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Questions 1 – 5:
Now decide if these statements are TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN according to the
information in the passage.
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
1. Sylvia Earle lives in the USA.

2. Until 1970, nobody had lived underwater before
3. Sylvia Earle was worried about the amount of fish that were being caught.
4. Her books offer some solutions to marine.
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5. She thinks people should avoid eating seafood.
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Exercise 2:
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Break the habit
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We all think we can break our bad habits — but they can stay with us for life
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What is a bad habit? The most common definition is that it is something that we do
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regularly, almost without thinking about it, and which has some sorts of negative
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consequence. This consequence could affect those around us, or it could affect us
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personally. Those who deny having bad habits are probably lying. Bad habits are part
of what makes us human.
Many early habits, like sucking our thumb, are broken when we are very young. We
are either told to stop doing it by our parents, or we consciously or subconsciously
observe that others do not have the same habit, and we gradually grow out of it. It is
when we intentionally or unintentionally pick up new habits in our later childhood or
early adulthood that it becomes a problem. Unless we can break that habit early on, it
becomes a part of our life, and becomes “programmed” into our brain.
A recent study of human memory suggests that no matter how hard we try to change
our habits, it is the old ways that tend to win, especially in situations where we are
rushed, stressed or overworked. Habits that we thought we had got rid of can suddenly
come back. During the study programme, the researchers showed a group of
volunteers several pictures, and gave them words to associate with them (for example,
see a picture of tea, and associate it with ‘breakfast'). They then showed the volunteers
the same pictures again, and gave them new words to associate with them (see a
picture of tea, and say ‘afternoon’).
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A few days later, the volunteers were given a test. The researchers showed them the pictures,
and told them to respond with one of the words they had been given for each one. It came as
no surprise that their answers were split between the first set of words and the second. Two
weeks later, they were given the same test again. This time, most of them only gave the first
set of words. They appeared to have completely forgotten the second set.
The study confirms that the responses we learn first are those that remain strongest over time.
We may try to change our ways, but after a while, the response that comes to mind first is
usually the first one we learned. The more that response is used, the more automatic it
becomes and the harder it becomes to respond in any other way.
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The study therefore suggests that over time, our bad habits also become automatic, learned
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behaviour. This is not good news for people who picked up bad habits early in life and now
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want to change or break them. Even when we try to put new, good intentions into practice,
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those previously learned habits remain stronger in more automatic, unconscious forms of
memory.
A N Source: Complete IELTS band 4-5
Questions 1-7:
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Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in the Reading
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passage? Write
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Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in the
passage? In boxes from 1 - 5 on the 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 there is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
1. We usually develop bad habits when we are very young.

