IELTS Listening Practice Test 2024 with Answers [Real Exam - 398 ]

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

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consists of four sections. At the end of the

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, you will be given 10 minutes to transfer your

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to an answer sheet. Now move on to section one. Section one. You will hear a woman calling a car rental company on the phone to first inquire about car rental services. Please have some time to look at questions 1 to 5, you will see that there is an

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ple that has been done for you on this occasion, only the conversation related to this will be played first.

Hello First Choice Car Rental, how can I help you? Oh, good morning. um, I'm calling to inquire about your car rental services. I'm American and I'm going on a family vacation to your city from Ohio next month. The woman says she is American, so she has written "Americana" in the space. Now we will begin. You must answer the questions while

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because you will not listen to the recording a second time. Listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 5. Hello, First Choice Car Rental, how can I help you? Oh, good morning, I'm calling to order something. information about your car rental services I am American and next month I am going on a family vacation to your city from Ohio.

It's okay, no problem, it will be a pleasure to serve you. Could you tell me your name and contact information first? Caroline, that's c a r o l i n e and my phone number is 0419 65701 156. Okay, I've got it and how can I send you our quote? If you are satisfied with our agreement. It's by email. Should I send it by postal mail? The letter please. I'm afraid. I would prefer to read it on paper, no problem. I'm thinking about renting a caravan for a week, but I don't

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ly know the price because I've never rented a car that way before.

I think I should. Be within my budget of $50. You know that we have several caravans at different rental prices depending on the type of vehicle facilities within the mileage. Etc. I would recommend the Explorer considering your budget, which is good value for money and will cost you $39 per day. It's okay, of course, it's okay for me. I know the Explorer could save me $111 every day. You know a family vacation will be expensive. That truck is perfect. I'm glad you like it. Do you have any particular requirements about your room? the van, how many beds are there?

A bed of 12, but there are three of us. My mom, my daughter and I, can we add another bed? There is no problem for the facilities. I think the most important thing is the kitchen and of course the stove before you listen to the rest of the conversation have some time to look at questions 6 to 10 now listen and answer questions 6 to 10 in our trucks, like the Explorer , there are all the basic bedding materials you need, such as pillows and blankets, as well as some equipment for daily living. and many things can be added to your room according to your needs, like a coffee maker, well, I need to have a heater in case it's cold at night and a microwave, of course, that's fine.

I have taken notes of all these things. In fact, all our vans must be taken from our company, which is not far from the city center, so we can pick you up downtown for free. Okay oh I'm afraid you better pick us up at the airport since they are foreigners in your country and not familiar with the transportation system, okay yeah no problem insurance information is coming. I need the name and age of the driver, who is my daughter Chris, who is 19 years old, the youngest driver among the three of us. I'm sorry but our company only accepts caravan drivers aged 25 and over according to our regulations so I would be Caroline and I am 49 years old and where was her driving license issued?

I'm talking about the country where I have a license in the United States, but I also have one in Australia that is still valid. Is it better for me to register the local one in your country? Yeah, that might be better, so your registration number is the end of section one. Now you have half. one minute to check your

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now move on to section two section two you will listen to a talk between a presenter and a teacher called Allison Downing about cocoa beans first you will have some time to look at questions 11 to 16 now listen carefully and answer the questions 11 to 16 Hello and welcome to today's talk here with me is the famous botanist Professor Allison Downing, so Allison tells us something about cocoa beans.

Cocoa beans, also called cocoa beans, are the main component in the making of chocolate grown in tropical areas of South and Central America, West Africa. and Asia, the cocoa tree is often grown on small family farms when the harvested pods are split open to expose the beans, the cocoa pulp and seeds are removed and the husk discarded, then the pulp and seeds are piled in piles, placed in containers or placed on racks for several days during this time, the seeds and pulp undergo a process called sweating where the thick pulp liquefies as it ferments, the fermented pulp drains away leaving the seeds of cocoa to be collected.

This is when the grains are harvested and then the bags are put away. They are ready to be transported, but the most important step in processing the cocoa bean is cleaning it, once the beans are unloaded from the railway cars, the packages are opened and then weighed with machines, then the pots are split and the seeds or beans are covered with a sweet white pulp or mucilage upon arrival at the factory the cocoa beans are sorted and placed in a hopper for more rigorous cleaning the wet beans are then transported to a facility so they can be fermented and dried they are fermented for 4 to 7 days and must be mixed every 2 days they are dried for 5 to 14 days depending on the weather conditions the fermented beans are dried by spreading them over a large surface and raking constantly then the beans are ready for roasting now they are Roasting is carried out at high temperature and then the beans are boiled in a heated chamber during the roasting process, the beans will expand and crack, but before this, the beans are trampled and dragged using bare human feet during this process.

