IELTS Listening Practice Test 201 (with Answers)

Part 1: Questions 1–10

You will hear a researcher discussing a study of an infectious agent in a non-native animal population.

Questions 1–10

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Research Findings

Topic	Detail
Natural occurrence	The pathogen is naturally to the species.
Effect on healthy hosts	It produces minimal in healthy animals.
Historic screening	A licensed trapper in the 1980s and 1990s arranged for the animals to be tested for .
Interpretation of results	Many results implied that the monkeys had been to the virus.
Who permitted the work	a state fish and wildlife
Purpose of live sales	Animals were supplied for purposes, with buyers demanding virus-negative specimens.
Consequence of trade cessation	Campaigning by animal welfare groups led to an uncontrolled population .
Documented human cases	Infections have occurred in environments but not from free-ranging animals.
Human-macaque contact in Asia	These monkeys are accustomed to being by people every day.
First hypothesis tested	Researchers examined a gene, which was identical in wild and captive monkeys.

Part 2: Questions 11–20

You will hear a weekly public-health briefing about vaccination trends, variant tracking and health-worker wellbeing.

Questions 16–20

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Health worker survey

Reported changes (2022 compared with 2018)

Survey participants noted increased compared with 2018.
They were also more likely to experience .

Factors associated with lower risk

Confidence in correlated with improved wellbeing.
Assistance from a was also protective.

Recommended priority

Improve working conditions rather than requiring staff to become .

Part 3: Questions 21–30

You will hear a public-health researcher discussing a study of infectious disease outbreaks at universities.

Questions 21–26

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

The bacteria is most likely to circulate among people in late .

Transmission occurs when individuals come into contact with each other's .

The researchers initially compiled a comprehensive of relevant outbreaks.

They also reviewed their own at the national agency.

To verify and update information, the team contacted and universities.

Although college students face elevated risk, the greatest disease burden is among , who cannot receive the licensed vaccine.

Questions 27–28

Choose TWO letters, A–E.

Which TWO methods did universities use to deliver vaccines during an outbreak?

Asupplying antibiotics to the entire student populationBorganising large-scale immunisation clinicsCdistributing information to parentsDcollaborating with nearby pharmaciesEmandating an older vaccine for attendance

Questions 29–30

Choose TWO letters, A–E.

Which TWO factors make it difficult to determine whether outbreaks have become more frequent?

Aimproved molecular methods for comparing samplesBgrowing media coverage of outbreaksCreduced overall incidence makes isolated cases stand outDwider availability of the new vaccineEmissing historical records on university affiliation

Part 4: Questions 31–40

You will hear a talk about international efforts to help countries prepare for outbreaks of disease.

Questions 36–40

Choose five answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–H, next to Questions 36–40.

The speaker observes that severe outbreaks which escalate into regional epidemics or even pandemics are occurring with growing Drop or choose answer. He cites the 2009 influenza pandemic, a coronavirus that travelled from the Middle East to other regions, and viruses such as Zika, chikungunya and dengue that produced large outbreaks in the Drop or choose answer hemisphere. Since such hazards will keep appearing, the priority is to tackle them at their Drop or choose answer in order to reduce loss of life and disruption to trade. Turning to progress, he notes that countries can draw on expertise and money from partners and from their own national reserves, which is essential for long-term Drop or choose answer. A colour-coded roadmap allows each country to see where it stands among five stages, and a set of Drop or choose answer is available for governments to choose from so that they can move towards full compliance.

A source
B treasuries
C frequency
D milestones
E sustainability
F economies
G western
H compliance

Part	Recording	Questions	Question types
1	Investigating a Wildlife Pathogen	1–10	Table completion
2	Public Health Findings and Worker Wellbeing	11–20	Multiple choice, Note completion
3	Managing University Disease Outbreaks	21–30	Sentence completion, Multiple choice (choose more than one)
4	Preparing Countries for Disease Outbreaks	31–40	Multiple choice, Summary completion (word list)

IELTS Listening Practice Test 201

Part 1: Questions 1–10

Questions 1–10

Research Findings

Part 2: Questions 11–20

Questions 11–15

Questions 16–20

Health worker survey

Reported changes (2022 compared with 2018)

Factors associated with lower risk

Recommended priority

Part 3: Questions 21–30

Questions 21–26

Questions 27–28

Questions 29–30

Part 4: Questions 31–40

Questions 31–35

Questions 36–40

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