2. We can only break bad habits if people tell us to do so.
3. Bad habits may return when we are under pressure.
4. Researchers were surprised by the answers that the volunteers gave in the first
test.
5. The volunteers found the test more difficult when they did it the second time.
6. People find it more difficult to remember things they learnt when they were
young.
7. If we develop bad habits early in life, they are harder to get rid of.
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D. Macfarlane had wondered for a long time how the Industrial Revolution came about.
Historians had alighted on one interesting factor around the mid-18th century that
required explanation. Between about 1650 and 1740，the population in Britain was static.
But then there was a burst in population growth. Macfarlane says: ‘The infant mortality
rate halved in the space of 20 years, and this happened in both rural areas and cities, and
across all classes’. People suggested four possible causes. Was there a sudden change in
the viruses and bacteria around? Unlikely. Was there a revolution in medical science? But
this was a century before Lister’s revolution. Was there a change in environmental
conditions? There were improvements in agriculture that wiped out malaria, but these
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were small gains. Sanitation did not become widespread until the 19th century. The only
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option left is food. But the height and weight statistics show a decline. So the food must
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have got worse. Efforts to explain this sudden reduction in child deaths appeared to draw
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a blank.
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E. This population burst seemed to happen at just the right time to provide labour for the
Industrial Revolution. ‘When you start moving towards an industrial revolution, it is
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economically efficient to have people living close together,’ says Macfarlane. ‘But then
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you get disease, particularly from human waste.’ Some digging around in historical
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records revealed that there was a change in the incidence of water-borne disease at that
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time, especially dysentery. Macfarlane deduced that whatever the British were drinking
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must have been important in regulating disease. He says, ‘We drank beer. For a long time,
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the English were protected by the strong antibacterial agent in hops, which were added to
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help preserve the beer. But in the late 17th century a tax was introduced on malt, the basic
ingredient of beer. The poor turned to water and gin and in the 1720s the mortality rate
began to rise again. Then it suddenly dropped again. What caused this?’
Questions 8-13:
8. China’s transport system was not suitable for industry in the 18th century.
9. Tea and beer both helped to prevent dysentery in Britain.
10. Roy Porter disagrees with Professor Macfarlane’s findings.
11. After 1740，there was a reduction in population in Britain.
12. People in Britain used to make beer at home.
13. The tax on malt indirectly caused a rise in the death rate.
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1. Australian teachers will suggest alternatives to students rather than offer one
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solution.
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2. In Australia, teachers will show interest in students’ personal circumstances.
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3. Australians use people’s first names so that everyone feels their status is similar.
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4. Students who study all the time may receive positive comments from their
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colleagues.
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5. It is acceptable to discuss financial issues with people you do not know well.
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6. Younger Australians tend to be friendlier than older Australians.
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But this potential answer also raises an even older and more difficult question. Adult
immigrants who learn a second language rarely achieve the same proficiency in a foreign
language as the average child raised as a native speaker. Researchers have long suspected
there is a ‘critical period’ for language development, after which it cannot proceed with full
success to fluency. Yet we still do not understand this critical period or know why it ends.
Source: Complete IELTS 5-6.5
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Questions 26-29:
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reading passage?
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In boxes 26-29 on your answer sheet, write:
YES
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if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
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26. People are extremely amused when they see a baby talk like an adult.
27. Behaviourists of the early 20th century argued that children learn to speak by
copying adults.
28. Children have more conversations with adults than with other children.
29. Scientists have found it easy to work out why babies use one-word sentences.
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Wolfgang Weingart, experimented with the offset printing process to produce posters that
appeared complex and chaotic, playful and spontaneous - all in stark contrast to what
had gone before. Weingart's liberation of typography was an important foundation for
several new styles. These ranged from Memphis and Retro to the advances now being
made in computer graphics.
Adapted from www.internationalposter.com
Source: Complete IELTS band 5-6.5
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Questions 10-13
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Do the following statements agree with the information in the reading passage?
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10. By the 1950s, photographs were more widely seen than artists’ illustrations on
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posters.
11. Features of the Typographic Style can be seen in modern-day posters.
12. The Typographic Style met a global need at a particular time in history.
13. Weingart got many of his ideas from his students in Basel.
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organize and conduct focus groups. A representative in a call center could collect all of the
data desired. This greatly increased the number of surveys collected each year and improved
the market-research model ten-fold.
Over the last five to ten years, market research has taken another great leap forward in terms
of methods of data collection. While surveys are still employed, this is largely done via
internet connection. Western Wats (recently renamed as Opinionology) is still the largest
market-research company in the US and collects the majority of their research via their
online panel called Opinion Outpost. Rather than cold-calling an individual in the search for
data, the company has online studies that anyone interested in participating in can sign up to
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receive and freely share their opinion. It is much less intrusive, and the quality of data is
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often much higher, since people can participate on their own schedule, instead of being
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rushed when they receive a phone call from a call center.
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This use of internet technology shows how far the quest to gather public opinion has come
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since the 1820s, when it is said that the first recorded straw polls - the term comes from
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farmers throwing a handful of straw into the air to check which direction the wind was
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coming from - were recorded. Nowadays, it seems that everyone from political parties to
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companies marketing toothbrushes wants to see which way the wind of public opinion is
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blowing before making a decision.
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Source: IELTS Reading Advantage
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Question 1 – 5:
1. Market research was developed when Daniel Starch was employed to see how
effective and memorable advertising was.
2. Methods considered appropriate for researching the effectiveness of radio and
television advertising differed from those used by Starch.
3. Western Wats introduced methods generally considered less efficient than those
of Starch and Gallup.
4. The rebranding of Western Wats as Opinionology resulted in the creation of the
biggest market-research company in the world.
5. There had been no interest in finding public opinion before the market-research
industries began their work in the last century.
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Question 1 – 5:
Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer?
passage?
In boxes from 1 - 5 on the answer sheet, write
YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
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1. Merck’s experience with MK-869 was unique.

