Answer Key Ielts En105-106

LISTENING ANSWER KEY

TEST 1

1 48 (1IHN-S1) 21 Tuesday (1IHN-S3)

2 R16 GH7 22 Economics

3 07754 897 432 23 Free/ nothing

4 PA 365 24 squash

5 E6 25 Main sports hall

6 B* 26 About 10

7 D* 27 Africa and Asia

8 E* 28 400 words

9 C 29 30th October

10 C 30 B

11 Student’s Union (1IHN-S2) 31 C (1IHN-S4)

12 University Library 32 B

13 Hall of Residence 33 B

14 Sports hall 34 B

15 2 hours 35 Very calm seas

16 Final exams 36 Larger slicks

17 6pm 37 Toxic waste

18 Vegetable 38 Eco-friendly

19 (fully) insures 39 No (discernable) Drawbacks/none

20 £50 40 Deadline for submission


TEST 2

1 B (2IHN-S1) 21 Civil engineering (2IHN-S3)

2 B 22 Physics

3 C 23 Delivered furniture/ furniture delivered

4 A 24 Hotel work

5 B 25 (A very) good reputation

6 B 26 Hiking/ mountaineering

7 34 27 Sandwich

8 $100 28 5 exams

9 Room service 29 15,000 words minimum

10 $9 30 June

11 (about) 6 foot (2IHN-S2) 31 Dissertations and theses (2IHN-S4)

12 (A) black leather jacket 32 Information societies

13 Fat 33 Statistical quality

14 Clean shaven 34 Low in cost/cheap

15 Early 20s 35 Expensive/ the cost

16 Increased competition 36 Traveling (around)

17 Significant number 37 Easy

18 Environmental groups 38 Closed

19 Mayor 39 Panel design

20 30th 40 (completely) anonymous summaries


TEST 3

1 Green street (3IHN-S1) 21 Staff (3IHN-S3)

2 7434 22 Library

3 1976 23 2 hours

4 06634 982 746 24 In pen

5 (an addressed) letter 25 Biology

6 Ao 26 Tray

7 Do 27 nothing

8 Fo 28 A

9 Free/nothing 29 B

10 $6 ($60 deposit) 30 C

11 Accidents*/burns* (3IHN-S2) 31 1964 (3IHN-S4)

12 Heart surgery*/organ transplants* 32 Fastest average speed

13 Patients with leukemia*/ cancer* 33 12 second

14 Premature babies* 34 Most important stations

15 Carrying/carry oxygen 35 All stations

16 Immune/defense system 36 Centralised power system

17 Carrying /carries/ carry 37 flimsy

18 Outpatients 38 Brake

19 4.30pm 39 Magnetic induction

20 17 40 Semiconductor technologies


TEST 4

1 Jacobs (4IHN-S1) 21 Tomorrow (4IHN-S3)

2 Rod 22 Reliability

3 High field 23 4000 words

4 NH 87 18 12C 24 E-mail attachment

5 Dr. (Kevin) white 25 Market surveys

6 A 26 Stack system

7 B 27 Plagiarism/ using their conclusions

8 C 28 Extension

9 A 29 Doctor’s note/ certificate

10 B 30 Mortgage interest rates

11 5 pound fee (4IHN-S2) 31 B (4IHN-S4)

12 University card 32 B

13 Daily 33 A

14 Friday(s) 34 Seismic detection system

15 6 35 Buoys (at sea)

16 1 week 36 Offshore landslide

17 Computers 37 No wave/ zero feet

18 Non- lending section 38 Submarine earthquake

19 Arts 39 26,000 people

20 Basement 40 None


TEST 5

1 Jameson (5IHN-S1) 21 Chatting/ talking (5IHN-S3)

2 Forest Avenue 22 Too expensive

3 8490 23 Take too long

4 62497152 24 1000

5 1 - 5 25 Statistically significant

6 4.30 pm 26 500

7 1 hour 27 5

8 The cliffs 28 A*

9 1.30 pm 29 D*

10 A sweeter 30 E*

11 Mean sea level (5IHN-S2) 31 E (5IHN-S4)

12 Concrete and granite 32 A

13 About 79 33 D

14 438 34 B

15 Falling 35 A

16 (postage) stamps 36 C

17 Do 37 B

18 Fo 38 B

19 Go 39 A

20 Jo 40 B


TEST 6

1 1. WE5 8GF (6IHN-S1) 21 21. the last 40 (6IHN-S3)

2 2. 07745276145 22 22. BP drilling rig/Sea Gem

3 3. 7th June/7.6 23 23. economic crisis

4 4. B 24 24. leases

5 5. D 25 25. global price fluctuations

6 6. a loose wire 26 26. mature province

7 7. Thursday 27 27. fire extinguishers

8 8. 11 28 28. lifeboat stations

9 9. a computer game 29 29. a mock fire

10 10. 12 o’clock / noon 30 30. a building site

11 11. Students’ Union (6IHN-S2) 31 31. moveable type printing (6IHN-S4)

12 12. theft 32 32.1835

13 13. (in a) cupboard 33 33. standardised structure

14 14. a valuables list 34 34. healthy increase

15 15. ultra violet pen 35 35. D

16 16. landlord 36 36. A

17 17. keep curtains closed 37 37. B

18 18. the welfare office 38 38. A

19 19. busy/busier areas 39 39. D

20 20. don’t be alone 40 40. C


TEST 7

1 1. 95 Green Lane (7IHN-S1) 21 21. the last 40 (7IHN-S3)

