

B for entertainment purposes

C to encourage Helen

13 Why do charity workers usually surprise communities?

A It makes people happy.

B It is difficult to spread the news.

C It makes their work easier.

14 When villagers heard of the charity workers’ arrival, they

A had a party.

B were suspicious.

C took no notice.

15 Helen is feeling

A ecstatic about her new life.

B curious about the charity workers.

C nostalgic about her old life.

16 What did the speaker notice about Helen?

A that she had bathed recently

B the care she took with her appearance

C that she was wearing a green uniform

17 Making someone feel beautiful was

A part of the speaker’s job description.

B an unexpected bonus for the speaker.

C of little importance to the speaker.

Q. 18-20

In what THREE ways did the new well improve Helen’s life?

Choose THREE letters A-G

18 ________

19 ________

20 ________

A Her children enjoyed better health

B It increased her household income

C It gave her more free time

D She got a leadership position

E She had more choices and options

F She made new friends in her village

G It allowed her to go to school

Section 3

Questions 21-30

Q. 21-25

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

21 Jessica is interviewing Dr Kitching for ________ for the school newspaper.

22 Everyone Jessica knows is rather ________ about how to ask for references.

23 Dr Kitching gives Jessica permission ________ to their conversation.

24 Dr Kitching writes more than ________ a year.

25 The majority of ________ are in the spring or early summer when students start thinking about their future.

Q. 26-30

Complete the flow-chart below.

Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter A-G next to questions 26-30.

STEPS TO TAKE WHEN ASKING FOR A REFERENCE AFTER GRADUATION

Start with a(n) 26 ________

Say what 27 ________ you took and when you took it.

Give any 28 ________ to identify yourself.

Follow up with a(n) 29 ________

Ask for a(n) 30 ________

A message

B meeting

C information

D exam

E telephone call

F course

G email

Section 4

Question 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Date: 6th November

Lecture Topic Primate Behaviour

Review – Last lecture we talked about how physical features apply to:

living primates

classification

31 ________

Human evolution is not just about how people have 32 ________ but also about how our behaviour evolved.

The most notable thing about humans is not just that they walk on two legs but that they can
33 ________

Primate Cognitive Abilities

Cognition = the amount of 34 ________ that goes into a behaviour.

It’s difficult to come up with 35 ________ to measure cognition.

How sentient are the 36 ________

Sentient = there is 37 ________ conscious thought.

Behaviours that support the presence of conscious thought in primates:

Various sorts of 38 ________ (helping others without benefit)

“Machiavellian Intelligence” or deliberate 39 ________

Chimps can be language-trained – highly intelligent.

Cognition and intelligence in primates have deep 40 ________ ramifications.

Answers

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Section 1

1.	Went blank
2.	Plugged in
3.	On the/using the Internet
4.	Not sure
5.	Morning side (area)
6.	7:45
7.	Branston
8.	Sarrencen
9.	60
10.	Half an hour

Section 2

11.	B
12.	A
13.	C
14.	A
15.	A
16.	B
17.	B
18.	C
19.	D
20.	E

Section 3

21.	an article
22.	puzzled
23.	record
24.	50 references
25.	(the) requests
26.	E
27.	F
28.	C
29.	G
30.	B

Section 4

31.	the fossil record
32.	changed physically
33.	reason and/or imagine
34.	thought
35.	experiments
36.	great apes
37.	presence of
38.	altruism
39.	social deception
40.	moral and political