IELTS Listening Practice Test 191
4 parts · 40 questions · about 35 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 about a study that maps bushmeat activities.
Questions 1–10
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Research overview
| Research stage | Detail |
|---|---|
Initial assessment type | The earliest category of assessment operates in a relatively manner. |
Final assessment type | The final category of assessment relies on of possible hosts and reservoirs. |
Purpose of mapping | The primary aim was to provide an objective, for distributing surveillance resources. |
Model construction | The researchers used to model the presence and absence of species. |
Validation | Validation involved comparing the new map with two existing . |
Geographical scale | The high-probability area was comparable in size to the . |
Reporting gaps | A considerable number of locations were found to be . |
Priority locations | The team pinpointed in uncertain regions as priorities for future monitoring. |
Key driver | The study identified as a principal factor driving bushmeat activities. |
Access mechanism | One explanation is that give hunters access to deeper forest. |
Part 2: Questions 11–20
You will hear a talk about a four-hundred-year-old painting of a busy kitchen.
Questions 11–12
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Questions 13–14
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Questions 15–20
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
The Life and Work of Vincenzo Campi
Family background
- Few records survive of Campi's early and home circumstances.
- His father, a painter himself, oversaw his sons' training in the arts.
- Giulio, the eldest brother, was both a painter and an , and taught the younger siblings.
Early commissions
- The works he produced jointly with his brothers showed limited .
- His subjects were mainly wealthy individuals and Catholic .
Later assessment
- The art historian Sheila McTighe holds the post of senior .
- The new style surfaced abruptly during the years 1580 to .
Part 3: Questions 21–30
You will hear part of an interview with a public-health researcher talking about a respiratory infection and the work done to track it.
Questions 21–26
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
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 how cases of a lung infection are monitored in hospitals.
Questions 31–35
Complete the summary below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Data collection and scope
Information is gathered each for most conditions. Travel-linked cases were omitted since they are tied to particular types of . The comparison set healthcare-associated cases against those contracted . The approach was intentionally simple and avoided complex procedures. The dataset represented thirty .
Questions 36–40
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
About this listening test
| Part | Recording | Questions | Question types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mapping Wildlife Trade Risks | 1–10 | Table completion |
| 2 | A Renaissance Kitchen Painting | 11–20 | Multiple choice (choose more than one), Note completion |
| 3 | Vaccines and Monitoring Disease Spread | 21–30 | Sentence completion, Multiple choice (choose more than one) |
| 4 | Monitoring Healthcare-Associated Infections | 31–40 | Summary completion, Multiple choice |
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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: Mapping Global Bushmeat Activities to Improve Zoonotic Spillover Surveillance by Using Geospatial Modeling (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: A Tale of Two Kitchens, Meals and Microbes (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: Tracking Bordetella pertussis, Austria, 2018-20 (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: Legionnaires' Disease in Healthcare Settings-Europe (CDC, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)