IELTS Listening Practice Test 96
4 parts · 40 questions · about 31 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 conversation between a host and an engineer about a large environmental testing chamber.
Questions 1–10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Facility Testing Notes
Background
- The facility has been significant to the speaker's .
- Designing it required a remarkable amount of and technology.
- Its main purpose is to conditions in outer space.
- Inside, the atmosphere is intensely cold and .
Test stages
- Qualification demonstrates that the design can cope at maximum .
- Equipment is taken to temperature repeatedly.
- Acceptance testing confirms the standard of .
- Results help validate thermal .
- Measurements are passed to for interpretation.
Required conditions
- Producing the necessary conditions requires a environment.
Part 2: Questions 11–20
You will hear a language teacher discussing letters sent in by listeners from different countries.
Questions 11–12
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Questions 13–14
Choose TWO letters, A–E.
Questions 15–20
Complete the table below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
| Country or section | Point noted | Detail |
|---|---|---|
Belgium | Size of the population | 11.67 million |
Japan | Annual decline | a reduction of almost |
Japan | Predicted total within thirty years | expected to fall below |
Japan | Basis of the data cited | figures attributed to official |
Final recommendations | Accuracy of vocabulary | accurate of words |
Final recommendations | Short words to check | such items as articles and |
Part 3: Questions 21–30
You will hear a podcast interview about the condition of coral reefs and the pressures affecting them.
Questions 21–25
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
Questions 26–30
Complete the flowchart below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Part 4: Questions 31–40
You will hear an interview about mapping coastal waters and responding to maritime incidents.
Questions 31–35
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Questions 36–40
Complete the summary using the list of words, A–I, below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Post-Event Surveying
Charts for stable coastal regions are generally revised only once every Drop or choose answer, unless improved technology justifies an update. In northern regions, retreating glaciers have exposed new waters, with some ice fronts withdrawing by as much as Drop or choose answer within a decade. Following severe natural events, surveyors must quickly establish whether Drop or choose answer have altered or new obstacles have appeared. Six specialist Drop or choose answer are dispatched first to hazardous incidents. Whereas storms usually allow preparation time, Drop or choose answer – an oil spill, for example – can require an immediate response without warning.
- A hurricanes
- B navigation response teams
- C earthquake
- D fifty years
- E emergency plane landing
- F water depths
- G man-made disasters
- H missing engines
- I ten miles
About this listening test
| Part | Recording | Questions | Question types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preparing Equipment for Extreme Conditions | 1–10 | Note completion |
| 2 | Comparing Population Figures Worldwide | 11–20 | Multiple choice (choose more than one), Table completion |
| 3 | Coral Reef Health and Decline | 21–30 | Multiple choice, Flow-chart completion |
| 4 | Surveying Beneath the Waves | 31–40 | Sentence completion, Summary completion (word list) |
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: Podcast in a Vacuum Chamber (NASA Houston We Have a Podcast). NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston We Have a Podcast (NASA audio is generally not subject to copyright in the US)
- Part 2: A Trip Around the World. VOA Learning English (learningenglish.voanews.com), public domain
- Part 3: Health of Coral Reefs (NOAA Diving Deeper podcast). NOAA National Ocean Service, Diving Deeper podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)
- Part 4: What is Hydrography? (NOAA Diving Deeper podcast). NOAA National Ocean Service, Diving Deeper podcast (work of the US federal government, public domain)