2 2.07779724868 22 22. BP drilling rig/Sea Gem

3 3. WIL 94857 8269 23 23. economic crisis

4 4. four/4 24 24. leases

5 5. Toyota 25 25. global price fluctuations

6 6. £170 26 26. mature province

7 7. The International Hotel 27 27. fire extinguishers

8 8. breakdown + an accident 28 28. lifeboat stations

9 9. E* 29 29. a mock fire

10 10. J* 30 30. a building site

11 11. 8.00 am (to 9.30am) (7IHN-S2) 31 31. moveable type printing (7IHN-S4)

12 12. cafeteria style 32 32.1835

13 13. the common room 33 33. standardised structure

14 14. £1/1 pound 34 34. healthy increase

15 15. (a) vending machine 35 35. D

16 16. kitchens 36 36. A

17 17. co-ed 37 37. B

18 18. (the) car park 38 38. A

19 19. 2/two 39 39. D

20 20. refund (of fees) 40 40. C


TEST 8

1 1. Mike (8IHN-S1) 21 21. Hindi (8IHN-S3)

2 2. four/4 22 22. 322 million

3 3. creche facilities 23 23. Arabic

4 4. 24th July 24 24.20

5 5. 4 hours 25 25. secondary speakers

6 6. Spain 26 26. economic power

7 7. path (through fields) 27 27. Brazil

8 8. minibus (NOT “bus”) 28 28. Raw materials

9 9. 5 minutes 29 29. Bangladesh

10 10. family run 30 30. 2500 and 7000

11 11. continental (style) (8IHN-S2) 31 31. nervous functions (8IHN-S4)

12 12. blackboards 32 32. protein

13 13. fish + seafood 33 33. tonsils

14 14. extra supplement 34 34. (food) disinfection treatments

15 15. main bar 35 35. the UK

16 16. (2) lifeguards 36 36. genetically inherited

17 17. freshwater showers 37 37. late 50s

18 18. water sports office 38 38. coordination

19 19. notice board 39 39. sheep

20 20. children / under 16s 40 40. calves / young cattle


TEST 9

1 1. B (9IHN-S1) 21 21. agriculture (9IHN-S3)

2 2. A 22 22. 4 o’clock

3 3. A 23 23. attendance (record)

4 4. A 24 24. the external examiner

5 5. C 25 25.1

6 6. (about) 7.30 26 26.10

7 7.07623963957 27 27. drafts

8 8. a postbox 28 28. 3000 and 3500

9 9. red meat 29 29. research

10 10. C 30 30. the greenhouse complex

11 11. trampolines* (9IHN-S2) 31 31. a man’s hand (9IHN-S4)

12 12. yoga* 32 32. (hard) enamel

13 13. running machines* 33 33. 6 feet

14 14. swimming pool* 34 34. obtaining prey

15 15. Tuesday 35 35. 2 percent

16 16. £15 36 36. (large) bite marks

17 17. (digital) camera 37 37. TRUE

18 18. insurance agreement 38 38. FALSE

19 19. £5 39 39. TRUE

20 20. 8.00am to 10.00pm 40 40. FALSE


TEST 10

1 1. Chepping Dene (11IHN-S1) 21 21. A (10IHN-S3)

2 2.WE3 9HT 22 22. B

3 3.07525745642 23 23. B

4 4. 4 years 24 24. C

5 5. 3 years 25 25. A

6 6. DVD player 26 26. a skilled migrant

7 7. a hair dryer 27 27. offshore resettlement program

8 8. bracelets 28 28.13000

9 9. B 29 29. overstay visas

10 10. B 30 30. deported

11 11. beside the reception (10IHN-S2) 31 31. 40 or 50 (10IHN-S4)

