IELTS_General Training Modules_Practice Tests

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Contents

Unit

1:

Introduction

to

the IELTS test

1

Part 1

:

About the IELTS test

Part 2

:

For the student: How to prepa

re for IELTS

The day of the test

Unit 2: The Listening test

11

How to use this Unit

Listening Practice Tests Answer Sheet

Listening Practice Test 1

Listening Practice Test 2

Listening

Practice Test

3

Listening

Practice

Test

4

Listening Practice

Test 5

Unit 3: The Reading test

47

How to use

this

Unit

Reading

Practice

Tests Answer Sheet

General Training Reading Practice Test 1

General Train

i

ng Reading Practice Test 2

General Training Reading Practice Test 3

General

Training

Reading

Practice

Test

4

General Tra

ining

Reading Practice

Test 5

Unit 4:

The Writing test

How to use this Unit

105

Global strategies for the General Training Module Writing Tasks

Writing Task 1

Writing

Task

2

General

Training

Writing

Practice

Test 1

General Training Writing

Practice

Test

2

General

Training Wr

iting Practice

Test 3

General

Training

Writing

Practice Test 4

General

Training

Writing Practice

Test

5

Unit 5:

The Speaking test

123

How to use this Unit

Information and Strategies for the Speaking test

Unit 6:

Answers and tapescripts

129

Part 1: General Training Listening Practice

Tests

Part

2: General Training

Reading

Practice

Tests

Part 3

:

General Training Writing Practice Tests

Unit 1

Introduction

to the IELTS test

Part 1:

About the IELTS test

Not only has English become an in ternational language,

it is

used by more and

more people around the world as a medium of post-school

study.

To help

universities and co

l

leges select

students

with sufficient English skills to succeed i n

their cou rses,

the IELTS test was

in troduced

in 1989 to assess "whethe

r

ca nd

id

ates

are ready to study or trai

n

in

the m

c

d

jum

of English".

It

is

n

ow

u

sed for th

is

purpose aro

und

t

h

e globe.

D

epend

i n

g o

n

the

co

u r

se of st

u d

y

that stude

nt

s plan to take,

s

tu d

e

n t

s

m u

s

t

e

J

ect

to

sit e

ith

er

Lhc Aca dem i c

l

ELTS

test

or

the Gen

eraJ T

r

a

i n i n

g

TELT

S

test. Th is

c

h

o

i

ce

m

u

sl be ma de when app

l

ying to

sit

the

te

st.

Th

e Academic

TE

LTS

test is necessary

for studen ts who

pl

a

n t

o

study

at univers

i

ty (underg

r

aduate or

postgrad uate

courses), and will

test

the

studen t's

ability bot

h

to u nders

t

and and to

use

com plex

academic language. The Genera l Tra ining

TELTS

test is requ ired by other

insti tutions,

such as

colleges and high schools, for

courses

tha t require

less

complex language

skills,

and

is

aJso used as a general test of English proficiency

e.g. for immigration purposes in Australia

and

New Zealand.

The

Test Format

There are four

subtests,

or modules, to the IELTS test Reading, Writing, Listening and

Speaking.

Students

must sit alJ four subtests. While all

students

take the same Listening

and

Speaki

ng t

ests, they

sit

different

Reading

and Writing tests,

depending

on whether

they have

selected the

Academic lELTS test

or the

General

Training

IELTS test.

O

n Lhe

day of

the test, the

fo

ur

subsectio

ns

will b

e

t

ake

n in

t

h

e fo

ll

ow

in

g o

rd

er:

y

'

Academic Writing test

60 minutes

or

General Training Writing test

The Speaking test may even

take

place a

day

o

r

two later at

some

test cen tres.

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Unit 1 Introduction to the IELTS test

Speaking

test

Listening test

30

Academic Reading

test

General

Training

Reading test

The Listening

test

lasts

for abou t 30

minutes. It

consists of four sections,

played

on cassette

tape,

i n order of

increasi ng difficul ty.

Each section

migh t be

a d ia

l

ogue

or a monologue. 1

he test

is

played

once only, and the questions for each section

m ust be a nswered while

listen ing,

although

time is

given for studen ts

to check

their answers.

Unit 2

of

this book

contains

fiye

practice

Listen ing te5ts, recorded

on

the

accompanyi ng cassette

tape.

The

Reading test

last

for 60

minu tes.

Students arc give

n

either an

Academic

Read i ng

test,

or a General

Tra ining Reading

te

st.

Both tests

consist of

three

sections, and

i n

both tests differen t question ty pes are used

lo

assess

stu

den ts'

com prehens

i

on.

In

both tests the

sections

arc i n

order

of

i n

creas

i n

g

di ff i cul ty.

Unit 3

of

thi

s

book

conta

in

s

five

R

ea

din

g

practice

t

es

t

s.

The

Writing test

also

lasts

for 60

m i nutes.

Agai n, stud ents

ta ke

eit

h

er a

n

Academic

test, or a Genera l Training

test.