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well-established drugs company.
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2. These days, a small number of unsuccessful test results can ruin a
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3. Some medical conditions are more easily treated by a placebo than others.
4. It was to be expected that the third group in Kaptchuk’s trial would do better
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than the other two groups.
5. Kaptchuk’s research highlights the fact that combined drug and placebo
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treatments should be avoided.
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Question 1 – 5:
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in the reading
passage?
passage?
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In boxes from 1 - 5 on the answer sheet, write
YES
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if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
A
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H
A N
1. Activities related to environmental protection and space exploration have a
common theme.
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2. It is unclear why space exploration evolved in a different way from environmental
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studies on Earth.
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3. Governments tend to allocate more money to environmental projects than space
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exploration.
4. Unfortunately, the environmental and space exploration communities have little
to offer each other in terms of resources.
5. The Earth and Space Foundation was set up later than it was originally intended.
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Questions 1-6:
Do the following statements agree with the information in Reading Passage?

A N
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1. Xu Xing went to the Gobi Desert to check fossil evidence of the existence of
Gigantoraptor erlianensis.
on false evidence.
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2. The announcement made by the National Geographic Society in 1999 was based
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3. Like Gigantoraptor, Yanomis martini was first discovered in China.
4. The bones originally discovered by Robert Liscomb changed the attitude of
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palaeontologists towards north Alaska.
5. According to Fiorillo, the name Troodon means ‘wounding tooth’.
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6. Guillermo Heredia had suspected that his find was a dinosaur fossil.
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E With the arrival of the traffic-free shopping street, many shops, especially those selling
things like clothes, food and smaller luxury items, prospered. Unfortunately, it wasn't
good news for everyone, as shops selling furniture and larger electrical appliances
actually saw their sales drop. Many of these were forced to move elsewhere, away from the
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city centre. Today they are a common feature on the outskirts of towns and cities, often
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situated in out-of-town retail zones with their own car parks and other local facilities.
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Source: Complete IELTS band 4-5
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Now match the headings i-vii below with paragraphs A-E in the passage. There are two
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headings that you do not need.
List of Headings
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i. Facing local opposition 1. Paragraph A...............
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ii. Some reasons for success 2. Paragraph B................
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iii. Winners and losers 3. Paragraph C................
iv. A need for change 4. Paragraph D..............
v. An experiment that went wrong 5. Paragraph E.............
vi. An idea from ancient history
vii. North America learns from Europe

Questions 1-6: The reading passage has six paragraphs, A-F.
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of
headings below.
i. Making peaceful use of a military weapon

ii. How modifying the weather has changed the world
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iii. What is prompting this research?
iv. A period of drought comes to an end
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v. An old solution to a new problem
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vi. Winners and losers
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vii. Tests provide encouraging results
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viii. A waste of money
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ix. Global attempts to change the weather
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1. Paragraph A...............
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2. Paragraph B................
3. Paragraph C................
4. Paragraph D..............
5. Paragraph E.............
6. Paragraph F...............

