IELTS Listening Practice Test 147
4 parts · 40 questions · about 30 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 conversation between two colleagues about how live coverage of major events has developed over time.
Questions 1–4
Answer the questions below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Questions 5–10
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Shuttle-era Broadcast Practices
| Broadcast element | Detail |
|---|---|
Overall extent of mission transmission | coverage lasting for weeks |
Television technology at the time | In the early phase of |
Social platforms then | Still regarded as |
Post-launch commentary | Known as coverage |
Pre-launch crew imagery | Personnel putting on |
Quiet-period staff activity | Carrying out interviews with |
Part 2: Questions 11–20
You will hear a language programme about how people refer to sports clubs in different countries.
Questions 11–15
Complete the summary below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Summary
The question concerns a professional football club whose name derives from a local where a founder was employed. In American English, a club name built around more than one entity generally takes a BE form. By contrast, a collective noun such as 'team' is normally construed as . In Britain and Ireland, however, such nouns may be construed as . When a club is referred to by its host city, the city’s side is described as the league’s .
Questions 16–20
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Part 3: Questions 21–30
You will hear a discussion between engineers and a researcher about designing equipment for demanding conditions.
Questions 21–26
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Questions 27–28
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Questions 29–30
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Part 4: Questions 31–40
You will hear a podcast interview about the difficulties facing a commercial fishery.
Questions 31–35
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Modelling and Management Issues
Modelling difficulties
- A fundamental obstacle is that forecasts involve that have not been recorded.
- Current models are calibrated using .
Management targets
- Targets are derived from the species' as well as environmental factors.
Economic fallout
- The closure prevented of dollars from reaching communities.
- In 2022, the other commercially important species, , was also shut.
Questions 36–40
Complete the summary using the list of words, A–I, below. Write the correct letter, A–I, in boxes 36–40 on your answer sheet.
Consequences and Future Challenges
Relief money has been allocated to assist affected communities and to support Drop or choose answer into future options. However, managers lack direct control over the main driver, namely Drop or choose answer, which creates the frigid bottom layer that juvenile snow crab depend on. As extreme events become more frequent, the overall result is greater Drop or choose answer in all areas. Whereas past fisheries science concentrated on Drop or choose answer, the present generation must confront climate change, because assuming the future will resemble the past is no longer feasible; nevertheless, the speaker remains Drop or choose answer about future work.
- A overfishing
- B disaster funding
- C ice
- D research
- E uncertainty
- F optimistic
- G predictions
- H recruitment
- I cold pool
About this listening test
| Part | Recording | Questions | Question types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evolving Live Broadcast Coverage | 1–10 | Short-answer questions, Table completion |
| 2 | Talking About Sports Teams | 11–20 | Summary completion, Sentence completion |
| 3 | Designing Tools for Extreme Environments | 21–30 | Multiple choice, Multiple choice (choose more than one) |
| 4 | Adapting Fishery Science to Climate Change | 31–40 | Note completion, Summary completion (word list) |
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: Liftoff Live (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: Talking about Sports Teams. VOA Learning English (learningenglish.voanews.com), public domain
- Part 3: Commercial Lunar Tools and Science (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 4: What Happened to All the Alaska Snow Crabs (NOAA Fisheries, Dive In podcast). NOAA Fisheries, Dive In with NOAA Fisheries podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)