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Introduction4

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Test232

Test353

Test475

Audimciriipts97

ListeningandReadinganswerkeysI，

SamudteanswersforWritim?taste127

Sampleanswershells137

Acknowledgements141

Introduction

TheInternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSysterm(IELTS)isvindelyrecognisedas

areliablemeansofassessingthelanguageabilityofcandidateswhoneedtostudy

orworkwteeEnglMisthelangua^ofaMwnnma^fom.TlhiesePractfiK?Testsare

designed!togiveMuireIELTScaimdidialtesaimideaofwMtherWneiiirEni^i研庇琳ttiw

required1磯

IELTSisownedbythreepartnersCambridgeAssessmentEnglish,partofthe

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

subsidiarycompany,IELTSAuisMitaPtyLimited))..Furtherinformatiorn麗IEILTScambe

foundontheIELTSwebsiitewww/J.

WHATISTHETESTFORMAT?

IELTScofnsiistsoffoorcompaoeirtfe.AllicandidatestaketesameListeningaimdSpea附胸

tests.ThereisachoiceofReadingandWritingtestsaccordinigtowhetheracandidateis

takingtheAcademicorGeneralTrainingmodule.

AcademicGeneralTraining

Forcar獻(xiàn)iida酶s?醐i噸料studyatForcandidates癡醐ti咆tomign^etoam

undergiradkot^orpostgraduateEnglishq鹿砒呵camt^(Au?聞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鋤NotGiw?,Beni則購We財(cái)riggMEEW&fcilaijims(Yes/No/NotGiwem)，matdhi㈣

inforniiQtiQm,matchingheadingmatchingfeatouires,matchingsentenceendiimg^,senterwe?

complex的％summaryco崛領(lǐng)1所,notecon初就由：tablecomipltetifljmfHownnthartCQimpItetiijini

diagramilabellcompletionandshort-answerquestiGnns;

Writing

Thistestconsistsoftwotasks、Itissuggestedthatcandidatesspendabout20minutesoim

Task1,whichrequiresthemtowriteatleast150words,and40minutesonTask2rwhidin

requiresthwi艇則用峋atleast250Task2omWiMtestwicae翹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說忖碗a向

thematicallylinkedtothetopicInPart2.Thediscussionlastsbetweenfourandfiveminutes..

TheSpeakrigtestassesseswhethercandidatescamcomnnmioiteeffedimllyinE網(wǎng)j視

TheassessmenttakesintoaccountFluencyandCoherence,LexicalResource.Grammatical

RangeanxHAcmaMPronuncaUinnin.Moreinfomato麗崛砌Wt,

includingSpe冰胸assessoneiMoi廁誣(publtic&aoiMtemUffeIEILTS垂碰宙場.

6

Introductim

HOWSSIELTSSCORED?

IELTSresultsarereported:amanine-bandlscaiQlimadditiomitotescoreforcwenallllangusg^

abWity,IELTSprovidesascoreintheformofaprofileforeadhiofthefourskills(Listening，

ReadingWfriffim?anrdl能廄aRinrg》.Tli檢=scoresarealsorepcwtte而omanine-tandiseal應(yīng).Alli

scoresarerecorctedlontheTestReportFomalongiwi冊(cè)detailgoftecaimdidiatte-snaticsnalit^

firstlanguageanddateofbirth.EachOverallBandScorecorrespondstoadescriptive

statement麗磷givesasummaryoftheEng而浙languageabilityofacandidateclassifiedat

thatlevelTheninebandsanditheirdescriptivestatementsareasfollows::

ExpertUser-Hasfullyoperationalcommandofthelanguage:appropriate,accural

andfluentwithcompleteunderstanding/.

VeryGoodHasfullyoperationalcommandofthelanguagewithonlyoccasional

unsystematicinaccuraciesandinappropriacie^s：Misunderstandingsmayoccurin

unfamiliarsituationHandlescomplexdetailedargumentationwelll

GoodUser—HasoperationalcommandoftheNam9鴨thoughwithocc^sio^/l

inaccuracies,inappropriaciesandmisunderstandingsinsomesituations.Generally

handlescomplexlanguagewellandunderstandsdetailedreasoning.