12 12. service washes 32 32. New Zealand

13 13.39 33 33. cone-shaped

14 14. the Students’ Union 34 34. a boiling reservoir

15 15. the Town Hall 35 35. 650 000 years

16 16. the front lawn 36 36. drill cores

17 17. 6 months 37 37. B*

18 18. late night film 38 38. E*

19 19. fish and chips 39 39. F*

20 20. menu 40 40. H*

READING ANSWER KEY

TEST 1

1 A (1IHN-P1) 21 Yes

2 D 22 No

3 B 23 Not given

4 D 24 Not given

5 B 25 Not given

6 C 26 No

7 A 27 Yes

8 B 28 AP (1IHN-P3)

9 Reptiles 29 RH

10 Expanding 30 PJ

11 Diversity 31 BB

12 Behaviour 32 TB

13 Success 33 SB

14 Viii (1IHN-P2) 34 PJ

15 I 35 PL

16 X 36 FALSE

17 Vii 37 TRUE

18 V 38 TRUE

19 Iii 39 TRUE

20 No 40 NOT GIVEN

READING ANSWER KEY

TEST 2

1 YES (2IHN-P1) 21 FALSE

2 NO 22 Accepted

3 YES 23 Originating

4 YES 24 Ice cores

5 NOT GIVEN 25 Darkness

6 NOT GIVEN 26 Sea

7 YES 27 Unknown

8 G 28 viii (2IHN-P3)

9 E 29 ix

10 A 30 vi

11 C 31 xi

12 B* 32 I

13 E* 33 Iii

14 D* 34 Epicarp

15 NOT GIVEN (2IHN-P2) 35 Mesocarp

16 FALSE 36 Endocarp

17 TRUE 37 Wet milled

18 NOT GIVEN 38 Overnight

19 TRUE 39 Raked

20 TRUE 40 The customers’ specifications

READING ANSWER KEY

TEST 3

1 C (3IHN-P1) 21 YES

2 G 22 Clear

3 F 23 95%

4 A 24 Mouth lining/ skin

5 E 25 10-20

6 B 26 None

7 YES 27 D

8 NOT GIVEN 28 V (3IHN-P3)

9 NOT GIVEN 29 viii

10 YES 30 i

11 YES 31 iii

12 NO 32 vi

13 YES 33 TRUE

14 NO 34 NG

15 NO (3IHN-P2) 35 FALSE

16 NO 36 TRUE

17 YES 37 NOT GIVEN

18 YES 38 Quality assurance program

19 NOT GIVEN 39 Breeding females

20 NOT GIVEN 40 Venison market project

READING ANSWER KEY

TEST 4

1 Viii (4IHN-P1) 21 LM

2 Vi 22 D

3 Xi 23 C

4 Iii 24 F

5 Ii 25 A

6 Vii 26 E

7 A 27 B

8 B 28 NOT GIVEN (4IHN-P3)

9 B 29 TRUE

10 C 30 TRUE

11 YES 31 NOT GIVEN

12 YES 32 FALSE

13 NOT GIVEN 33 Kinetic energy

14 NO 34 The head

15 LM (4IHN-P2) 35 Seasonal water flow

16 PK 36 Renovated

17 MB 37 15%

18 MB 38 Volume over time

19 JC 39 At night

20 BM 40 Decomposing flooded vegetation

READING ANSWER KEY

TEST 5

1 Vii (5IHN-P1) 21 ME

2 I 22 NOT GIVEN

3 V 23 FALSE

4 Iv 24 NOT GIVEN

5 Air/oxygen 25 TRUE

6 The fuel load 26 FALSE

7 In the afternoon 27 TRUE

8 Embers 28 TRUE (5IHN-P3)

9 Backfire(s) 29 NOT GIVEN

10 Ratio (of fuel) 30 TRUE

11 The wind 31 FALSE

12 Crown fires 32 TRUE

13 Uphill 33 TRUE

14 LG (5IHN-P2) 34 FALSE

15 MM 35 F

16 LG 36 C

17 ME 37 A

18 GB 38 B

19 FR 39 D

20 LG 40 E

READING ANSWER KEY

TEST 6

1 1. TRUE (6IHN-P1) 21 21. KD

2 2. FALSE 22 22. disputed

3 3.FALSE 23 23. poor

4 4. NOT GIVEN 24 24. (industrial) trawlers

5 5. A 25 25. (natural occurring) algae

6 6. D 26 26. (set quotas)

7 7. C 27 27. viii (6IHN-P2)

8 8. G 28 28. ii

9 9. B* 29 29. x

10 10. D* 30 30. i

11 11. F* 31 31. xi

12 12. secretion 32 32. vi

13 13. brittle 33 33. A

14 14. oxygen 34 34. D

15 15. NJ (6IHN-P2) 35 35. B

16 16. LT 36 36. C

17 17. PK 37 37. G

18 18. TH 38 38. F

19 19. AK 39 39. TRUE

20 20. JR 40 40. NOT GIVEN

READING ANSWER KEY

TEST 7

1 1. B (7IHN-P1) 21 21. E

2 2. C 22 22. F

3 3. A 23 23. A

4 4. C 24 24. D

5 5. B 25 25. B

6 6. D 26 26. D

7 7. B 27 27. E

8 8. A 28 28. D (7IHN-P3)

9 9. FALSE 29 29. B

10 10. TRUE 30 30. C

11 11. NOT GIVEN 31 31. D

12 12. TRUE 32 32. TRUE

13 13. NOT GIVEN 33 33. TRUE

14 14. vi (7IHN-P2) 34 34. TRUE

15 15. viii 35 35. clay loam

16 16. ii 36 36. pests

17 17. iv 37 37. a decent crop/yields

18 18. i 38 38. paste

19 19. v 39 39. hydraulic press frame

20 20. H 40 40. centrifuge

READING ANSWER KEY

TEST 8

1 1. B* (8IHN-P1) 21 21. the fossil record

2 2. C* 22 22. startling

3 3. F* 23 23. culprit

4 4. G* 24 24. a whirlpool

5 5. J* 25 25. 1000 years

6 6. South American Countries 26 26. 3 years

7 7. urbanisation + cultivation 27 27. v (8IHN-P3)

8 8. (sport) hunting 28 28. viii

9 9. food + burrows 29 29. xi

10 10. wool 30 30. i

11 11. (the) mosquito population 31 31. x

12 12. genetic resistance 32 32. iii

13 13. C 33 33. vii

14 14. FALSE (8IHN-P2) 34 34. NOT GIVEN

15 15. FALSE 35 35. YES

16 16. NOT GIVEN 36 36. YES

17 17. NOT GIVEN 37 37. B

18 18. TRUE 38 38. H

19 19. permafrost-locked 39 39. G

20 20. great undersea river 40 40. E

READING ANSWER KEY

TEST 9

1 1. FG (9IHN-P1) 21 21. (subtle) differences

2 2. JS 22 22. aware of

3 3. SL 23 23. tempo + pitch

4 4. JF + PF 24 24. (paid) volunteers

5 5. CC 25 25. a telephone conversation

6 6. CC 26 26. politicians

7 7. PF 27 27. videotape

8 8. FG 28 28. vi (9IHN-P3)

