IELTS Listening Practice Test 115
4 parts · 40 questions · about 34 minutes of audio. Below are all the questions. Take the test in your free dashboard to play the recordings, answer as you listen, and get your band score with the transcript of every answer.
Part 1: Questions 1–10
You will hear a podcast interview about a woman's career path and her contribution to an educational game.
Questions 1–7
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Career and Recreation Profile
Initial contact
- Location of first encounter: a local
- Reason for outreach trailer: the organisation's
- Length of initial discussion: approximately
- Recommended change: a different
- Second internship commenced after
Leisure interest
- During lockdown, like many people, she took up new
- Online content watched: live
Questions 8–10
Answer the questions below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Part 2: Questions 11–20
You will hear part of a language-teaching programme about the different ways of expressing the future in English.
Questions 11–16
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Expressing the Future: Key Forms
The form 'will'
- Followed by the form of the verb
- Contracted forms (e.g. 'I'll') are often hard for learners to
- Used to convey a wish or to act
The form 'be going to'
- Appropriate when a has already been made
- Its casual pronunciation should be avoided in academic or writing
The form 'shall'
- Now regarded as formal and somewhat in American English
Questions 17–20
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Part 3: Questions 21–30
You will hear a podcast interview about hydrographic surveying in the Great Lakes.
Questions 21–25
Complete the summary using the list of words, A–H, below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Survey Mission Overview
Hydrographic missions send a vessel to collect fresh mapping data. The principal output is usually a revised Drop or choose answer intended for navigators. Missions are concentrated in regions with substantial Drop or choose answer, where existing information may be outdated. In the Great Lakes, relatively little data meets current specifications, which require three-dimensional Drop or choose answer sonar. Historic surveys occasionally took place in winter, when teams bored through Drop or choose answer to collect readings. Such approaches yielded precise depths at individual locations but failed to provide complete bottom Drop or choose answer.
- A bathymetric
- B chart
- C commerce
- D coverage
- E ice
- F lead line
- G single beam
- H tent
Questions 26–30
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Part 4: Questions 31–40
You will hear a talk about the history and management of a coastal marine protected area.
Questions 31–40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Coastal Heritage and Conservation
The 1991 Maritime Incident
- The smaller vessel descended to a depth of roughly feet after the collision.
- An estimated gallons of fuel were discharged into the sea.
- The spill severely affected marine life, particularly populations.
- Various parties, including local communities and , mobilised to safeguard the coastline.
- The region was subsequently for designation as a marine sanctuary.
Cultural and Historical Context
- Hazardous conditions and commercial activity have rendered the coast a for many vessels.
- More than two hundred lost vessels have been recorded, and numerous lie within the protected area.
Organisational Mission and Recent Activities
- The agency's ethos encompasses science, service and .
- Current fieldwork involves the deployment of an oceanographic array to extend a long-term dataset.
- Surveys are being conducted in and kelp forest habitats to monitor ecological trends.
About this listening test
| Part | Recording | Questions | Question types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building a Science Communication Career | 1–10 | Form completion, Short-answer questions |
| 2 | Talking About Future Events | 11–20 | Note completion, Multiple choice |
| 3 | Surveying a Freshwater Seabed | 21–30 | Summary completion (word list), Multiple choice |
| 4 | Maritime Heritage and Conservation | 31–40 | Note completion |
How to use it
- Open the test in your dashboard. Each part has its own track with the spoken instructions and the time to read the questions, as in the real exam.
- For exam practice, play each part once at 1× speed. To train your ear, slow it down or replay sections.
- Select words in a question to highlight the keywords you are listening for.
- After submitting, use “Show in transcript” to see exactly where each answer was said.
Audio sources
The recordings are real, copyright-free audio. The questions are written by Sprechify, and the spoken instructions use a synthetic voice.
- Part 1: The Lost Universe (NASA Houston We Have a Podcast). NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston We Have a Podcast (NASA audio is generally not subject to copyright in the US)
- Part 2: Fun with Future Tenses. VOA Learning English (learningenglish.voanews.com), public domain
- Part 3: Surveying in the Great Lakes (NOAA Ocean Podcast). NOAA National Ocean Service, NOAA Ocean Podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)
- Part 4: Sanctuary Spotlight: Olympic Coast (NOAA Ocean Podcast). NOAA National Ocean Service, NOAA Ocean Podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)