ENSpeak the language you have been studying.
DESprich die Sprache, die du gelernt hast.
ESHabla el idioma que has estudiado.
ARتكلم اللغة التي درستها.
HIजो भाषा पढ़ी है, उसे बोलो।
URوہ زبان بولو جو سیکھی ہے۔
ZH说出你学过的那门语言。
PTFale o idioma que você estudou.
FRParle la langue que tu as étudiée.
JA勉強してきた言語を話そう。
ENSpeak the language you have been studying.
DESprich die Sprache, die du gelernt hast.
ESHabla el idioma que has estudiado.
ARتكلم اللغة التي درستها.
HIजो भाषा पढ़ी है, उसे बोलो।
URوہ زبان بولو جو سیکھی ہے۔
ZH说出你学过的那门语言。
PTFale o idioma que você estudou.
FRParle la langue que tu as étudiée.
JA勉強してきた言語を話そう。

IELTS Listening Practice Test 30

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.

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Part 1: Questions 1–10

You will hear a conversation about a dinner invitation and a visit to a friend's home on the water.

Questions 1–5

Complete the form below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Anna's weekend

Ms. Weaver's dinner: on

Restaurant: a new restaurant

Anna's plan instead: visit a friend's

The family moved from a three-storey

Anna's collection:

Questions 6–10

Complete the table below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Life on the water

TopicDetail

Sea animal Anna asks about first

great white

Anna's first boat trip

on a boat

Anna's second boat trip

in a boat that turned into a bus

Fanny's feeling about the rocking

she it

What Anna needs

fresh air on

Part 2: Questions 11–20

You will hear a radio report about a new study of two huge canyons on the moon.

Questions 11–15

What does the speaker say about each of the following? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–G, next to Questions 11–15.

Features
  • A was published in Nature Communications
  • B has been capturing lunar data since June 2009
  • C was travelling at around 55,000 kilometres per hour
  • D lies on the far side of the moon, near the south pole
  • E formed in less than ten minutes
  • F was carried out by researchers in Houston only
  • G is operated by the European Space Agency
the two canyonsDrop or choose answer
the Schrödinger impact basinDrop or choose answer
the incoming objectDrop or choose answer
the Lunar Reconnaissance OrbiterDrop or choose answer
the team's studyDrop or choose answer

Questions 16–20

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

What did the team estimate about the asteroid?
According to Kring, in which direction was most of the rock and debris thrown?
What should make it easier for future astronauts to collect rocks?
What is NASA's current plan for the Artemis program?
What does Kring say is currently unclear?

Part 3: Questions 21–30

You will hear a discussion about the benefits of research on the International Space Station.

Questions 21–26

Complete the summary using the list of words, A–H, below.

Earth science from the station

The station's orbit covers 90% of the Drop or choose answer landmass. By crossing the orbits of other instruments, scientists can Drop or choose answer them, which raises the Drop or choose answer of their data. The station gives both day and night data, so the Drop or choose answer cycle can be studied. An old instrument that was the gold standard for Drop or choose answer could hand that standard over to a station instrument. In microgravity, cells more readily form Drop or choose answer structures.

  • A populated
  • B cross-calibrate
  • C value
  • D diurnal
  • E calibration
  • F 3D
  • G ocean
  • H repair

Questions 27–28

Choose TWO letters, A–E.

Which TWO things does Jennifer say about protein crystals grown on the space station?

Questions 29–30

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Which disease does Jennifer give as a highly successful example?
What happened after the crystals were brought back to Earth?

Part 4: Questions 31–40

You will hear a report about a NASA spacecraft designed to study water on the moon.

Questions 31–35

Label the diagram below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

The Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft

the Moon33 width ______ m31 two ________ instruments(they map water)32 mass: about ______ kg34 orbit: about ______ kmabove the surface35 most water is in the form of ______

Questions 36–40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Lunar water and instruments

Signs in lunar ice
  • Presence of may suggest water came from comets.
  • Presence of may show water rose from deep inside the moon.
Instrument development
  • Lunar Thermal Mapper built by a university team in .
  • It will map lunar surface .
  • The other instrument will look for water-molecule .
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About this listening test

PartRecordingQuestionsQuestion types
1A day on a houseboat1–10Form completion, Table completion
2Canyons on the Moon11–20Matching features, Multiple choice
3What the space station is good for21–30Summary completion (word list), Multiple choice (choose more than one), Multiple choice
4Searching for water on the Moon31–40Diagram label completion, Note completion

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