IELTS Listening Practice Test 74

Updated On Feb 23, 2022

In the IELTS listening practice test, there are 40 questions of different types ranging from sentence completion, map labelling to multiple choice questions. It is important to attempt a test such as this to increase your exam preparedness.

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)