The text has six untitled paragraphs A-F. Choose the correct heading for each
paragraph from the list of headings below (i-ix).
Questions 1-6:
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i. Musical futures 1. Paragraph A
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ii. Sad mystery to solve 2. Paragraph B
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iii. Surprising discoveries 3. Paragraph C
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iv. The inventiveness of song 4. Paragraph D
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v. Singing effects 5. Paragraph E
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vi. Threats to survival 6. Paragraph F
vii. Singing for supper
viii. Varieties of song
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ix. The significance of song
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Questions 1-7: The reading passage has seven paragraphs, A-G.
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B-G from the list of
headings below.
i. Research into whether organic food is better for us

ii. Adding up the cost of organic food
iii. The factors that can affect food quality
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iv. The rich and poor see things differently
v. A description of organic farming
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vi. Testing the taste of organic food
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vii. Fear of science has created the organic trend
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viii. The main reason for the popularity of organic food
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ix. The need to remove hidden dangers from food
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1. Paragraph A ... viii
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2. Paragraph B ...............
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3. Paragraph C ...............
4. Paragraph D ...............
5. Paragraph E ...............
6. Paragraph F ...............
7. Paragraph G ...............

worst when trained on pre-nominal adjectives and tested on post-nominal adjectives. Only
children who had been trained with post- nominal color-word presentation and then tested
with post-nominal question types were significantly more accurate than chance.
Comparing the pre- and post-test scores across each condition revealed a significant
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decline in performance when children were both pre- and post-tested with questions that
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placed the color words pre-nominally.
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As predicted, when children are exposed to color adjectives in post-nominal position, they
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learn them rapidly (after just five training trials per color); when they are presented with
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them pre-nominally, as English overwhelmingly tends to do, children show no signs of
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learning.
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Source: Complete IELTS band 6.5-7.5
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Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below.
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List of Headings
A possible explanation 1. Paragraph A
ii Why names of objects are unhelpful 2. Paragraph B
iii Checking out the theory 3. Paragraph C
iv A curious state of affairs 4. Paragraph D
v The need to look at how words are formed
vi How age impacts on learning colours
vii Some unsurprising data

G Take away that variety, and we'll lose more than honey. ‘We wouldn't starve,’ says
Kremen. ‘But what we eat, and even what we wear pollinators, after all, give us some of
our cotton and flax - would be limited to crops whose pollen travels by other means. ‘In a
sense,’ she says, ‘our lives would be dictated by the wind. It’s vital that we give pollinators
more of what they need and less of what they don't, and ease the burden on managed bees
by letting native animals do their part’, say scientists.
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[Adapted from National Geographic Magazine.]
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Source: Complete IELTS band 6.5-7.5
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The reading passage has seven sections, A-G.
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Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below.
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In boxes 15-21 on your answer sheet write A-G.
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List of Headings
i. Looking for clues 1. Section A
ii. Blaming the beekeepers 2. Section B
iii. Solutions to a more troublesome issue 3. Section C
iv. Discovering a new bee species 4. Section D
v. An impossible task for any human 5. Section E
vi. The preferred pollinator 6. Section F
vii. Plant features designed to suit the pollinator 7. Section G
viii. Some obvious and less obvious pollen carriers
ix. The undesirable alternative
x. An unexpected setback

Read each part carefully and choose the correct option, A, B, C or D.
1. People went to Gimbels to buy a ballpoint pen because

A. they couldn’t get them anywhere else
B. they had been told how good the pens were
C. they had never seen a ballpoint pen before
D. they thought the price good
2. Why were early ballpoint pens not produced commercially?
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A. Nobody wanted to buy one
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B. It cost too much to produce them
C. They used too much ink
D. They didn’t work properly
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3. Why was Ladislas Biro's pen better than earlier models?
A. It didn’t need to be filled with ink as often
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B. It was designed by a chemist
C. The ink stayed in the pen until it was needed
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D. It was easier to use
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4. Biro's first commercially-produced pen
A. was produced in a factory owned by the Argentinian president
B. only worked if used in a certain way
C. was a major success
D. went on sale in 1944
5. Patrick Frawley’s pen

A. was a better version of an earlier model
B. took time to become successful
C. was the USA’s first commercially successful ballpoint pen
D. was only successful in the USA