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

inaccuracies,inappropriaciesandmisunderstarKi^s.Canuseandunderstandfairly

complexlanguage,,particularlyinfamiliarsituatiKD^

5ModestUser-Haspartialcommandofthelanguage,copingwithoverallmeaning

inmostsituationsthoughislikelytomakemanymistakes：§俯幽盛蒯§倍lian^le

basiccommunicationinownfieML'

4LimitedUser-Basiccompetenceislimitedtofamiliarsituat眥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額

EachquestionIntheListeningandReadingtestsisworthonema*

Questionswhichrequireletterr/FIRinrminumeralanswers

9ForQUibmswttwe由eanswersamelettersorRannamniuinn冏聞匡,stouihtiwii藤&nty

thenumberofanswersrequiredForexample,iftheanswerisasingleletterornumeral

youshouldwriteonlyoneansvwar.Ifyouhavewrittenmorelettersornumeralsthanare

requiredl,theanswermustbemailMwm?,

Questionswhichrequireanswersintheformofwordsornumbers

eAnswersmaybewritteninupperorlowerca噩.

Wordsinbracketsareoptionalarecorrert,butnotne(值砌呼

eAKemativeanswersareseparatedbyaslash(/1.

eIfyouareaskedtowriteananswerusingacertainnumberofwordsand/or(a)

numtoer(slyouwilbepenalisedifyawexceed!ttiiis.Forexawjpite,ifaqumUiimspecifies

ananswerusingNOMORETHANITHREEWORDSandthecorrectansweris'black

leathercoat\^H㈣

Inquestionswhereyouareexpectedtocompleteagap,youshouldonlytransferthe

necessarymissingmr<s)ontotheanswersheet.Forexann^te,H?completeI而the

wherethecorrectansweristmorning,,theanswertinthemorningWawli幻tfe/加御即Cf.

9Allanswersrequirecorrectspelling(includingwordsinbrackete》

BothUSandUKspellingareacceptableandareineludedlintheanswer詢.

AllstandardalternativesfornumHsm,datesa前currenciesareaccept的

Allstandardabbreviationsareacceptable、

eYouwillfindadditionalnotesaboutindividual!answersintheanswerk啰

Writing

Thesampleanswersareonpages127-136.Itisnotpossibleforyoutogiveyourselfamark

fortheWritingtasks.Wehaveprovidedsampleanswers(writtenbycandidates),,showing

theirscoreandtheexamineescommente..Thesesampleanswerswillgiveyouaninsight

intowhatisrequiredflortheWriitjini^艇理

8

Introduction)

HOWSHOULDYOUINTERPRETYOURSCORES?

AttheendofeachListeningandReadinganswerkeyyouwillfindachartwhichwill!help

youassesswhetttwi.onthebasisofyourPracticeTestresults,youarereadytotakethe

IELTSIte減

Ininterpretingyourscore,thereareanumberofpointsyoushouldbearInmind.Your

performameeintherealIELTStestwillbereportedintwowajys:therewiilllbeaBandScore

from1to9foreachofthecomponentsandanOverallBandScorefrom1to9,wttridhi

istheaverageofyourscoresinthefourcomponents.institutionsconsid^ninig]

yourapplicationareadvisedtolookatboththeOveralllBandScoreandtheBandsfor

eachcomponentinordertodeterminewhetheryouhavethelanguageskillsneededfora

particularcourseof咖啾Forexann僦融,ifyouircmirseinwllwsalotofr加咆andi讀而而㈣.

butnoledbuiresslisteningskillsmightbelessimportantandascoreof5ioListemmgmightbe

acceptableiftheOverallllBandScorewas7.Howo^x,foracoursewttriidhihaslotsoflectures

andspokemiinstructions,ascoreof5inListeningmightbeunacceptableeventhou映the

OverallBandScorewas7-

Onceyouhavemarkedyourtests,youshouldhavesomeideaofwhetheryourlistening

andreadingskillsaregoodenough)fort?trytteIELTSteatIfyamdirci：welllerau酚】im

onecomponentbutnotinothers,youwillhavetodecideforyourselfwhetheryouareready

totakethetest

ThePracticeTestshavebeencheckedtoensurethattheyareofapproximatelyttesame

levelof或所血慟asthere@IIELTStestHowev?x,wecannotguaranteetetyoxiiifscanreiiniWie?

