IELTS Listening practice test 1

Answers
SECTION 1 SECTION 2

1. 9.30 (am) 11. C

2. Helendale 12. C
3. Central Street/St 13. A
4. (number/no./#) 792 14. B
5. 8.55 (am) 15. first/1st year
6. 1.80 16. (right) balance
7. 7.30 17. international/foreign (students)
8. 7.15 18. relaxation
9. commuter 19. motivation
10. afternoon 20. research/advanced

SECTION 3 SECTION 4

21. The Secret Garden 31. negative

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22. (the) 20 /twentieth century 32. pleasure
23. walk 33. poverty
24. motivations/motivation 34. active
25. abstract ideas 35. success
26. roses 36. B
27. dark(ness) to light(ness) 37. A
28. health 38. C
29. environment 39. A
30. human companionship 40. B

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Reading Test 1
1 C 2 A 3 D
4 A 5 B 6 A
7 B 8 E 3 G
10 NO 11 NOT GIVEN 12 NOT GIVEN
13 YES
14 iii 15 vi 16 i
17 ii 18 ix 19 v
( yellow – fever)
20 iv 21 22 Finland
epidemic
Governing
23 24 Europe 25 Einkorn Wheat
institutions
26 Singapore
27 D 28 C 29 B
30 B 31 C 32 B
33 E 34 D 35 F
36 NOT GIVEN 37 YES 38 YES
39 NO 40 NO

Reading Test 2
1 B 2 A 3 F
4 C 5 TRUE 6 NOT GIVEN
7 TRUE 8 FALSE 3 B
10 B 11 C 12 D
13 A
14 Photographic Film 15 Bakelite 16 (electric) Switches
17 Britain/UK 18 Fireproof 19 Glass

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