IELTS Listening TEST BOOKLET No 4 – August – 2025

(You can listen to the Audio at the Youtube link, and print out the test file from this web page to do the test conveniently)


Part 1 Residential education centre

Questions 1-8

Choose the correct letter A B or C

Example
The man wants to visit the centre with
A friends
B relative
C colleagues

1 The centre has enough accommodation for
A 18 people
B 20 people
C 38 people

2 The meeting room is currently
A unavailable
B flooded
C booked

3 Visitors must tell the centre in advance if they want to
A use the centre’s kitchen
B have meals cooked for them
C eat at restaurants outside

4 All visitors on the tour of the farm can
A get information about organic farming
B help to feed the animals
C watch a tractor demonstration

5 On the survival course people have to
A learn to use map
B find their own food
C rung through woodland

6 From the centre it is easy to walk to
A Exmoor National Park
B the beach
C a cycling route

7 If the weather is bad visitors can go to a
A cinema
B theatre
C museum

8 Groups who wish to stay at the centre must pay
A a part of the cost in advance
B all of the cost in advance
C all of the cost on arrival

Questions 9 and 10

Complete the notes below

Write ONE WORD AND OR NUMBERS for each answer

Address Winsham Farm
9 – ………… Rd
Near Sherborne
10 – …………

 


 

Part 2: Training courses for workers

Question 11-15

Choose the correct letter A B or C

Information day Training courses for workers in the hospitality industry

11 What has the speaker enjoyed most about working in hospitality
A the range of jobs available
B the range of countries he has visited
C the range of people he has worked with

12 What point does the speaker make about kitchen assistants
A the long hours will not suit everyone
B their work is sometimes quite boring
C the pay is not particularly good

13 According to the speaker which job is sometimes undervalued
A porter
B cleaner
C dishwasher

14 Experience in reception may help employees
A to learn foreign languages
B to manage successfully situations
C to get a better job eventually

15 The speakers says that interview skills
A are particularly important in hospitality
B easy to learn if you have some practice
C are understood better now than in the past

Question 16-20

Label the plan below

Write the correct letter A-J next to question 16-20

 

Workshops

16 Restaurant Service
17 Kitchen Hands
18 Porters Cleaners Dishwasher
19 Receptionists
20 Interview Skills

 


Part 3: Research on pigeons

Questions 21-25

What comments do the speakers make about each of the following types of pigeon

Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter A-H next to questions 21-25

Comments
A eats meat
B communicates with its wings
C is found in a variety of locations
D feeds on a particular type of plant
E sings to attract a mate
F is endangered
G is brightly coloured
H avoids the ground

Types of Pigeon
21 Australian crested pigeon
22 Rock pigeon
23 Black-banded pigeon
24 Galapagos pigeon
25 Nicobar pigeon

 

Questions 26-30

Choose the correct letter A B or C

Pigeons

26 When people feed city pigeons it causes them to
A breed more successfully
B become overweight
C get sick

27 The Melbourne city council are tackling their pigeon problem by
A removing the pigeons from the city
B scaring away pigeons
C providing homes for the pigeons

28 Jennifer and Adam agree that the second stage of the council scheme is
A expensive
B cruel
C ineffective

29 What method of pigeon control was most successful in the city of Basel
A trapping the pigeons
B educating the public
C building nesting sites

30 Adam and Jennifer decide to do some more research on how pigeons can
A affect our health
B damage buildings
C cause local flooding

 


Part 4: Design of Workplaces Research

QUESTION 31-40

Complete the notes below

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer

Office Design

Early 20th Century

  • workers employed to do 31 …….. were arranged in rows

1960s to present

  • first, workers had individual 32 ……..
  • later, they had cubicles with high or low 33 ……..
  • nowadays, workers may have to 34 …….. a work area

Survey results

  • there is a lack of 35 …….. and 36 ……..
  • they pose a risk to our 37 …….. (staff records support this)
  • they significantly reduce rent and 38 …….. costs
  • they improve teamwork and communication
  • they can make 39 …….. staff easier

In reality, employees are unhappy, and they are often distracted by the
40 …….. the office

 


 

Keys & Transcript

Part 1 Residential education centre

Part 2: Training courses for workers

Part 3: Research on pigeons

Part 4: Design of Workplaces Research