9 9. FALSE 29 29. xi

10 10. TRUE 30 30. viii

11 11. FALSE 31 31. v

12 12. NOT GIVEN 32 32. x

13 13. TRUE 33 33. ii

14 14. NOT GIVEN 34 34. vii

15 15. YES (9IHN-P2) 35 35. C*

16 16. YES 36 36. D*

17 17. NOT GIVEN 37 37. F*

18 18. NO 38 38. G*

19 19. NO 39 39. (a creamy) pulp

20 20. NOT GIVEN 40 40. Framed screens

READING ANSWER KEY

TEST 10

1 1. vi (10IHN-P1) 21 21. B

2 2.xi 22 22. C

3 3. viii 23 23. B

4 4. i 24 24. C

5 5. ix 25 25. (the) nucleus

6 6. iii 26 26. the US

7 7. v 27 27. Bioethics Advisory Commission

8 8. most abundant element 28 28. A (10IHN-P3)

9 9. Billions of dollars 29 29. B

10 10. On-board reformers 30 30. D

11 11. the airship’s fabric 31 31. E

12 12. power and acceleration 32 32. C

13 13. B 33 33. F

14 14. A 34 34. G

15 15. D (10IHN-P2) 35 35. TRUE

16 16. F 36 36. TRUE

17 17. G 37 37. TRUE

18 18. A 38 38. NOT GIVEN

19 19. E 39 39. TRUE

20 20. D 40 40. TRUE

Academic Writing Practice Test 1Task 1

In this report I will describe a bar chart that shows the estimated world illiteracy rates by gender and region for the year 2000.

First I will look at male illiteracy for the 6 areas shown. The lowest rates were in Developed Countries, Latin America/Caribbean and East Asia/Oceania with rates of 1% (approximately), 10% and 8% (approximately) respectively. The rates for the next three areas were much higher and quite similar to each other. Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arab States and South Asia had rates of approximately 31%, 29% and 34%.

Female illiteracy was much higher relatively in each area except Latin America/Caribbean where it was only slightly higher. The lowest rates for female illiteracy were again Developed Countries, Latin America/Caribbean and East Asia/Oceania with rates of approximately 2%, 12% and 20%. Again the rates for the next three areas were much higher and quite similar to each other. Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arab States and South Asia had rates of approximately 48%, 52% and 56%.This ends my report.(168 words)

Task 2What young people should study at school has long been the subject of intense debate and this is a

question that certainly does not have one correct answer.We need to provide young people the best possible chance of doing well at school. In traditional curriculum there is a wide variety of subjects with a mix of academic and nonacademic subjects. In this way a young person is formed with a rounded education. Nonacademic subjects would include sports, cooking, woodwork and metalwork. I believe this is the best form of education. A young person should learn things other than academic subjects. Sport is particularly important. Young people have to learn to love sport so that they can be fit and healthy later in life. If not we will be raising an obese and unfit generation.

I totally understand the point of view that education is so important that students must be pushed as hard as possible to achieve their best. It sounds a good idea to only expose the students to academic subjects as then they can spend all of their school hours on studying areas that will get them into university and good jobs later in life. I just feel a more rounded education would produce a better individual. We must remember too that a lot of people, maybe even most people, aren‛t academically minded and would benefit more from a more vocationally based education. Forcing academic studies onto them would lead to failure and the student leaving school too early.

Therefore I agree that although a wholly academic curriculum would suit and benefit some young people, I believe that for most students non-academic subjects are important inclusions still in today‛s syllabuses. (283 words)

Academic Writing Practice Test 2 Task 1 (Sample 1)

The chart shows unemployed spend their time in many different things. In the morning 19% men do housework with 49% women. In the afternoon this number is only 7% and 21% for housework. 20% of men and 26% of women shop in the morning but only 9% of men and 17% of women shop in the afternoon. For job hunting 22% of men and 16% of women do it in the morning and 12% of men and 13% of women in the afternoon. 6% of men and 10% of women visiting friends or relatives in the morning and 12% of men and 17% of women do it in the afternoon. These four activities are the most popular. There are others with smaller percentages: gardening, watching TV, reading, decorating, walking, doing nothing or sitting around, staying in bed, visiting town, playing sport and drinking. Drinking is the least popular activity looking at the figures overall with only 2% of men and 1% of women doing it on the morning and 3% of men and 1% of women doing it in the afternoon. (181 words)

Task 1 (Sample 2)The chart provides information about the percentage of underdeveloped in UK are often spent their

time in 1982. This chart was show you by gender in the morning and the afternoon.It is clear that in the morning, people was spent more time than the afternoon to do many things. The

highest percentage of men was in job hunting with 22%, while women was enjoy housework with 49%. The second largest percentage of women and men were shopping, which number was 26% and 20% respectively. Drinking was the least popular activity looking at the figures overall with only 2 percent of man and 1 percent of women. In the afternoon, the percentage of activities was lower than the morning. For women, the largest percentage was again housework but it was much lower with 21 percent. Meanwhile, most of the time for men in the afternoon was watching TV with 14 percent. The next highest number of men was gardening with 13 percent, but for woman was job hunting and visiting friends and relatives with 12 percent. The percentage of smallest activity of men and women were staying in bed with only 1% and 0% respectively.

