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IELTS General Training Practice Test 43

AI-generated practice paper in the style of IELTS General Training — original material, not a reproduction of any real exam paper, following the official four-module structure (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking). Listening audio is read aloud by your browser's voice, Writing tasks can be scored by AI, and for Speaking you can record yourself and compare with a model answer.

Listening

Part 1

Listen and answer questions 1–10.

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

1. Surname: ______

2. Address: 8 ______ Court

3. Proof of address: electricity ______

4. Date of birth: 21 ______ 1988

5. Maximum number of items: ______

6. Late fee for books: ______ cent a day

7. Card number: ______

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

8. Where is the wifi signal weakest?

9. To borrow ebooks, Jack needs to

10. The best time to use the public computers is

Part 2

Listen and answer questions 11–20.

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

11. Monthly membership fee: ______ dollars

12. Number of seats in Screen One: ______

13. Number of screens at the cinema: ______

What does the speaker say about each of the following areas? Choose the correct letter, A-F, for questions 4 to 7.

14. Screen One

15. Screens Two and Three

16. Screen Four

17. Screen Five

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

18. Members-only screenings happen on

19. Early access to ticket sales is given

20. Signing up today gives new members

Part 3

Listen and answer questions 21–30.

21. What is the difficulty with the councillor?

22. What does Dr. Adams suggest they do?

23. How will the students change the opening?

24. How long should the article be?

25. What does Dr. Adams say about quotations?

26. What should the students do about the cost figures?

27. What sort of headline does Dr. Adams suggest?

What must be done by each deadline? Choose your answers from the list, A-E: A Tomorrow; B Wednesday; C Friday at noon; D Next week; E Today.

28. Councillor interview

29. Draft to Dr. Adams

30. Final article

Part 4

Listen and answer questions 31–40.

Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

31. Natural habitats have become increasingly ______ as cities have expanded.

32. Fragmentation reduces genetic ______ within isolated animal populations.

33. Corridors often use disused, overgrown ______ lines.

34. Corridors also use river and stream ______.

35. Corridor design must account for the needs of the specific target ______.

36. ______ represent a particularly serious hazard for wildlife corridors.

37. Small culverts are designed for amphibians and ______.

38. Larger mammals may cross roads safely using vegetated ______.

39. Well-vegetated corridors help with flood ______.

40. Researchers recommend combining multiple corridor ______ across a city.

Reading

Section 1: Notices

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 1.

NOTICE A — Kingsway Chess Club: Tournament Date Change The autumn internal tournament, originally scheduled for the last weekend of this month, has been moved forward by one week due to a scheduling conflict with the venue's availability. The revised format will remain unchanged, with players competing in a Swiss-system tournament across six rounds spread over one full day rather than the previous two half-days. Players who registered under the original date and are unable to attend the new date can request a full refund of their entry fee, or transfer their entry to the club's winter tournament instead, held in December. Boards, clocks, and pieces will be provided as usual, though players are welcome to bring their own equipment if preferred for personal comfort. Light refreshments will be available to purchase throughout the day, with proceeds supporting the club's junior coaching programme. NOTICE B — Thornfield Court: Pest Control Treatment Notice A routine pest control inspection identified minor evidence of mice activity in the basement storage area, and a licensed pest control contractor will carry out a precautionary treatment across the building next Tuesday. Bait stations will be placed in communal areas including the basement, bin store, and plant room, and residents are asked to keep pets away from these areas for 48 hours following treatment as a precaution. No treatment will take place inside individual flats unless a resident specifically reports evidence of activity within their own unit, in which case a separate appointment can be arranged directly with the contractor. The building manager will conduct a follow-up inspection two weeks after treatment to confirm the issue has been fully resolved. Residents are reminded to store food waste securely and avoid leaving pet food out overnight to help prevent future issues.

