IELTS Listening Practice Test 114 (with Answers)

Part 1: Questions 1–10

You will hear an interview with a scientist about her career and research into ground movements.

Questions 1–10

Complete the table below.

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

Aspect	Details
Early assumption about the environment	Thought to lack:
Instrument deployed by Apollo 11	Device taken:
Duration of seismic signals	Lasted more than one
Detected movements of astronaut	Observed:
Instrument setting that recorded longer signals	Instrument variant:
Object deliberately crashed by Apollo 12	Crashed object:
Alternative explanation for long signals	Considered source:
Field that initially attracted researcher	Initial interest:
Location of many recorded signals	Stored in:
Funding sought for research	Applied for:

Part 2: Questions 11–20

You will hear a radio programme about the way very large numbers are described and reported in the news.

Questions 11–12

Choose TWO letters, A–E.

Which TWO statements about the term for one thousand thousands does the speaker support?

AIt reached English by way of Italian.BIt was devised in order to convey the notion of two.CIts earliest ancestor carried the sense of one thousand.DIt originally signified a thousand million.EEnglish speakers took it up towards the close of the fourteenth century.

Questions 13–14

Choose TWO letters, A–E.

Which TWO observations does the speaker make about the words for larger magnitudes?

AThe speaker draws on historical British definitions.BThe speaker urges listeners to commit both scale systems to memory.CThe rival regional values are analysed at length.DEach denotes a thousandfold increase on the magnitude preceding it.EEach is built by attaching a number-related element to an existing term.

Questions 15–20

Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–I, next to Questions 15–20.

The speaker notes that in journalism it is frequently a figure's sheer magnitude that captures public Drop or choose answer. Such numbers are normally attached to countable nouns, three of which recur constantly in reporting: amounts of money in Drop or choose answer, numbers of human beings, or Drop or choose answer, and periods of time in Drop or choose answer. A headline on the American national debt, published as Drop or choose answer prepared for a funding dispute, exemplified the first, while articles about trade, Drop or choose answer and economies routinely pair a figure with the name of a currency.

Options

A oceans
B years
C dollars
D finance
E attention
F debt
G Congress
H currency
I people

Part 3: Questions 21–30

You will hear a discussion among marine specialists about artificial reefs.

Questions 26–30

Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–H, next to Questions 26–30.

What does the speaker say about each of the following?

A They are cleaned before sinking.
B They move in coordinated shoals.
C They earn income from visiting divers.
D They can help invasive species spread.
E They protect natural coastal habitats.
F They round up smaller fish.
G They are used by recreational fishers.
H They attract large predatory sharks.

Bait ballsDrop or choose answer

Predatory fishDrop or choose answer

Invasive speciesDrop or choose answer

Dive shopsDrop or choose answer

Shoreline protectionDrop or choose answer

Part 4: Questions 31–40

You will hear a podcast interview about a new way of calculating the height of mountains.

Questions 31–35

Complete the sentences below.

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

The updated model determines the height of an imagined subsurface by factoring in the of the overlying terrain.

In mountainous areas, the extra material produces a capable of raising the hypothetical water level.

In Colorado, the anticipated vertical shift of that reference surface is approximately .

Since the reference level is raised through calculation, elevations measured from it become .

The revised framework was applied nationwide, including every state and all American .

Questions 36–40

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Aspect	Detail
Consequence for existing peaks	The team did not have to any summit.
Standard survey setup	GPS receiver mounted on
Alternative data collection	LiDAR uses ranging
Accuracy of the alternative method	About four to six
Weakness in earlier records	Past figures omitted their

Part	Recording	Questions	Question types
1	Transition to Data-Driven Research	1–10	Table completion
2	The Language of Large Numbers	11–20	Multiple choice (choose more than one), Summary completion (word list)
3	Creating and Benefiting from Artificial Reefs	21–30	Multiple choice, Matching features
4	Reassessing Mountain Elevations	31–40	Sentence completion, Table completion

IELTS Listening Practice Test 114