In an overview, both men and women are usually used their time to do something or go out in a day. Although, they was unemployed, but the amount of time to relax and entertainment were always the lowest.

Task 2 (Sample 1)The animal experimentation is very difficult issue with a lots of people feeling very strongly of it, we

are use the animals for the experimentation in different way, one of most big problem is for test the cosmetics, the images of animals with things put in their eyes for so we are able to look a bit better make many people very angry. Is it necessary? The companies such as the body shop said that they do not experiment on animals and they produce good cosmetics who make money, I am not agree that making the cosmetics that make our faces better does not mean the animals must suffering in terrible ways, it does not seem moral for me. On the other hand we also use the animals for test the new drugs. Without these new drugs people die and suffer when they need not, some of the people believe that the animals should not suffer and die so that we can avoid it, I am not agree here, these people will change the minds when it is they who are die or one of their children, it is sad that the animals have to suffer for this thing but here I believe that the suffering is justify. Is there alternative to the animal experimentation. I‛m not expert but I do not think so, the monkeys are most near biology animals and without test to them, we cannot sure of effects of the new drugs, we test on humans also but only when we know the drugs not a problem to us, the testing on humans without the tests on the animals could make the tragedies. So in conclusion I do not believe that the animal testing is justify for not essential things but for essential things I believe that there is not choice and it is justify. (307 words)

Task 2 (Sample 2)Most of us do not have a clear understanding about animal experimentation. We only focus on the medical achievements we had archived in the past then we do not realize the truth that our achievements by testing on animal is very little compared to the number of animal are being killed in laboratories of medical companies over the world each year. Forcing animal to suffer painfulness is cruel and not justified. Animal can't talk but they can feel and they should have their own right.

We must admit that testing on animal is a very important method to find out whether new medical is harmfulness to human health or not. By using that way, scientists had explored many new medicines, vaccines for deadly diseases like polio, rabies, rubella, and tuberculosis which have been saving many people's lives today. However, applying that methods for today is outdated. In the past, the infrastructure of medical laboratories was poor and scarce. The scientists didn't have modern equipment supporting for their research as we have today. They could not perform testing on human and using animal for their testing was only one choice they had. The evolution of technology, especially is the invent of computer, we have many technologies which can be supporting our scientists. Consequently, killing animal is not necessary and should be banned.

Another important aspect is that animal has their own physical and mental behaviors which completely different with humans behaviors. Rats, mice, rabbits and even chimpanzee - the human-nearest animal will behave in uncontrolled ways when they are kept in cages, with chemicals injected into their body. The experimentation like that often does not have high accuracy we need and we are absolutely wasting time and money on these tests. Medicines invented by this way will bring potential danger to the health of people.

In conclusion, I always disagree with testing on animal. We are living in a society with our moral standards, our right and we should treat animal well by using that way.

Academic Writing Practice Test 3 Task 1 (Sample 1)

In this report I am describing 2 charts: a line graph and a pie chart. The line graph show the relationship between age and crime in 2002 and the pie chart show the types of property crime in the UK in 2002.

The line graph show that most crime is committed early in the life of most criminal. From birth to age 8 the crime rate is 0%. At 12 year crime is starting to be committed with 2% of 12 year olds doing crimes. At 16 year old there is a huge jump up to a rate of 70% of crimes done by 16 year olds. This is even higher at age 20 with a rate of 80%. After age 20 there is a sharp fall going down to 60% at age 24 and then an even sharper fall to 20% at age 24. From age 28 to 44 there is a slow decline in crime rate to 10%. From age 44 to 60 this decline slows further finishing at 8%.

The pie chart split property crime into 4 types. The biggest is violent crime at 46% followed by property crime at 23%. Drug crime is just below at 22% and the smallest is public order crime at 9%.

Task 1 (Sample 2)The charts illustrate regarding about the percentage of UK's crime in 2002. The line graph provides the crime rate by age, the pie chart was shows you 4 types of crime: violent crime, property crime, drug crime and public order crime.

As can be seen that from the line graph, the percentage of crime was not set up until 12 yea rs old with 5 %. The crime rate in UK experienced a dramatic increase to 70 percent in 16 years old, and reach to the highest pick of 80% in 20 years old. The percentage of crime rate decreased sharply to 60 percent in 24 years old and followed by a sudden decline to 20 percent in 28 years old. During the next 16 years, the rate of crime in UK

society was steadily downward to 10%. From 44 to 60 years old there was a slow fall in crime rate to 8 percent.

According to the pie chart, the biggest crime in society was violent crime with 46%. The percentage of property crime was similar to drug crime with 23% and 22% respectively. Public order crime was the lowest with 9% in the UK.

In an overview, most crime was committed early in the life of most criminal, which was from 16 to 24 years old. The majority of crime in the UK was violent crime, although others crime were serious too.

Task 2The internet has been more and more popular for recent years. As a result of this, print media such as newspapers have lost dramatic number of readers. However, some people still believe that they can exist for long time; others disagree, claiming that newspapers have lost their demand. Personally, I am inclined to agree with the latter view for following reasons.

