IELTS Listening Practice Test 169
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 researcher discussing an infectious disease that affects wild animals.
Questions 1–10
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Research Notes
Background
- Pathogen: Mycoplasma bovis, a bacterium affecting several ungulate species
- Documented in cattle, bison, pronghorn and deer (both white-tailed and )
- In farmed bison, mortality may reach up to per cent
Clinical signs in pronghorn
- Animals may be weak, coughing, and have from the nose and mouth
- Infection is acute; frequently detected as sudden in the field
Treatment and prevention
- No practical treatment for free-ranging wildlife
- In cattle, can be used, but not those targeting the cell wall (e.g., penicillins)
- Vaccines exist for cattle and bison; improved bison vaccine under development
Epidemiology
- Disease is not ; no human infections reported
- Outbreak occurred in spring of
- Historical samples covered 2007 to 2018
- Unusual because M. bovis was traditionally a livestock disease; first documented in this wildlife species
- Previous published reports: farmed bison in and farmed white-tailed deer in Minnesota
Public health implications
- Uses a approach, linking human, animal and environmental health
- Animal deaths could lead to a issue
- Need to understand why M. bovis can infect multiple species
Part 2: Questions 11–20
You will hear a talk about a workplace wellness scheme.
Questions 11–12
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Questions 13–14
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Questions 15–20
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 podcast interview about feral swine and research into disease exposure.
Questions 21–25
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Questions 26–30
Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–G, next to Questions 26–30.
- A wallowing in mud and soil
- B having a patterned coat that later fades
- C reaching a high top speed
- D producing young at any time of year
- E showing greater aggression than domestic pigs
- F giving birth to a relatively large litter
- G sharing internal physiology with farm pigs
Part 4: Questions 31–40
You will hear a podcast discussion about reducing infection risks in healthcare settings.
Questions 31–35
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Preventive Measures and Timing
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
Paired antimicrobial approach | chlorhexidine bathing plus |
Approximate share with existing nasal carriage | of the population |
Evidence source | confirming benefit |
Effect on resident skin flora | permits of normal skin microbiota |
Timing of use | before or other invasive procedures |
Questions 36–40
Complete the summary using the list of words, A–I, below.
Microbiome Protection and Intervention Design
An intact microbial ecosystem provides Drop or choose answer, preventing pathogens from gaining a foothold. The term for antibiotic-induced disruption is Drop or choose answer. Preferred interventions should restrict activity to the Drop or choose answer, be applied to a Drop or choose answer, and aim at Drop or choose answer the resident microbial community.
- A broad-spectrum antimicrobial
- B bacteriophage
- C colonization resistance
- D different mechanisms
- E dysbiosis
- F right duration
- G single body site
- H target organism
- I sparing
About this listening test
| Part | Recording | Questions | Question types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Investigating a Wildlife Disease | 1–10 | Form completion |
| 2 | Workplace Wellness Provision | 11–20 | Multiple choice (choose more than one), Sentence completion |
| 3 | Mapping Wildlife Disease Risk | 21–30 | Sentence completion, Matching features |
| 4 | Reducing Pathogens in Healthcare | 31–40 | Table 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: Mycoplasma bovis Outbreak in Pronghorns-Wyoming (Re-post) (CDC, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)
- Part 2: Cradles to Crayons (CDC podcast). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)
- Part 3: Serosurveillance of Feral Swine to Map Risk for Anthrax Exposure, 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: Decolonization and Pathogen Reduction Approaches to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (CDC, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)