Read the rest of the passage and choose TWO letters, A—E, for Questions 2-5.
Questions 1-4:
1. What two things does Kitso Khama say about honey badgers?
A. They show interest in things they are not familiar with.
B. It's hard to tell how they will behave.
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C. They are always looking for food.
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D. They do not enjoy human company.
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E. It is common for them to attack people.
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2. What two things did the team find out about honey badgers?
A. There are some creatures they will not eat.
B. They were afraid of poisonous creatures.
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D. They do not always live alone. A
C. They may get some of the water they need from fruit.
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E. Female badgers do not mix with male badgers.
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3. According to the passage, which of these two features are typical of male badgers?
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A. They don't run very quickly.
B. They hunt over a very large area.
C. They defend their territory from other badgers.
D. They sometimes fight each other.
E. They are more aggressive than females.
4. What two things happened when the honey badgers got used to humans being
around them?
A. The badgers lost interest in people.
B. The badgers became less aggressive towards other creatures.
C. The badgers started eating more.
D. Other animals started working with the badgers.
E. Other animals near them became more relaxed.

be to understand how to simultaneously provide both more societal pressure to deal with
the threats of technology, and less pressure to ensure an open, free and evolving society.
Source: IELTS Advantage
Questions 1-5:
Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.
1. We tend to act in a trusting and co-operative way because

A. the collective interest is greater than our individual interest.
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B. group and individual interest are generally equal.
C. the consequences of cheating are too great.
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D. it is in our nature to act in a moral manner.
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2. The writer says that trust is limited because
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A. it does not include our opinions of the law.
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B. we only trust those we are familiar with.
C. it is linked to our personal reputation.
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D. it is likely that cheats do not trust anyone.
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3. The examples of overfishing and the problem of the banking system show that
A. problems affect both society and the natural world.
B. the system of trust is not reliable.
C. the balance between cooperation and cheating is always at risk.
D. people who cheat the system will sometimes have an advantage.
4. According to the writer, defectors from the system

A find it increasingly easy to cheat.
B can hope to achieve positive solutions to problems.
C are generally intelligent and innovative.
D try to do as much damage as possible.
5. Which of the following is the most suitable title for the text?
A. The impossibility of cooperation in a world of cheats
B. The increased threats to a functioning society
C. How to keep criminals in check for the benefit of society
D. The importance of technology in balancing risk and reward in society
E. The complexities of a society based on trust

Questions 1-5
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
1. What point does the writer make in the first paragraph?

A. We know more about language now than we used to.
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B. We recognise the importance of talking about emotions.
A
C. We like to believe that language is a strictly human skill.
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D. We have used tools for longer than some other species.
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2. According to the writer, what has changed our view of communication?
A. analysing different world languages
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B. understanding that language involves a range of skills
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C. studying the different purposes of language
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D. realising that we can communicate without language
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3. The writer quotes the Cartmill and Byrne experiment because it shows
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A. the similarities in the way humans and apes use gesture.
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B. the abilities of apes to use gesture in different environments.
C. how food can be used to encourage ape gestures.
D. how hard humans find it to interpret ape gestures.
4. In paragraph 6, the writer says that one type of dolphin sound is

A. used only when dolphins are in danger.
B. heard only at a particular time of day.
C. heard at a range of pitch levels.
D. used as a form of personal identification.
5. Experiments at Edinburgh Zoo showed that chimps were able to

A. use grunts to ask humans for food.
B. use pitch changes to express meaning.
C. recognise human voices on a recording.
D. tell the difference between a false grunt and a real one.

Questions 1-4
Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.
1. Which of the following is true of William Potter’s research?
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A. It was based on recently developed drugs that he had recommended
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B. It included trial results from a range of drugs companies
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C. Some of the trial results he investigated had not been made public
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D. Some of the findings were not accepted by the drugs industry
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2. What did William Potter's research reveal about the location of drugs trials?
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A. The placebo effect was weakest in the US
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B. Results were not consistent around the world
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C. Results varied depending on the type of hospital
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D. The FDA preferred drugs to be tested in different countries
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3. What does the tight race refer to in line 80?
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A. the standard tests
B. consistent results
C. ratings by trial observers
D. testing sites
4. What significant discovery was made by Ted Kaptchuk?

