IELTS Academic Listening — Practice Test 8

A complete 40-question test with built-in audio: table completion, choose-two, plan labelling, flow-chart and summary completion — plus an answer key, band score and full transcript. টেবিল, choose-two, প্ল্যান, ফ্লো-চার্ট ও সামারি কমপ্লিশনসহ সম্পূর্ণ টেস্ট।

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Part 1

Enquiry about weekend cookery courses · Questions 1–10 · Table completion

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

Greenfield Cookery School — Weekend Courses

CourseCost per classYou learn to makeNotes
Bread making £ soft held on Saturday
Italian cooking £ fresh bring an empty
Cake decorating £ held on

Each class lasts hours  ·  To book: call or go

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Part 2

A tour of a new health centre · Questions 11–20 · Choose two + plan labelling

Questions 11–14: Choose TWO letters for each question. প্রতিটিতে দুটি অক্ষর বেছে নাও।

Questions 11 & 12. Which TWO services are new at the health centre?

Questions 13 & 14. Which TWO things should patients do before an appointment?

Questions 15–20: Label the plan below. Choose the correct letter, A–H. প্ল্যানে A–H অক্ষর বসাও।

corridor entrance A B C D E F G H

15. the waiting room

16. the pharmacy

17. the nurses’ room

18. the x-ray room

19. the toilets

20. the eye clinic

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Part 3

Two students planning a recycling project · Questions 21–30 · MCQ + flow-chart

Questions 21–25: Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. সঠিক অক্ষর A, B বা C।

21. The recycling project is for their



22. They will collect recycling from



23. Last year’s biggest problem was that people



24. To solve this, they will



25. They expect to collect mostly



Questions 26–30: Complete the flow-chart. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer. শুধুমাত্র একটি শব্দ।

Steps in the recycling project

Put up around the school

↓

Give each classroom three labelled

↓

Collect the materials every

↓

Take everything to the local recycling

↓

Record the amount collected on a

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Part 4

A lecture on bird migration · Questions 31–40 · Summary completion

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

Bird Migration

Every year, billions of birds make long journeys, mainly to find when the seasons change. In autumn many birds fly to warmer regions. The Arctic tern travels furthest, flying from the Arctic almost to the and back. Birds find their way in several ways: by day they use the position of the , and by night they follow the . They can also sense the Earth’s magnetic , like a natural compass. Before leaving, birds eat a lot to build up for the journey. Migration is getting harder, because the where birds rest are disappearing. Scientists now attach tiny to birds to follow their routes, and protecting them means many must work together.

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