Red clay mixed with water is sprinkled. grains for a finer color polish and rust protection during shipping to factories in the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and other countries. Now back to what I was saying, after the beans are cracked, you need to cool them and then roast the beans. sealed in Pockets before

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to the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 17 to 20. Now listen and answer questions 17 to 20. Wow, that's not a simple process, is it? But someone told me that you can use different levels of coffee roasting.

Lead to different types of flavors Yes, roasting coffee transforms the chemical and physical properties of green coffee beans into roasted coffee products. The roasting process is what produces the characteristic flavor of coffee by causing the green coffee beans to change flavor. Unroasted beans contain similar, if not higher levels of acids, proteins, sugars and caffeine than those that have been roasted but lack the flavor of roasted coffee. Due to the bite and other chemical reactions that occur during roasting, the vast majority of coffee is roasted commercially on a large scale, but on a small scale. Commercial roasting has grown significantly with the trend toward single-origin coffees served in specialty stores.

Some coffee drinkers even roast coffee at home as a hobby to experiment with the flavor profile of the beans and ensure the freshest roast possible, so here I am. We are going to introduce some of these roasted coffee beans and their special flavors. Now the first crack has a lighter body and a higher acidity level without an obvious roasted taste and is popular for its special mild flavor. This level of roasting is ideal for trying the full original. coffee character green beans are raw unroasted coffee beans, they are strictly hard beans with a smoky and slightly acidic floral flavor we also have french roast and the flavor found in french roast coffee generally has more to do with the process of roasting than the actual quality of the beans, when the beans are dark enough to qualify as French, most of their original flavor has dissipated in its place, come the flavors of caramelized sugar.

Sweet and sour coffee and often a little chocolate and finally espresso. Smoked Coffee is prepared by forcing a small amount of near-boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans. Espresso is generally thicker than coffee prepared by other methods. It has a higher concentration of suspended and dissolved solids and has more cream on top as a result of the pressure. Brewing Process The flavors and chemicals in a typical cup of espresso are very concentrated. Espresso is also the base for other drinks like café latte cappuccino Ino Café macato Café mcha flat white or Café americano which is the end of section two, now you have half a minute to check your answers, move on to section three, section three, You will hear two students talking about the month with the teacher first, you will have some time to look at questions 21 to 26, now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 26, thank you all for I come here today to hear about the lawnmower, a type of animal that has been extinct for a long time.

Well, first of all, let's see what lawnmowers are. Moa are nine species of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. They were the dominant herbivores in New Zealand. Zealand's forest scrub and subalpine ecosystems for thousands of years, but about 500 years ago, they all became extinct. When I mention animals extinct in ancient times, you may immediately think of dinosaurs that disappeared about 66 million years ago. The dinosaur fossils we used to study are big. They are numerous, but there are not many of the MOA left, although both animals attract people today, so MERS sounds more mysterious now, but sir, I have a question about these flightless birds, how can we distinguish them from others birds?

That is a good question. They are commonly characterized by being warm-blooded having feathers and wings generally capable of flying and laying eggs while the flightless grasshoppers until their extinction were the largest birds in the world their heads are relatively small in relation to their bodies and they are the only birds wingless lacking even the vestigial wings and substantial tail bones in their family, that's impressive, but if they were born to be like that, I mean, when they were chicks, yes, absolutely, so let's move on to the chicks, the eggs of mowa were placed in nests and incubated for approximately 2 months. the chicks would be well developed at hatching and could probably leave the nests to feed themselves almost immediately.

I have heard that the male lawnmower is believed to have incubated the eggs. It's true? I think there is a possibility of that happening. I have read somewhere that sex-specific DNA recovered from the outer surfaces of the eggshells suggests that these eggs were likely incubated by the male, but we still need to consult further, but I have a question: has there been any Occasional speculation that the lawnmower was still alive because someone said they had seen them in New Zealand in the late 19th or even 20th century. Do you think it's possible? I'm not surprised, since that kind of thing has been stated several times, but I find it.

Curious because reliable evidence of MOA footprints has never been found and experts still maintain that the survival of MOAs is extremely unlikely, so what was the reason for the extinction of the Moas? I wonder if it was global warming or some other factor related to their living environment long before the arrival of human settlers in New Zealand, the only predator of the lawnmower was the huge har eagle, then the mai arrived sometime before the year 300 and all MOA genres soon became extinct from hunting, what a horrible thing before you listen to the rest of the talk, you have some time. to look at questions 27 to 30 now listen and answer questions 27 to 30 okay now let's look at the characteristics of some species of MOA the South Island giant MOA may have been the tallest bird ever known and the second tallest of the nine species of MOA is the North Island giant grasscutter and the females are commercially larger than the males in both weight and height and I have heard that the smallest grasscutter birds are the coastal grasscutter.