Students

m ust perform two

wri ti ng

tasks, which

req

ui r

e

di fferent

styles of

wri ting. There

is

no

choice of

question topics. For more

deta il and

Writing

practice

tests, turn to

Unit 4

of t h is

book.

The Speaking

test

consists of a one-

t

o-one

interview

with

a

spccia

I

l

y

trained

exam i ner.

The

exam i

n

er will

lead

th

e

candida te thro

u

gh

the

th re

e par

t

s

of

th

e

test:

an i n t rod uc

t

ion

and interview,

an

i

n

dividual

lon

g

turn

w

here th

e can

did

a

t

e

speaks

for

o

n

e

to two

minut

es on

a particular topic, and a two-\vay d

isc

u

ssio

n

thematica lly l i n ked to the individual long tu rn. This intervi ew will

la

st for

approxi mately 11-14

min utes.

For

more

deta il,

tu rn to

Unit

5

of

th is book.

How

the

test

is

marked

Each modu le

is ma rked

on a sca le from

I

up

to

9. These

ba nds

a rc g

i v

en accord i ng

to

highly

detailed

marking

gu idelines.

These marking

g

u i

del

in

es

are not made

public, bu t correspond

roughly to the following descri ptions:

l

Non User

2

In

ter

m i tt

e

n t

Use

r

3

Ex tremel y Limited User

4

Limi t

ed

User

5

Modest User

6

Competent User

7

Good User

8

Ve') Good User

9

Expert User

The test

rcsu l tc;

form will show

the mark

for each

mod u le

as

'"'·ell

as

an

average

(overa ll) band score.

What do the band scores mean?

There

i

s

no

pass or

foil

mark in the

I

ELTS

test. The marks,

or

bands, t ha t

a student

recei ves show

thei r il bility

to use

and

understa nd English. However,

it

is

u p L

o

2 _{THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS:General Training Modules}

each

u n i

ve

r

s

it

y

and

college

Lo decide

what

band

s

will be

accepta

bl

e

for

enl

r

y

into

eac

h

co

ur

se.

This will

u

s

ua ll

y

depend on the l

ang

uag

e

requ irements

fo

r

lhe

course,

th

a

t

is, how di ff icult is the

le

vel

of

langu

age

that

st

ud

e

nt

s

are

r

eq

u

i

r

ed

to

use

and

u nderstand in each

course.

The advantages of the IELTS test

The lELTS test is

very com prehe

n

sive.

Itrates

a studen

t

's ability to

u

se E

n

glish

in

the

fo

u r

major language

skill areas:

Reading,

\'\f

ri t

in

g,

Listening

and Speaking.

Each

mod u le

co

ntai n

s a

variety

of

question types,

and

all

of

them

arc designed

to

sim ulate

th

e

language

t

asks

that

a

r

e

needed in

real

life

academ ic and

training

s

i tua ti

o

n

s.T

h u

s

the

sco

re

s

that a

stude

nt

achieves in

the

IELT

S

test will

g

i

ve

the

s

tud

en

t

and the

institution l

o

which

the

y

have

applied

a

clear

idea

of

the

s

t ud

ent's

ability to

u

se

English

a

nd

whether their

language

s

ki ll

s

a

r

e s

trong

e

n

o

u

g

h

for

them

to

study

th

e

ir de

s

i red

cou rse, or

to fit more

easily

i n to

the English-speaki ng

com m

u

n

i

ty.

The interval between tests

S

tud

en

t

s

ma

y

take

th

e

IELTS t

es

t

as many

time

s as

the

y

like

,

but

after

s

i tti n

g

an

IELTS

test,

they must wa i t for

THREE

MONTHS before they

can

take

i t

aga i n. This

is

an officia l

rule,

bu

t

in

an} case

it

is unlikely that

a studen t's score

will i mprove

in less than three months.

THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS:GeneralTraining Modules 3

Part 2: For the student: How to prepare for IELTS

ln

this

cha pte

r

you

will

find

some s

uggestions for activities

and approaches to

hel p you

do

you r

best

in

the TELTS test. You

will

probably find it most

useful after

you

have

com pleted one or

more

of

the practice tests in this book.

An

a

lyse your w

e

aknesses

To

begin

with, read

the

following

statements

and

tick

any

that

apply

to

you

.

Listening I ca

n not l i

sten

and

read the q

u

estions

at the same

ti me

(E)

D

r

do

not

understand what

the

question is aski ng

me to

do (E)

D

I

do

not und

ersta nd

what

I hear (L)

D

Reading T

ru n

out

of time

and

do

not

answer all the questions

(F)

D

It

Lakes me a long time to read

the

passages

(E)

D

I do not u nderstand what the question

is asking

me to do

(E)

D

1

do not understand the

reading

passages (L)

D

Writing

I

am not

sure wha t

the

question means

(E)

D

I

cannot

wri te quickly

enough

(E)

D

l

do not ha ve enough

i deas to

write about on the topi c

(L)

D

l

cann

ot say

wha t

l

think

in

E

n

glish

(L)

D

Speaking

1get

nervous

and make mistakes

(E)

D

The

exami ner

asks me questions

I have not thought abou t

before

(E)

D

I

do

not understand the

examiner 's qu

estions (L)

D

T feel threarened

\Yhen

the examiner

asks

me to

speak

for

1

or 2

minutes (F)

D

Af ter each statement you

will

find a letter:

F,

E or

L.

