IELTS Listening MCQ - complete practice test (40 MCQ)

You will listen to several different recordings and have to answer questions about what you hear. There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions and you will have the opportunity to check your work. All recordings will be played once. The exam consists of four sections. At the end of the exam, you will be given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet. Now move on to section 1. In section one you will hear Tom and Danny, two students talking to their teacher about homework. First, you have some time to review questions one through six professor tomlinson may annie and I will quickly ask you some questions about the reflective journal assignment, it's just that we're a little confused as to what you want us to include and discuss, yes of course.

What are you having problems with? Well, everything, for starters, with what should be included in the reflective journal first, perhaps suggestions from others. No, you should first include the study objectives that you set at the beginning of the module. This section should have been discussed in Some Details towards the beginning of the course by the teacher. Perhaps she can find her suggestions on the slides she provided to the online class. Well, thank you teacher. Might I also trouble you to take a brief look at my bibliography and footnotes? They are missing something, the bibliographies of most of our friends are longer.

Well, looking at this annie, I can see that you have used a wide range of resources, which shows that you have made effective use of communication technology, as far as I know, you don't have to. any changes to this, although you may want to double-check that your reference complies with Harvard's referencing style regulations. Oh I'm very surprised you said that, thank you, now I can calm down Tom, you said you wanted to ask the professor about the achievement section oh yes professor, in the assignment guidelines we are asked to present and explain our grea

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achievement in the past, saying what skills we learned in the process and how these skills can be transferred to different future careers, the only problem is that I don't know what my grea

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achievement actually is.

I have only worked as a waiter in a hotel restaurant during summer vacations from university. If you worked as a waiter in a hotel restaurant you will surely have worked with him. other waiters as part of a team, would you say that during your time as a waiter you developed leadership skills? Yeah, well, I guess they asked me to become the team leader of the food and beverage department, but that's not an achievement, maybe you don't think so. But if you think you were offered the team leader position, that shows a lot more about your character, for example that you are charismatic and work well in a high-pressure situation.

It would never have occurred to me to write that, thanks, I guess. I should start

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to others more often, Annie, do you have any more questions or are you ready to go back to the library? Yes, I think I have everything I need. Thank you very much Professor Tomlinson, it was very helpful. In fact, I'm just starting. I'm looking forward to writing this now and it should be a really useful exercise to prepare us for writing CVs and applying for jobs. It's surprising how bad I am at identifying my strengths and weaknesses. Professor Tomlinson has shown me that I definitely need to start showing some.

Self-awareness Yes, Tom, you really do. You are always so modest. Modesty is great until it's time to apply for a job. Before

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to the rest of the conversation, you have time to look at questions 7 to 10. Now listen and answer questions 7 to 10. oh no, I forgot to ask the teacher about the section on identifying skills acquired through different activities. Remember when he asks you, for example, if writing an essay develops your study skills or your independent learning, etc.? Oh god, I really should have asked him because I've had problems with that too. It seems like a useless task.

What do you think are the answers? I think writing an essay could be a way to identify and solve a problem because you have to state the problem in the introduction and then solve it. I'm not so sure about taking tests. I thought they were supposed to develop a lot of different skills. If I really had to choose, I would say that taking tests allows you to be more confident in yourself. Do you agree? Maybe I don't know either. What do you think about the last two? Take class notes and presentation notes. Oh, it's so hard.

I think taking class notes has to be a way to become a more independent student because you decide what for yourself. the important information is to learn it and that reminds me that I think taking presentation notes is a disaster. The teachers talk too fast and I write too slow. That's the end of section one. Now you have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section two section two you will hear a woman called phoebe who is training to be a teacher talking to her tutor called tony about the research she has done at school first you have some time to look at questions 11 to 15. now listen carefully and answer Questions 11 to 15.

So, how did your research go in school? Phoebe. It was exhausting but really valuable. Well, what was the specific approach you chose? My title is attitudes towards studying among students aged 11 to 12. you choose that approach well, that's a little difficult, many of my classmates decided their approach very early mainly based on what they thought would help them in their future career, you know, in their first years of teaching, so that It was what helped you decide that it was really like that. I came across a book written by experienced teachers about student attitudes and that motivated me to address the topic.

Well, what were your research questions or problems? I wanted to observe the ways in which students responded to different teachers, focusing particularly on whether they were too strict. Teachers made teenagers less motivated and from your research you found that to be true. No, not from what I saw. You know from my five days of observation talking to people etc. Okay, we'll talk about the actual research methods in a moment, but before that. Can you briefly summarize what your most surprising findings are? What really surprised me were the significant gender differences. I didn't set out to focus on that, but I found that the kids were much more positive about being in school.

