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Welcome to an important step in your IELTS prep! This full-length IELTS Practice Test PDF contains all four sections of Magoosh’s highest-quality, student-tested practice questions. Taken from our premium online IELTS Prep, these questions have been adapted to mimic the official IELTS exam that you will encounter on test day...with one key difference.

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International English Language Testing System

Magoosh Practice Test

Listening

Time: 40 minutes

(You will have approximately 30 minutes to work, plus 10 minutes to transfer your answers onto the answer sheet.)

Instructions to Candidates

Listen carefully. You will hear instructions for each part of the paper. Answer each question. While you are listening, record your answers in the question booklet. When the recording has finished, you will have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet. Use a pencil.

Information for Candidates

This test has four parts. You will hear each part only 1 time.

This test contains 40 questions. Each question is worth one point.

Throughout the test, you will be given time to study the questions and check your

answers.

Section 1: Questions 1-

Questions 1-

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet.

Giant Truck Moving Company: Customer Inquiry Form

Inquiry Number: 1 ………………………..

Customer Name: Mrs. June Rayburn

Destination: 2 798 ……………………….. Street, Grand City.

Origin: Street Address: 12 Irving Court, Grand City

Move Distance: 3 ………………………..

Apartment size, or number of bedrooms: 4 ………………………..

List of large items to be moved:

Sofa

Kitchen table

Two 5 ………………………..

Two beds

Three large bookshelves

6 ………………………..

Number of boxes:

Approximately 60

Questions 7-

Choose the correct letter, A , B , or C.

7 The woman describes her piano as being

A special

B small

C narrow

8 The woman’s current apartment and her new address

A may have some steps

B are on the bottom level of her building

C do not allow pianos

9 The customer service representative says that the move, with the piano, will cost

A $

B $

C $

10 The customer service representative instructed the woman to send him a photo and

A the size of her piano

B the type of her piano

C the weight of her piano

Questions 14-

Label the plan of the Moray Bay Beach Event Center below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Section 3: Questions 21-

Questions 21-

Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD from the lecture for each answer.

21 The video shows chimpanzees using sign language to talk to one another, people and ………………………

22 Since the videos appear dated, a student questions whether scientists currently perform similar ………………………

23 The professor admits that the examples in the videos are ……………………… ones.

24 A student did not expect that chimpanzees would be so ……………………… with human language.

25 Recent research found that chimpanzees used sign language to communicate in the ………………………

26 It is mentioned that the way people control their vocal cords, ………………………, teeth and lips is unique to humans.

27 The use of a voice is not a ……………………… in all human languages.

28 Unless they are ……………………… by humans, chimpanzee sign language is very simple.

Section 4: Questions 31-

Questions 31-

Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 31-34 on your answer sheet.

31 Approximately 2 billion people live in desert ……………………. globally.

32 People living in dryland zones often over-use their own ……………………., such as water.

33 Drought is an example of how desertification can occur …………………….

34 Historically, increasing populations led to the need for irrigated …………………….

Questions 35-

Choose the correct letter: A , B , or C.

Write your answers in boxes 35-37 on your answer sheet.

35 What creates very rich soil?

A chemical fertilizers

B decaying organisms

C animal grazing

36 Healthy topsoil can reduce desertification by

A preventing evaporation

B absorbing more water

C fostering plant growth

37 Trees prevent desertification by

A limiting animal migration

B reflecting sunlight

C keeping soil in its place

Academic Reading

Time: 1 hour

Instructions to Candidates

Carefully read the instructions for each section. Answer each question. Write your answers on the answer sheet in pencil. You must record your answers within the time limit. Hand in this question paper and the answer sheet when the time limit ends.

Information for Candidates

This test has 40 questions. Each question is worth one point.

Reading Passage 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-14 , which are based on Reading passage 1 on pages 15 and 16.

THE CICADA’S SONG

Section A

Cicadas are insects famous for their ability to generate a distinct sound with an auditory power that can rival the decibel level of a rock music concert and exceed the engine roar of a motorcycle. With close to 3,000 species of cicada identified and documented, this family of insect is found worldwide. For the majority of its life, the cicada remains underground, where it is nourished and sustained through sap secreted by the roots of trees. When mature, the insect tunnels to the surface and sheds its skin to reveal its adult form. This life cycle varies among the species, with certain types maturing and ready to reproduce in just one year. One of the most eagerly anticipated and studied species of cicada is Magicicada Septendecim, a periodical brood that attracts plenty of media attention for its emergence every 13 or 17 years across the Midwestern United States in vast, swarming numbers. In these swarms, the cicadas generate their “music,” signaling their presence, and the onset of summer, for anyone and anything to hear for miles and miles around.

Section B

Only male cicadas are able to generate the sound their species is known for, utilizing a unique physical trait and noise-making process that differentiates them from crickets, which many people incorrectly assume to be similar to cicadas. While crickets generate their distinctive chirp through stridulation, or the rubbing together of body parts, cicadas essentially produce a drumbeat amplified very much in the same way that the sound of an acoustic guitar is created. Males are blessed with a body part known as a tymbal, which is a rigid and pliable exoskeleton-based appendage that can move in a wave-like manner, producing a clicking when it strikes the inside of the abdomen of the cicada. Because the abdomen of the cicada is for the most part hollow, the clicking sound is amplified, giving the cicada’s song its famous power.

Questions 1-

The essay “The Cicada’s Song” has five sections, A–E.

Which section contains the following information?

Choose the correct letter, A–E , in boxes 1–8.

NB You may use any letter more than once.

1 cicadas can be very difficult to see among the trees, where they live while mating

2 cicadas become quieter when they perceive danger

3 an insect that is often compared to cicadas by mistake

4 a specific species of cicada that periodically attracts a lot of human attention

5 a way that cicadas can harm humans

6 The process by which cicadas produce sound is similar to certain musical instruments

7 the approximate number of different types of cicadas worldwide

8 cicadas do not move around very much, so they are easily hunted

Questions 9-

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text?

In the boxes below, choose: TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

9 Cicadas are well known for the unique noise they can produce very loudly.

10 Cricket and cicada noises seem similar to many people, but the sounds they produce serve very different purposes.

11 At most, cicadas can take up to 12 months to develop to full maturity.

12 Cicadas spend most of their lives hiding from predators in trees.

13 Cicadas appear above ground at the same time in very large numbers as a survival strategy.

14 When necessary, a cicada can move quickly enough to evade predators like birds.