These refer to:

Format,

Exam

Practice

and

Language Practice.

As

you

read

the sections

below,

you

will

find

su

ggestions

under

each

head ing

to help

you

im prove your J ELTS score.

Know the Format

An

important

prepa ration for

the TELTS test

is

to f i nd out abou t

th

e structure

of

the

Lest. Wha t

are

the

section

s

of the

test? Which

one

comes fi rst? Second? How

much time is

allowed for each section?

How many questions

are

there?

How long

m ust I speak?

These are simple

questions to

answer,

but im portant. Once

you are

familiar

wi

th

the test format, ) ou

will

be

more relaxed.

You will

be able

to focus on answeri ng

questions well,

ra ther than worryi ng about how many questions there are,

or how

m uch time is left.

You wiJl

find

the

a

n

swers to

these

questio

n

s

i

n

the i ntroducti

on

to

this book, and

(in more

deta i l ) in

the

I E LTS

Hmzd

book,

available

from

test

administra tion centres.

Exam Practice

Once

yo

u h

ave

found

o

u t

abo

u t

the

format

of the IELTS

exam, yo

u

need to

practise

yo

u r exam

skills.

These are

t

echniques to

hel p

you show off your

language

skills

d uring

the short

time

you

have

in

the exam.

The first

skill

to

work on

is

timing

. You

will

have

to

practise

reading and wri ting

under time

co

n

strain

t

s.

Practise

speed

reading

every

day.Try reading a

c;

h

ort

passage

in a fixed

time

(for example, set yourself

three minutes to

read

it

q

u i

ck

l

y).

You

will

not understand

everyth i ng

in

the first readi ng, bu t

you

will

become

more

u

sed

to

skimming a

text to

get a general

idea of its ma in

points.

Then

yo

u

can

come

back to read

cer

tai n

parts of

the text with more

atte

nti

on.

Li

kew

i

se,

lry wri ting

for a set

peri od of

time

every day. For th is exercise, tota l

accu racy is

not ne

cessary;

r

athe

r

you are

trying to

practise

get

ti ng

you r

i d

eas

down

on

pap

e

r

qu ickly. Set you rself

n

d ifferent topic

each dny,

s

u

c

h

as

Compu ters,

the

Fa m ily.. J nd u

stry

in

my

co

un try,

etc.,

and write

as

m u ch

as you can for,

say,

fiv

e

minu les. Wri te notes to your friends,

o

r

short

de

sc

ri pti

o

n

s

of

some

thin

g yo

u h

ave

seen.

You r

speed

will

imp

rove grad

u all

y,

and will be

very

usef ul i n the

exa m, w

hen

you

musl

wr

it

e

a

ce

rta in num

ber of wo

rds

for

each

task in

a set

period

o

f

lime.

Another

exam

preparation

is

to fam iliarise

yourself wi th

the

question types

used

in the

IELT

S exam.

There

are

many different types,

and

they do not

all

appea r in

every exam.

But by knowing

some types,yo

u

\.\rill

be familiar with

the kinds

of

tasks you are expected

to

do, and you will saYe

time because

you can

interpret

the question more

easil}.

Start wi th

the

exams

in this book. Do

each test

und

er exam conditions, then

af terwa rds look

at

the tests

aga i n.

What

kind

of q

u

estions were asked

in

each

section?

M u lti ple

c

h

oice? Short a nswers?

Matching parts

of sentences? F

ill in

g

in

diagra ms? Look a t the kinds

of

q uestions

u

sed, and

wha t they a rc asking

you

to d o. 1f

you

h

ad

problem

s

with

any of

them,

do

them

again, s

l

ow

ly,

so

tha t

yo

u

are

s

u re

of

wha t

you are doing.

Then when

you sit

lh

c

rea

l

test,

you wil l b

e

more

familiar wi th

the kind

s

of

qu

es

ti on

s

asked, and

will

und

e

r

s

ta nd wha l

you

h

ave

to do more qu ickly.

Nole:

always read the questions

carefu

ll

y

. Do n

ot

assu me they

w

i11

be

exactl y

the

same as the

practice tests!

Fina lly,

you

might thi nk

abou t sitting

a real IELTS test

"just

for practice"

.

You

will

get to

know how

it works, and get

practice

worki ng

u nder

exam conditions. Then,

when you are

ready to

tak.e

the IELTS test

in

earnest,

you

\'\rill

know

about the

IELTS

forma

t

, and will

have

already

practised

you r exam sk.ills.

