IELTS Academic Listening — Practice Test 7

A complete 40-question test with built-in audio: form completion, map labelling, matching, sentence completion and note completion — plus an answer key, band score and full transcript. ফর্ম, ম্যাপ লেবেলিং, ম্যাচিং, সেন্টেন্স ও নোট কমপ্লিশনসহ সম্পূর্ণ টেস্ট।

How to take this test — কীভাবে দেবে

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Part 1

Booking a village hall for a party · Questions 1–10 · Form completion

Complete the form below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. প্রতিটি উত্তরে একটি শব্দ এবং/অথবা একটি সংখ্যা।

Oakdale Village Hall — Booking Form

Example  ·  Type of event: birthday party

Name of person booking (surname):

Number of guests:

Room required: the Room

Booking finishes at pm

Hire cost: £

Extra charge to use the

Guests must bring their own

Not allowed in the building:

Car park is at the back, next to the

Deposit will be paid by

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Part 2

A guide at a botanical garden · Questions 11–20 · MCQ + map labelling

Questions 11–14: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. সঠিক অক্ষর A, B বা C।

11. The garden is most famous for its



12. Entry for adults costs



13. Visitors are asked not to



14. The free guided tour starts at



Questions 15–20: Label the map below. Choose the correct letter, A–H, for each place. ম্যাপে A–H অক্ষর বসাও।

circular path Main gate H A B C D E F G

15. the glasshouse

16. the rose garden

17. the herb garden

18. the café

19. the children’s play area

20. the pond

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Part 3

Two students planning a local history project · Questions 21–30 · Matching + sentence completion

Questions 21–26: What do the students decide about each part of the project? Choose your answer from the box. প্রতিটি অংশ নিয়ে কী সিদ্ধান্ত? বাক্স থেকে বেছে নাও।

A  include as it is    B  research it more    C  leave it out

21. the old mill

22. the railway

23. the market square

24. the old church

25. the canal

26. the war memorial

Questions 27–30: Complete the sentences below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. শুধুমাত্র একটি শব্দ।

27. They will present the project as a .

28. The best place to find old photographs is the local .

29. They plan to interview an old .

30. The project must be finished by the end of .

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Part 4

A lecture on the domestication of the dog · Questions 31–40 · Note completion

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. শুধুমাত্র একটি শব্দ।

How Dogs Were Domesticated

• All dogs developed from a single wild ancestor: the .

• This began at least thousand years ago.

• Early dogs were valued mainly for help with .

• At night, dogs gave people an early of danger.

• Dogs also helped keep people at night.

• Later, humans bred dogs for particular .

• Some dogs were bred to control .

• A dog’s greatest gift is its sense of .

• Today, dogs are trained to guide people who cannot .

• Research shows owning a dog can reduce a person’s .

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