IELTS Listening Practice Test 81

Courtney Miller,

Updated On Jul 26, 2021

In the Listening Test 81, you will hear 4 audio recordings and answer questions 1-40 based on them.

Section 1 is a conversation between a man and a woman discussing the places where you can do shopping in London.

Section 2 is a radio program about a survey conducted in their area.

Section 3 is a conversation between a college tutor and a student about writing a book review.

Section 4 is a lecture on Cliffton Suspension Bridge.

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Section 1

Questions 1-10

Questions 1-7

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Listen to a conversation and complete the market list below.

MARKET LIST

Address	Open Hours	Days	Tube Station
Example East Street SE17	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.	Sat & Tue	Castle
Leather Lane WC1	lunch times	1_____________	Chancery Lane
2__________ Lane E1	9 a.m. – 12 noon	Sunday mornings	3_______________
Waltham stow E17	4_______________	Mon. – Sat. Except for Web & Sun.	5_______________
Brixton SW9	9 a.m. – 6 p.m.	Mon. – Sun. Half-day on Wed.	6_______________
Camden High St. NW1	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.	7____________	Chalk Farm, Camden Town

Questions 8-10

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

8 Who is Barbara going to shop with?

9 How is Barbara travelling to the shops tomorrow?

10 What time are they going to meet?

Section 2

Questions 11-20

Questions 11-16

Complete the table below as you listen.

Write either A NUMBER or NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS to fill each space.

	Radio South	Radio Soap	new Wake-up	15__________
approval rating	11_________ %	17%	87%	15%
disapproval rating	12_________ %	64%	13_________ %	25%
don’t knows	not mentioned	19%	not mentioned	60%
listeners’ comments	excellent	vulgar and puerile	14_________	16__________

Number of participants in the survey: 4373

Questions 17-20

Circle the correct answer.

17 Regarding the message Voicebox, the number of complaints

A has gone up and down in recent weeks.

B has gone down.

C has remained static.

D has risen in the recent week.

18 The praise for the music on the Wake-up show has come

A only from Australia.

B only from New Zealand.

C from all over South-east Asia.

D from all over Asia.

19 Regarding English Worldwide, the number of listeners

A has increased ten times.

B has remained fairly static.

C has decreased tenfold.

D will increase in the future.

20 The radio station broadcasts

A 14 hours per day.

B 19 hours per day.

C 24 hours per day.

D 22 hours per day.

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Section 3

Questions 21-30

Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

OUTLINE OF BOOK REVIEW
Introduction • Title 21 __________________________ • Author Robert Winston • Category 22_____________________________________ • Subject area brain • Intended readers 23 _________________________________ Overview Author’s purpose to inform and advise on maximising the use of the brain Main topics history of 24 ________________________________ about brain What enables the brain to 25 ________________________________________ brain’s contribution to the development of 26 _________________________________ how to increase intelligence Analysis and evaluation Writer’s qualifications professor at the University of London who carries out 27 ____________________________________ research Strengths readable, particularly through the use of 28 ____________________________________ contains a useful 29________________________________ Weaknesses none Conclusion Overall response a very interesting book that aims high and achieves its 30________________________________

Section 4

Questions 31-40

Questions 31-33

Complete the following table.

Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or A NUMBER for each answer.

EARLY BRIDGES
Bridge type	Material(s) used	First examples date from	Region
arch	tone or brick	31 __________________________ B.C	Middle East
suspension	32 ________________________	A.D. 550	33 _______________________
iron suspension	iron	1826	Wales (UK)

Questions 34-37

Complete the notes on the timeline below.

Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

**THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE**
1831	Design for bridge chosen by 34 ___________________________________ Work began but soon halted by political events. 1836 Work resumed.
1843	Work stopped when 35 _________________________________
1851	Ironwork sold to pay 36 _____________________________
1860	Second-hand 37 _____________________________ became available.
1862	Work resumed.
1864	Bridge completed.

Questions 38-40

Complete the table.

Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or A NUMBER for each answer.

Location	Distance	Main difficulty	Effect
BRIDGE PROPOSALS
Alaska and Siberia	80km	38___________	construction time-limited
Europe and Africa	28 km	39___________	a new type of bridge structure required
Sicily and mainland Italy	40________ km	funding

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Section 1

1	Mon-Fri/Monday to Friday
2	Petticoat/Petticote
3	Aldgate
4	9 a.m.-4 p.m.
5	Central Line
6	Brixton
7	Sun./Sundays
8	Tom & Mary
9	by/take underground/tube/subway
10	9:30 a.m.

Section 2

11	83/eighty-three
12	7/seven
13	3/three
14	a real hit
15	Wine Show
16	downright boring
17	D
18	C
19	A
20	B

Section 3

21	The Human Mind
22	popular science
23	non-specialists
24	theories
25	function
26	personality
27	medical
28	stories
29	word list
30	goal

Section 4

31	3200
32	rope (and) wood
33	China
34	competition
35	money ran out/finished
36	(back) (the) creditors (creditor is an acceptable misspelling)
37	chains
38	extreme cold/ (very/extremely) cold location
39	depth of water/ (very) deep water
40	2.5