IELTS Listening Practice Mock Test 3

Nehasri Ravishenbagam

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Updated On Jan 23, 2025

Get ready to take this IELTS Listening Practice Mock Test 3 to fine-tune your listening skills now! To enhance your preparation a bit more, make sure to write this test under time limits.

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Section 3
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Prepare to practice and find your answers for an IELTS Listening task with this article. In the IELTS Listening Mock Test 3, you will listen to a short audio recording and answer questions based on it just like this one.

Moreover, IELTS listening practice tests like this are curated from the previous year’s test papers, making them ideal for practice. So, without wasting any time, practice this IELTS Listening test mock test 3 while you prepare for your exam!

The question types found in this practice test are:

Before you begin, try to familiarize yourself with signposting and distraction techniques by trying our IELTS listening practice tests.

In Listening Test 3, you will hear 4 audio recordings and answer questions 1-40 based on what you hear.

Section 1 is a conversation between a housing officer and a student.
Section 2 is a monologue of a University Librarian giving you a guided tour of the library.
Section 3 is a conversation between two students deciding on a course they want to take this semester.
Section 4 is a university lecturer addressing his students on the first day of his lecture.

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Section 1

Questions 1-10

Q. 1-5

Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Example: Accomodation Officer Name John

Family name Cartier

1 _________ Nationality
2 _________ Student number
3 _________ Contact number

4 _________ Mobile phone

5 ________pounds per month (Rent)

Questions 6-10

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

6 A bedsitter is a single room with_____________facilities.

7 Susan has to pay__________________, electricity, and water by herself.

8 Most landlords want____________________in advance.

9 Susan must read the contract carefully, especially__________________. .

10 Susan is going to meet her friends __________________.

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Section 2

Questions 11-20

Q. 11-12

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

11 What is the name of the university?

12 When did the head librarian start working at the library?

Q. 13-14

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Name two methods of how people found books in the library before the days of computers.

13 ________________

14 _________________

Q. 15-17

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 15-17 on your answer sheet

15 How many computer terminals are there on each floor?

A 60

B 15

C 4

16 John Dewey was _______.

A a librarian

B British

C a philosopher

17 In the Dewey Decimal Classification System, book numbers beginning with 200 are on _______.

A Philosophy and Psychology

B Social Sciences

C Religion

Q.18

Answer the question.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

18 On what floor are the geography and history books?___________.

Q. 19 – 20

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

List two types of music that are NOT in the library’s CD and DVD collection.

19 ____________

20 ____________

Section 3

Questions 21-30

Q. 21

Answer the question.

Write ONE WORD ONLY.

21 When will their academic supervisor return?_________________

Q. 22-25

Choose the correct answers A-D and write them next to 22-25 on your answer sheet.

22 Mary’s mother probably wanted her to be a(an)

A Teacher

B engineer

C secretary

D writer

23 What do Jack’s parents blame for their students’ poor English?

A Computers

B Computer games

C Games

D Their parent

24 How many of Jack’s parents’ students read novels?

A None

B Few

C Very few

D many

25 Will Jack and Mary take the Latin course?

A Maybe

B Yes

C No

D Can’t tell

Q. 26

Answer the question.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

26 What does Mary say are useful for a journalist?___________

Q. 27-29

Complete Jack and Mary’s course timetable.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9-12 a.m	French 100	History of English	28______
2-5 p.m		27 ______		French 100	29____

Q. 30

Write ONE WORD ONLY for your answer.

30 Name one sport that Jack practices.__________

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Section 4

Questions 31-40

Q. 31

Answer the question below in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

31 What is the name of the course?___________

Q. 32 – 33

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

32 John Robertson believes everybody wants to take the course because_______.

33 “Everything is connected to everything else.” And the statement ___________ of the course.

Q. 34

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 34 on your answer sheet

34 The contents of the course are

A focused on one topic

B diverse

C very specialized

Q. 35-38

Complete the paragraph with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

The course will be looking at things like 35_________; the loss of, in particular, 36________; 37_______, known as ‘gender benders’ because they can seriously affect the sexual development of animals; desertification; the serious worldwide problem of overfishing; and the loss of 38_______.

Q. 39 and 40

Choose the correct answers A-C and write them next to 39-40 on your answer sheet.

39 The course will include.

A sociology

B mathematics

C history

40 The basic goal is to develop a model that is.

A static

B multifactorial

C dynamic

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Answers

Section 1

1.	Canadian
2.	CA04628
3.	65349087
4.	No Mobile Number
5.	500
6.	cooking
7.	gas
8.	three months deposit
9.	the small print
10.	in the cafeteria

Section 2

11.	University of British Columbia
12.	1961
13.	using a card index
14.	asking staff
15.	B
16.	C
17.	C
18.	4th floor
19.	Punk, Heavy Metal, Rap, Hip Hop (Any of these)
20.	Punk, Heavy Metal, Rap, Hip Hop (Any of these)

Section 3

21.	Thursday
22.	D
23.	B
24.	C
25.	C
26.	Foreign Languages
27.	American Literature
28.	Creative Writing
29.	Sociology
30.	Swimming

Section 4

31.	Environment and Development
32.	nobody has left.
33.	explains the design
34.	B
35.	global warming
36.	tropical forest
37.	persistent organic chemicals
38.	biodiversity
39.	A
40.	C

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