A. The effects of a placebo can last longer than previously thought
B. Patients’ health can improve while waiting to undergo a trial
C. Patients respond better to a placebo if they are treated by the same clinician
throughout the trial
D. Those conducting a placebo trial need to know the subjects’ disorder well

Questions 1-4
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
1. What was the significance of the ‘novel approach’ adopted in the Guatemala
project?
A. It minimised the need to protect the forests.
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B. It reduced the impact of tourists on the forests.
C. It showed that preserving the forests can be profitable.
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D. It gave the Foundation greater control over the forests.
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2.
A.
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GPS and satellite imagery were used in the Syrian project to
help archaeologists find ancient items.
B.
C.
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explore land that is hard to reach.
reduce the impact of archaeological activity.
D.
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evaluate some early astronomical theories.
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3. One of the purposes of the Foundation’s awards is to
A. attract non-scientists to its work.
B. establish priorities for Mars exploration.
C. offer financial incentives for space exploration.
D. establish the long-term continuity of its activities.
4. What is the writer’s purpose in the passage?

A. to persuade people to support the Foundation
B. to explain the nature of the Foundation’s work
C. to show how views on the Foundation have changed
D. to reject earlier criticisms of the Foundation’s work

He first started using bright colours, and then experimented with concrete. Le Corbusier
loved the look and flexibility of concrete, and found it hard to hide it behind brick or paint,
preferring to leave it on full view. At a time when concrete was seen as modern and exciting,
his designs made him world famous, and he was asked to design several important buildings
around the world. Altogether, he designed about 60 major buildings worldwide, in a style that
became known as ‘modernism'.
However, while many admired and copied his new style of architecture, many more hated it.
They turned against him, and tried to block his plans. Buildings should inspire people and
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make them feel good, they said, and Le Corbusier's ugly, depressing buildings often had the
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opposite effect. In this respect, the people of Paris had a lucky escape. Early in his career, Le
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Corbusier had wanted to knock down the centre of Paris and replace the old buildings with
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huge towers. Fortunately, his plan was rejected. Justifiably, in view of his plans to transform
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one of the world's most beautiful cities into a hideous concrete jungle, Le Corbusier is still
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known as ‘the man who tried to destroy Paris'.
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Despite the criticism, he had an enormous effect on the world of architecture, and attracted
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a large number of followers. As a result, many places were subjected to his style. In the Paris
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suburbs of Bobigny, for example, huge towers were built to house some of the city's poorer
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inhabitants. Other European cities such as London, Berlin and Dublin also felt his influence.
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Apart from the buildings that were directly influenced by Le Corbusier, something else
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happened that the architect never planned: there was a return to older styles of architecture.
Today, many people live in modern houses that look like they are much older. This look may
represent a return to traditional tastes and values. More likely, however, it represents a
reaction against modernist architecture.
Source: IELTS Complete Band 4-5
Questions 5-8:
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-F below
5. Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye A. copied the style that he had invented

6. The concrete in Le Corbusier’s B. is a classic example of modernist
later buildings architecture
7. Le Corbusier’s style of C. made him friends and enemies
architecture D. was not as good as he claimed
8. Le Corbusier had a large E. was covered in bright colours
following which F. was left exposed so that people could see it

Questions 1-4
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-F, below.
1. Pictures will be used A. to show how the team did the repairs on
2. A special machine will be used the dress.
3. A net material has been selected B. to reduce the time taken to repair the
4. Work will be visible on one side dress.
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C. to remove the dirt from the top layer of
A
the dress.
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D. to demonstrate the quality of the team's
work on the dress.
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H
E. to match a quality of the original fabric
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used in the dress.
A
F. to help show where the dress needs repair
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work.
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Another weakness in Scientific Management theory is that it can lead to workers becoming
too highly specialized, therefore hindering their adaptability to new situations. Nowadays,
employers not only want workers to be efficient, they must also exhibit flexibility. In
conclusion, it can be seen that Scientific Management is still very much part of
organizations today. Its strengths in creating a divide between management functions and
work functions have been employed widely at all levels and in all industries.
A N
In addition, its strengths in making organizations efficient through replacement of “rules of
thumb” with scientific fact ensured its widespread application.
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adapted [ram www.articlecity.com]
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Source: IELTS Advantage – Reading Skills
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Questions 1-6
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Complete each sentence with the correct ending A-H.
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According to the article:
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1. Productivity
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2. Time-and-motion analysis
3. Decision-making
A. meant a job was reduced to a number of basic
elements.
B. was considered undesirable in the role of the
4. Subdivision of labour workers.
5. Fordism C. became specialized in certain unchanging work
6. A worker routines.
D. measured the exact time it took to do each part
of a job.
E. carefully calculated what was required for the
success of a business.
F. was an application of a theory to mass
production.
G. took a critical view of the style of management.
H. suffered as a result of established inefficient
practices.

