IELTS Listening Practice Test 148
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 a host and an engineer about the engineer's career and the technical challenges of planning a long-distance crewed voyage.
Questions 1–10
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Career and Technical Notes
Career Background
- Year joined the agency:
- Graduate research involved for various refuelling methods.
- Calculated requirements for different payloads.
- Still prefers to focus on analysis.
- Finds learning to challenging.
Technical Considerations
- A system is needed to transport crew to and from the destination.
- In a chemical stage, fuel mixed with enters a combustion chamber.
- The crew's living quarters are known as a .
- The vehicle must have sufficient to return as well as to reach the destination.
Human vs Robotic Missions
- The relationship between payload and the fuel needed is described as .
Part 2: Questions 11–20
You will hear a language lesson about specialised scientific vocabulary.
Questions 11–16
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Terminology Table
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
Nova | stellar |
Naked-eye visibility | no special needed |
Outburst | recurring energy surge roughly every |
Patterned cluster | a collection of |
Positional preposition | Northern Crown lies Hercules and Bootes |
Shadow's route | referred to as the path of |
Questions 17–20
Answer the questions below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Part 3: Questions 21–30
You will hear a discussion about a conservation project working with fishing communities.
Questions 21–25
Complete the sentences below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Questions 26–30
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Part 4: Questions 31–40
You will hear a talk by an engineer about how a large vehicle is tested before it is used.
Questions 31–35
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Questions 36–40
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Testing History Notes
Early testing history
- Testing commenced in .
- Preparations for testing were already in place before the project was publicly announced.
- The speaker assisted in producing the first .
- He attended every such test until , when he was transferred to the chief engineer's office.
- Experiments with rocket motors were conducted to assess .
About this listening test
| Part | Recording | Questions | Question types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From Student to Project Lead | 1–10 | Note completion |
| 2 | Clarifying Scientific Vocabulary | 11–20 | Table completion, Short-answer questions |
| 3 | Community-Led Bycatch Reduction | 21–30 | Sentence completion, Multiple choice |
| 4 | Testing Complex Engineering Systems | 31–40 | Multiple choice, 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: Rendezvous with Mars (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 What We See in Space. VOA Learning English (learningenglish.voanews.com), public domain
- Part 3: Tackling Sea Turtle Bycatch with International Fishing Communities (NOAA Fisheries, Dive In podcast). NOAA Fisheries, Dive In with NOAA Fisheries podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)
- Part 4: SLS (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)