The girls were more impatient. They talked a lot. a lot about wanting to grow up and leave school very interesting yes, it's from the research that it became clear to me that you can start concentrating on one thing, but you get a lot of unexpected ideas, right? Did you get any insights on teaching? I was certainly making a lot of observations about the way that children with very different abilities collaborate on certain tasks, you know, help each other and I started to realize that the lessons were developing in really unexpected ways, so what conclusion do you get out of that?

Well, I know. Teachers need to prepare lessons carefully, but it would be great if they also allowed lessons to go their own way. Good point. I am very happy to see you doing this by analyzing and drawing conclusions based on data, but surely this is not adequate data because it is derived from small scale research. As long as you don't make big claims about your findings, this data is

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ly valid. I like the way you step back from the experience and think hard about what you've learned about research. Done, but I know I could have done better as you gain more experience you will find ways to reduce the risk of difficulties.

Well, before you listen to the rest of the talk, you will have some time to analyze questions 16 to 20. Now listen and Answer questions 16 to 20. Let's look in more detail at how you collected your data. Let's start with lesson observation. Well, overall it went smoothly. I chose my approach and designed my checklist. Then the teachers allowed me to enter their classes without any problem, which surprised me. it was after that the grueling work started, yes it takes a lot of time, doesn't it make sense to analyze your observation notes much more than the interview data for example, which was relatively easy to process, although I wanted to make sure to use high quality ? recorder to facilitate transcription and I had to wait until one was available, right?

Did you interview some kids at the end too? Yes, I spoke to 10 and they were great. I figured I would get bored listening to them, but I did. It was easy to concentrate. I'm sure one of the teachers was a little worried about ethics. Do you know if it was correct to interview the young students? It took him a while to agree to let me talk to three of the kids in his class, but he relented. In the end well, what other methods did you use? I experimented with quizzes, but I really regret that I now decided to share the work with another student, but we had such different schedules that it ended up taking twice as long.

It's a shame, it could be worth it. reflecting on ways you could improve that for future projects, you're right, yeah, okay, and the other thing I did was take photographs. I didn't take as many photos as I expected due to lack of time, it's quite easy to just take photos, but I wanted each snapshot to have a purpose, you know, that would contribute to the objectives of my research and I found it difficult, well, that's understandable, but remember it's the end of section two. Now you have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section three. three you will hear a conversation between a student and her teacher talking about a summer course first you will have some time to look at questions 21-24 now listen carefully and answer questions 21-24 hello mr thompson, can I talk to you for a minute ?

Of course, come in. I'm Alexandra Jones. I'm studying sustainability here at university and heard about the summer course you offer every year. I was considering joining the course and wanted to ask you a few questions about it. Yes, of course, please. Has the course been effective in improving the environment? Yes, we have seen excellent results last year. We planted a small field of trees and have been measuring their oxygen production to see the benefits they have provided to the environment since we were regulated by law last month we can now greatly improve our efforts our current goal is to introduce many more tree species into the plot so that we can establish a complex habitat and compare the benefits of each species to achieve this we need to obtain There are many more students involved in the project so I am very pleased to hear your interest.

Well, the project sounds fascinating. I would definitely absolutely like to participate over the years. We have received financing from private investors and from the sale of shares, but the biggest improvement. Our research came from a government fund we received in the first year, this has greatly improved the organization and we have since won awards for our research. Awesome! Yes, it is of utmost importance to our organization that we find a way to repair the problem. The terrible damage that the human species has caused to the environment is not an easy task and our resources still need management, but from the reports taken from our studies we have discovered that teachers and students have benefited greatly from excursions to the tree plantation.

I visited the plantation on a field trip two years ago and was very impressed. We have received many comments from visiting groups telling us how impressed both research teachers and students have been during their visits due to the educational facilities we have. I have carefully structured I know that the visits are useful and engaging for the students and that their experience is particularly special. Before you listen to the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 25 to 30. Now listen and answer questions 25 to 30. So what is the particular focus of the organization and the reports it provides?

Personally, I am very interested in soil erosion, so I knew I definitely wanted to focus part of the report on this area before establishing the organization. I looked for information on what areas were currently being researched and discovered that there were already studies on air and water pollution. He obviously wanted to find a unique area to investigate and therefore they were no good. I was tempted to look into the background of overgrazing, but the impacts. Logging activities are much more devastating and very little research has been carried out on this topic, so I decided that this should also serve as a focus for the report.

Yes, that makes sense. What have been the greatest benefits of the activities carried out by In the organization, I have discovered that the greatest benefits are not thethat anyone can learn from a book, such as how to collect data, but more importantly, the life lessons that one can gain from experience alone. The students who participated in the summer course greatly improved their skills. Confidence that will prove invaluable for the rest of their lives. The people who participate in the summer course already know the importance of environmental protection, so it is not important that we spend time teaching them.

