IELTS Listening: Sustainability in Business — Practice Test + Answers (7 Questions)

Welcome to this IELTS Practice Listening Test!

This test is designed to help you prepare for the IELTS Listening section.

You’ll listen to a short audio clip and answer 7 questions based on what you hear.

Remember, in the actual IELTS test, you’ll have time to read the questions before the audio begins.

Good luck, and do your best!

IELTS Listening Practice Test#

Play the recordingErin Meezan What Nature Can Teach Us About Sustainable BusinessThe video loads from TED when you press play. TED may set cookies.

Listen to the audio and answer the following questions.

Questions 1-3:#

Circle the correct letter A, B, or C.

1. According to Erin Meezan, nature has:

A) 3.8 million years of experience

B) 3.8 billion years of research and development

C) 3.8 trillion years of evolution

2. The building and construction space accounts for approximately:

A) 14% of global carbon emissions

B) 25% of global carbon emissions

C) 40% of global carbon emissions

3. Interface’s innovative flooring design was inspired by:

A) tree bark

B) gecko’s feet

C) forest floors

Questions 4-5#

Match the correct letter A-C to questions 4-5.

A) Harvesting rainwater B) Storing carbon C) Reducing waste

4. Which natural process did Interface mimic by installing rainwater collection devices?
5. What natural function did Interface aim to replicate through planting and establishing green roofs?

Questions 6-7#

Complete the sentences.

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

6. Interface challenged itself to create a factory that has a _____________ impact on the environment.
7. The speaker suggests that the question for everybody is: “What’s your _____________?”

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1. 1B“Nature has 3.8 billion years of R and D under its belt.”
2. 2C“the building and construction space, which is close to 40 percent of global carbon emissions”.
3. 3B“that led to an exploration of gecko’s feet that allowed us to design an innovation that took the company off glue”.
4. 4A“Nature … harvests and collects and purifies rainwater. So … install rainwater collection devices”.
5. 5B“Nature stores carbon. And so we have opportunities onsite through planting … establishing green roofs, to store carbon”.
6. 6positivealso: positive impact“Could we create a factory that has a positive impact, and what might that look like?”
7. 7carbon-negative carpet tilealso: carbon negative carpet tile, carbon-negative carpet“I think the question for everybody is: What’s your carbon-negative carpet tile?”

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