This document contains a practice listening quiz with 36 multiple choice questions testing vocabulary in contexts such as business, education, government and society. The questions cover words like interest rates, grants, venues, ground-breaking work, and familiarizing oneself with new software. The correct answers are indicated with letters a, b or c after each question.

1. LET’S IELTS TEST 2 LISTENING QUIZ 1
TEST 2 – LISTENING QUIZ
1. A lot of businesses are being hurt by the __________high interest rates.
a. current b. upcoming c. priceless
2. You should have seen the look on her face when I told her - it was ____________!
a. current b. upcoming c. priceless
3. Tickets are selling well for the group's ____________ concert tour.
a. current b. upcoming c. priceless
4. The office will be _________permits on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
a. assuming b. issuing c. compiling
5. She __________a list of all the wine producers in the region.
a. assumed b. issued c. compiled
6. I ___________things had gone well for him as he had a big grin on his face.
a. assumed b. issued c. compiled
7. The education director is persevering in his attempt to obtain additional ____for the school.
a. raffle b. funding c. grant
8. The government is awarding small _to single mothers who are starting their own businesses.
a. raffles b. fundings c. grants
9. I have never won anything in a __________.
a. raffle b. funding c. grant
10. The bus station is _______to the railway station.
a. steep b. excessive c. adjacent
11. House prices now seem to be levelling off after the _____ rises of the last few years.
a. steep b. excessive c. adjacent
12. They complained about _____government intrusion into their legitimate activities.
a. steep b. excessive c. adjacent
13. Airports are trying to ___security concerns without causing inconvenience to passengers.
a. employ b. address c. feature
14. This week's broadcast __________a report on victims of domestic violence.
a. employs b. addresses c. features
15. Sophisticated statistical analysis was _______to obtain these results.
a. employed b. addressed c. featured
16. We don't yet know what the ____will be for the ceremony.
a. institution b. board c. venue
17. She persuaded the _______of her worthiness to run the company.
a. institution b. board c. venue
18. St Andrews and Cambridge universities are internationally respected ________.
a. institutions b. boards c. venues
19. This ________work changed the way historians looked at slavery.
a. truancy b. ground-breaking c. artefact
20. The museum's collection includes _____dating back to prehistoric times.
a. truancies b. ground-breaking c. artefacts
21. My daughter's school has very good exam results and hardly any ________.

2. LET’S IELTS TEST 2 LISTENING QUIZ 2
a. truancy b. ground-breaking c. artefact
22. Her financial records are a mess, but we’ll ______ them _____.
a. embark…on b. cater….for c. sort…out
23. She graduated in 1962 and __________a career as a teacher.
a. embarked on b. catered for c. sorted out
24. Research shows that the majority of schemes do not _____children over 12.
a. embark on b. cater for c. sort out
25. As the company's financial outlook______, several directors resigned.
a. traced b. resolved c. deteriorated
26. A mediator has been called in to ________the crisis.
a. trace b. resolve c. deteriorate
27. We _____the manufacturing process from the arrival of the raw materials to the shipment of
the final product.
a. traced b. resolved c. deteriorated
28. Computers are put _______at one of the company's retail outlets in the city.
a. in charge of b. at your disposal c. on display
29. The booming company has many billions _______to fund new initiatives and acquisitions.
a. in charge of b. at its disposal c. on display
30. Who will be _________the department when Sophie leaves?
a. in charge of b. at its disposal c. on display
31. Teachers needed to ______themselves _____the new software.
a. contribute…to b. familiarize…with c. see…to
32. They hired an event planner to ________all of the details of the party.
a. contribute to b. familiarize with c. see to
33. It's best when leaders are clear about how they can best ______the overall strategy.
a. contribute to b. familiarize with c. see to
34. They are recruiting 2,500 telephone customers to ______the service for 12 months.
a. sample b. conquer c. illuminate
35. This article ________the basic principles of economics.
a. samples b. conquers c. illuminates
36. It may be many years before this dreadful disease is ___________.
a. sampled b. conquered c. illuminated