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IELTS Academic Test Questions (and answers)

IELTS (Academic)

Listening (38 hints):

Scene 1: Phone Call about Telephone Utility Contract (all 10 answers)

Part 1

  1. 14 GBP
  2. 0.8p
  3. B
  4. E (5 last calls)
  5. G (reminder calls)

Part 2

internet, contract, 3 months, (land)line, password

Scene 2: Scencic Trip on Train from Vancouver to Whistler (9 answers)

Part 1: Which one is true:

  • Enclosed seating with comfortable seats
  • beautiful view
  • hot meal on train provided
  • ???

Part 2: Assign descriptions to sights (in order)

  • long tunnels <->
  • sea life <-> Howes
  • mining <-> Britannia Beach
  • large rock <->
  • deep river valley <-> Cheakamus Canyon
  • exclusive housing <-> Alpha Lake

Scene 3: Student talking their university guidance counselor (all 10)

Fill in the gaps

Economics major, academic record, compulsory, basic ideas, challenge secretary, class representative, administration, post-graduate student, computer center

Scene 4: Information about Portland Celement (9 answers)

Fill in the gaps

clay, cheap, oven, man-made, developing

Properties of Portland Cement vs some Eco-cement

C, C (both emit CO2 during baking), A (eco-cement absorbs 40% of emitted CO2 back), B (Portland cement loses strength because of cement cancer)

Reading (28):

Lake Geneva Tsunami (all 10)

Additional information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauredunum_event

True or false

True, event was near Tauredunum Not known, hard and strong rock True, Geneva was damaged False, shoreline of Lake Taho didnt change in last 20000 years (it did bc of tsunami) Not known, Prof Emertius wrote about such tsunamis in many countries

Flow chart with gaps:

floods, leaves height, estimate, earthquake

Tasmanian Dog (12)

Article about the Tasmanian Dog

Fill in gaps

striped, Australia, Tasmania, 12 million years, Europeans,

Assign people to statements

"It's better they be not found even if they are not extinct" "One of the recent (digital) sightings is believable" "Most sightings are not trustworthy" "I believe they are extinct" "Predicted numbers needed to sustain population might not be correct"

after the sighting in 1981, extensive follow-up (search) happened

the example of the fish was used to show: that what we assume to be extinct might not be extinct after all

Talent and stars or something (6 accounted for)

Assign statements to paragraphs

7 paragraphs

Answer questions (fill in the gaps)

26 composers Bach coaches

True or False:

False, companies hire by character True, in some sports, good players have been overlooked in the beginning False, performance can be accurately predicted by measuring intelligence

Writing

A schematic of an archeological site both in 2004 and 2014 site

temple, palace, 12 houses (2 small+10 large), public baths, arena

add drawing with partial street in 2004 in north, hill and two groups of trees

2004

                                              X                                                                                  
                                           XXXX     XXX       XXXXXX                                                             
                                        XX X  X  XXX  X      XX    XXXX                                                          
                                       XX     XXXX    XXXXXXX         XXXX                                                       
                                     XX       XX                         XX                                                      
                                   XX            HILLS                    XX                                                     
                                  X                                        XX  +-----+                                           
                                                                               |HOUSE|                                 X         
                                                                               |     |                                 X         
                                                                               +-----+      +------------------+       X         
                                                                                            |                  |       X         
             TREES                                               +------------------+       |  ANCIENT PALACE  |       X         
                                                                                            |                  |       X         
                                                                                            |                  |       X         
                                                                 +------------------+       |                  |       X         
                  TREES                                                                     |                  |       X         
                                                                               +-----+      |                  |       X         
    TREES                                                                      |HOUSE|      +------------------+      XX         
                                                                               |     |                                X          
                                                                               +-----+                                X          
                                                                                                                    XX           
                                                                                                                   XX            
                                                                                                                 XXX             
                                                                                                               XXX               
                                                                                                            XXXX                 
                                                                                                           XX                    
                                                                                                         XXX         SEA         
                                                                                                       XXX                       
                                                                                                     XXX                         
                                                                                                   XXX                           
                                                                                                 XXX                             
                                                                                              XXXX                               
                                                                                             XX                                  
                                                     +----------------------+              XX                                    
                                                     |                      |           XXXX                                     
                                                     |                      |          XX                                        
                                                     |    ANCIENT TEMPLE    |        XX                                          
                                                     |                      |        X                                           
                                                     |                      |      XX                                            
                                                     |                      |      X                                             
                                                     |                      |     XX                                             
                                                     +----------------------+    XX                                              

2014


                                                 X
                                              XXXX     XXX       XXXXXX
                                           XX X  X  XXX  X      XX    XXXX
                                          XX     XXXX    XXXXXXX         XXXX
                                        XX       XX                         XX
                                      XX            HILLS                    XX
                                     X          +-----+                +-----+XX  +-----+
  +-------------+                      +----+   |HOUSE|                |HOUSE|    |HOUSE|                                 X
  |             |                      |HUT |   |     |  X   X   X     |     |    |     |                                 X
  |   ARENA     |  +-------------+     +----+   +-----+                +-----+    +-----+      +------------------+       X
  |             |  |             |                                                             |                  |       X
  |             |  |             |    +------------------------------------------------+       |  ANCIENT PALACE  |       X
  |             |  |  PUBLIC     |                                                             |                  |       X
  |             |  |  BATHS      |                                                             |                  |       X
  +-------------+  |             |    +------------------------------------------------+       |                  |       X
                   |             |                                                             |                  |       X
                   |             |     +-----+  +-----+                +------+   +-----+      |                  |       X
       TREES       +-------------+     |HUT  |  |HOUSE|  X    X   X    |HOUSE||   |HOUSE|      +------------------+      XX
                                       +-----+  |     |                +|    ||   |     |                                X
                                                +-----+                +------+   +-----+                                X
                                                                                                                       XX
                                                                                                                      XX
                                                    (2 smaller houses + 10 large houses)                            XXX
 +-----------------+                                                                                              XXX
 |                 |                                                                                           XXXX
 |                 |                                                                                          XX
 |                 |                                                                                        XXX         SEA
 |   THEATRE       |                                                                                      XXX
 |                 |                                                                                    XXX
 |                 |                                                                                  XXX
 |                 |                                                                                XXX
 +-----------------+                                                                             XXXX
                                                                                                XX
     +          +                                       +----------------------+              XX
     |          |                                       |                      |           XXXX
     |          |                                       |                      |          XX
     |          +-----------------------------------+   |    ANCIENT TEMPLE    |        XX
     |                                                  |                      |        X
     |                                                  |                      |      XX
     |                                                  |                      |      X
     +----------------------------------------------+   |                      |     XX
                                                        +----------------------+    XX

Opinion on equal role of women in military force and police.

Some say they can and should play an equal role. Some say they shouldn't. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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