Welcome to this IELTS Practice Listening Test about Global Sanitation Challenges.
This test will help you prepare for the IELTS Listening module by providing realistic practice with academic content.
You will hear a recording about global sanitation challenges and engineering solutions, and answer 9 questions.
The questions follow the same order as the information in the recording.
You should attempt to answer all questions while listening. The recording will be played only once. Time will be provided to read the questions before the recording begins.
Write your answers in the spaces provided, paying careful attention to the word limit for each answer.
Good luck with your preparation!
Section 1
Questions 1-9
SENTENCE COMPLETION
Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
The speaker has spent _______________ teaching about human waste and wastewater treatment.
People who use water for cleaning themselves after using the toilet are referred to as _______________.
According to the United Nations, inadequate sanitation causes _______________ child deaths annually.
When pit latrines become full in KwaZulu-Natal province, people often _______________ around the toilet.
The workers who empty the pit latrines typically have no _______________ when performing this dangerous job.
Building Western-style flush toilets for 2.5 billion people would cost _______________ of dollars.
In rethinking sanitation infrastructure, we need to employ _______________ to look at the whole sanitation chain.
Urine contains _______________ percent of the nitrogen in human waste.
The speaker’s university developed a modified _______________ that can move waste up from the pit.
For more IELTS Listening practice tests, you can also visit Air Transportation Topic.
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