IELTS Listening Questions and Answers - Actual Exam in some regions on 28 August 2021

Note: The green words are the answers in the actual exam in some regions (28/08/2021).

PART 1       Questions 1 - 10

Questions 1 - 10

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

 

                  Children Class Application Form

 

- located at North Hill, opposite the (1) toy factory

- a lot of area for free (2) parking

- free entry included a free (3) drink for adults

New attractions include:

- there is a large (4) slide

- children (5) golf courses

- children must wear (6) trousers

- wear a pair of (7) socks

- give a label for their (8) name/names

- minimum number for the party: (9) 8

- birthday parties include: food, (10) decorations

 

PART 2       Questions 11 - 20

Questions 11 - 14

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

11. This city is different from other Australian cities because

A. it is an inland city (not near the coast)

B. located in high altitude (feature, hills has high altitude)

C. it has a lot of old trees

12. What kind of information should be recorded?

A. the duration of the frost

B. numbers of frosts (the woman said: "it is important to keep record of the number of the frosts every night, in order to decide the kind of plants)

C. the average temperature for planting

13. What does he think of local rainfall?

A. plentiful

B. seasonal

C. not reliable/predictable

14. What does he think of the soil?

A. it does not help plants absorb water

B. solid contain more minerals (not fertilizer)

C. too acid

 

 

Questions 15 - 20

The map below has SIX gaps. Move the correct letter, A-H, to the suitable places below.

(Different plants will be placed in different positions in the map, PONDS)

 

 

15. B (North, offering shade)

16. D (garage door)

17. C (ash, in the middle of ground)

18. H

19. A

20. E (West)

 

PART 3       Questions 21 - 30

Questions 21 - 26

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21. Why use Rock Music as background music?

A. useful for achieving a memorable result

B. personal style

C. easy for identifying

22. What is TRUE about the book?

A. it is a widely used textbook popular

B. it is practical (the professor recommended)

C. it was updated recently

23. Why did she apply the statistics method in the bibliography?

A.  it is asked by the tutor (professor recommended)

B. she thinks it is interesting

C. she thinks it will help her with the figure

24. What does Warwick mean?

A. psychological

B. physical

C. various types of music

25. Sydney university focus on

A. the relationship between music and relaxation

B. the cause of anxiety

C. impact of jazz and classical music

26. Drawback for the research at Iowa university?

A. kind of people tested

B. the number of people used was too small (group of six)

C. students seem to be not interested in

 

Questions 27 - 30

Which kind of the following suggestions is suitable for the research methods below?

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

List of advice

A. ask supervisor

B. ask help from technician

C. contact IT department

D. divide workload

E. Internet resource

F. borrow equipment department

G. change the seat arrangement

 

Research methods

27. lack of questions in the questionnaire: E (there are extra materials from the Internet)

28. disturbance noise of the headphone: F (borrow from equipment department)

29. unreliability of CD players: B (check)

30. insufficient time for report writing: D (divide workload)

 

PART 4       Questions 31 - 40

Questions 31 - 40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

 

               Greek Island of Antikythera

 

31. it was in the cargo of a ship that sank about 2000 years ago

32. people find one item was assumed to be a lump of rock

33. one machine, called a Dome, can take photographs with light coming from different angles

34. this has made far more of the inscription on the mechanism legible faded and worn

35. the blade runner was originally designed to examine engines for cracks

36. the mechanism is thought to have been mounted in a wood frame

How this to be used:

37. the person simply rotated a handle to operate the gear wheels

38. the mechanism could predict when an eclipse

39. it helped in planning the timing for the agricultural and religious calendar of events

40. a number of clocks were made, providing astronomical information as well as showing the time of day