Let’s start:- #0169 Latest Listening Practice Test for IELTS Ielts listening practice test 96
PART-1
Questions 1-5
Circle the correct letter A-C.
(1) What is Harry’s problem ?
A he doesn’t want to sell his things.
B what to do with his possessions.
C he wants to take everything to England.
(2) Which of the items below does Harry want to sell ?
A computer
B flower
C fridge
(3) Where is Harry going to advertise his books for sale ?
A in the university bookshop.
B in the student newspaper.
C in the economics department.
(4) Andrea thinks it is unlikely students will buy the furniture because …………
A they’re all doing the same thing.
B they live at home.
C it’s the summer vacation.
(5) Andrea thinks that a second hand shop
A may not pay well.
B may not take your goods.
C may only take free goods.
Questions 6-10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
THINGS TO DO !
- (6)………… furniture etc. in trading post.
- (7)………… or sell kitchen things.
- Get (8)………… first from second hand shop.
- Give clothes to (9)………… shop.
- (10)………… fridge and microwave to Andrea.
PART-2
Questions 11-13
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Fireworks were first used in China, probably in the (11)………… century.
By the following century, they were known in Arabia as (12)………… .
Fireworks first appeared in (13)………… in the thirteenth century.
Questions 14-17
Label the diagram.
Write ONE WORD OR ANUMBER for each answer.
Firework Mortar
Questions 18-20
Choose the correct letter A , B or C.
(18) A multibreak shell
A is more dangerous than a simple shell.
B Amy make a noise when it bursts.
C has a single fuse for all its sections.
(19) An aerial heart shape is made by the explosion of
A stars placed inside a shell in the firm of a circle.
B heart-shaped stars placed inside a shell.
C stars arranged in the form of a heart inside a shell.
(20) What does a serpentine shell look like in the sky ?
PART-3
Questions 21-26
Listen to the talk and circle the correct answer for each question.
(21) The speaker compares a solar eclipse today to a
A religious experience.
B scientific event.
C popular spectacle.
(22) The speaker says that the dark spot of an eclipse is
A simple to predict.
B easy to explain.
C randomly occurring.
(23) With regard to an eclipse, the ancient Chinese were
A fascinated.
B rational.
C terrified.
(24) For the speaker , the most impressive aspect of an eclipse is the
A exceptional beauty of the sky.
B chance for scientific study.
C effect of the moon on the sun.
(25) Eclipse occur rarely the size of the
A moon.
B sun.
C earth.
(26) In predicting eclipses, the Babylonians were restricted by their
A religious attitudes.
B inaccurate observations.
C limited ability to calculate.
Questions 27-30
Complete the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
| Date of eclipse | Scientists | Observation |
| 1715 | Hallery | (27)………… who accurately predicted an eclipse |
| 1868 | Janssen and Lockyer | Discovered (a) (28)………… helium |
| 1878 | Waston | Believed he had found the (29)………… Vulcan |
| 1919 | Einstein | Realized astronomers had misunderstood (30)………… |
PART-4
Questions 31-36
Complete the information below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY OR A NUMBER for each answer.
| Facility | Location | Hours | Items Provided |
| Dining hall | 1st Floor | 7 am- (31)………… pm | Food |
| Gym and Recreational Hall | (32)………… | 10 am to 10 pm | Treadmills weight set (33)………… pool tables |
| Kitchen | (34)………… Floor | (35)………… Hours | (36)………… microwave oven, stove |
Questions 37-40
Complete the information below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY OR A NUMBER for each answer.
(37) List all activities that Sunday Morning Outing have included in the past fishing, going to beach, hiking, ice skating ………… .
(38) There are ………… spaces are available for the volleyball team.
(39) The first rule of the building : ………… levels must be kept to a minimum after 11 pm.
(40) The first rule of the building is : alcohol and ………… are not permitted in the building.
ANSWERS (Ielts listening practice test 96)
- B
- C
- C
- C
- A
- Advertise
- Donate
- Quote
- Charity
- Sell
- Sixth/6th
- Chinese Arrows
- Europe
- Shell
- 75
- 500
- Lifting
- B
- C
- B
- C
- B
- C
- B
- A
- C
- First Person
- New Element
- Lost Planet
- Gravity
- 12
- Basement
- Ping-Pong
- 2nd
- 24
- Refrigerator
- Cycling
- 20
- Noise
- Drugs
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