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Introduction4

Test110

Test232

Test353

Test475

Audimciriipts97

ListeningandReadinganswerkeysI，

SamudteanswersforWritim®taste127

Sampleanswershells137

Acknowledgements141

Introduction

TheInternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSysterm(IELTS)isvindelyrecognisedas

areliablemeansofassessingthelanguageabilityofcandidateswhoneedtostudy

orworkwteeEnglMisthelangua^ofaMwnnma^fom.TlhiesePractfiK©Testsare

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required1矶

IELTSisownedbythreepartnersCambridgeAssessmentEnglish,partofthe

UniverseofCanirtfcniht^;theBrttj啸Comdlt;IDPEd配曲MnPityLimiteGH(thrombiits

subsidiarycompany,IELTSAuisMitaPtyLimited))..Furtherinformatiorn丽IEILTScambe

foundontheIELTSwebsiitewww/J.

WHATISTHETESTFORMAT?

IELTScofnsiistsoffoorcompaoeirtfe.AllicandidatestaketesameListeningaimdSpea附胸

tests.ThereisachoiceofReadingandWritingtestsaccordinigtowhetheracandidateis

takingtheAcademicorGeneralTrainingmodule.

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Forcar献iida酶s•醐i吨料studyatForcandidates痴醐ti咆tomign^etoam

undergiradkot^orpostgraduateEnglishq鹿砒呵camt^(Au®闻㈣Camte,

andforthoseseekingprofessionallUIQ,antdforttHmmIto

registratan..trainorstudyatbelowdegreelevell..

Thetestcomponentsaretakeninthefollowingorder:

Listening

4sections,40items,approximately30minutes

AcademicReadingGeneralTrainingReading

3sections,,40itemsor3sections.40items

60minutes60minutes

AcademicWritingGeneralTrainingWntin^i

2tasksor2tasks

60minutes60minutes

Speaking

11to14minutes

TotalTestTime

2hours44minutes

4

Introduction

ACADEMBCTESTFORMAT

Listening

Thistestconsistsoffoursections,eachwithtenquestions.Thefirsttwosectionsare

concernedwithsocialneeds.Thefirstsectionisaconversationbetweentwospeakersand

thesecondsectionisamonologueiTinefinaltwosectionsareconcemed!witihisituations

relatedt©educational)ortrainingcenterTitretltrird!sectforrisaconiversatiramibeHmem岬to)

fourpeopleandthefourthsectionisamonologue.

Avarietyofquestiontypesisused>including:multiplechoice,matching,,plan/map/

diagramlab&Si哂formcompHetifim,.notecompiteticjm,tabi@completjQ叫flowncinairtcompitetiisnL

sumnwycompletion,sentencecompletionandshort-answerquesticns^

Candidatesheartherecordingonceonlyandanswerthequestionsastheylisten.Ten

minutesareallowedattheendforcandidatestotransfertheiranswerstotheanswersheet

Reading

Thistestconsistsofthreesectionswith40questions.Therearethreetexts,whichare

takenfromjournalsbooks.magazinesandnewspapers.Thetextsareontopicsofgeneral

interestAtleastonetextcontainsdietaii^dilogicailarguimnsrit.

Avarietyofquestiontypesisusetil,ineluding::multiplechoice,identifying)information

(True/Fals锄NotGiw®,Beni则购We财riggMEEW&fcilaijims(Yes/No/NotGiwem)，matdhi㈣

inforniiQtiQm,matchingheadingmatchingfeatouires,matchingsentenceendiimg^,senterwe?

complex的％summaryco崛领1所,notecon初就由：tablecomipltetifljmfHownnthartCQimpItetiijini

diagramilabellcompletionandshort-answerquestiGnns;

Writing

Thistestconsistsoftwotasks、Itissuggestedthatcandidatesspendabout20minutesoim

Task1,whichrequiresthemtowriteatleast150words,and40minutesonTask2rwhidin

requiresthwi艇则用峋atleast250Task2omWiMtestwicae翘nniudhigTask11tk®tttns)

Writingscore

Task1requirescandidatestolookatadiagramorsomedata(inagrapitr,.tabteorchart)

andtopresenttheinformationintheirownwords.Theyareassessedontheirabilityto

organise,presentandpossiblycomparedata,andarerequiredtodescribethestagesofa

process,describeanobjectorevent,orexplainhowsomethingworks.

