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FULL IELTS PRACTICE TEST – ACADEMIC MODULE

LISTENING TEST

Test Instructions

Listen to the recording straight through, ONCE only (total audio time: 30 min). Answer the questions while listening to each section. At the end of the test you will have another ten minutes to transfer your answers to the Answer sheet (located further in this file). Before starting the test, download and print the Listening and Reading questions in this file.

SECTION 1 Questions 1-10 Questions 1-5

Complete the Seafront Backpacker hostel enquiry form.

Write NO MORE THAN 2 WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Guest Form

Guest’s Current Address: Seaview Hotel EXAMPLE 15 Esplanade, Dune Beach

Family Name of guest 1 ____________ First Name 2 ____________

Phone No. 3 ____________ No of nights required 4 ____________

Cost per night: Dormitory A: $18 B: $15 Weekly Cost (7 nights) 5 $____________

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Questions 6-10

Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

6 Each bathroom at the hostel has…

A no shower but hot water all the time

B a shower, and hot water sometimes

C a shower and hot water all the time

7 Which facilities are free?

A Breakfast and car parking

B Breakfast and internet

C Towels and bike parking

8 He recommends the road from Dune Beach to Selby because…

A it’s near the hotel

B it’s not busy

C it’s safer for cycling

9 The hostel is located:

A in a retirement home on the beach

B up a hill on the sea front

C along a right turn off Beach Road

10 Which animal is known to be a problem to the caller?

A fox

B dog

C cat





SECTION 2 Questions 11-20 Complete the notes below.

Use ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Name of machine

Positive (+) features

Negative (–) features

Overall Assessment

Coffee Supreme

can brew 4+ cups of

mild/strong coffee

water filtration

system 11 ____________

the taste

overflow protection/

drip stop

parts easy to

12 ____________

11

no auto grinder

13 ____________ watt

electrical system

good value for money

but 14 _____________

performance

Café Delight

combines a

15 ____________ coffee

maker with an espresso

machine

steam nozzle +

frothing attachment

machine is

16 ____________ and

large

flexible and

17____________

Coffeetime Automatic

can make different

18 ____________

has electronic disc

to calculate water needs

automatically

auto clean/descale

19 ____________ and too

large

bulky but uses

current 20 __________

well





SECTION 3 Questions 21-30 Question 21

Choose TWO correct letters from A, B, C or D.

21 Which TWO are purposes of the Student Support Service?

A to improve students’ independence

B to carry out some of the study for the students

C to encourage students to make judgments

D to help students to build relationships Questions 22 - 26

Answers the questions below about Wilson’s study problems.

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

What is Wilson’s main problem? 22 ___________

What part of an assignment is often not clear to him? 23 ___________

With which aspect of his essay problems will the special session help? 24 ___________

What is one of Wilson’s other problems with essay writing? 25 ___________

With whom can Wilson talk about the drafts of his essays? 26 ___________





Questions 27-30

Complete the Report on Grace’s problems.

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

REPORT

Grace has difficulty keeping up with 27 ____________on her Nursing Course.

She says that lecturers speak too quickly and are not always 28 ____________.

She thinks that the recording of lectures 29 ____________ time.

Grace is not sleeping well; seems worried about her family.

I suggested that she should talk to a counsellor from a different

cultural 30 ____________.

I offered to help her to make the appointment.





SECTION 4 Questions 31-40 Choose the correct letter A, B or C according to what the lecturer says:

31 Management research now understands that…

A organisations need a structure

B feelings affect relationships significantly

C workplace relationships can only be effective with rules

32 Emotional intelligence is…

A an aspect of IQ

B a range of abilities linked to feelings

C an important management task

33 Empathy essentially involves…

A imagining another’s feelings

B understanding certain conditions

C feeling natural enough

34 Managing other people’s feelings is helpful to…

A self motivation

B popularity of the organisation

C leadership skills

35 In a happy workplace, people are…

A intelligent and technically competent

B cooperative and respectful

C aware of the importance of quality





Complete the sentences below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY from the lecture for each answer.

A manager with a healthy self image will probably be a 36 ____________ influence in

workplaces.

Our perceived self is our inner 37 ____________ of ourselves.

Our desired self focuses on what is 38 ____________ within ourselves.

Our presented selves require us to behave according to what is 39 ____________ by others.

The three aspects of the self are not performed individually, but 40 ____________.





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READING TEST

Test Instructions

You have ONE HOUR to answer 40 questions in three sections. You must transfer your answers to the Answer sheet during this time. Allow approximately 20 minutes for each section.

READING PASSAGE 1

Why are women becoming unhappier? Please refer to Passage 1 in IELTS Success Formula e-book and answer questions 1-13 Questions 1-5 Reading Passage 1 has 7 paragraphs, A-G. Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.

1 The proposition that women may be less happy because they no longer have the same

feminist, political dreams of 40 years ago.

2 The view that for women to be as satisfied with their lives is more complex because of

the larger number of fields in which they want to excel.

3 The parallel size of the reduction in women’s satisfaction with their financial

circumstances and their general happiness.

4 The view that perhaps it may be more important to focus research on the explanation of

why men’s happiness levels have held up better.

