IELTS General Training Listening practice test 4

Listen and answer questions 1 to 10.

1. • Contact: Joanna {{1}}

2. • Number of staff: {{2}}

3. • Coffee from a farmers' co-operative in {{3}}

4. • Beans carry the {{4}} Leaf label

5. • Tea bags made of {{5}} only, no plastic

6. • Delivery every {{6}}

7. • Standard package: £{{7}} per month

8. • Free use of a {{8}} for the first month

9. • Used grounds collected and made into {{9}}

10. • Trial box arrives on {{10}} May

Listen and answer questions 11 to 20.

11. Why did the Harbridge Hidden Places Society first start organising walks?

A) to raise money to repair an old building

B) because local people knew little about their own town

C) to draw visitors away from the busy town centre

12. What must everyone joining the visit to the old ice store do?

A) bring their own torch

B) book a place in advance

C) arrive at the meeting point early

13. When will the rooftop walk at the Corn Exchange open to the public?

A) in April

B) in June

C) in September

14. What does Alan think of the society's new guidebook?

A) It has too much detail for most visitors

B) It is the best introduction for people new to the town

C) Its maps are less reliable than its history sections

15. Which TWO things will visitors be able to see at the former Pryor printing works?

A) a working printing press

B) the workers' canteen

C) a painted sign on an outside wall

D) the owner's office

E) a collection of old posters

16. Which TWO things will visitors be able to see at the former Pryor printing works?

A) a working printing press

B) the workers' canteen

C) a painted sign on an outside wall

D) the owner's office

E) a collection of old posters

17. Which TWO pieces of advice does Alan give about the canal walk?

A) Take the walk in the early morning

B) Wear boots rather than trainers

C) Bring something to eat

D) Keep dogs on a lead near the lock

E) Use the café toilets before setting off

18. Which TWO pieces of advice does Alan give about the canal walk?

A) Take the walk in the early morning

B) Wear boots rather than trainers

C) Bring something to eat

D) Keep dogs on a lead near the lock

E) Use the café toilets before setting off

19. Which TWO kinds of volunteer is the society most in need of at the moment?

A) people to lead walks at weekends

B) people to write for the newsletter

C) people to clean up overgrown sites

D) people to record older residents' memories

E) people to look after the website

20. Which TWO kinds of volunteer is the society most in need of at the moment?

A) people to lead walks at weekends

B) people to write for the newsletter

C) people to clean up overgrown sites

D) people to record older residents' memories

E) people to look after the website

Listen and answer questions 21 to 30.

21. vitamin and mineral test kits

A) The full cost only appeared at the end of the ordering process

B) The results were discussed with no suggestion of seeing a doctor

C) The normal ranges were displayed in a confusing way

D) A commercial partnership was mentioned only in small print

E) Viewers' comments showed that the results had worried them

F) Buyers were encouraged to repeat the test regularly

22. gut microbiome reports

A) The full cost only appeared at the end of the ordering process

B) The results were discussed with no suggestion of seeing a doctor

C) The normal ranges were displayed in a confusing way

D) A commercial partnership was mentioned only in small print

E) Viewers' comments showed that the results had worried them

F) Buyers were encouraged to repeat the test regularly

23. allergy screening kits

A) The full cost only appeared at the end of the ordering process

B) The results were discussed with no suggestion of seeing a doctor

C) The normal ranges were displayed in a confusing way

D) A commercial partnership was mentioned only in small print

E) Viewers' comments showed that the results had worried them

F) Buyers were encouraged to repeat the test regularly

24. hormone check packages

A) The full cost only appeared at the end of the ordering process

B) The results were discussed with no suggestion of seeing a doctor

C) The normal ranges were displayed in a confusing way

D) A commercial partnership was mentioned only in small print

E) Viewers' comments showed that the results had worried them

F) Buyers were encouraged to repeat the test regularly

25. finger-prick cholesterol kits

A) The full cost only appeared at the end of the ordering process

B) The results were discussed with no suggestion of seeing a doctor

C) The normal ranges were displayed in a confusing way

D) A commercial partnership was mentioned only in small print

E) Viewers' comments showed that the results had worried them

F) Buyers were encouraged to repeat the test regularly

26. Get approval from {{26}}

A) a trial in which both students rate the same videos

B) the university ethics committee

C) the most-viewed creators

D) a list of warning signs

E) a single video platform

F) a GP at the student health centre

G) a scoring sheet based on official health advice

27. Collect 40 videos, not taken only from {{27}}

A) a trial in which both students rate the same videos

B) the university ethics committee

C) the most-viewed creators

D) a list of warning signs

E) a single video platform

F) a GP at the student health centre

G) a scoring sheet based on official health advice

28. Draw up {{28}} for rating each video

A) a trial in which both students rate the same videos

B) the university ethics committee

C) the most-viewed creators

D) a list of warning signs

E) a single video platform

F) a GP at the student health centre

G) a scoring sheet based on official health advice

29. Check the rating method with {{29}}

A) a trial in which both students rate the same videos

B) the university ethics committee

C) the most-viewed creators

D) a list of warning signs

E) a single video platform

F) a GP at the student health centre

G) a scoring sheet based on official health advice

30. Ask {{30}} to comment on the findings

A) a trial in which both students rate the same videos

B) the university ethics committee

C) the most-viewed creators

D) a list of warning signs

E) a single video platform

F) a GP at the student health centre

G) a scoring sheet based on official health advice

Listen and answer questions 31 to 40.

31. • Vaccine trials often cannot find enough {{31}} before the outbreak ends

32. • Patients are often first treated for {{32}}

33. • Daily home visit: each contact's {{33}} is measured

34. • Tracers are most effective if they are from the families' own {{34}}

35. • In newer wards, walls are made of see-through {{35}}, so relatives can see patients

36. • Lost fluids: every patient is given drinks with {{36}} in them

37. • Relatives may select the {{37}} for the graveside

38. • People can put questions to doctors on live {{38}} shows

39. • Many survivors now look after patients, especially children, as {{39}}

40. • The most important factor: {{40}}, not technology