InTask2,candidatesarepresentedwithapointofvM,argumentorproblem.Theyare

assessedontheirabilitytopresentasolutiontotheproblem,presentandjustifyamopini©皿

compareandcontrastevidenceandopinions,andtoevaluateandchallengeideas,evidenee

orarguments..

Candidatesarealsoassessedontheirabilitytowriteinanappropriatestyle.More

informatioimonassessiin®theWtiitimg)testincludingWtitimgiassessmentcriteria(public

version),isavailableontheIELTSwebsite

IntroductHm

Speaking

Thistesttakesbetween)11and14minutesandisconductbyatrainedexamirwr.

Therearethreeparts:

Partti

Thecandidateandtheexaminerintroducethemselves.Candidatesthenanswergeneral

questionsaboutthemselves^theirhome^atmil^.their褪蜩uMi—theirinterestsandawide

rangeofsimilarfamiliartoipicareasThispartlastsbetweermfourandfiveminute.

Part2

Thecandidateisgivenataskcardwithpromptsandisaskedtotalkonaparticulartopic.

Thecandidatehasoneminutetoprepareandtheycanmakesomenotesiftheywish,

beforespeakingforbetweenoneandtwominutes.Theexaminerthenasksoneortwo

questionsonthesametopic.

Part3

Theexaminerandthecandidateengageinadiscussionofmoreabstractissues说忖碗a向

thematicallylinkedtothetopicInPart2.Thediscussionlastsbetweenfourandfiveminutes..

TheSpeakrigtestassesseswhethercandidatescamcomnnmioiteeffedimllyinE网j视

TheassessmenttakesintoaccountFluencyandCoherence,LexicalResource.Grammatical

RangeanxHAcmaMPronuncaUinnin.Moreinfomato丽崛砌Wt,

includingSpe冰胸assessoneiMoi厕诬(publtic&aoiMtemUffeIEILTS垂碰宙场.

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Introductim

HOWSSIELTSSCORED?

IELTSresultsarereported:amanine-bandlscaiQlimadditiomitotescoreforcwenallllangusg^

abWity,IELTSprovidesascoreintheformofaprofileforeadhiofthefourskills(Listening，

ReadingWfriffim®anrdl能厩aRinrg》.Tli检=scoresarealsorepcwtte而omanine-tandiseal应.Alli

scoresarerecorctedlontheTestReportFomalongiwi册detailgoftecaimdidiatte-snaticsnalit^

firstlanguageanddateofbirth.EachOverallBandScorecorrespondstoadescriptive

statement丽磷givesasummaryoftheEng而浙languageabilityofacandidateclassifiedat

thatlevelTheninebandsanditheirdescriptivestatementsareasfollows::

ExpertUser-Hasfullyoperationalcommandofthelanguage:appropriate,accural

andfluentwithcompleteunderstanding/.

VeryGoodHasfullyoperationalcommandofthelanguagewithonlyoccasional

unsystematicinaccuraciesandinappropriacie^s：Misunderstandingsmayoccurin

unfamiliarsituationHandlescomplexdetailedargumentationwelll

GoodUser—HasoperationalcommandoftheNam9鸭thoughwithocc^sio^/l

inaccuracies,inappropriaciesandmisunderstandingsinsomesituations.Generally

handlescomplexlanguagewellandunderstandsdetailedreasoning.