PracticeTestswillberefllejctediItereWIELTSteftItePracticeTests,camQE#giwe

anideaofyourpossiblle仙加他perfcMrmameeanditisultimatellyuptoyoutomakedecisions

based!amyourscon?.

DifferentinstitutionsacceptdifferentIELTSscoresfordifferenttypesofcourses.Wfehave

basediourrecommendationsonttiieaveragescoreswttnittthemajorityofinstitutionsaccept

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Listening

SECTBON2Questions11-20

Inductiontalkfornewapprentices

Questions11and12

ChooseTWOletters,A-E.

WhichTWOpiecesofadviceforthefirstweekofanapprenticeshipdoesthemanagergive?

A

Bgettoknowcolleagues

Olearnfromanymistakes

Dasklotsofquestions

Ereactpositivelytofeedback

enjoynewchallenges

Questions13and14

ChooseTWOletters,A-E

WhichTWOthingsdoesthemanagersaymentorscarrhelpwith?

Aconfidence-building

Bmakingcareerplans

dcompletingdifficulttasks

Demakingaweeklytimetable

Ereviewin?

111

Test1

Questions15-20

Whatdoesthemanagersayabouteachofthefollowingaspectsofthecompanypolicy

forapprentices?

Writethecorrectletter,,ABorC,nexttoQuestions15-M.

AItisencouraged

BTherearesomerestrictions.

CItisagainsttherules.

Companypolicyforappren加電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颯

23Whatmistakewa卷madewhenbuildingwaterdrainagechannelsinMiamiin

the1950s?

ATherewerenotenoughofthem

BTheyweremadeofunsuitablematenaite.

CTheydidnotallowfortheeffectsofclimatechar唳.

24Whatd。RobandGaHathinkthattheauthoritiesinMiamishoulddoimmediately?

takemeasurestorestoreecosystems

B|p酬ffcrraiwwfltanti積電?ntUon羽煙term

Cstopdisposingofwastematerialsintotheocean

25Whatdotheyagreeshouldbethepriorityforinternationalaction?

Agreatercoordinationofactivities

Bmoresharingofinformation

C硬四向QW就are由RDarilaiesB

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Questions26-30

Whatdecisiondothestudentsmakeabouteachofthefollowingpartsoftheir

presentation?

ChooseFIVEanswersfromtheboxandwritethecorrectleHfl&r,40,nextto

Questions26-3?.

Decisions

Ausevisuals

BkeepItshort

CinvdlwotherstMenng

0checktteinfdrmatiionisaccuir^

EproviidleahandcuuM

Ffocusononeexample

Gdoonlinereseairdn

Partsofthepresentation1

26Historicalbackground

27Geographicalfactors

28Pastmistakes

29Futurerisks

30Internationalimplications

14

Listening

SECTION4Questions31=4?

Completethenotesbeta(

WriteONEWORDONLYforeachanswer.

Marinerenewableenergy(oceanenergy)

Introduction)

Moreenergyrequiredbecauseofgrowthinpopulationand31

What'sneeded:

?eawgy/snuiOBSS

?methodsthatwon'tcreatepollutiorn

Waveenergy

waxesprovidea、，，,、，sourceofrenewableenergy

Electricitycanbegeneratedusingoffshoreoronshoresystems

Onstaresystemsmayuseareservoir

Problems:

?wavescanmoveinany33?

?movementofsand，etc.onthe34，小小域affeoiteti

Tidalenergy

Tidesaremore35_____________thbniwsaess

PlannedtidallagooninW^ies:

?willbecreatedina36”0____atSwansea

?breakwater(dam》containrinrg16加rfciinies

?risingtideforceswaterthroughturbines,generatingelectricity

?storedwaterisreleasedthro噸E37,.drivingtheturbineshm

thereversedirection!

