Let’s start:- #0122 Latest Listening Practice Test for IELTS Ielts listening practice test 49
PART-1
Questions 1-5
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
SHIPPING AGENCY
Name: Scott (1)…………
Zip code: (2)…………
Address to be collected from: 412 (3)………… Road.
Town: Saratoga Springs
Questions 6-10
Complete the information below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Items being shipped: (6)………..
books (7)…………
Total estimated value: (8)…………
(9) What is Scott not worried about ?
A not clearing customs
B having his bicycles stolen
C the amount of clothing
(10) Who will pick up the shipment ?
A a shipping company
B Scott
C a company employee
PART-2
Questions 11-15
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
| Distance / km | Highlight | Time / hours | |
| Over lander | (11)………… | 3 volcanoes | 11 |
| Transalpine | 223 | (12) 16 ………… | (13)………… |
| (14)………… | x | (15)………… | 5 |
Questions 16-20
Complete the summary below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Taking three days to complete, the (16)………… is one of the world’s longest train journeys. The Ghan is shorter, passing through towns built by the (17)………… . There is also sculpture designed to mark the laying of the (18)………… sleeper. The Overland was the first train to travel between two (19)………… and it is also the oldest journey of its kind on (20)………… .
PART-3
Questions 21-26
Choose the correct letter A , B or C.
(21) According to the lecturer, the ‘baby boom’ happened
A because of relaxed attitudes in the sixties.
B during a time of war.
C because people felt more secure.
(22) In the sixties, the USA had 70 million
A teenagers.
B babies.
C adults.
(23) According to the lecturer, compared to the 1950s, the 1960s were
A less conservative.
B more conservative.
C just as conservative.
(24) According to the lecturer, literature changed the way women
A over 40 were treated by society.
B viewed issues of race in society.
C felt about their roles in society.
(25) The rate crime in the sixties
A rose nine percent during the decade.
B was nine times higher than in the fifties.
C was nine times lower than in the fifties.
(26) What happened at the start of the 1960s ?
A the first heart transplant
B the introduction of the internet
C the invention of lasers
Questions 27-30
Complete the summary below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
In October, 1962, US President Kennedy met advisers to discuss photographic (27)………… which proved that the Cubans were installing nuclear missiles, presumably to use against the US. Kennedy was faced with three choices: to try to resolve the crisis (28)………… ; to block the delivery of further weapons into Cuba; or to attack Cuba. Kennedy chose the (29)……….. option, which prevented the build-up of more missiles and led to the withdrawal of the existing ones. Most are agreed that a (30)………… war was narrowly avoided by Kennedy’s decision.
PART-4
Questions 31-34
Circle the correct letter from A-C.
(31) Mrs. Kellerman thinks that I.Q. tests
A are not all – around
B place too much emphasis on intelligence
C don’t pay attention to reading and mathematics
(32) Mrs. Kellerman’s friend’s son is a good example of children who are not good at
A picturing things.
B drawing accurately
C reading and math’s
(33) The example shows that
A some children have abilities that are not recognized
B some children don’t like university life
C many schools don’t appreciate the measuring
(34) In Mrs. Kellerman’s view, many adults are unhappy because
A they cannot spot their skills
B they cannot develop their jobs
C they are not doing the things they are gifted for
Questions 35-40
Complete the blanks below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
If getting the chance to learn to play an (35)………… , many children may get much pleasure.
Musically gifted children can easily identify (36)………… and sing them.
If the parents can afford, they can send the children to (37)………… to encourage their musical talents. Psychologists call sport ability as (38)………… intelligence.
With the right encouragement, a child who is good at using various tools may become (39)………… .
Children are hardly good at everything and should be judged by (40)………… .
ANSWERS (Ielts listening practice test 49)
- Linder
- 770425
- West Lake
- 3 meters
- 2 meters
- Furniture
- Bicycle or wood
- $3,500
- B
- C
- 681
- Tunnels
- 5
- Trans coastal
- Whale watching
- Indian Pacific
- Early settlers
- Millionth
- States
- The continent
- C
- A
- A
- C
- B
- C
- Evidence
- Diplomatically
- Second
- Nuclear
- A
- C
- A
- C
- Instruments
- Tunes
- Music Lessons
- Motor / Bodily
- Engineer
- Individual Talents
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