Questions 1–3. Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

1. Why has the tournament date changed?

2. Where was minor evidence of mice activity found?

3. What should a resident do if they find evidence of pest activity in their own flat?

Questions 4–6. Do the following statements agree with the information in Notice A? Write TRUE if the statement agrees, FALSE if it contradicts, or NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

4. The tournament will now be held across one full day rather than two half-days.

5. Players unable to attend the new date have no options available to them.

6. Players are welcome to bring their own equipment if they prefer.

Questions 7–8. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice A for each answer.

7. Proceeds from refreshment sales will support the club's __________.

8. The tournament will be a Swiss-system tournament across __________ spread over one full day.

Question 9. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice A.

9. What alternative event can players transfer their entry to?

Questions 10–11. Do the following statements agree with the information in Notice B? Write TRUE if the statement agrees, FALSE if it contradicts, or NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

10. Treatment will automatically take place inside every individual flat.

11. Residents are asked to keep pets away from treated communal areas for 48 hours.

Question 12. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice B for each answer.

12. The building manager will conduct a follow-up inspection __________ after treatment.

Questions 13–14. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Notice B.

13. What are residents reminded to avoid leaving out overnight?

14. Name one communal area, besides the basement, where bait stations will be placed.

Section 2: Workplace

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 2.

TEXT A — Human Resources: New Employee Handbook Launch A fully revised employee handbook will be published on the intranet next week, consolidating numerous separate policy documents accumulated over several years into a single, more accessible reference document organised by topic with a searchable index. All staff will be required to confirm they have read and understood the new handbook through a simple digital acknowledgement, to be completed within one month of publication. The handbook will be reviewed and updated annually going forward, with any significant mid-year changes communicated separately and clearly highlighted within the document itself rather than requiring staff to compare entire document versions. Printed copies will be available on request from HR for staff who prefer a physical reference, though the digital version will always be considered the definitive, most current source in the event of any discrepancy. Managers are asked to specifically highlight the new handbook to their teams during regular one-to-one meetings over the coming month. TEXT B — Facilities: Staff Locker Room Refurbishment The staff locker room on the ground floor will be closed for refurbishment for approximately three weeks starting next Monday, with staff temporarily reassigned to a smaller locker room on the second floor during this period. Personal belongings currently stored in ground-floor lockers must be removed by the Friday before closure, as the refurbishment contractors will need full, unobstructed access to the entire room. The refurbishment includes new lockers, improved lighting, and a dedicated area for drying wet outdoor clothing and umbrellas during winter months. Staff cycling to work should note that the temporary second-floor locker room has more limited space for changing, and are asked to be considerate of colleagues sharing the temporary facility during this period. A completion date will be confirmed closer to the time, with staff notified at least one week before the ground-floor room reopens.

Questions 15–18. Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

15. What does the new employee handbook consolidate?

16. How long will the ground-floor locker room be closed for refurbishment?

17. Who is specifically asked to be considerate of colleagues sharing the temporary facility?

18. What does the locker room refurbishment include, besides a drying area?

Questions 19–20. Do the following statements agree with the information in Text A? Write TRUE if the statement agrees, FALSE if it contradicts, or NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

19. Staff must confirm they have read the handbook within one month of publication.

20. Printed copies will always be considered the definitive source over the digital version.

Questions 21–22. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Text A for each answer.

21. The handbook will be reviewed and updated __________ going forward.

22. The new handbook is organised by topic with a searchable __________.

Question 23. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Text A.

23. What are managers asked to do regarding the new handbook?

Questions 24–25. Do the following statements agree with the information in Text B? Write TRUE if the statement agrees, FALSE if it contradicts, or NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

24. Staff will be temporarily reassigned to a locker room on the second floor.

25. The refurbished room will include a dedicated area for drying wet clothing.

Question 26. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Text B for each answer.

26. Personal belongings must be removed by the Friday before closure so contractors have __________.

Question 27. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from Text B.