Adlvamtagjes;:

?notdependentonweather

?no38A,,.、，isrequiredtomakeitwork

?likelytocreateanumberof39

Probleim:

?mayharmfishandbirds,e.g,byaffecting40?.,rA-“andbuildingupsilt

Oceanthermalenergyconversion

Usesadifferenceintemperaturebetweenthesurfaceandlowerlevels

Waterbroughttothesurfaceinapipe

15

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麗由期piogsKodWkciAeHlfiMstepstowardshercapacityfor

Minuteslater,Alicehasabandonedthekingdominfavourofplayingschoolswithheryounger

bfoflta:Wlienshebosseshimaroundashis<teacheif\she*spractisinghowtoregjutaeherenwfKnins;

throughpretence.Lateron,whentheytireofthisandsettledownwithaboard豚she*learning

abouttheneedtofollowrulesandtaketurnswithapea

叩I等inall!itsrichvarietyisoneofttfineBniigheslachievcmeinb;oftttreHumum卻血颯'罩觸

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

underpinshowwedevelopasintellectual,problem-solvingadultsandiscrucialtooursuccessas

ahighlyadaptablespecies?

Recognisingtheimportanceofplayisnotnew:overtwomillenniaag。、theGreekphilosopher

Platoextolleditsvirtuesasameansofdevelopingskillsforadultli缸andideasaboutplay-based

learninghavebeendevelopingsincethe19thcentun^;

Butweliveinchangingtimes,andWhitebreadismimdfullo面施ih】內(nèi)蜘,jpriinih總

outthatover

1experiencedalmosteverydayofm^(dhltdiuHdj,aneliBflajnin^ihnmawh^^iKiaiiwCHu:

Outdoorplayiscurtailedbyperceptiionsofh幽ttndbo就出刑對(duì)Ha際豚ren儂'iimma敢由

wishtoprotecttheirchildrenfrombeingthevictimsofcrime,andbytheemptei，on^earlieris

better?)whichisleadingtogreatercompetitioninacademiclearningandschodfc..

InternationalbodiesliketheUnitedNationsandtheEunpeanUnionhavebeguntodevelop

policiesconcernedwithchildren'srighttoplay,andtoconsiderimplicationsforleisurefacilities

andeducationalprograiiMKSK.Butwhattheyoftenlackistheevidencetobasepolicieson.

*The嶗pco睜耳ywoeaixeiiitumstudiihii由oHilUlihiiiiWdl即nitmumissamilunprc由證過Hie—lhUt,ass

soonasyouaskafive-year-oldplay”,舔能儂世訃

DrSaraBaker.'Andwewanttoknowwhatthelong-termimpactofphyis.Karealchallenged

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Reading

DrJennyGibsonagrees,pointingoutthatalthoughsomeoftlhtinidiitpuKzlh??)fliQw\andi

whyplayisimportanthavebeenlookedat,thereisverylittledataontheimpactithasonthe

child'slaterlife.

Nw;thankstotheuniversity^newCentreforResearchonPlayinEducation,Developmentand

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

ontheroleplayedbyplayinhowachilddevelops

lAstrongpossibilityisthatplaysupportstheearlydevelopmentofaHilUienfegeH^GomtnniM!/

explainsBaker：fThisisourabilitytodevelopawarenessofourownthinkingprocesses—it

influenceshoweffectivelywegoabouttMdertattngactivities/

InastudycarriedoutbyBakerwithtoddlersandyoungpre-schoolers,shefoundthatchildrenwith

greaterselfkontrolsolvedproblemsmorequicklywhenexploringanunfamiliarset-uprequiring

scientificreasoning.IT加seortJ魚丫隨出in您Vi^gaHiittirenithecdhaiwiettt>］祖qy\wlll

makethemmoresuccessfillproblem-solversinthelongnm?

bpmcsnt；.sayttiu.roscaraHtsr^.ittomilHlHR

extremelysignificantfbreducationalpractices,becausetheabilitytoself^regulatehasbeen

showntobeakeypredictorofacademicperforHi網(wǎng)ig

Gibsonadds:^PlayfulbehaviourisalsoanimportantindicatorsouiailandlemotionalI

development.Inmypreviousresearch,Iinvestigatedhowobservingchildrenatplaycan

giveusimportantcluesabouttheirwell-beingandcanevenbeusefulinthediagnosisof

neurodevelopmentaldisorderslikeautism.5

Whitebreadsrecentresearchhasinvolveddevelopingaplay-basedapproachtosupporting

children'swriting.uManyprimaryschoolchil