IELTS LISTENING PRACTICE TEST 2026 WITH ANSWERS | 13.11.2026 — Transcript

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1. 0:09Now turns to part one. Part one,
2. 0:13you will hear a telephone conversation
3. 0:16between a language student and an
4. 0:18adviser.
5. 0:19First, you have some time to look at
6. 0:21questions 1 to six.
7. 0:54Now we shall begin. You should answer
8. 0:57the questions as you listen because you
9. 0:59will not hear the recording a second
10. 1:01time. Listen carefully and answer
11. 1:04questions 1 to six.
12. 1:07>> Homeay language learning. Lisa McDow
13. 1:10here. How can I help you?
14. 1:12>> Hello, my name's Dan.
15. 1:14>> Hello Dan. and I'm going to be living
16. 1:17with a family in Edinburgh for 3 months.
17. 1:20So, I'd like some advice on what to
18. 1:22bring with me. I'm flying in via
19. 1:25Singapore on the 15th. Right. Well,
20. 1:29perhaps most important of all are your
21. 1:32documents. Vaccination certificate,
22. 1:34sponsors letter, and the certifying
23. 1:37letter from us for immigration.
24. 1:40>> Yes, I've got all those in order. I
25. 1:42think what I'm really wondering about
26. 1:44are money and clothes and things for my
27. 1:47room. Personal effects, in other words.
28. 1:51>> Okay, let's start with cash. You'll
29. 1:54already have money in your bank account
30. 1:56here, of course. But make sure when you
31. 1:59get here, you have some cash on you.
32. 2:02Pounds, that is, not euros or dollars.
33. 2:05>> How much do you suggest?
34. 2:07>> I'd say 50 as an absolute minimum. Okay,
35. 2:11now the next thing is which clothes to
36. 2:14bring. What do you think?
37. 2:16>> Well, as I'm sure you know, it can get
38. 2:19pretty cold here, so you will need some
39. 2:21warm clothing. There are shops near here
40. 2:24that sell winter clothes quite cheaply,
41. 2:27so you really don't need to bring much.
42. 2:29Do make sure though that you have at
43. 2:31least one thick sweater and a jacket
44. 2:34with you when you arrive here. The
45. 2:36temperature is likely to be a lot lower
46. 2:38than in Singapore.
47. 2:39Thanks for the warning. Now, something
48. 2:42else I'm not sure about is whether to
49. 2:44bring my computer. It's a laptop, so it
50. 2:48won't take up much room. Two problems.
51. 2:51Firstly, it might not be compatible with
52. 2:53the electricity supply in this country.
53. 2:56And secondly, there's a risk of it
54. 2:58getting broken in transit. Someone
55. 3:01traveling here had hers smashed only
56. 3:03last month.
57. 3:04>> But surely I can carry it as hand
58. 3:06luggage. Usually, yes. But because of
59. 3:09all the tight security right now, you
60. 3:11may have to check it in. So, my advice
61. 3:14is to leave yours at home.
62. 3:16>> Okay, I think I will. Is there anything
63. 3:19else you'd advise against bringing?
64. 3:22>> Well, you won't need household or
65. 3:24cooking things. They'll all be provided.
66. 3:28And importing food, of course, isn't
67. 3:30allowed by customs, though. I imagine
68. 3:32you already knew that.
69. 3:34>> Well, yes. But there are one or two
70. 3:37things I'd suggest you find room for in
71. 3:39your suitcase.
72. 3:40>> Yes.
73. 3:41>> Perhaps a few of your favorite cassettes
74. 3:43or compact discs. Of course, you might
75. 3:46be able to find them in the shops here,
76. 3:48but then again, you might not.
77. 3:50>> That's a good idea. Anything else?
78. 3:53>> Yes, some photographs of people in
79. 3:56places that are special to you could be
80. 3:57nice. They can really make your room
81. 4:00feel like home. It's just a thought. Hm.
82. 4:03I'll see if I've got a few good ones.