If

this

is

not

possible, you can ask other students who

have taken the

IELT

S

test

abou t

thei r

experience, and

find

out which

tasks they thi nk

r

equ

ir

e

the most

preparation.

THE NEW PREPARE FORIELTS: General Training Modules 5 Unit 1 Introduction to the IELTS test

Language Practice, in class and on your own

This is \.\ here the hard work lies. Exam practice and kno"

ing

the forma t will he

l

p

you in the IELTS test bv leaving you free to concentrate on your lang uage skills.

However

,

you will need to work hard to further develop these skills.

The

T

ELTS lest measu res how well students can perform the

language

skills

needed

for

study. To do

this, it uses

the

kinds

of

tasks

tha t

might be

fou nd

in real-

life situations. Therefore, yo

u

will

not

be able to simply memorise a nswers. Your

IELTS score ....

·

i ll be a reflection of you r language abili ty, and lo do well, you will

ha \'e to work on your la nguage skills. To achieve the

IELTS

score you wa nt will

require hard work, usua lly \·.v:ith the help of a teacher.

Class

Work

I n

class you r teacher wi ll be introd u cing and cxlcnd ing a

ra nge

of skills,

a

l l

esscnt

i n l

for

the rELTS test. These

w

ill incl u de:

Spea king: pron uncia lion and

in tonation practi ce, fluency practice, usi ng

and

understa nd ing

com mon phrases,

i n teracting

wi th other speakers,

speaking for an extended time on a particular topic, d iscussing tha t

topi c.

Listening: recognising voice tone (questions, surprise, etc.), Listen i ng for

keywords, listen ing for general information, listen ing for

nu mbers,

l istening for

discourse

markers

(firstly, seco11dl y, Or

I

could sny that

nnother wny,

the most

significant resu

lt

was that ...).

Reading:

skimmi ng (to get a general

understa nding),

sca nni ng (looking for

speci fic

information),

Yocabula ry de..elopment, summa risi ng,

determining the wri ter'

s

attitude and opinion.

Writing:

adjusting style according to

pu rpose,

writi ng paragraphs,

introd uctions

and cond usions,

using

conjunctions and reference, organ is

in

g

i n fonnation

within a

tex t, using

supporting evidence

to prove

a claim.

Make the most

of

the

wo

r

k you study

in

class by

reviewi n

g

i l

regu la rly.

Re

-read

yo

u

r class

noles;

note ca ref u lly

any

areas where you

had problems. Work

on

them

again and

"ce your teacher

if

you still have questions.

Try to

use

new

vocabulary

in your wri ting compositions, or

in

conversa tion. Practise gramma tical structu res

in the same \\ ay.

You r teacher knows what you

need

and will try to help you overcome language

problems.

By

go

in

g over lessons you will get

the

maximum benefit

from

your

teacher'

ski lls and work.

Out of class work

Most experts agree that the qu ickest way to improve in a language

is

to

immerse

yourself in i t. Therefore, to improve your English skills, try to get into as many

situations where you and other people are usi ng English.

6 THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS: General Training Modules

This

may

be d ifficu lt if

yo

u liv

e

in

a

non-English

speaking cou

ntr

y.

However, try

to

find English

in

terest gro

u

ps, go

to English

films

and listen

t

o Eng

li

sh

on

the

radio. Read

English books and magazines.

In

an English-speaki ng country this

is much

easier. Wherever

there

a re

people,

you

will be able

to use and understand

English.

English

books and

magazines

will

also

be

easier

to

obtain.

Try

to

spend as

much of

you r

day

as possible

u

sing English.

You will probably end

up

dreaming

in

English,

too!

A final word

The practice tests

in th is

book

are

designed to help

you

und

erstand

th

e

natu re

of

the test. You

cannot

u

se you

r

results

in

these

t

ests

to

accurately

predict

yo

u r

performa nce

in

a live

I

ELTS

test where you will be doing

an

examination

wit

h

a

l l

it

s

a tlendant

s

tr

esses.

You

can,

however,

get to know

the form of

th

e

test very well.

With

all th is preparation

-

getti ng

to know the forma t

of the

IELTS t

es

t, pra

c

li

s

in

g

exam

techniq ues,

cl

ass

work

a

nd private

study - you will be ready to

d

o you r

best

in the

lELTS

exam .

Try

also

to

re

l

ax,

and do

some activities

that

you enjoy.

An

occas

i

o

n

al break

from

your studies will give you fresh energy

and motivation to

continue studying

hard.

THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS: General Training Modules 7

The day of the test

After

all your preparation for

the

IELTS

test,

follo""

'

these simple suggestions

to ensure your test day goes smoothly.

• Plan

to arrive early (perhaps half

an hour). Then i£

you

have

u

nexpected

transport probJ ems or some other dela yo

u

w

i

ll have extra time to

sort them

out before the test starts. There is nothing worse

than

arriving

late, upset and

flustered, when you need all your mental energy for

the

exam.