27. How far in advance will staff be notified before the ground-floor room reopens?

Section 3: Why Some Animals Migrate and Others Don't

You should spend about 20 minutes on Section 3.

Animal migration, the regular, often seasonal, movement of a species between two or more distinct geographic regions, represents one of the most energetically demanding and physiologically remarkable behaviours documented in the natural world, yet only a relatively modest minority of the world's species actually undertake genuinely long-distance migration, prompting evolutionary biologists to investigate precisely what specific ecological circumstances make migration a worthwhile, net-beneficial evolutionary strategy despite its very considerable inherent costs and risks. The fundamental evolutionary logic underlying migration rests on a straightforward cost-benefit calculation repeated across countless generations: migration only persists as a viable long-term evolutionary strategy when the benefits gained, principally access to seasonally superior resources such as abundant summer breeding grounds with plentiful food or warmer wintering grounds free of lethal cold, reliably and consistently outweigh the very substantial energetic costs, physical predation risks, and outright mortality risks inherent in undertaking a long and often genuinely hazardous journey. Species inhabiting environments with comparatively stable, predictable year-round resource availability, particularly many equatorial and tropical species, correspondingly show little to no evolutionary pressure toward migration, since there is comparatively little seasonal resource advantage elsewhere to justify migration's very substantial costs and risks. Body size and specific locomotion method play a significant, well-documented role in determining which particular species migrate successfully and effectively. Flying species, particularly birds, benefit from a comparatively low energetic cost of covering long distances relative to their body mass, especially when travelling in energy-saving formation or exploiting favourable prevailing wind patterns, making genuinely long-distance migration comparatively more evolutionarily viable for birds than for most similarly sized terrestrial mammals, for whom sustained overland travel proves considerably more energetically costly relative to body mass. Nonetheless, several large terrestrial mammal species, most famously wildebeest undertaking their well-documented annual migration across the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in East Africa, do successfully migrate substantial distances, in this particular case driven specifically by tracking seasonal rainfall patterns and the resulting fresh grass growth these rains reliably produce. Not all migration takes the dramatic, highly visible long-distance form most commonly depicted in popular nature documentaries; some species undertake comparatively modest altitudinal migration, moving relatively short vertical distances up and down a single mountainside as seasons change, while others practise what researchers term partial migration, in which only some individual members of a given species population migrate in a particular year while other individuals of the exact same species and population remain resident year-round, a genuinely puzzling within-species variation that researchers are still working to fully understand and explain, with individual body condition, specific age, and social dominance status all appearing to influence a particular individual's likelihood of choosing to migrate versus remaining resident in any given year. Climate change is now measurably disrupting migration patterns established and finely tuned by natural selection over many thousands of years, with numerous documented species arriving at traditional breeding grounds increasingly out of synchrony with the peak seasonal availability of the specific food resources their migration timing originally evolved to reliably track, a mismatch that conservation biologists warn could substantially reduce breeding success and, in the most severe documented cases, threaten long-term population viability for particularly migration-dependent species unable to adapt their genetically programmed timing quickly enough to keep pace with rapidly shifting environmental conditions.

Questions 28–30. Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

28. What fundamental logic underlies whether migration persists as an evolutionary strategy?

29. What factors appear to influence an individual's likelihood of migrating in partial migration, according to the passage?

30. What benefit does bird migration gain from formation flying or favourable winds?

Questions 31–34. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? Write TRUE if the statement agrees, FALSE if it contradicts, or NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

31. Species in stable, predictable equatorial environments generally show little pressure to migrate.

32. Flying species generally have a higher energetic cost of long-distance travel relative to body mass than terrestrial mammals.

33. Climate change is measurably disrupting established migration timing for numerous species.

34. Only a relatively modest minority of the world's species undertake genuinely long-distance migration.

Question 35. Complete the sentence below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

35. Wildebeest migrate across the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem driven specifically by tracking seasonal __________.

Questions 36–38. Answer the question below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage.