83. 4:06Before you hear the rest of the
84. 4:08conversation, you have some time to look
85. 4:10at questions 7 to 10.
86. 4:43and now listen and answer questions 7 to
87. 4:4610.
88. 4:48Just a few points about packing. Make
89. 4:51sure all your cases are clearly labeled
90. 4:53in English with your host family's name
91. 4:56and address just in case they go missing
92. 4:58on the way. It has been known to happen.
93. 5:01What name do I write, by the way?
94. 5:04>> It's Warp. Lewis and Ee.
95. 5:07>> So that's W A L K.
96. 5:11>> It's actually W A R K. But we'll be
97. 5:16posting full details to you later this
98. 5:18week.
99. 5:19>> Right. Fine. And I'd better put some
100. 5:22essentials in my hand luggage. Enough
101. 5:25for a night or two in case, as you say,
102. 5:28anything happens to my main cases.
103. 5:31Yes, I'd recommend a change of t-shirt
104. 5:34and socks and so on, plus any medication
105. 5:37you may need and a toothbrush, of
106. 5:39course.
107. 5:39>> And my tights.
108. 5:41>> Your tights?
109. 5:42>> Yes, for the flight. Wearing them helps
110. 5:45prevent deep bone thrombosis when you're
111. 5:47flying long distances, not getting any
112. 5:49exercise.
113. 5:51>> Oh, yes, I've heard about that. Now,
114. 5:54talking about exercise, there's one last
115. 5:57thing. When you've packed your baggage,
116. 6:00check you can carry it, all of it, at
117. 6:02least 500 m without any help. You may
118. 6:06have to do that.
119. 6:08>> Okay. Well, thanks for all your help.
120. 6:10You've cleared up a lot of points.
121. 6:13>> You're welcome. Have a safe journey and
122. 6:16we'll look forward to seeing you next
123. 6:17month. Bye
124. 6:19>> bye.
125. 6:20>> That is the end of part one.
126. 6:23>> You now have half a minute to check your
127. 6:26answers.
128. 7:00Before we move to the second section, if
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132. 7:12>> Now turns to part two.
133. 7:15You are going to hear a talk about
134. 7:17making the most of graduate school.
135. 7:20>> First, you have some time to look at
136. 7:22questions 11 to 16.
137. 7:55Now listen carefully and answer
138. 7:57questions 11 to 16.
139. 8:00>> Entrance to the graduate school. My job
140. 8:04now is to give you the graduate school
141. 8:06survival guide and make some concise
142. 8:09suggestions for getting the most out of
143. 8:12your relationship with our research
144. 8:14supervisor.
145. 8:15Getting the most out of what you read
146. 8:18and making continual progress with your
147. 8:20research. First, your relationship with
148. 8:24your supervisor. This is fundamental.
149. 8:27Meet regularly.
150. 8:29You should expect to meet once a week or
151. 8:32at least every other week because this
152. 8:34will give you the motivation to make
153. 8:37progress and also keeps your advisor
154. 8:40aware of your work. Prepare for your
155. 8:43meetings. Come to each meeting. Also
156. 8:46bring the notes from your previous
157. 8:48meeting together with a list of any
158. 8:51upcoming deadlines.
159. 8:53Make a plan for what you hope to get out
160. 8:55of each meeting. After the meeting,
161. 8:58email your supervisor a brief summary.
162. 9:02Include a list of major topics
163. 9:04discussed, a list of what you agreed on,
164. 9:08a note of any advice you may not want to
165. 9:10follow, and a new summary of what you
166. 9:13are planning to do. This helps avoid
167. 9:17misunderstandings and provides a handy
168. 9:20record of the progress of your research.
169. 9:23Add a to-do list for yourself and your
170. 9:26supervisor, including a reading list.
171. 9:29Finally, add the time and date for the
172. 9:32next meeting. My second main piece of
173. 9:36advice is to keep your supervisor
174. 9:38informed. Show him or her the results of
175. 9:42your work as soon as possible. This
176. 9:45helps your supervisor understand your
177. 9:47research and identify any potential
178. 9:50points of conflict early in the process.