• Don't

worry abou t

the parts of the test that are

finished, or those yet

to come.

Concentrate

fully on the module

you

have in

front

of

you.

• Use yo

u

r time caref

u

lly. Don'

t

spend

t

o

o m u ch time on any one

answcri

i

f

you

do,

you

may not a

n

swer

the other

questions

properly. Do

n

't

fi n is

h

qui ckly, then

sit

doing nothing.

In

the time remaining,

check

you r answers - yo

u

might

cha nge

a

wrong

anS\ver

to a

right

answer and gain extra marks.

The Listening test

• Befo

r

e

each listening section

i

s played, read

t

he questio

n

s t

h r

ough qu ickly

.

The

vocabu lary (and

any diagrams)

will

give you some idea of what yo

u

are about

to hear.

•

N ote

what ki nds of questions you m ust ansvver: filling

in numbers,

choosing a

description,

finding the speaker's opinion. You will then make the most of what

you hear, because you will know what to listen

for.

The Readi ng test

•

You have one hour to answer quest

i

ons on three sections, so d ivide up

your

time - perhaps

15 minu tes

for the first section, 20 minutes for the second section,

and 25

minutes

for the third section (the sections get harder

as you go on, so

you might like to spend more time on the

l

ast one).

•

As a general strategy,

do not start by reacting the passage

.

Yo

u

do not yet know

what i n formatjon

you arc looking for, and you will waste precious time if you

try

to

read and understand everyt

h

ing.

Firstly, read the

heading

of the

text. This will give you a very general idea

of what the passage is

about.

Second

l

y, qu

i

ckly read through the questions.

H

ow many q uestions are there

relatin g to thjs text? What kind

of questions are they? (sentence completion,

diagram completion ...). This will help

you focus when you read the text,

as you will have some idea v.

r

hat to look

for.

Thirdly, tum to the reading passage, and read it through quickly. The purpose

here is to get a general understandi ng of the passage - you do not

need to

understa

n

d every detail.

8 THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS:General Training Modules

Fina lly,

tu rn aga

in

to Lhe q uestions and beg

i

n to

work

Lh rough

them, referri ng

back

Lo

the

passage

when yo

u

need to, and reading i m portant

sections ca ref ully

and slowly.

If at

any

time

you can not answer a

q

u

estion, or i

t

is taki ng

you a

long ti me,

leave i t

and come

back

to

i t

at

the

e

n

d.

The Writing test

The

style

and

shape of you r answer will

be

covered

in more

detail

in U

nit

4

of

this

book.

On a very practical level,

however:

•

write in pen (not pencil )

,

as it is easier to

read. Bri ng

several pens

to

the test

\.vi th you.

•

do not

wri te a rough d raft

,

then

re-write

it. You

will

waste valuable ti me.

•

use

time at the end

to

check for small

errors:

verb agreemen ts, plurals,

punctuation, verb

tense.

These

things are easily

corrected and affect vvhat

ma rk

you r work will receive.

The Speaking test

Prepara tion

for

this test

will be covered

in

more detai

l

in U

nit

5

of

th is

book.

Some

thi ngs to th

i

nk

abou t:

•

Talk to

you r

friends i n English

while you

are wa i ti ng

for your

in terview.

•

Do not

simply answer

the

exa m iner's

questions;

elaborate on your answers.

Tal k as

m uch

as

possible.

This

is not rude;the

exam i ner

needs to hear

you

tal k a

lot,

so

he or she can

find

ou t your

proficiency level.

•

You w

i

ll

fin

d

i

t

eas

i

er

L

o ta l k if you

h

av

e sm

neth i ng

to

say.

U

se

t

h

e suggestions

in Un

i

t 5 to

p

r

epare

fo

r

the

i n

te

r

view.

Thi

nk abo

u

t yo

u r

op

in i

o

n

s

a

n

d

you

r

reasons

for

ho

l

ding them. Think

of

i

mportant / funny

I

exciti ng

th

in

gs

lha l

have

happened lo

you

and

be

ready to tal k abo

u

t them.

•

Phase

2

of

the test req u i res

you

to

speak

for o

n

e

to

two

m inu tes.

Use all

the

informa tion

on

the

card to

help

you,

and practise

wi th

a timer

so you

know

how long

you shou ld speak.

lf

you

prepa re

caref u lly for the

lELTS test using the

practice

lcsts and the

strategies

in Uni

t

s 4

and

5,

and

note the hints

for

the day of

the

tcsl,

you will show you r

language

skills to

thei r

best ad vantage.

Good

luck!

THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS:General Training Modules 9

Unit 2

The Listening test

How to use this Unit

This Uni t

con lains:

•

A

photocopiable

master

of a

Listeni ng Practice

Tests Answer Sheet '"'

h ich

resembles

the

actu al Answer Sheet you will

use in an lELTS test. Make

a copy

of

this Answer

Sheet to

use

for each

Listening Practice Test.