First of all, to obtain information, using the internet is quicker and more convenient method than reading newspapers. In contrast, some years ago people had to wait long hours to take a daily newspaper, nowadays, they can acquire latest news through their phones or computers connected to the internet, everywhere and at anytime, because these devices and machines are very common in all parts of the world. As a result, the print media has failed to keep its important role in the provision of information.

Another point is that, buying newspapers is a waste of money when the internet becomes available for everyone. It is known that the internet is provided at a low cost or even free in many countries. The question is should we spend an extra money buying newspapers to receive the same information than those we can have with the internet? The answer, perhaps, is that rational people hardly would do so. For this reason, the number of people reading newspapers may continue falling sharply.

Last, but not least, when taking environment into account, people must remember that the more newspapers are published, the more trees are cut down. At this point, newspapers' production will have to face environmentalists on its way to be alive.

In conclusion, it might be unpleasant for some newspapers to witness the extinction of the type of media. However, this should be seen as a result of the increasing innovations in media technology and in our modern society.

Academic Writing Practice Test 4

Task 1(Sample 1)

In this report I am going to describe 2 charts. The first is a line graph that records the amount of money (in pounds sterling) spent on books on the internet in the UK from 1997 to 2002. In 1997 £11 million were spent. This rises by £5 million by 1998. The increase in money spent then rises less rapidly through 1999 (£19 million), 2000 (£22 million) and 2001 (£23 million) until 2002 when £24 million were spent. This gives a total increase from 1997 to 2002 of £13 million. The second is a pie chart that shows the relative percentages of books bought on the internet in the UK individual countries. England is where by the far the most books are bought with 81% of the market. Wales comes next with 10% closely followed by Scotland with 8%. Northern Ireland lies last with only 1% of the market. (153 words)

Task 1 (Sample 2)The given figures represents the amount of money spent on buying books over the internet, as well as the regions purchased those books. Given that all the figures are from the United Kingdom.

The first figure which is a graph, shows that in 1997 10 million pounds were spent on E-books. Those 10 million pounds rose gradually till they reached over 20 million pounds on 2000. Between year 2000 and 2002, the money spent on online books slightly climbed up till it reached almost 25 million on 2002.

The second figure, illustrates that 81% of the books purchased over the internet, was purchased by people from England. In the second place comes Wales with a percentage of 10. Scotland and Ireland only bought 1% and 8% percent of the books respectively.

By the end, we can say that the number of books bought between 1997 and 2000 was doubled. Although it is clear that most of the buyers in UK are from England.

Task 2 (Sample 2)Healthy citizens are the backbone of any successful society and therefore medication in developing countries has long been a contentious issue to general public. Some adopt a view that drug corporations in big nations need to carry a good part of the responsibility to contribute their products at lower prices to undeveloped world. Personally, I strongly agree with this notion due to several reasons.

First of all, expanding targeted market might be an effective strategy for the long run. It is a fact that developing countries usually have huge population which is a promising market to these companies. Notwithstanding reduced prices, significant number of consumers still ensures a relatively high revenue. Moreover, collaboration is now a trend throughout the world and thus, drug companies should be partially obliged in this issue. Vietnam, where there has been an increasing number of imported medicines at low prices in recent years, could be taken as salient example of this. Last but definitely not least, people in undeveloped nations deserve equal chances to survive and overcome sickness. Dying from totally curable diseases is a ridiculous thing while it is the matter of limited access to foreign medicines.

However, I reckon that international drug corporations should be helped to provide their products to patients. In some particular circumstances, although the prices are widely affordable, it is the authority who puts too much tax and tariff on these companies and this results in the dilemma in which the benefits of governments, patients and companies are intangibly damaged. Consequently, legislation about imported medical products should be carefully processed and released in order to attract investors.

To conclude, from my own point of view, no one should be excluded from the opportunity to live healthily. Governments and involved companies need to maintain a united front on opinion to benefit civilians.Words: 301

Academic Writing Practice Test 5 Task 1In this report I am going to describe the process that occurs when plants and human beings create oxygen and carbon dioxide.

Plants make oxygen through photosynthesis. To do this plants need certain things. Firstly they take in water through their roots from the earth below. Secondly they take in carbon dioxide from the air around them. Thirdly they absorb sunlight from the sun above. With these three things plants are able to produce oxygen through photosynthesis.

Humans and animals perform an opposite process. Humans and animals take oxygen into their lungs through breathing. When humans and animals exhale they breathe out carbon dioxide. So plants, humans and animals provide services for each other. Humans and animals need the oxygen that plants produce in order to stay alive. When humans and animals breathe out, they provide the carbon dioxide that plants need in order to survive.

Task 2It is true that vast amounts are spent on space exploration for apparently little gain while people suffer

from terrible poverty around the world.

that we would not have had. The famous example is non-stick pans! Supporters also point out that it is in human nature to strive to discover the unknown and that we can progress in all ways by unlocking the secrets of the stars. These are all valid points.

On the other hand how can we as human beings justify the billions of dollars spent sending people into space so we can have non-stick pans while millions of people around the world are dying of disease and famine? With the money spent on space exploration, wells could be dug, farmland could be developed, medicine could be bought, schools and colleges could be built, and teachers, doctors and nurses could be trained. Even if we could justify money on exploration, wouldn‛t it be better to spend the money on exploring the sea on our own planet that could offer enough food to provide for the entire world?

