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Ielts Mock Test 1 (Unit 1 - 2) : Level 1
Ielts Mock Test 1 (Unit 1 - 2) : Level 1
LEVEL 1
Name: ……………………………………….
Class: ……………………………………….
Mark: ……………………………………….
SECTION 1. LISTENING
Question 1 - 6
1. Anne has asked Tom to help her with her dolphin project because
o 1.5 metres
o 1 metre
o 1.7 metres
o around 100
o well over 500
o less than 50
5. What do Anne and Tom agree is typical behaviour for Maui dolphins?
o 40 kilometres
o 50 kilometres
o 30 kilometres
Question 7 - 13
3. Which drink does Joe say people should stop drinking? ________________
5. What problem does Sarah say is increasing because of unhealthy eating? ________________
6. Which kind of fast food is most popular with other university students? ________________
SECTION 2. READING
Question 1 - 7
Choose ONE WORD OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.
Over the last three centuries, the amount of sugar in the Western diet has continued to rise.
Back at the start of the 18th century, a typical English family consumed less than 2 kg of
sugar per year. By the end of that century, that amount had risen 400%. Compare that to the
40 kg that people now consume annually in the USA. In Germany, the second-most sugar-
loving nation in the world, people eat roughly 103 grams on average per day. In the
Netherlands, the country with the third-biggest sweet tooth, people eat 102.5 grams. Of
course, there are some countries in the world where sweet food is less popular: in India,
people eat only about 5 grams per day on average; in Indonesia, it’s 14.5 grams; and in
China, it’s just under 16 grams. If you’re not sure what 40 kg looks like, it means that the
average person in the USA now eats approximately 22 teaspoons of sugar a day. The
recommended limit, suggested by researchers from the World Health Organisation, is no
more than 8 if you want to stay healthy, but just one can of soda contains around 10.
It is common knowledge that many drinks, in bottles or canned, contain a lot of sugar.
Although advertisements say that they are ‘energy-giving’, professional athletes and
sportsmen and women usually stay away from them. It is teenagers that are their greatest
consumers. And – although advertisers promise that these drinks will make people feel
energetic and active – because of the type of chemicals they have, once a person has drunk all
the soda, they simply feel hungry instead. However, sugar is also in products that many
shoppers find surprising, for example, cereal, which actually has a lot. Because they believe it
is a healthy kind of food, parents buy it for their children’s breakfast.
A large part of the problem, according to nutritionists, is that people find it hard to understand
the labels on the back of food products. Nutritionists think this should be a lot easier for
them. But at the moment, manufacturers don’t have to write ‘sugar’ on them, but can use
words like ‘corn syrup’ or ‘dextran’, which can result in confusion for consumers. But why
should we be worried about our sugar consumption? Firstly, it is harmful to young children
because it causes tooth decay; the pain from this can mean that children don’t get the amount
of sleep they need. As a result, they can’t concentrate when they are in class. In this case,
schools and governments have a duty to educate them about good and bad food choices. For
adults, the problems increase. Eating too much sugar makes people quickly gain weight, it
affects the heart and liver, and can lead to diabetes.
1. Which country consumes the least sugar per person? __________________
2. What is the maximum recommended number of teaspoons of sugar that a person should
consume a day? ________________
3. Which group of people drink more sugary drinks than anyone else? ________________
4. How do people really feel after finishing sugary drinks? ________________
5. Which food product has an unexpected amount of sugar? ________________
6. What do nutritionists want to be clearer for consumers? ___________________
7. What may decrease as a result of tooth decay in children? __________________
Question 8 - 14
Write ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Mammoths once lived in large numbers across Asia, Africa, North America and Europe.
However, over time, their numbers fell until the mammoth became extinct. Scientists think
this happened for two reasons. Firstly, the mammoths’ natural habitat decreased in size
because of climate change. Secondly, many mammoths were killed by people who hunted
them. The last population of mammoths lived on Wrangel Island, off north-east Siberia in the
Chukchi Sea. These were woolly mammoths that could survive in very cold conditions, but
they also died out around 4,000 years ago.
Prehistoric cave paintings show us that people ate the woolly mammoths they killed, but also
used their bones and tusks. They used these to make simple animal and human figures, an
early kind of art, and also to create some basic tools. We also know a lot about the woolly
mammoth because the freezing conditions in Alaska and Siberia have preserved them.
Researchers have studied their skeletons, their teeth and even the grass and plants that were
still inside their stomachs. We know that their fur was an orange-brown colour, they had a
thick layer of fat, and they had long, curved tusks. Their ears were short compared to an
African or Asian elephant’s we might see today, so they would not lose so much heat or get
frostbite.
In recent years, some researchers have suggested that we could bring woolly mammoths back
to life. Interestingly, not all scientists believe that bringing the mammoth back to life would
be a good thing. They think it would be unfair to create a ‘new’ mammoth and then keep it in
a small space. They think the right thing to do would be to give it a certain amount of
freedom, perhaps in a wildlife park. But where would this be? And the mammoth would also
be alone, and like elephants, mammoths were probably social in the way they behaved. This
does seem to be a strong reason against bringing the mammoth back to life. Perhaps the
‘new’ mammoth might also develop an ‘old’ disease – and this might have an effect on the
ecosystem that scientists cannot predict. Although the idea of bringing the mammoth back
seems like an exciting one at first, there are many issues that we need to consider
1. The number of mammoths started to fall when their __________________ got smaller.
2. Humans used mammoths for food, and to make art and ____________________ .
3. Scientists have examined the contents of mammoths’ __________________ .
4. Mammoths had smaller _____________________ than modern elephants.
5. Some scientists think that a ‘new’ mammoth should have some ____________________ .
6. Both elephants and mammoths are ___________________ animals.
7. There is a possibility that a ‘new’ mammoth could get a ____________________ .
SECTION 3. WRITING
The diagram shows the process of growing bananas for selling in supermarkets.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons
where relevant.