IELTS Listening Practice Test 154
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 podcast interview with a scientist about his early influences, university choices and research work.
Questions 1–10
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Career and Research Timeline
| Career aspect | Recorded detail |
|---|---|
Early motivation | Age when a book first sparked interest: |
University subject | Degree selected because no space programme was available: |
Introductory course | Course that generated enthusiasm: |
Doctoral start | Year in which doctoral study began: |
Supervisory role | Academic supervisor's mission role: |
Development task | Activity undertaken during spacecraft development: |
Remote event | Emotional highlight: observing a robot's |
New imagery | First images from previously unseen sites: |
Emotional response | Feeling linked to receiving new images: |
Astrobiological prospect | The planet studied is most likely to support |
Part 2: Questions 11–20
You will hear a language programme explaining how to make holiday reservations and rentals.
Questions 11–15
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Lodging Reservation Details
Lodging arrangements
- Accommodation to reserve: a
- Stay period: final week of
- Type of pitch required: space
- Cost per night: $
- Written proof emailed after booking:
Questions 16–20
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Part 3: Questions 21–30
You will hear an interview about public attitudes to mosquito control in Texas.
Questions 21–25
Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–I, next to Questions 21–25.
Overview
The state has recorded high levels of Drop or choose answer, while Aedes mosquitoes have brought additional infections. Mosquitoes in Texas are perceived as both an annoyance and a Drop or choose answer issue. Control is unevenly organised: one urban county carries out Drop or choose answer, whereas a border county provides Drop or choose answer. Taken together, these arrangements constitute a Drop or choose answer of programmes.
- A fragmented system
- B equine encephalitis
- C extensive monitoring
- D dengue and Zika
- E personal inconvenience
- F minimal local services
- G West Nile infection
- H public-health
- I statewide coordination
Questions 26–30
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Part 4: Questions 31–40
You will hear part of a podcast about a disease found in the soil in Utah.
Questions 31–35
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Questions 36–40
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
2001 Outbreak and Subsequent Research
- Outbreak site: work at a
- Symptom onset: approximately after completing the work
- Distance from endemic zone: approximately to the northeast
- Reason for understudy: limited among frontline providers
- Research aim: document the along with clinical features and outcomes
About this listening test
| Part | Recording | Questions | Question types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pursuing a Research Career | 1–10 | Table completion |
| 2 | Arranging a Lakeside Holiday | 11–20 | Note completion, Multiple choice |
| 3 | Paying for Mosquito Control | 21–30 | Summary completion (word list), Multiple choice |
| 4 | Investigating a Regional Fungal Infection | 31–40 | Sentence completion, 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: 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: Reservations and Rentals. VOA Learning English (learningenglish.voanews.com), public domain
- Part 3: Public Willingness to Pay for Mosquito Control, Texas (CDC, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)
- Part 4: Valley Fever in Utah, 2006-2015 (CDC, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)