36. What term describes migration involving relatively short vertical movement up and down a mountainside?

37. What mismatch does climate change risk creating for migratory species, according to the passage?

38. Where does the well-documented wildebeest migration take place?

Questions 39–40. Do the following statements agree with the writer's claims? Write YES if the statement agrees with the writer's claims, NO if it contradicts, or NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks.

39. Researchers fully understand exactly why only some individuals within a species population migrate in partial migration.

40. Conservation biologists are confident that all migratory species will easily adapt to climate change.

Speaking

Part 1: Introduction and interview

The examiner asks you questions about yourself and familiar topics (4–5 minutes).

Part 1 (Public transport / Traffic) — the examiner asks about two familiar topics. Topic 1: Public transport Q1. What kinds of public transport are there in your area? Q2. Do you use them often? Topic 2: Traffic Q3. Is there a lot of traffic where you live? Q4. What could be done to reduce traffic in cities?
Recorded on your device only — play it back and compare with the model answer.
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Model answer: 1. We have buses and a small tram network, and there's a train service to nearby towns. A metro line is being built, but it's been delayed several times. 2. Every weekday. I don't own a car, so I take the tram to work and the bus when I visit my friends on the other side of town. 3. Yes, especially in the mornings between eight and nine, when parents are taking children to school and everybody's driving to work at once. 4. I think cities should make public transport cheaper and more frequent, so that people aren't tempted to drive. Charging drivers to enter the centre has worked well in some places, too.

Part 2: Individual long turn

You have one minute to prepare, then speak for one to two minutes.

Describe a piece of clothing that you like wearing. You should say: - what it looks like - where you got it - when you usually wear it and explain why you like it so much. You will have one minute to prepare, then present it for one to two minutes.
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Model answer: The item I'd like to describe is a dark blue wool coat that I bought about four years ago. It comes down to just above my knees and has large buttons and two deep pockets, which are extremely useful for keeping my hands warm. The colour is a very deep navy, so it goes with nearly everything in my wardrobe. I found it in a small second-hand shop in the old part of the city, on a rainy Saturday when I was actually looking for a scarf. It was a bit more expensive than I'd planned to spend, but the material was in excellent condition, and the owner told me it was made in Italy in the nineteen-eighties. I wear it from about November until March, especially when I have to go to the office or attend something more formal, since it looks smart but isn't stuffy. The main reason I like it is that it's really well made. Most of my other clothes have worn out after a couple of seasons, whereas this coat still looks new. It also makes me feel confident, and I often get compliments on it, which is always nice.

Part 3: Two-way discussion

The examiner asks more abstract questions linked to the Part 2 topic.

Part 3 (global and local culture) — the examiner asks four related questions. Q1. Do you think global culture is making local cultures less distinct? Q2. Is it possible to enjoy global entertainment while still preserving local traditions? Q3. Should governments protect local culture through policy or funding? Q4. How might the relationship between global and local culture develop in the future?
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Model answer: 1. In some ways, yes, since international brands, films, and music dominate everywhere, making certain aspects of daily life look quite similar across very different countries. 2. I think so; many people happily watch international films while still celebrating local festivals, so global entertainment doesn't necessarily have to replace local identity, provided both are given room to coexist. 3. I believe some support is worthwhile, particularly funding for local languages, arts, and crafts that might otherwise struggle to compete commercially against much larger global entertainment industries. 4. I imagine a continued blending, where local culture increasingly incorporates global influences while still keeping distinctive elements alive, rather than either side fully disappearing.

Writing Task 1

You are organising a charity bake sale to raise money for a good cause and want to invite people from your local community. Write a letter to a neighbour or local contact. In your letter: explain what the event is for, provide the date and location, and ask if they would like to help or attend. Write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter 'Dear ...,'

Writing Task 2

Some people believe that society is moving toward becoming completely cashless, while others think physical cash will always remain important. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a cashless society. Write at least 250 words.
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