CompetentUser-Hasgenerallyefifeef/w8版做andofthe：l&mgwag伊d笆spi触some

inaccuracies,inappropriaciesandmisunderstarKi^s.Canuseandunderstandfairly

complexlanguage,,particularlyinfamiliarsituatiKD^

5ModestUser-Haspartialcommandofthelanguage,copingwithoverallmeaning

inmostsituationsthoughislikelytomakemanymistakes：§俯幽盛蒯§倍lian^le

basiccommunicationinownfieML'

4LimitedUser-Basiccompetenceislimitedtofamiliarsituat眦msHasfrequent

problemsinunderstandingandexpression.Isnotabletousecomplexlanguage.

3ExtremelyLimitedUser-Conveysandunderstandsonlygeneralmeaninginvery

familiarsituations.Frequentbreakdownsincommunication伙冗做

2IntemittentUser-Norealcommunicationispossibleexceptforthemostbasic

informationusingisolatedwordsorshortformulaeinfamiliarsituationsandtomeet

immediateneedsiHasgreatdifficultyunderstandingspokenandwrittenEnglisHti

1NonUser-Essentiallyhasnoabilitytousethelanguagebeyondpossiblyafew

isolatedwords

Didnotattemptthetest-Noassessableinformationprovide

7

Introduction

MARKINGTHEPRACTICETESTS

ListeningandReading

Theanswerkeysareonpages119-11额

EachquestionIntheListeningandReadingtestsisworthonema*

Questionswhichrequireletterr/FIRinrminumeralanswers

9ForQUibmswttwe由eanswersamelettersorRannamniuinn冏闻匡,stouihtiwii藤&nty

thenumberofanswersrequiredForexample,iftheanswerisasingleletterornumeral

youshouldwriteonlyoneansvwar.Ifyouhavewrittenmorelettersornumeralsthanare

requiredl,theanswermustbemailMwm®,

Questionswhichrequireanswersintheformofwordsornumbers

eAnswersmaybewritteninupperorlowerca噩.

Wordsinbracketsareoptionalarecorrert,butnotne(值砌呼

eAKemativeanswersareseparatedbyaslash(/1.

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numtoer(slyouwilbepenalisedifyawexceed!ttiiis.Forexawjpite,ifaqumUiimspecifies

ananswerusingNOMORETHANITHREEWORDSandthecorrectansweris'black

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Inquestionswhereyouareexpectedtocompleteagap,youshouldonlytransferthe

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wherethecorrectansweristmorning,,theanswertinthemorningWawli幻tfe/加御即Cf.

9Allanswersrequirecorrectspelling(includingwordsinbrackete》

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Allstandardabbreviationsareacceptable、

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Writing

Thesampleanswersareonpages127-136.Itisnotpossibleforyoutogiveyourselfamark

fortheWritingtasks.Wehaveprovidedsampleanswers(writtenbycandidates),,showing

theirscoreandtheexamineescommente..Thesesampleanswerswillgiveyouaninsight

intowhatisrequiredflortheWriitjini^艇理

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Introduction)

HOWSHOULDYOUINTERPRETYOURSCORES?

AttheendofeachListeningandReadinganswerkeyyouwillfindachartwhichwill!help

youassesswhetttwi.onthebasisofyourPracticeTestresults,youarereadytotakethe

IELTSIte减

Ininterpretingyourscore,thereareanumberofpointsyoushouldbearInmind.Your

performameeintherealIELTStestwillbereportedintwowajys:therewiilllbeaBandScore

from1to9foreachofthecomponentsandanOverallBandScorefrom1to9,wttridhi

istheaverageofyourscoresinthefourcomponents.institutionsconsid^ninig]

yourapplicationareadvisedtolookatboththeOveralllBandScoreandtheBandsfor

eachcomponentinordertodeterminewhetheryouhavethelanguageskillsneededfora

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acceptableiftheOverallllBandScorewas7.Howo^x,foracoursewttriidhihaslotsoflectures

andspokemiinstructions,ascoreof5inListeningmightbeunacceptableeventhou映the

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andreadingskillsaregoodenough)fort©trytteIELTSteatIfyamdirci：welllerau酚】im

onecomponentbutnotinothers,youwillhavetodecideforyourselfwhetheryouareready

totakethetest

ThePracticeTestshavebeencheckedtoensurethattheyareofapproximatelyttesame

levelof或所血恸asthere@IIELTStestHowev®x,wecannotguaranteetetyoxiiifscanreiiniWie?

