IELTS Listening Questions and Answers - Actual Exam in Australia and other regions on 22 January 2022

Note: The green words are the answers in the actual exam in some regions (22/01/2022).

The Italics represent the dialogue in the audio of the test.

PART 1       Questions 1 - 10

Questions 1 - 10

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

 

                                        Accommodation Booking Details

 

1. looking for flights

2. the cheapest budget (89 dollars with a bathroom, a man introduced 3 kinds of package services, budget standard and deluxe, and the woman chose the cheapest)

3. woman's name: Johne Smyth (with spelling)

4. arriving date: April

5. single room needs extra fee: 110 dollars

Special requirements:

6. non-smoking room

7. culture centre

Feature activities:

8. visit the camel farm

9. desert

10. the name of a drama: Dreamtime under the stars

 

PART 2       Questions 11 - 20

Questions 11 - 16

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

11. The park was originally a site for

A. forest

B. lake

C. volcano

12. The two chiefs met in the area 

A. for trading

B. to end fighting

C.xxx

13. The park was founded in

A. 1840

B. 1842

C. 1942

14. The area used for testing is

A. duck pond

B. former garden

C. iron bridge

15. Who provided the artwork to the village

A. the city council

B. a local resident

C. local museum

16. What is said about the temperature house,

A. it has a large number of endangered New Zealand plants

B. lot of newly discovered plants

C. plants around the world

 

Questions 17 - 20

The map below has SEVEN gaps. Choose the correct letter, A-G, and move it to suitable places.

List of places:

17. opposite the museum: E

18. opposite the car park: B

19. the first turn right hand on Wellington entrance: G

20. turn left at the first corner of Wellington entrance and walk pass the corner with George Street entry: D

 

PART 3       Questions 21 - 30

Questions 21 - 23

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

21. current address: 32 Acacia Avenue

22. postcode: RA67BU/AR87BU

23. current course of the degree/major: photography

 

Questions 24 - 26

Choose the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

  Where Position
First job a (24) flower shop sale assistant
Second job company a (25) nursery supervisor
Third job hotel (26) waitress

 

 

Questions 27 - 30

Which of the following features is suitable for the working time below?

Choose FOUR correct answers from the list, A-C, and write it next to Questions 27 - 30.

List of features:

A. definitely available

B. possibly

C. definitely unavailable

 

List of working time:

27. work on Weekends: A

28. work after 7 pm: C

29. work on holidays: A

30. working during lunch time: B

 

PART 4       Questions 31 - 40

Questions 31 - 40

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

 

                 A case study of intelligent

 

Point 1: NOT highly intelligent

- Researchers: The size of the brain:

31. their way of not escaping barrier, eg. trapped in fishing net for catching tuna (leading to unnecessary injury or death)

32. small brain animals such as pigeons and rats can do

33. pigeons are aware of themselves (of their own bodies)

 

Counter Argument:

Fatty gills cells in brain not only is linked to protective function but problem-solving

34. for some behaviors, people wrongly thought it was a smile (they don't have facial muscles)

 

Point 2: highly intelligent

Researchers: behaviors:

35. imitate the keepers' walking (copy the manner of)

36. one female dolphin hides a newspaper

37. behavior from the past centuries, dolphin has been seen as social, animals help wounded companions breathe the surface of the water

38. each produces a unique sound like the whistle

39. touch and stroke each other to make up after a fight

40. pigeons are trained to conditional response and instinctive reaction (tricks performed by small size brain animals)