179. 9:53Include summaries of your work,
180. 9:56including any results of experiments and
181. 9:59also anything you write about your
182. 10:01research. Thirdly, communicate clearly.
183. 10:05If you disagree with your advisor, state
184. 10:08your objections and concerns clearly and
185. 10:11calmly. If you feel that something about
186. 10:14your relationship is not working,
187. 10:16discuss it with him or her. Whenever
188. 10:19possible, suggest steps that they could
189. 10:22take to address your concerns.
190. 10:25Under this heading, it is extremely
191. 10:27important to take the initiative.
192. 10:30You do not need to clear everything you
193. 10:33do in your research with your adviser.
194. 10:36He or she is busy, too. You must be
195. 10:39responsible for your own ideas and the
196. 10:42progress of your work.
197. 10:44>> Before you hear the rest of the talk,
198. 10:46you have some time to look at questions
199. 10:4917 to 20.
200. 11:21Now listen and answer questions 17 to
201. 11:2420.
202. 11:26>> The second section of my talk is about
203. 11:28getting the most out of what you read.
204. 11:31The first principle here is to be
205. 11:34organized. Keep an electronic
206. 11:36bibliography with notes and pointers to
207. 11:39the paper files.
208. 11:41Keep and file all the papers you have
209. 11:44read. Point two, be efficient. Only read
210. 11:48what you need to. Start by reading only
211. 11:51the conclusion, scanning figures and
212. 11:54tables, and looking at their references.
213. 11:57Read the other sections only if the
214. 12:00paper seems relevant or you think it
215. 12:02might help you get a different
216. 12:04perspective.
217. 12:06Skip the sections you think you already
218. 12:08understand. These are often the
219. 12:10background and motivation sections.
220. 12:13It's of critical importance to take good
221. 12:16notes on every paper you find worth
222. 12:18reading. Note especially what problem
223. 12:22the author is trying to solve, what
224. 12:24approach they take to the problem, and
225. 12:27how their approach differs from other
226. 12:29approaches.
227. 12:31Next, summarize what you have read on
228. 12:34each topic. After you have read several
229. 12:37papers on the same topic, note the key
230. 12:40problems, the various formulations of
231. 12:42the problem under consideration,
232. 12:45the relationship between the various
233. 12:47approaches and the alternative
234. 12:49approaches you come across.
235. 12:52Let me add one point you might not have
236. 12:55already thought of. Read PhD thesis.
237. 13:00Even though they are long, they can be
238. 13:02very helpful for quickly learning about
239. 13:05what has been done in your field of
240. 13:07interest.
241. 13:08Focus particularly on the background
242. 13:11sections and method sections. Don't
243. 13:14forget to read your advisor's thesis.
244. 13:17This will give you an idea of what he or
245. 13:19she expects from you.
246. 13:22The third section of my talk is about
247. 13:24making continual progress with your
248. 13:26research. Keep a journal of your ideas.
249. 13:30Write down every issue you are thinking
250. 13:33about, even if you think it is stupid.
251. 13:36This will help you keep track of your
252. 13:38progress and keep you from going around
253. 13:41in circles.
254. 13:42>> That is the end of part two.
255. 13:45>> You now have half a minute to check your
256. 13:48answers.
257. 14:19now turns to part three. Part three.
258. 14:23Hear a conversation between a research
259. 14:26student Jeremy and his supervisor.
260. 14:30They are talking about the process of
261. 14:32having a research project published in a
262. 14:34journal. First, you have some time to
263. 14:37look at questions 21 to 25.
264. 14:56Listen
265. 15:12carefully and answer questions 21 to 25.
266. 15:17>> So, you're nearly ready to submit your
267. 15:20article to an academic journal, are you?
268. 15:23>> Yes, I think so. I just wanted to go
269. 15:26over all the things I need to do before
270. 15:27I submit it and then I wanted to go over
271. 15:30the submission process with you.