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SECTBON2Questions11-20

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Questions11and12

ChooseTWOletters,A-E.

WhichTWOpiecesofadviceforthefirstweekofanapprenticeshipdoesthemanagergive?

A

Bgettoknowcolleagues

Olearnfromanymistakes

Dasklotsofquestions

Ereactpositivelytofeedback

enjoynewchallenges

Questions13and14

ChooseTWOletters,A-E

WhichTWOthingsdoesthemanagersaymentorscarrhelpwith?

Aconfidence-building

Bmakingcareerplans

dcompletingdifficulttasks

Demakingaweeklytimetable

Ereviewin®

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Test1

Questions15-20

Whatdoesthemanagersayabouteachofthefollowingaspectsofthecompanypolicy

forapprentices?

Writethecorrectletter,,ABorC,nexttoQuestions15-M.

AItisencouraged

BTherearesomerestrictions.

CItisagainsttherules.

Companypolicyforappren加电s

15Usingtheinternet

16Flexibleworking

17Bookingholidays

18Workingovertime

19Wearingtrainers

20Bringingfoodtowork

12

Listening

SECTION3Questions21-30

Questions21-25

Choosethecorrectle&i&i,A,BorC.

Citiesbuiltbythesea

21CarlaandRobweresurprisedtolearnthatcoastalcities

Acontainnearlyhalftheworld'spopd^irmni.

Bincludemostoftheworld'slargestcities.

Caregrowingtwiceasfastasothercities.

22AccordingtoRQ®buildingcoastalcitiesneartorivers

Amaybringpollutiontothecities.

Bmayreducethelandavailableforagriculture.

Cmaymeanthecountrysideisspoiledbyindus飒

23Whatmistakewa卷madewhenbuildingwaterdrainagechannelsinMiamiin

the1950s?

ATherewerenotenoughofthem

BTheyweremadeofunsuitablematenaite.

CTheydidnotallowfortheeffectsofclimatechar唳.

24Whatd。RobandGaHathinkthattheauthoritiesinMiamishoulddoimmediately?

takemeasurestorestoreecosystems

B|p酬ffcrraiwwfltanti积电®ntUon羽烟term

Cstopdisposingofwastematerialsintotheocean

25Whatdotheyagreeshouldbethepriorityforinternationalaction?

Agreatercoordinationofactivities

Bmoresharingofinformation

C硬四向QW就are由RDarilaiesB

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Questions26-30

Whatdecisiondothestudentsmakeabouteachofthefollowingpartsoftheir

presentation?

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Questions26-3©.

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CinvdlwotherstMenng

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Ffocusononeexample

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Partsofthepresentation1

26Historicalbackground

27Geographicalfactors

28Pastmistakes

29Futurerisks

30Internationalimplications

14

Listening

SECTION4Questions31=4©

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Electricitycanbegeneratedusingoffshoreoronshoresystems

Onstaresystemsmayuseareservoir

Problems:

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Oceanthermalenergyconversion

Usesadifferenceintemperaturebetweenthesurfaceandlowerlevels

Waterbroughttothesurfaceinapipe

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Test1

READING

READINGPASSAGE1

Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions1一假，whicharefessedonReading

Passage1befaw

THEIMPORTANCEOFCHILDREN'SPLAY

Brickbybrick,six-year-oldAliceisbuildingamagicalkingdomQimginingfairy-taleturretsand

fire-breathingdragons,widcedwiitdiesandgallanthems,she'、creatingancncbumtibn^wwrtWl.

