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IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Cities

With globalization happening all over the world, people are now moving towards cities, more than ever. But, with everyone running over for money, people in today’s world are becoming more and more self centered. This time we are listening to a BBC 6 minute English audio on whether cities have made people rude.

CITIES

Listen to the audio below –

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

  1. What chemical does our body releases when we have a positive interaction with somebody?
  2. Which word describes that you are extremely watchful of what is going on around you?
  3. Which word describes that you are inward looking?
  4. What word is synonym to not having enough space to feel comfortable?
  5. What is a person who shows too much interest in other people’s business called?
  6. Which word describes your ability to be successful in work relative the average person?
  7. What word means that you work aggressively to make money?
  8. What word means that you are having an unimportant conversation?
  9. Which drug is also called the love drug?
ANSWERS
  1. oxytocin
  2. hyper vigilance
  3. insular
  4. claustrophobic
  5. nosey
  6. success quotient
  7. hustle
  8. chitchat
  9. oxytocin

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IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Eyes

It is through the eyes that we see the world and its beauty. We often believe everything that we see, but is it necessary that whatever we see is true?? Well, this time we are listening to the BBC 6 minutes English audio on whether we can trust our eyes?

Listen to the audio and answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

  1.  In which part of the brain is there an area dedicated to remembering faces?
  2.  What is the synonym of rebuild?
  3. Which word describes something that has been changed?
  4. What is the place where a crime is committed called?
  5. Which word describes something that gets impure through contact from an outside source?
  6. What word describes a person was under threat of being stabbed?
  7. Which word is the synonym of something that is confusing and bit upsetting?
  8. What is the spoken statement of the eye witness in the court?
  9. Which part of brain is temporal lobe present?
ANSWERS
  1. temporal lobe
  2. reconstruct
  3. distorted
  4. crime scene
  5. contaminated
  6. at knifepoint
  7. disconcerting
  8. testimony
  9. Fusiform Face area

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IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Lifts

The following audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes learning English.

You can download the audio from the below link –

AUDIO

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

  1. What are lifts called by Americans?
  2. Which country has the most lifts?
  3. What word has been used to refer to raise something?
  4. Who invented the first lift?
  5. For what cause were lifts used in the middle ages?
  6. Which word is used to describe the state of feeling strange or uneasy?
  7. How do lifts mark the 13th floor?
  8. What is the word used to define something that is done when people get stuck in a lift?
  9. What is the synonym of thinner?
  10. Which word can be used instead of improve?
  11. What word refers to the non-stop, pre-recorded and usually boring music?

ANSWER

  1. elevators
  2. Italy
  3. elevate
  4. Archimedes
  5. military purpose
  6. awkwardness
  7. 12 A
  8. elevator pitch
  9. slimmer
  10. enhance
  11. Muzak

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IELTS General Training Band Score Calculation

Here is a table you can use to convert the number of correct answers into an IELTS band score, which will give you the approximate band score in IELTS General Training.

General Training Listening:
Correct Answers IELTS Band Score Skill Level
10-13 4.0 Limited User
13-15 4.5
16-17 5.0 Modest User
18-22 5.5
23-25 6.0 Competent User
26-29 6.5
30-31 7.0 Good User
32-34 7.5
35-36 8.0 Very Good User
37-38 8.5
39-40 9.0 Expert User
General Training Reading:
Correct Answers IELTS Band Score Skill Level
15-19 4.0 Limited User
19-22 4.5
23-26 5.0 Modest User
27-29 5.5
30-31 6.0 Competent User
32-33 6.5
34-35 7.0 Good User
36 7.5
37-38 8.0 Very Good User
39 8.5
40 9.0 Expert User

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