5 The seeming contradiction between the improvement in women’s actual living

conditions and the decline in how happy they perceive themselves to be.





Questions 6-10

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? In boxes 6-10 on your answer sheet write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

6 It makes little difference to perceptions of happiness if a woman is a mother or not.

7 Younger women are feeling a sense of declining happiness.

8 Twelfth-grader young men view themselves as healthier than their young, female

counterparts.

9 The link between marital happiness and overall happiness is stronger for men than for

women.

10 Men’s perceptions of their health have been more stable than women’s across the

survey period. Questions 11-13

Complete the summary below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 11-13 on your answer sheet.

Women in the USA 11 _____________ themselves to be less happy than 40 years ago,

despite improvements in their lives. Men’s levels of happiness have not

12 _____________ to the same extent. The explanation for this is still a

13 _____________.





READING PASSAGE 2

The changing vocal world of the humpback whale

Please refer to Passage 2 in IELTS Success Formula e-book and answer Questions 14-26 Questions 14-17

Reading Passage 2 has 6 paragraphs, A-F. Choose the correct headings for paragraphs A-D from the list below. Write the correct number, i-viii, in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet.

List of Headings

i The darkness of the ocean’s waters

ii Song variation as evidence of whale society

iii Some mysterious features of whale song

iv Understanding whale song

v How humpback whales detect sound

vi Sounds and distance

vii Males and females

viii Recording of whale song

ix The threat of noise

EXAMPLE ANSWER

Paragraph E ___ ix ___

14 Paragraph A __________

15 Paragraph B __________

16 Paragraph C __________

17 Paragraph D __________





Questions 18-21

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

18 How did Roger Payne characterise the sounds in his early recordings?

A They were signs that whales were chattering when they were feeling lazy.

B The sounds were only made when whales were breeding.

C The sounds seemed to reflect repeated topics of musical ‘conversation’.

D The sounds were successful in helping whales to recognise one another.

19 What does the writer say about humpback whale song in terms of male and female

reactions?

A Songs are definitely mating calls initiated by males.

B Males are interested in following females when the song is being used.

C When they hear a male singing, other males want to sing.

D The songs seem to lead to a strange silent pattern of behaviour among male.

20 What does the writer say about the quality of noise in today’s oceans?

A Noise from ships is creating a clear grading of sounds under the ocean.

B The noise is a confusing blend of sounds which is ceaseless.

C Noise in the ocean today is similar to that made by trains on railways.

D Sounds of fish add further volume to the ocean noise.

21 Which is the most likely combination of explanations for whale strandings,

according to the writer?

A Stress and military testing

B Sonar pulses and decompression sickness

C Ears splitting and avoidance behaviour

D Faster breathing rates and haemorrhages





Questions 22-26 Please refer to Passage 2 in IELTS Success Formula e-book and complete the summary of paragraphs D, E and F (questions 22-26 below). Use ONE word from the list (A–O below) for each answer. Write the correct letter, A-O, in the boxes 22-26 on your answer sheet.

Whales sing identical songs across long distances. But, slight changes in the songs occur each

year. Such 22 _____________ of whale songs is evidence that cetaceans have culture, which

can vary across oceans. The knowledge that whale 23 _____________ both endure and

change indicates that culture is not just 24 _____________ to humans. This is likely to

transform how these mammals are perceived.

Increasing ocean noise seems to 25 _____________ information exchange among whales

and may disrupt communication altogether. The constant underwater din affects their hunting

and breeding ability, and may be responsible for strandings.

Strandings have also occurred after military tests. The whales may have reacted to noise by

26 _____________ too quickly. The situation is not likely to improve soon.

A moderation B floating C lessen

D species E numbers F effect

G restricted H available I modification

J damaged K societies L share

M surfacing N groups O diving





READING PASSAGE 3

Please refer to Passage 3 in IELTS Success Formula e-book and answer Questions 27-40.

Questions 27-30 The reading passage has 6 paragraphs A-F. Which paragraph, A-F, contains the following information? Write the correct letter, A-F, in boxes 27-30 on your answer sheet.

27 Some discussion of the economic potential of wave energy in the UK.

28 General data on rates of power relative to wave height and length.

29 A brief analysis of factors affecting economic viability.

30 Current operational power capacity.





Questions 31-35

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3?

In boxes 31-35 on your answer sheet write

YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

31 The sea bed and restricted water depth both have an impact on the energy potential of

waves.

32 Generators are more effective with the buoyant-moored device.

33 Wave energy devices need to be able to cope with plants or organisms which might

attach themselves to the machinery.

34 Projections usually assume unit costs will increase as innovative, larger machines are

developed.

35 One of the devices currently being tested is joined to the main electricity network.

Questions 36-40

To which device does each statement apply?

Choose one device from the box below and write the correct letter, A-C, next to questions 36-40.

A Oscillating water column

B Buoyant moored device

C Hinged contour device

36 This device is attached to the sea bed and is usually visible above the water level.

37 This device enables independent movement and varies the height of its different parts.

38 This device is tube-like and some of it is not visible above the level of the sea.

39 This device produces energy largely from alternation of air pressure.

40 This device relies principally on the variation in wave movement to produce fluid

pressure which is then converted into energy





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