•

F

i

ve

Listen i ng Practice Tests. Each test, which is made up

of

four

sect

i

ons,

should

take 30 minu tes

only,

plus

10

minutes to transfer

you r

answers to the

Answer Sheet, as you wil

l

do

in

the

real

I

ELTS

test.

Each

Listeni ng Practice Test

is

recorded on cassclte.

There

i

s

no need lo

stop

the

cassette

du ring a test; all pa uses for

you

to read Lhe next questions are included

on

the

cassette.

In

Unit

1

of

this

book you

\.dll

find

general

:information

about

the Listen i ng

Mod u le

and

strategies

to hel p

you

before

you

begi n.

You

should

com plete each

test

u nder

exam

cond i tions. DO

NOT

use a d ictionary

to help

you

u n t il

after

you

have completed each Practice Test.

Wri te

your answers on each

page

as you compJete each question, as you would

in

an

fELTS

test. Af ter you

have finished

each

Listen i ng Practice Test, transfer

your

answers to a

Listening Practice

Tests Answer

Sheet

before

you correct

them. This

\vill

give you practice

in tra nsferring

your

ans"ers, which must

be done

wi th

care.

The

a nswers

to each Listen ing Practice Test can

be

fou nd

in

U n i t

6,

along with

complete tapescri pts for you to

con fi rm

your

u

nderstandi ng of informa tion and

of vocabulary i tems.

THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS:General Training Modules 11

Listeni ng Practice Tests Answer Sheet

You may photocopy this

page.

Transfer your answer

s

from the question

pages

to this Answer

Shee

t

al

f /ze

end of

the

l..iste11i11g Test.

Use one Answer Sheet for each Listening Practice Test.

Listening total:

12 THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS:General Training Modules Unrt 2 The L stening test

1

22

2

3

24

4

25

5

26

6

27

7

28

8

29

9

30

10

11

I

32

12

33

13

,

,

15

36

16

37

17

I

₃₈

18

39

19

20

41

21

42

23

-

31

34

14

-

35

Listening Practice Test 1

SECTION 1

Questions 1-12

Questions 1-8

Listen to

the

co11versatio11

bctwee11

a student,

Angela Twig,

and Bob Wills,wlzo i

s

tlte

stude11t adviser nt

a

la11g11age

s

chool.

Complete thefonn.

Write

NO MOR E THAN

THREE WORDS OR NUM BERS

for each

answer

.

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13 Listening Prawce Test 1

REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LEA

VE

ame:

/l,r/a

J;,g,

r,- tr

Example

Student

nutnber:

lf

5712

Add ress:

(1)

'fiMIJJOl"tJ,,

2J

'f0

Telephone n u mber:

Cou

rse:

(

2)

Teacher's name:

(

3)

Studen t visa

expiry da te:

(

4)

I

wish to request

l

eave

i n

Term:

(5)

Da tes

of

lea ve:

(

6)

to

(7)

Questions

9-12

Circlt.' tile ap pro priate

letter A-D.

9.

Why does

A ngela wan t to take leave?

A

to visi t

her

au n t and

uncle

B

to see

the

National

Gallery

C

to see

the

Southem

Highlands

D

to

study

more

writing

10.

Where is

Angela going?

A.

Tamworth

B

Brisbane

C

A rmida lc

D

Syd ney

Tl.

Who

is

goi ng

wilh Angela?

A

her u ncle

B

her mother

C

her

aunt

D

her

father

12. When

will

Angela go

home to her own

country?

A

in

five years

B

i n twelve months

C

in two months

D

when

her mother

goes

home

14 THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS: General Training Modules

SECTION 2

Question

s

13-24

Qu

es

tion

s

13-18

Complete

the

ca

l

endar whi

l

e

you

li

s

ten to

th

e

tape. Use

words fr om

the box. There are more

words in the

box

than you

need.

Some words

may

be used more

than once.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday May

17

18

19

(16)

--20

21

22

(1

3) _

23

24

25

(17) _

26

27

28

29

(1

4) _

30

31

(18)

1

2

3

4

5

(15)

6

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15 Listening Practice Test 1

cleaner

dry deaner

lift

garbage

charity

library

filters

gardener

electricity

stove

paper

wate

r

Que

s

tions

19-24

Circle the appropriate letter

A-D.

19. Where

h

as

Martha

gone?

A

Lo

nd

on

B

Sydney

C

New York

D

Paris

20.

Why

i

s

Martha away from home?

A

She's

visiting

friends

B

S

he

's at a conference

C

S

he's on bu

s

in

ess

D

She's

setting

u

p

a

business

21.

Wh

o

wil1

Martha me

et wh ile s

he's

away?

A

an

old sc

h

oo

l

friend

B

a

friend

of

her

m

o

th

er's

C

an

old

uni

vers

i

ty

friend

D

an old teacher

22.

Wha t

has Martha

left

for John?

