IELTS Listening Practice Test 183
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 describing a survey of tiny biting arthropods and the bacteria they may carry.
Questions 1–10
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Chigger Survey Record
Pathogen background
- Disease caused by the bacterium:
- People threatened worldwide:
- Rickettsial diseases misdiagnosed outside the US: over
Fieldwork
- Year the study started:
- Number of state-park sites:
- Placed on the ground to attract chiggers:
- Used to pick the chiggers up:
- Liquid in the collection tube:
Laboratory work
- Extracted from each sample:
- Sites where the bacterium was found: of the 10
Part 2: Questions 11–20
You will hear a podcast about an investigation into how an infectious disease spread in Bangladesh.
Questions 11–16
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Traditional Uses and Public-Health Response
Traditional uses
- Date palm sap is drunk fresh and also undergoes for alcoholic drinks.
- Sap is gathered in containers made of fixed to the trunk.
Collection process
- Part of the tree's is scraped away so liquid can seep out overnight.
- Bats can transfer into the collected liquid.
Public-health response
- Officials carry out hospital-based in districts with reported cases.
- The monitoring detected eighteen of infection.
Questions 17–18
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Questions 19–20
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Part 3: Questions 21–30
You will hear a researcher discussing a study of how changing landscapes affect people's exposure to a virus.
Questions 21–25
Choose the correct letter, A–G, next to Questions 21–25.
- A Its expansion has caused more land to be cleared.
- B It was investigated only among children.
- C It displayed a notably low level of prior infection.
- D It can pass on infection through contaminated food.
- E It is believed to provide complete protection after one infection.
- F It exhibited a high level of previous exposure among adults.
- G It is regarded as the principal natural reservoir.
Questions 26–30
Complete the summary below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Study samples
The forested-region samples were obtained from a combination of and people living locally. The coastal-region samples had originally been collected as part of a for Ebola prevention research. The fieldwork was supervised by a former of the main researcher. Venous blood was drawn from once the aims of the project had been explained to them. In many cases, the team later returned to the village to explain what they had .
Part 4: Questions 31–40
You will hear a podcast about a public health investigation into a disease outbreak.
Questions 31–40
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Key Findings
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
Sampling locations | patients and the |
Purpose of advanced tools | to sequence microbes and monitor their |
Situation by February 2019 | no further reported |
Date of new infections | 2022 |
Likely starting point | a near the harbour |
Global comparison | samples from around the |
Closest matching strain | a sample from the surroundings, dated |
How long the strain had been there | several |
Flooding effect | contamination of sources |
Key conclusion | importance of reservoirs |
About this listening test
| Part | Recording | Questions | Question types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Investigating Chigger-Borne Bacteria | 1–10 | Form completion |
| 2 | Tracing an Infection Route | 11–20 | Note completion, Multiple choice (choose more than one) |
| 3 | Landscape Change and Disease Exposure | 21–30 | Matching features, Summary completion |
| 4 | Investigating a Disease Reappearance | 31–40 | Table 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: Detection of Orientia spp. Bacteria in Field-Collected Free-Living Eutrombicula Chigger Mites, United States (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: Nipah Virus Transmission from Bats to Humans Associated with Drinking Traditional Liquor Made from Date Palm Sap, Bangladesh, 2011–2014 (CDC, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)
- Part 3: Influence of Landscape Patterns on Exposure to Lassa Fever Virus, Guinea (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: Ancestral Origin and Dissemination Dynamics of Reemerging Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae, Haiti (CDC, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)