From what I have said in this essay it would seem that I would agree that money should be spent on better things than space exploration. However, this is not the case. I understand all the reasons for spending money on better things but I also strongly believe that it is necessary that the human race should continually strive to develop our technology and broaden our horizons. The money in the long run is well spent on space exploration. (272 words)

Academic Writing Practice Test 6Task 1

In this report I am going to describe two tables. The first table shows predicted figures for UK immigration for the years 1984 to 2000. The second table shows the actual UK immigration figures for the same period.

The predicted immigration figure for 1984 was 38 000. This predicted figure rose slowly by 1, 2 or 3 thousand each year until 1988 when the figure was 46 000. The next two years saw large increases, first to 80 000 in 1989 and then 87 000 in 1990. The next three years showed decreases, the predicted figures being 91 000, 80,000 and 67 000. From 1993 to 2000 immigration was predicted to go up steadily finishing at 148 000 for the year 2000.

The actual immigration figures for the same period were different. Some years‛ figures were higher and some were lower than what was predicted. Immigration for 1984 and 1985 was higher than what was predicted with figures of 58 000 and 60 000 respectively. From 1986 to 1990 immigration rose steadily to 100 000. The next two years showed a decrease similar to the predictions and then in 1993 immigration rose again. It continued to rise steadily to 163 000 in the year 2000 although in one year, 1996, there was a small dip.This ends my report. (219 words)

Task 2The policy of having compulsory national service in a country is quite a controversial one. In some countries it is a good idea and even an essential part of their society. In other countries however it would not work and is not even really necessary.Many countries have compulsory national service. Some countries that I know that have it are France, Germany, Austria and Korea. I didn‛t do it myself but I have friends from these countries that did it and they did not enjoy it. The reason for it though is not enjoyment. The reason is to have a population who are semi-trained for the protection of their country. In my country we had national service after World War Two until 1960. At that time my country needed a large army in order to meet its obligations at home and abroad. After 1960, however, the army became a wholly professional one. A lot of people still feel that national service should continue as it gives discipline and experience to many young people who need this kind of training. However the population is such now in my country that national service would create an unnecessarily large army that would be a massive drain on public resources which come in turn from ordinary citizens‛ taxes.

I only know one country that has national service for both men and women and that is Israel. This country definitely needs national service due to the terrible situation in which it finds itself. They have to have compulsory national service though I am sure that they would scrap it if their security situation changed.In conclusion I feel that national service is a necessary evil in some countries as they feel they have to have a force of men trained that can protect their country. In my opinion though, countries that can do with just a professional army do not need national service anymore and, by stopping it, they no longer have the extra cost of funding it. I therefore disagree with the statement that all countries should adopt national service.(347 words)

Academic Writing Practice Test 7 Task 1

In this report I am going to describe a bar chart. It shows the types of job that employed men and woman held for the year 2003. Figures are given in hundreds of thousands.

Many more men were managers than women in 2003. There were approximately 600 000 men employed as managers whereas only just under 200 000 women were employed in this capacity. Men and women shared professional jobs much more equally and here the figure for women (approx. 680 000) was slightly higher than the figure for men (approx. 640 000). Jobs as semiprofessionals were more common for men. There were about 500 000 men employed as semiprofessionals compared with about 360 000 women.

As regards trade persons, far more men were employed in this capacity. The figure for men was approximately 900 000 whereas the figure for women was just over 100 000. Figures for jobs in production were similarly mismatched with about 540 000 men and about 100 000 women employed in this field. Clerical jobs however, accounted for more women employed than men with approximately 945 000 women and 885 000 men respectively. Finally about 400 000 men were employed as labourers compared to about 290 00 women. (208 words)

I agree with this statement very much as this is an issue that I feel strongly about. I feel very much that we should reduce the amount of fossil fuels that we use and I believe that investment by governments in public transport will help reduce the increase in transport pollution.

At rush hour every city in the world experiences huge congestion on their roads. This is because nearly everyone who can afford a car owns one and uses it whenever they can. Very often cars which can fit five people in them only have one occupant. Just imagine the amount of unnecessary pollution! Now a bus with fifty seats could carry drivers of fifty cars. Pollution would be hugely reduced. To force more people into using public transport, governments could increase private fuel prices and car taxes.

Some people say that buses are not reliable enough, that there are not enough of them and that the prices have become too high. However, if the government invests more so that there are many more buses and trains, all at cheaper prices, then more people would use them and so the money taken would pay for the extra buses and employees. Governments could in turn reduce fuel prices for public transport so that prices could be lowered more easily.Of course it would be even better if we could get everyone to use transport that didn‛t use fossil fuels at all.

Denmark and Holland are famous for having lots of people who travel to work and back by bicycle. Maybe this will happen more in the future.

In my view realistic or am I just a dreamer? I feel that it‛s just a dream. People prefer their own cars and don‛t like buses. I still feel though that governments should try. (300 words)


In this report I am going to describe two pie charts. The first pie chart shows the marital status of the Australian population in 1999. The second pie chart shows the marital status of the Canadian population in the year 2000.