A

a letter

B

a meal

C

a

book

D

a

bill

23. Who

does Martha

wan t

J

oh

n

to telephone?

A

the optometr

is

t

B

the telephone

co

1npru1y

C

the

d octor

D

the dentist

24.

Wha t is the code for Martha's

alarm system?

A

e

nt

er

2190

B

2

1

90 enter

C

9120 enter

D

enter 9UO

16 THE NEW PREPARE FORIELTS: General Training Modules

SECTION

3

Questions

25-36

Questions

25-29

Complete

tile table below. Write NO

M ORE THAN THREE WORDS

OR NUMBERS

for encfr answer.

THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS:General Training Modules Unit 2 The Listening test

17 Listening Pract1Ce Test 1

LANGUAGE SCHOOL

ENROLMENT

FORM

Name of

Applica nt:

{/jaff

Parui

Telephone nu mber:

909 2167

Language to be learned:

(25)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--Loca tion of class:

(26)

---Time

of

class:

(27)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-Name of

class:

(28)

_----

_-

---Date

of commencemen t of

class:

(29)

_

Questions

30-32

Circle

the

appropriate

letters

A-D.

30.

Anne is

A

Vijay' s friend

B

Denise's friend

C

Vijay'

s

boss

D

Denise's boss.

31.

When. Anne

speaks she

A

congratulates

Denise

B

ignores Denise

C

criticises

Deni

se

D

praises

Deni

se.

32.

When Denise replies

she

A

laughs at Anne

B

sympathises with

Anne

C

argues

w

i

th

An ne

D

apologises

to

Anne.

18 THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS: General Training Modules

Questiotts

33-36

Liste11 to the

directions

a11d matell the places in question

s

33-36 to t/ze appropriate

let t

er

A-H

the

plan.

33.

Reception area, admissions

34.

Fees

office

35.

Book and

stationery su p ply

36.

Travel

agency

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Unit 2 The Listening test

19

Listening Practice Test 1 H Office Games

D

u

_E

ulti

..

E

..

c

I

I

B

I

A

I

-

LIFT

I

-

LIFT

.SBCTlOr 4

Questio11s 37-41

Questions 37-38

Look at que

s

tion

s

37-38 b

e

low

n11d

s

tudy

tlze

grid.

Tick

nll

tlzc rele

v

ant boxe

s

i11

mc/1

c

olumn.

Questions

39-41

Wrilc

N O M ORE THAN

THREE

WORDS

to

complete

t11ese

sentences.

39.

The public tran

s

port

available

in Houston

is

40.

T

o red uce peak hour traffic jams,

people

can

lravcl

41.

Vehicle

s

carryi ng

more

than one

passenger

can

u

s

e

20

Listening Practice Test 1

THE NEW PREPARE FORIELTS: General Training Modules

Unit 2 The Listening test

London

Bangkok

1

J

ong Kong

New York

Ta i pei

Houston

Sydne

y

Paris

CITY

37.

Cities with old-structure

problem

s

I

₃₈

_.

Cities with good

tran

sport

public

Lo

s

A ngele

s

Tok

y

o

Da llns

Listening Practice

Test

2

SECTION

1

Qu

es

tion

s

1-10

Qu

es

tion

s

1

-4

Listen

to

the

co11vcrsntio11 between

hvo people

in

a shop which sells electronic goods.

Put n circle aro1111d the letter of tlze item

t

hey choose.

Example:

A

®

c

D

Qu

es

tion

1

A

B

c

D

THE NEW PREPA.RE FOR IELTS: General Training Modules

Unit 2 The Listening test

21

. .

.

Question

2

A

B

c

D

•

Question 3

A

B

c

D

.

.

.

.

.

Listening Practice Test 2

THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS: General Training Modules

Unit 2 The Listening test

/

Question

4

A

B

c

D

Questions

5-10

Write

NO

MORE

THAN THREE

WORDS

for each n1151ver.

5.

Where will Mary go

no' ?

6.

Who

is \Vai ti ng

for Tom?

7.

Wha t

time does Ma ry

expect to come

home?

8.

Where is

Mary's

office?

9.

Wha l

TV

program docs

Tom plan to wa tch

ton i gh t?

10.

Where

docs Tom

have

to

go

tomorrow?

THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS:General Training Modules Unlt 2 The Listening test

23 Listening Practice Test 2

SECTION 2

Questions

11-22

Que

s

tions

11-17

Complete

the request

to terminate or

transfer

form.

24

Listening Practice Test 2

THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS: General Training Modules

Unit 2 The Listening test

REQUEST

TO TERMINATE

OR

TRANSFER

CLASSES

Message for:

(11)

__

Student

affai

rs

Student's

family na me:

(12)

_

Student's

first

name:

(13)

_---

_-

-St

ud

e

n t

nu mber:

(14)

_-

_---

_----

_----

--Teacher's

name:

(15)

Student's

address:

(16)

---

-

---

-

---

---

---(1

1)

_

Tel

ephone:

(17)

_

_

_

Qi1estions 18-22

Circle

the

approprinte letter

A-D

.