Althoughsheisn'tawareofit,thisfantasyishelpinghertakeherfirststepstowardshercapacityfor

drbib哂ahdKrit丽由期piogsKodWkciAeHlfiMstepstowardshercapacityfor

Minuteslater,Alicehasabandonedthekingdominfavourofplayingschoolswithheryounger

bfoflta:Wlienshebosseshimaroundashis<teacheif\she*spractisinghowtoregjutaeherenwfKnins;

throughpretence.Lateron,whentheytireofthisandsettledownwithaboard豚she*learning

abouttheneedtofollowrulesandtaketurnswithapea

叩I等inall!itsrichvarietyisoneofttfineBniigheslachievcmeinb;oftttreHumum却血飒'罩触

DrDavidWhitebreadfromtheFacultyofff曲uatiimialt曲刈him丽场0)f0nnttrH趣u,叨KifIt

underpinshowwedevelopasintellectual,problem-solvingadultsandiscrucialtooursuccessas

ahighlyadaptablespecies?

Recognisingtheimportanceofplayisnotnew:overtwomillenniaag。、theGreekphilosopher

Platoextolleditsvirtuesasameansofdevelopingskillsforadultli缸andideasaboutplay-based

learninghavebeendevelopingsincethe19thcentun^;

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outthatover

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wishtoprotecttheirchildrenfrombeingthevictimsofcrime,andbytheemptei，on^earlieris

better?)whichisleadingtogreatercompetitioninacademiclearningandschodfc..

InternationalbodiesliketheUnitedNationsandtheEunpeanUnionhavebeguntodevelop

policiesconcernedwithchildren'srighttoplay,andtoconsiderimplicationsforleisurefacilities

andeducationalprograiiMKSK.Butwhattheyoftenlackistheevidencetobasepolicieson.

*The崂pco睁耳ywoeaixeiiitumstudiihii由oHilUlihiiiiWdl即nitmumissamilunprc由证过Hie—lhUt,ass

soonasyouaskafive-year-oldplay”,舔能侬世讣

DrSaraBaker.'Andwewanttoknowwhatthelong-termimpactofphyis.Karealchallenged

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Reading

DrJennyGibsonagrees,pointingoutthatalthoughsomeoftlhtinidiitpuKzlh?©)fliQw\andi

whyplayisimportanthavebeenlookedat,thereisverylittledataontheimpactithasonthe

child'slaterlife.

Nw;thankstotheuniversity^newCentreforResearchonPlayinEducation,Developmentand

Learning(PEDAL),WhMMbar侬也Baker,Gibsonandateamto)pnovicfeevwfeniie'

ontheroleplayedbyplayinhowachilddevelops

lAstrongpossibilityisthatplaysupportstheearlydevelopmentofaHilUienfegeH^GomtnniM!/

explainsBaker：fThisisourabilitytodevelopawarenessofourownthinkingprocesses—it

influenceshoweffectivelywegoabouttMdertattngactivities/

InastudycarriedoutbyBakerwithtoddlersandyoungpre-schoolers,shefoundthatchildrenwith

greaterselfkontrolsolvedproblemsmorequicklywhenexploringanunfamiliarset-uprequiring

scientificreasoning.IT加seortJ鱼丫随出in您Vi^gaHiittirenithecdhaiwiettt>］祖qy\wlll

makethemmoresuccessfillproblem-solversinthelongnm?

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extremelysignificantfbreducationalpractices,becausetheabilitytoself^regulatehasbeen

showntobeakeypredictorofacademicperforHi网ig

Gibsonadds:^PlayfulbehaviourisalsoanimportantindicatorsouiailandlemotionalI

development.Inmypreviousresearch,Iinvestigatedhowobservingchildrenatplaycan

giveusimportantcluesabouttheirwell-beingandcanevenbeusefulinthediagnosisof

neurodevelopmentaldisorderslikeautism.5

Whitebreadsrecentresearchhasinvolveddevelopingaplay-basedapproachtosupporting

children'swriting.uManyprimaryschoolchil