Khan's success has injected him into the heated wars over school reform. Reformers today,
by and large, believe student success should be carefully tested, with teachers and
principals receiving better pay if their students advance more quickly. In essence, Khan
doesn't want to change the way institutions teach; he wants to change how people learn,
whether they're in a private school or a public school—or for that matter, whether they're
a student or an adult trying to self-educate in Ohio, Brazil, Russia, or India. One member
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of Khan's staff is spearheading a drive to translate the videos into ten major languages.
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It's classic start-up logic: do something novel, do it with speed, and the people who love it
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will find you.
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Adapted from Wired Magazine
Source: IELTS Complete Band 6.5-7.5
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Questions 1-4:
H A
1. Bill Gates thinks Khan
Academy
S T A. is only suited to subjects where questions have
exact answers.
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2. According to Gary B. can teach both the strongest and the weakest
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Stager, Khan Academy pupils in a class.
3. Sylvia Martinez regrets C. means the teaching of other school subjects will
that Khan Academy have to be changed.
4. Ben Kamens has been D. only prepares students to pass exams.
told that Khan Academy E. could cause student achievement to improve too
quickly.
F. requires all students to own the necessary
technology.
G. is unlikely to have a successful outcome for most
students.

In 2011, Eric Leuthardt and his colleague Gerwin Schalk positioned electrodes over the
language regions of four fully conscious people and were able to detect the phonemes ‘oo’,
‘ah’, ‘eh’ and ‘ee’. What they also discovered was that spoken phonemes activated both the
language areas and the motor cortex, while imagined speech - that inner voice - boosted
the activity of neurons in Wernike’s area. Leuthardt had effectively read his subjects'
minds. ‘I would call it brain reading,’ he says. To arrive at whole words. Leuthardt’s next
step is to expand his library of sounds and to find out how the production of phonemes
N
translates across different languages.
O A
For now, the research is primarily aimed at improving the lives of people with locked-in
L
syndrome, but the ability to explore the brain’s language centres could revolutionise other
H
fields. The consequences of these findings could ripple out to more general audiences who
N
might like to use extreme hands-free mobile communication technologies that can be
A
manipulated by inner voice alone. For linguists, it could provide previously unobtainable
H
insight into the neural origins and structures of language. Knowing what someone is
T
thinking without needing words at all would be functionally indistinguishable from
S
telepathy.
L T Source: IELTS Complete Band 6.5-7.5
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Questions 1-4:
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-G.
1. In Wernicke’s area, our A. receive impulses from the motor cortex.

thoughts B. pass directly to the motor cortex.
2. It is only in Broca’s area that C. are processed into language.
ideas we wish to express D. require a listener.
3. The muscles that articulate our E. consist of decoded phonemes.
sentences F. are largely non-verbal.
4. The words and sentences that G. match the sounds that they make.
we speak