18. May wants

to

change

classes

because

A

she

doesn't

like

her

teache

r

B

to

o

m

a

n

y s

tuden

ts

share

a

language

C

s

h

e c

an

't

under

st

and

th

e

work

D

the cla

ss

i

s

too larg

e.

19.

In the

even i ng class

mo

st st

udents' fir

s

t

lan

g

uage

is

A

Engli

s

h

B

Italian

C

Spanish

D

J

apanese.

20.

There

is

room

in the

n

ew class

because

two s

tuden

ts

A

went hon1e

B

dropp

ed

the course

C

tran

sfe

rred

D

gradua ted.

21. May

prefer

s

the evening

class

b

ec

aus

e

it

is

A

in

the

same

room

B

in the room

ne

xt

door

C

in the

same

building

D

in

the

building

n

ex

t

door.

22.

May

wants Mrs

Brooks

to

leave

a message

a

t

A

the

libr

a

ry

B

her work

C

her

friend's

house

D

her home.

THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS: General Training Modules Unit 2 The Listening test

25 Ustening Practice Test 2

".< o;

...

SECTION 3

Questions

23-31

Questions

23-27

Complete

th

e

tabl

e

s

howing the

s

tudent

s'

op inions. Choose your answers fr om the box

below.

There are more word

s

than

spaces so

you

will

not

use

them all. You may

u

se

any of the

word

s

more than on

ce

.

26

Listening Practice Test 2

THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS: General Training Modules

Unit 2 The Listening test

f avourite instrument

Student

f avourite style of

music

:; :;> ;;

Example

'

"'

_-

-

"'

,

"

--

,

GTeg

_,

rifa«f/fC

.,

efa cclaa.I

--(23)

Alexandria

(24)

Katja

(25)

Rachel

(26)

Harry

(27)

Emiko

guitar

organ

piano

INSTRUMENT

violin

pipa

flute

bou zouki

drums

harp

STYLE

OF

MUSIC

ballet music

heavy metal

rock

rap

opera

be-bop

classical

jazz

country

Q

u

es

t

ions

28-31

W

rite

NO M ORE THAN TIIREE WO

RD

S t

o comp

l

ete the sente

n

ces.

28. S

timu1

a

tin

g

mu

s

i

c s

p

ee

d

s

u p

o

ur

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-29. Ca

lmin

g

mu

s

i

c

redu

ces o

ur

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

--30.

m

u

s

i

c has v

e

r

y

pr

e

d i

c

table rh

y

thm

s.

31.

R

es

earch m

ay s

how

if

pe

o

pl

e o

f differ

e

n

t

m u

s

ic diffe

r

e

ntl

y.

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e

r

ce

i

v

e

27 Ustening Practice Tesc 2

SECTION 4

Questions

32-40

Questions

32-36

Using

NO

MORE

THAN

THREE WORDS

,

a11swer

the

following

questions.

32.

Who

sho

u ld

take charge

of the pa tient's heal th?

33.

Wha t,

i n

the

speaker's

opinion,

is the single grcalcst threat

to

health?

34.

Which

grou p

in

the

s

tu dy

was

most at risk

of

early

d eath?

35.

Whi ch

e

n vir

onme

ntal

hazard does

the

speaker

find mosl u nder-rated?

36.

What

will

be improved

by

an education cam pa ign?

Questions

37-40

Write

NO

MORE

THAN

THREE WORDS

to

complete

the

se1Ltences.

37.

Statistics qu oted

s

how that

wou

ld

prevent

ma ny

i

lln

esses.

38.

Exercise shou

ld

be

, so

fi nd

someone

to joi n

yo

u i n

yo

u r aclivi ty.

39.

O

n

e

i m porlan l

way of preventing sports

inju

ry

i

s

by

adequate

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40.

Inju rie

s

can a

lso

be

red u ced

by

us

in

g

tech n iq ue

s.

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SECTION 1

Q

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1-8

Questio11s

1-5

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conversatioll

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st

ud

ent.

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correct, or wri

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in

th

e

chang

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LUNCH

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MEAL

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per

week

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TWO

M

E

AL PLAN

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\/\

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k

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ea

l Tim

es

BREAKFAST

7.00

-

9.30 am

(4

)

L

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_;

I

noon

-

2.00 pn1

DINNER

6.00

-

7.30

pm

(5)

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6-8

Li

s

ten lo file

c

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er

s

atio11 and 111afc'1

the

places

in

qu

es

tio11

s

6

-

8 to

the appropriate lett

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r

s

A-F

the

map.

6.

Student Lounge

7.

Key

Room

8.

Box

Room

coffee

vend

ing

mach

in

e

I

_room

store

I

lib

ra

ry

E

J

lib

c

f emale

WC

ma le

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I

hssio ns

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THE NEW PREPARE FOR IELTS: General Training Modules Unit 2 The Listening test

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