Instead, students benefit from learning the importance of punctuality each day. They have to get up early to ensure they are not late for their practical experience sessions. If I decide to attend the summer course, what will I do during the rest of the time when there are no activities? Well, unfortunately we don't. We still have a library on site, so you won't be able to read reference books, although you can obviously bring some books with you. We offer a variety of fun hobbies, such as games and painting, for students to participate in outside of their classes. so that you can participate in one of these activities we do not offer tutoring outside of scheduled classes however you are free to interview the professors and ask any questions you may have about the research, the course sounds fantastic.

I would definitely like to participate during the summer. Thank you very much for your help. There is no problem. Here is a forum with all the details. I hope to see you there. That's the end of section three. Now you have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section four. Section 4. You will hear part of a talk about an Australian wild zoo given by a tour guide. First you will have some time to look at the questions. 31 to 40. Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40. Good morning everyone and welcome to the Australian Wild Zoo.

I would like to start by introducing you to the new features we have added to our zoo in the recent renovation, being the only one. zoo in the area we receive thousands of visitors a year we found that this large influx was too demanding for the facilities we could provide and so we decided to expand to provide each visitor with the brilliant and exciting experience that we initially intended. to build a new dog walking area, however we felt that the zoo should cater only to exotic animals, during our previous renovation we expanded the exhibition center, so we felt that this time the zoo would benefit more by introducing a new lot of animals so visitors can Now we see a whole range of new additions to the Australian Wild Zoo, including lions and bears.

With this great improvement in our facilities, we also considered it necessary to change our regulations that we put in place in June. We now allow visitors access to the zoo during weekdays. and as some of our newly added animals are nocturnal guests they can now also visit the animals late at night, unfortunately some visitors had started feeding the animals during these nocturnal times which disrupted their feeding pattern and as As a result, we had to ban food in the viewing areas. One of our most exciting additions to the zoo is our native kangaroo which we have named Frisbee for a fee of just five dollars.

Visitors can take a photo with it and have it printed on a selection of items such as keychains and mugs. At first, visitors were also allowed to feed frisbee items that we provided, such as carrots and leaves, however, some guests started giving him hamburgers and fries, so we were forced to prohibit visitors from feeding him, since kangaroos are very calm animals. noises and screams from visitors at the zoo, which helped him adapt very quickly to his new home. The standing dog area was permanently closed over the winter period to allow the dogs to hibernate as they would in their natural habitat.

We were very excited. reopen the area, however unfortunately we have been forced to temporarily close it as a result of a broken fence which will take approximately a week to fix. We had intended to renovate the area with the other construction we were carrying out, but unfortunately we did not do so. If we have sufficient funds, we understand that this temporary closure may disappoint our visitors, so we have decided to offer a discounted price on our tickets for next week. If you ask at reception they will be happy to direct you to photoshop where you can purchase the ticket the ticket will also entitle you to 10 off any item in our gift shop where we sell a variety of items including postcards and plush toys . uh, come in Russian, thank you.

Now he wanted to ask me about his class presentation on nanotechnology. I'll deliver it next week, right? It's true and I'm struggling a lot. I chose the topic because I didn't know much about it and wanted to learn more, but now I've read a lot about it in a way. there is a lot to say. I could talk for much longer than the 20 minutes allotted to me. If I assume that the other students don't know much and give them a kind of general introduction, or should I try to get them to share my fascination. one particular aspect you could do, but you'll need to get it clear in your mind, so I think I'll give an overview.

Well now one way to approach this is to work through the developments in chronological order, on the other hand you could do that. Speaking of the numerous ways nanotechnology is applied, are you referring to things like thin films on camera screens to make them water repellent and additives to make motorcycle helmets stronger and lighter exactly or another way would be to focus in its impact on a particular area, say medicine. or space exploration that would make it easier to concentrate maybe you should do that. I think it would be a good idea. How important is it to include slides in the presentation?

They are not essential in any way and there is a danger of adapting what you want. Let's say stick to whatever slides you can find, while it may be nice to include slides, you could end up spending too much time looking for the right ones, you might be better off leaving them out. I see another thing I was wondering about was how to get started. I know. Presentations often start with first I'm going to talk about this and then I'll talk about that, but I thought I'd ask the audience what they know about nanotechnology. That would be fine if you had an hour or two for the presentation, but you might find that you can't do anything with the answers you get and they simply consume the little time available, so perhaps I should mention a particular way in which nanotechnology is used. to focus people's attention.

That sounds sensible, what do you think I should do next? I really have to plan today's and tomorrow's presentation. Well, initially I think you should ignore all the notes you've made. Take a small piece of paper and write a single short sentence that ties the entire presentation together. It can be something as simple as nanotechnology. is already improving our lives, so start planning the content, you can always modify that sentence later if you need to accept, that's the end of section four. Now you have half a minute to check your answers.