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 9

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 between Anna and her best friend Penelope who is visiting her in Washington, D.C.

Questions 1–5

Complete the form below.

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

Penelope's visit

Visitor: Penelope (Anna's best friend from her hometown)

Penelope's train arrives in: minutes

Where they go first: Anna's

Drink: a hot cup of

Anna shares her home with a

They split the

Questions 6–10

Complete the table below.

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

PersonDescription

Marsha

often too much

Pete

most

Pete

also the

Jonathan and Ashley

the people Anna knows

Anna's job

she loves her

Part 2: Questions 11–20

You will hear a radio report about a public holiday in the United States.

Questions 11–15

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

When did Union troops arrive in Galveston, Texas?
What did the Union general do when he reached the city?
What does Betty Anderson say the celebration includes?
What point does the historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. make?
Why did black families in Texas celebrate near rivers and lakes in the late 1800s?

Questions 16–20

Complete the summary below.

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

During the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, some Black Americans used Juneteenth as a way to connect them to Black . Texas was the first state to declare the day an official state in . In June 2021, President Joe Biden made it the country's newest national holiday. A study by the Pew Research Center found that at least American states and the city government of Washington, D.C. observed the day. The National Museum of African American History & Culture says Black Americans consider it the country's second day.

Part 3: Questions 21–30

You will hear a podcast interview about how astronauts are trained for space station missions.

Questions 21–25

What does Kathy say about each of the following? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A–G, next to Questions 21–25.

What does Kathy say about each of the following aspects of training?
  • A It provides a realistic environment for training.
  • B It is mainly intended for new crew members.
  • C It gives extra practice on Russian modules.
  • D It is collected after every crew.
  • E It helps crews find equipment quickly.
  • F It is not sufficient on its own.
  • G It is the hardest part to train on Earth.
Building 9Drop or choose answer
classroom teachingDrop or choose answer
emergency trainingDrop or choose answer
training in RussiaDrop or choose answer
crew feedbackDrop or choose answer

Questions 26–30

Complete the sentences below.

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

Kathy says that in the last years the training has finally hit the mark.
Besides payload training and science, the crews also focus on .
Everything else in the training is described as level.
The crews no longer dive down into those as they used to.
Kathy says you cannot the physical work in zero G anywhere.

Part 4: Questions 31–40

You will hear a radio report about mental health therapy for school students in the United States.

Questions 31–36

Complete the flow-chart below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Derry's search for therapy

Derry first spoke to her mother about seeing a therapist in the grade
↓
The family moved to New York, but Derry had to stay with relatives while her mother found a job and an
↓
A school worker suggested therapy, but her mother said her daughter was just having ''
↓
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Derry's depression got worse because of the loneliness of learning
↓
In New York, social workers can provide some counseling, but therapy requires a parent's
↓
Schools used federal pandemic money to employ more specialists and add telehealth and counseling

Questions 37–40

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

What word does Chelsea Trout use to describe the situation between parents and children?
What is happening in different states regarding therapy for young people?
What did Derry's mother insist on when she agreed to let her daughter start therapy?
According to the CDC figures for 2021, what percentage of Black children saw a therapist at some point that year?
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About this listening test

PartRecordingQuestionsQuestion types
1A visit from a best friend1–10Form completion, Table completion
2Juneteenth11–20Multiple choice, Summary completion
3Training astronauts for the space station21–30Matching features, Sentence completion
4Therapy for school students31–40Flow-chart completion, Multiple choice

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