That's right, yes you are right and have you heard of any other type? of lawnmower before meeting the crested MOA, the eggs they laid may be larger than others, as they lived mainly in the remote interior of the island of thesouth. Their fossils are rare or absent from archaeological sites and no egg remains have yet been identified. Is there any species? of MOA that have more fossils Yes, of course, there is a considerable amount of remains of the robust-legged lawnmower due to the well-preserved properties of their habitat, their skulls reveal relatively poor vision, a good sense of smell and a very short beak , then there are In the eastern lawnmower they were notable for having very long and narrow tracheas that probably allowed them to make louder and more resonant calls than those of other MOAs and they had the greatest vocal abilities to be able to communicate when they could not see each other in the forest or on the ground.

At night they used a variety of senses in addition to sound in their search for food, such as the sense of smell and vision. This is the end of section three. Now you have half a minute to check your answers. Now move on to section four. Section four. listen to part of a lecture on time measurement first you will have some time to look at questions 31 to 40 now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40. Good morning everyone, today I am going to talk about the research project in which I have participated. measurement of time do you know how time is measured?

Consider how we measure length and how we eventually encounter a difficulty before we can grasp it, it would slip through our fingers. In fact, as we can see, we are forced to have the resource to measure something else. the movement of something in space or a set of movements in space all the methods that have been used until now actually measure time through a movement in space the measurement of time is not an easy matter a scientific unit that can only be came after much thought and reflection as the most primitive form of measurement The sun appears to be natural since man first noticed the regular movements of the sun and stars.

We have wondered about the passage of time. Prehistoric people recorded time based on the position of the sun for the first time. To start, let's take midday, which is when the sun is on. the meridian at the highest point of its course through the heavens and when it casts the shortest shadow, but this measurement, which was considered important in ancient times, was less important than the natural events that occurred (the first natural events that had been recognized) in the skies, but during the course of the Year there were many other events that indicated significant changes in the environment, seasonal winds and rains, flooding of rivers, flowering of trees and plants, and reproductive cycles. or migration of animals, all led to natural divisions. of the year and subsequent observation and local customs led to the recognition of the seasons.

Years later, precise measurements were invented because the passage of time was extremely important for astronomers and priests who were in charge of determining the exact time for daily rituals and for important events. religious ceremonies. Festivals, in addition to the connection with religion, the precise measurement of time was also related to government, as they divided the day or night into different periods to regulate work and various events, devices had been used for thousands of years to measure and keep track of time. The current sexagesimal system of measuring time dates back to approximately 2000 BC. C. of the Sumerians.

It was discovered that the first ancient chronometers were invented and used mainly in Mesopotamia, from where the water clot was introduced, as well as in North Africa, especially in the area of ​​antiquity. Egypt, so now I would like to introduce you to some of the most well-known ancient timekeepers, as well as the disadvantages of them, which is why they were replaced by various new forms of clocks that were used later. A sundial is a device that indicates the time of day by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky in the strictest sense of the word, it consists of a flat plate and a noron that casts a shadow on the dial when the Sun appears move across the sky with the shadow aligning different hour lines that are marked on the dial to indicate the time of day;

However, it was quickly noted that the length of the day varied at different times of the year, therefore there could have been a difference between the clock time and Sunday time, in addition to the water clock or klep citron there seemed to be been invented around the year 1,500 BC. C. and was a device that depended on the constant flow of water from or to a container. Measurements could be marked on the container or a container so the water was reliable, but the flow of water still depended on the variation in pressure and temperature from the top of the water in the container as blowing technology developed. glass sometime in the 14th century.

To make cups of sand they were originally used as a measure for periods of time like lamps or candles, but as clocks became more precise they were calibrated to measure specific periods of time, the drawback, however, as you can imagine, was the limited period of time they could measure the last timekeeper to be introduced is the fire candle clock candle clocks took advantage of a simple concept, the slow and consistent nature of a burning wax candle, by using this process our ancestors ​​they were able to keep a constant record of the time when the clocks were created.

By engraving the length of the candle with evenly spaced marks, each mark represented a single unit of time and, as the wax was consumed each hour, it disappeared; However, air currents and the variable quality of the wax mainly influenced the burning time, much like oil lamps. It used to mark the passage of time from one event to another instead of telling the time of day, which is the end of section four. Now you have half a minute to check your answers, which is the end of the listening test in the IELTS

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. You would now have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.