IELTS Practice Listening Test: Air Transportation

Welcome to this IELTS Practice Listening Test.

This test will help you prepare for the IELTS Listening module by simulating the actual test experience.

You will hear a recording about the future of personal air transportation and answer 7 questions.

The questions follow the same order as the information in the recording.

You should attempt to answer all questions as you listen. The recording will be played once only. You will be given time to read the questions before the recording begins.

After the test, check your answers with the answer key provided at the end.

Remember to write no more than three words and/or a number for each answer where specified.

Good luck!

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Section 1#

Questions 1-7#

SENTENCE COMPLETION

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

1. The speaker studied _______________ when they went to university.
2. Currently, it can take approximately _______________ to travel between Mountain View and San Francisco during rush hour.
3. The speaker suggests that the _______________ is not being used to its full potential for transportation.
4. The locations where flying vehicles would take off and land are called _______________.
5. The prototype vehicle can travel _______________ miles in a 15-minute journey.
6. The expected cost of a trip in the prototype vehicle would be around _______________ dollars.
7. The speaker predicts that within _______________, people will start seeing vertiports in some cities.

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1. 1aerospace“when I went to college in the late 90s, it was obvious that I was going to study aerospace”
2. 2two hoursalso: 2 hours“we’re separated by something like two hours of heavy traffic”
3. 3skyalso: the sky“The sky is underutilized”
4. 4vertiports“a nearby landing spot — we call these vertiports”
5. 520also: about 20, twenty“it can go about 20 miles in 15 minutes”
6. 640also: forty, around 40“our estimate for a trip like that is it would cost around 40 dollars”
7. 7five yearsalso: the next five years, 5 years“in the next five years, you’ll start seeing vertiports in some cities”

For more IELTS Listening practice questions, you can also visit Coastal Climate Change topic.