The first pie chart shows that 53% of the Australian population were married in 1999. The next highest group was for people who had never been married with 29% of the population. 7% of the Australian population in 1999 were widowed and also 7% were divorced. Just 3% of the population were separated but not divorced and finally 1% of the population were involved in a same sex marriage.

The second pie chart shows that a smaller percentage (41%) of the Canadian population in 2000 were married than were in Australia in 1999. A higher proportion (46%) were single. The percentages for divorced, widowed and separated but still married people were slightly lower in Canada with 5%, 6% and 2% respectively. There is no data for same sex marriages in Canada in 2000. (176 words)

Task 2Success is certainly something which means different things to different people. In general I believe

that being happy implies success in life. Thus, if someone has achieved what he wants out of life and he or she is happy with that, then you can see this person as successful.

One is an incredibly successful businessman and has a business empire worth many millions of pounds. Anyone looking at him would think him a successful person. To my mind though it is more important to see whether he is happy and this is more a measure of his success. He is happy. He does what he loves and also is lucky enough to have a great family which he spends a lot of time with. Another friend of mine is a history teacher who lives a quiet life in the countryside with his wife and son. He too has what he wants in life and, although he does not have the material wealth of my other friend, I wouldn‛t class him as any less successful. They have both achieved what they want. So, to some people success is money, some it‛s a family and to some it‛s just being able to get on with life.

To me success is happiness. I am not completely happy with my life at the moment but I have a plan and the plan is slowly working out. To me success is to be secure in work, home and the future for myself and my family. With any luck this will come about fairly soon and then I will look at myself as being a success. That does not mean I think of myself as a failure now. It takes time to achieve what I want.

Therefore I hope I have shown that success can mean different things to different people and that, for me, the basis of success is happiness. (330 words)


In this report I am going to describe two line graphs. The first line graph shows figures for New Zealand imports from Australia between 1994 and 2004. The second line chart shows figures for New Zealand imports from Japan for the same period. The figures are in New Zealand dollars.

The first line graph shows that Australian imports into New Zealand began at $4 billion in 1994. This rose steadily to $5 billion in 1996. After that imports from Australia decreased sharply to about £3 billion in 1999 in spite of a small rise in 1998. Then there was a sharp rise to approximately $7 billion in 2000 and 2001. Although there was a dip in 2002 ($5 billion approx), imports then rose to about $8 billion in 2004.

Japanese imports started at $3 billion in 1994 and they rose steadily to just under $7 billion in 1997. They then dropped to approximately $4 billion in 1999 before rising again to about $6 billion in 2000. Imports then dropped dramatically to about $3 billion in 2001 and then dropped further to about $2 billion in 2004. (186 words)

Task 2It is undeniable that the US film industry dominates world cinema. This is not to say that there are not

flourishing film industries in other countries. Many great films are released from many different countries and a lot of these films are technically as good and, in artistic terms, often much better than the “Hollywood Style” films that we know so well. I believe that governments ought to invest in their own film industries and also to assist them in other ways such as tax breaks. By doing this their industries will become more successful and be more able to express their own culture.

As an example of this I would like to look at the Indian film industry. “Bollywood” as it is known has become hugely successful. The more successful Bollywood has become, the more it has attracted investment. Thus after some time the industry contributed on a large scale to the Indian economy. Thus money initially invested in film industries is not money thrown away. The worry is that of course you need people of talent and vision to invest in. So, the people in charge of investment must know what they are doing.

The UK film industry has received help from the government and high quality, money-making films have been the result. In order to compete with the US though, this investment must continue. Only then can films around the world continue to portray cultures and viewpoints different to that the US film industry. I therefore wholeheartedly agree that governments should invest in their own film industries to protect and develop their own cultures. (267 words)


In this report I am going to describe how uranium is mined, processed, used and then discarded. Uranium is found under the ground and so it must be mined. Once the mined uranium has been extracted, it is taken to a processing centre. Here the uranium is converted into a form that can be used as a fuel in a nuclear power station. To do this, the uranium is changed into a gas and enriched before it is reformed as U-235 fuel pellets.

The fuel pellets are then used in nuclear power stations to provide up to 7 billion kilowatts of electricity from just one station. After the fuel has been used for about four years it is removed from the power station and stored. Some of the used fuel can be re-processed and re-used in a power station to produce more electricity.

Finally, old stored fuel that cannot be re-processed is put into stainless steel containers and then buried deep in the ground.

Task 2It is true that all of the major systems around the world, whether they are to do with government,

welfare or education, are based and reliant on computers. I do not, however, believe that this has created excessive risks.

Before the advent of computers, human society survived very well. It is true that if all computers crashed, this would cause huge problems but it would only mean that we would go back to the situation that we had before. People would suffer, maybe I would too, but the world would not end. Reliance on certain systems is the price that we pay for progress.

The very idea that all computers could crash is ludicrous anyway. All places which deal in life and death situations have backup generators that can provide power in the event of a power cut. Power cuts are only temporary and if something happened that completely destroyed the electrical systems of a country, such as nuclear war, people would have far more important things to worry about. Computers are now reliable and we have armies of technicians who can repair or replace faulty systems. Things can and will go wrong but this would happen whether we were reliant on computer systems or on humans. The difference is that computers will make fewer mistakes from day to day!

In conclusion I would therefore say that I disagree with the idea that our reliance on computer technology has created a dangerous situation. I believe our lives are better and safer because of this reliance.(257 words)

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