272. 15:32>> Great. So, firstly, you need to write an
273. 15:36abstract. Make sure it's short and
274. 15:38concise.
275. 15:39>> Of course, I forgot all about that. And
276. 15:43what about key words?
277. 15:44>> Yes, a lot of students overlook this
278. 15:47part and just jot down whatever comes to
279. 15:50mind. But take some time to make a list
280. 15:53of key words that are accurate and
281. 15:55relevant.
282. 15:56>> Okay. Another thing, could you have a
283. 15:59look at my article before I submitted?
284. 16:01>> Absolutely.
285. 16:03Actually, at least two senior staff
286. 16:06members should always read through a
287. 16:08final draft before submission.
288. 16:11Do you mind if I give it to Professor
289. 16:14Johnson to have a look at as well?
290. 16:16>> Not at all. I'd be glad to have the
291. 16:18feedback. Do you know which journal you
292. 16:20want to submit to yet?
293. 16:22>> Not yet. I have a short list of about
294. 16:25three that I'm interested in.
295. 16:26>> Make that decision soon because you'll
296. 16:29need to adjust your article so that it
297. 16:31matches the style guide of the journal
298. 16:33you are submitting to.
299. 16:35>> I bet that can take a while.
300. 16:37>> Yes, but after that you are just about
301. 16:39ready to submit. One more thing, you'll
302. 16:42have to sign the copyright form, just
303. 16:44confirming that it's your own work, and
304. 16:47then you're good to go. Before you hear
305. 16:50the rest of the conversation, you have
306. 16:53some time to look at questions 26 to 30.
307. 17:27Now listen and answer questions 26 to
308. 17:3130.
309. 17:33>> Now the submission process, how does it
310. 17:35work exactly? Well, the first thing is
311. 17:38to just send it off. You've got to send
312. 17:41in the manuscript before anything else
313. 17:43can happen.
314. 17:44>> Sure. And then should I call to check if
315. 17:47they've received it?
316. 17:48>> No need for that. No. All you have to do
317. 17:51is just log onto your email regularly
318. 17:53because you will get a submission
319. 17:55confirmation once they have processed
320. 17:57the manuscript
321. 17:58>> and that will have comments on what they
322. 18:00thought of it.
323. 18:01>> No, no comments yet. That email is just
324. 18:05to let you know they have received it.
325. 18:07The next stage is what is known as peer
326. 18:10review. This is when experts in the
327. 18:13field review your manuscript and decide
328. 18:16whether to accept it.
329. 18:18>> They'll never accept me. I'm only a
330. 18:20master student.
331. 18:21>> Don't worry about that, Jeremy. It's all
332. 18:24done through a double blind method. That
333. 18:27means that whoever reads your manuscript
334. 18:30has no idea whether you are a grad
335. 18:32student or a Nobel Prize laurate.
336. 18:35They'll only be judging your work, not
337. 18:38you.
338. 18:39>> Well, that's good to hear. And then what
339. 18:41once they've made their decision?
340. 18:43>> Well, there are four possible outcomes.
341. 18:46You might get an acceptance, but a first
342. 18:49off acceptance is very, very rare. Don't
343. 18:53pin your hopes on it. You could also get
344. 18:55a rejection, but these don't happen very
345. 18:58often either. I don't think this will be
346. 19:01a problem. What do you think I'll get?
347. 19:04If you're very lucky, you'll get a
348. 19:06conditional acceptance. This means that
349. 19:09they've accepted the article and it will
350. 19:12be published, but you need to tweak a
351. 19:14few things first. A sentence here, a
352. 19:17heading there, nothing major.
353. 19:19>> That sounds good. But to be honest, you
354. 19:22will probably end up with a revise and
355. 19:25resubmit. This means they are definitely
356. 19:28interested, but you will need to rework
357. 19:31the paper before it's accepted. The
358. 19:33necessary changes will be outlined by
359. 19:36the reviewers.
360. 19:37>> Okay. So, I just fix the things that
361. 19:40need changing and presented again.
