IELTS Listening Practice Test 52 with Answers

In the IELTS listening practice test, there are 40 questions of different types ranging from sentence completion, map labelling to multiple choice questions. It is important to attempt a test such as this to increase your exam preparedness.

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Section 1

Questions 1-10

Questions 1-5

BUS PASS APPLICATION FORM

Questions 6-10

Adelaide Day Trips on the Bus

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Section 2

Questions 11-20

Questions 11-16

11 The highest point of the bridge is 134m above ____________

12 The two pairs of pylons are made of_________________

13 ___________ % of the steel for making the bridge came from the UK.

14 800 families from________________compensation to accommodate the construction of the approaches to the bridge.

15 People________________was the main cause of death of workers while constructing the bridge.

16 Three_______________ were made to mark the opening of the bridge. One is worth several hundred dollars today.

Questions 17-20

Which FOUR of the following facts are NOT true about the Sydney Harbour Bridge today?
A There are no more trams crossing the bridge.

B There are eight traffic lanes on the bridge.

C Trains still cross the bridge.

D People are allowed to walk across the bridge.

E Buses are allowed to cross the bridge.

F The Harbor Tunnel has not helped traffic congestion on the bridge.

G More than 182 000 vehicles cross the bridge daily.

H Horses can no longer cross the bridge.

I Bicycles are not allowed to cross the bridge.

J To go back and forward across the bridge costs $6.

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Section 3

Questions 21-30

Questions 21-27

21 While waiting for Phil, Mel and Laura were____________________

22 A telephone survey was rejected because it would be _________________

23 A mail survey was rejected because it would_______________________

24 The best number of people to survey would be_______________________

25 If their survey only included 100 people, it would not be _____________________

26 The number of people that Laura, Phil and Mel agree to survey was_________________

27 The number of questions in the survey was agreed to be_________________________

Questions 28-30

What are the three locations that Laura, Phil, and Mel chose for their survey?

A The town square

B The train station

C The university cafeteria

D Dobbins department store

E The corner of the High Street and College Road

F The bus station

G The corner of the High Street and Wilkins Road

Section 4

Questions 31-40

Questions 31-34

ROLES

A Paid fishermen for unidentified finds.

B Caught a strange-looking fish.

C Contacted scientists in Indonesia.

D Photographed a coelacanth seen by accident.

E First recognized the coelacanth for what it was.

F Bought a specimen of a coelacanth in a market.

Questions 35-40

35 The coelacanth was_____

A well known to Indonesian fishermen.

B unknown to Indonesian fishermen.

Ca first in the market.

36 The only difference between the Comoros coelacanth and the Sulawesi coelacanth is_____

A their intracranial joint.

B their paired fins.

C their color.

37 Coelacanths seemed to have their greatest population_____

A 360 million years ago.

B 240 million years ago.

C 80 million years ago.

38 Modem coelacanths probably left no fossilized remains over the past 80 million years because___

A of too much clay sediment.

B conditions where they lived were not favorable for fossilization.

C volcanoes are needed for fossilization.

39 Scientists had a better understanding of the coelacanth after 1991 because_____

A the French government had previously limited study on the Comoros coelacanth.

B Comoros were far away and difficult to reach.

C Comoros opened an airport.

40 On the 1991 expedition, scientists studied the coelacanth_______

A only from fishermen’s specimens.

B through the windows of their submarine.

C from diving down.

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