IELTS Listening Practice Test 74

Updated On Jul 30, 2021

In the Listening Test 74, you will hear 4 audio recordings and answer questions 1-40 based on them.

Section 1 is a telephone conversation of a woman enquiring at the local museum about the children’s art and craft workshops.

Section 2 is a customer service officer giving information to a passenger at the railway station.

Section 3 is a conversation between a tutor and a student discussing the dissertation.

Section 4 is a lecture on the history of moving pictures.

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Section 1

Questions 1-10

Questions 1-5

Complete the notes below.

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

CHILDREN’S ART AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS

Example Answer
Workshops organized every: Saturday

• Adults must accompany children under 1__________________________________

• Cost: £2.50

• Workshops held in: Winter House, 2______________________________Street

• Security device: must push the 3_________________________to open door

• Should leave the car behind the 4_____________________________

• Book workshops by phoning the 5______________________(on 200765)

Questions 6-10

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Next two workshops

Date	Workshop title	Children advised to wear	Please bring (if possible)
16/11	“Building 6________________________”	7_____________________________________	8____________________________________
23/11	9 “_________________________________”	(Nothing special)	10________________________________

Section 2

Questions 11-20

Questions 11-14

Complete the sentences below.

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

TRAIN INFORMATION

11 Local services depart from_____________________railway station.

12 National services depart from the_____________________railway station.

13 Trains for London depart every___________________each day during the week.

14 The price of a first-class ticket includes_____________________

Questions 15-17

Complete the table below.

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

Type of ticket	Details
Standard open	no restrictions
Super save	travel after 8.45
Special	travel after 15_____________________________and at weekends
16_____________________________________	buy at least six days ahead limited numbers 17_________________________________essential

Questions 18-20

Choose THREE letters, A-G. Write answers next to 18-20 on your answer sheet.

Which THREE attractions can you visit at present by train from Tre birch?

A a science museum

B a theme park

C a climbing wall

D a mining museum

E an aquarium

F a castle

G a zoo

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Section 3

Questions 21-30

Complete the tables below.

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

Dissertation Tutorial Record (Education)

Name: Sandy Gibbons

Targets previously agreed	Work completed	Further action suggested
Investigate suitable data analysis software	– Read IT 21____________________________ – Spoken to Jane Prince, Head of the 22______________________________	Sign up for some software practice sessions
Prepare a 23_______________________________for survey	– Completed and sent for review	Add questions in section three on 24_______________________________
Further reading about discipline	– Read Banerjee – N.B. Couldn’t find Ericsson’s essays on managing the 25__________________________________	Obtain from the library through special loans service

New Targets	Specific suggestions	Timing
Do further work on Chapter 1 (Give the title: Context 26___________________________ )	– Add statistics on the 27__________________________ in various zones – Include more references to works dated after 28________________________________	By the 29___________________________________
Prepare a list of main sections for Chapter 2	– Use index cards to help the organization	Before starting the 30______________________________

Section 4

Questions 31-40

Questions 31-37

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. Write answers nex to 31-37 on your answer sheet.

The history of moving pictures

31 Some photographs of a horse running showed

A all feet off the ground.

B at least one foot on the ground.

C two feet off the ground.

32 The Scotsman employed by Edison

A designed a system to use the technology Edison had invented.

B used available technology to make a new system.

C was already an expert in motion picture technology.

33 One major problem with the first system was that

A only one person could be filmed.

B people could only see very short films.

C the camera was very heavy.

34 Rival systems started to appear in Europe after people had

A been told about the American system.

B seen the American system.

C used the American system.

35 In 1895, a famous new system was developed by

A a French team working alone.

B a French and German team working together.

C a German team who invented the word ‘cinema’.

36 Longer films were not made at the time because of problems involving

A the subject matter.

B the camera.

C the film projector.

37 The Lantham Loop invention relied on

A removing tension between the film reels.

B adding three more film reels to the system.

C making one of the film reels more effective.

Questions 38-40

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

38 The first motion picture was called the____________________

39________________________________were used for the first time on film in 1926.

40 Subtitles were added to The Lights of New York because of its ______________________________

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Section 1

1	8
2	(in/on) Tamer
3	green button
4	library
5	education department
6	castles
7	old clothes
8	bottle tops
9	Undersea Worlds
10	silver paper

Section 2

11	King Street
12	central
13	half-hour/30 minutes
14	refreshments
15	10.15
16	Advance
17	(seat) reservations
18	C, D, G (in any order)
19	C, D, G (in any order)
20	C, D, G (in any order)