362. 19:42>> Yes, but include a cover letter that
363. 19:45discusses the changes you have made. The
364. 19:47same goes for a conditional acceptance.
365. 19:49Actually, it helps the reviewers see
366. 19:52that you've taken their criticism
367. 19:54seriously.
368. 19:55>> That is the end of part three. You now
369. 19:59have half a minute to check your
370. 20:01answers.
371. 20:32Now turns to part four. Part four,
372. 20:37>> you will hear a talk by a financial
373. 20:39advisor about debt.
374. 20:42First, you'll have half a minute to look
375. 20:45at questions 31 to 40.
376. 21:18Now listen carefully to the talk and
377. 21:21answer questions 31 to 40.
378. 21:25>> Welcome to today's public lecture on the
379. 21:28topic of personal debt. I'm Ray Goodman
380. 21:31from the Community Debt Center and I'd
381. 21:33like to present to you today the second
382. 21:35part of our three lecture series. Today
383. 21:38we're going to look at how debt affects
384. 21:40our lives. Debt is nothing new. It's
385. 21:44found throughout human history and in
386. 21:47every society.
387. 21:48Many people know what it feels like to
388. 21:51be in debt. Those of you who have bought
389. 21:53a house will probably have a mortgage.
390. 21:55Perhaps you borrowed money from family
391. 21:57or friends or got a loan for a car. Debt
392. 22:00can sometimes be a way of juggling
393. 22:02financial commitments and of paying in
394. 22:05advance for things that you really need.
395. 22:08For everyday living, you might not earn
396. 22:10enough money from your job to pay for
397. 22:12all the things that you need. You may
398. 22:14require a little extra money in the form
399. 22:16of credit cards, but debt has a darker
400. 22:19side. Imagine how you would feel if you
401. 22:22were deeply in debt and unable to repay
402. 22:25what you owed. The consequences for many
403. 22:28people can be disastrous.
404. 22:32Today, people in the richer countries of
405. 22:34the world live in a society where credit
406. 22:36is easily accessible. Banks, building
407. 22:40societies, and credit card companies
408. 22:42often encourage people to take out
409. 22:44loans. They then make money by charging
410. 22:47interest. For very low income earners,
411. 22:51borrowing from a bank can be impossible.
412. 22:54Instead, they are forced to take out a
413. 22:56much higher interest loan from a private
414. 22:59lender. They soon find that despite
415. 23:02cutting back on many essentials, they
416. 23:04are unable to keep up with these
417. 23:06repayments. They are forced to take out
418. 23:08another loan and find themselves
419. 23:10plunging deeper and deeper into debt.
420. 23:14People can find themselves with growing
421. 23:16debts if they are unable to repay
422. 23:18interest. This may be because of a
423. 23:21sudden life-changing event such as a
424. 23:24business failure or losing a job.
425. 23:27But for many households, debt is a means
426. 23:30of survival.
427. 23:32In developing countries, people borrow a
428. 23:34tiny sum of money from a local
429. 23:36landowner, for example, to pay for
430. 23:38medical treatment. They agree that a
431. 23:41child would work as a full-time servant
432. 23:43to repay the debt. And that child
433. 23:46becomes a bonded laborer. But since they
434. 23:49are never paid, there is no hope of
435. 23:51clearing the debt. Their life is ruled
436. 23:54by fear. With no money, education, or
437. 23:57experience of life, it is impossible for
438. 23:59them to escape. Today, debt bondage is a
439. 24:03major form of slavery.
440. 24:06As you can see, debt affects everyone
441. 24:09all over the world to varying degrees. I
442. 24:12hope the information I presented to you
443. 24:15today will make you think twice about
444. 24:17getting into spiraling debt.
445. 24:20Of course, if you are already finding
446. 24:23yourself in financial difficulties,
447. 24:25please make an appointment to see one of
448. 24:28our helpful staff members after this
449. 24:30talk. Thank you.
450. 24:33That is the end of the listening test.
451. 24:36You now have half a minute to check your
452. 24:39answers.
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