IELTS Academic Listening — Practice Test 9

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

How to take this test — কীভাবে দেবে

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Part 1

Registering as a volunteer at an animal shelter · Questions 1–10 · Note completion

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

Brookside Animal Shelter — Volunteer Registration

Example  ·  Role wanted: volunteer

Caller’s surname:

Age:

Available on:

Main task: walking the

Will also help with

Must wear old

Must bring a pair of

Training session lasts hours

Cannot volunteer if allergic to

To confirm, contact the shelter by

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Part 2

A demonstration of a home-made water filter · Questions 11–20 · MCQ + diagram labelling

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

11. The main purpose of the filter is to make water



12. This filter is most useful in



13. The filter is made from



14. The demonstrator warns that the filter does not remove



Questions 15–20: Label the diagram below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. ডায়াগ্রামের অংশে নাম বসাও — শুধুমাত্র একটি শব্দ।

dirty water poured in ↓ 15 16 17 18 19 20

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16.

17.

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20.

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Part 3

Two students organising a science fair · Questions 21–30 · Choose three + matching

Questions 21–23: Choose THREE letters, A–F. A–F থেকে তিনটি অক্ষর।

Questions 21–23. Which THREE things must every science-fair project include?

Questions 24–30: Who is responsible for each job? Choose your answer from the box. কোন কাজ কার দায়িত্বে? বাক্স থেকে বেছে নাও।

A  Tara    B  Ken    C  a teacher

24. booking the hall

25. the advertising posters

26. buying the materials

27. judging the projects

28. the timetable

29. the photography

30. the prizes

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Part 4

A lecture on the octopus · Questions 31–40 · Sentence completion

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

31. An octopus has eight .

32. Unlike a fish or a crab, an octopus has no in its body.

33. It can squeeze through any gap bigger than its .

34. To escape a predator, it can shoot out a cloud of black .

35. It can also change the of its skin to hide.

36. Each arm is covered in used to grip and taste.

37. The octopus is intelligent enough to solve a .

38. In one experiment, an octopus learned to open a .

39. Sadly, the octopus has a very short .

40. Most octopuses live for only one or two .

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