all abilities with a wide range of reading materials, including graphic novels, can help
them become lifelong readers.
F Furthermore, one of the main benefits of graphic novel is that it can help students who
are learning a foreign language, and who are having problems improving their reading
skills. This is because the pictures provide clues to the meaning of the words. Language
more quickly.
A N
learners are therefore more motivated by graphic novels, and will acquire new vocabulary
L O
G Many teachers have reported great success when they have used graphic novels with
H
their students, especially in the areas of English, social study and arts. They have
N
discovered that, just like traditional forms of literature, they can be useful tools for helping
A
students examine aspects of history, science, literature and art.
T H
H The idea that graphic novels are too simple to be regarded as serious reading is no
S
longer valid. The excellent graphic novels available today demand many of the same skills
T
that are needed to understand traditional works of fiction. Often they actually contain
IE L
more sophisticated vocabulary than traditional books. Reading them can help students
develop the skills that are necessary to read more challenging works.
Source: Complete IELTS band 4-5
Question 1 - 7:
The reading passage has eight paragraphs, A-H.
Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter, A-H
NB You may use any letter more than once
1. people with negative attitudes towards graphic novels

2. a variety of school subjects where graphic novels can play an important role
3. why a graphic novel’s visual element speeds up learning
4. a modern definition of graphic novels
5. graphic novels are as good as any other method of telling a story
6. graphic novels sometimes use advanced words
7. the historical use of pictures as a method of storytelling

Question 8-13:
Complete the table below
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer
The advantages of graphic novels

Advantages Who benefits? How it works
They provide Reluctant readers They are attracted by
N
motivation to 8....................This encourages them to
A
read. find out what happens in the
9....................
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They help
improve a
11....................
learners
N H
The pictures act as visual
12....................
student’s
H A The student develops a larger
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10............... 13....................
T S
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Question 1-5:
The reading passage has seven paragraphs, A-G. Which paragraph contains the
following information? Write the correct letter, A-G.
NB You may use any letter more than once.
1. a mention of systems which could not be used

2. estimates of the quantity of power the Sahara could produce
3. a suggestion for how to convince organisations about the Sahara's potential
4. a short description of the Sahara at present
5. a comparison of the costs of two different energy sources
Question 6-9:
Look at the following statements (Questions 6-9) and the list of organisations below.
Match each statement with the correct organisation, A-G.
6. They have set a time for achieving an objective. List of Organisations

7. They believe that successful small-scale A) Exploration Architecture
projects will demonstrate that larger projects are B) DESERTEC
possible. C) ABB Power Technologies
8. They have a number of renewable energy D) Aerospace Centre
projects under construction. E) Abengoa
9. They are already experimenting with solar- F) The European Parliament
energy installations in other parts of the world. G) e-Parliament
Question 10-13:
Complete the summary below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)

Unlike solar panels, CSP concentrates the sun's rays on boilers by using 10 ___The
resulting heat produces high-temperature 11___,which in turn moves the turbines
which generate electricity. CSP plants will be situated in 12___to allow sea water to
run in. This, when purified, can be used to wash the equipment. The resulting dirty
water will be used for 13___ around the power plant, and in this way oases will be
formed.

G But millions of hectares of pristine forest remain to protect, according to this new
analysis from Columbia University. Approximately 60 percent of the remaining tropical
forests are in countries or areas that currently have little agricultural trade or urban growth.
The amount of forest area in places like central Africa, Guyana and Suriname, DeFries
notes, is huge. ‘There’s a lot of forest that has not yet faced these pressures.’
Source: Complete IELTS Band 5-6.5
Question 1-6:
Reading Passage 2 has seven paragraphs, A-G.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
NB You may use any letter more than once.
1. two ways that farming activity might be improved in the future

2. reference to a fall in the rate of deforestation in one area
3. the amount of forest cut down annually
4. how future transport requirements may increase deforestation levels
5. a reference to the typical shape of early deforested areas
6. key reasons why forests in some areas have not been cut down
Questions 7-8:
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO of these reasons do experts give for current patterns of deforestation?
A) to provide jobs
B) to create transport routes
C) to feed city dwellers
D) to manufacture low-budget consumer items
E) to meet government targets

Questions 9-10:
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
The list below gives some of the impacts of tropical deforestation.
Which TWO of these results are mentioned by the writer of the text?
A) local food supplies fall
N
B) soil becomes less fertile
A
C) some areas have new forest growth
O
D) some regions become uninhabitable
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E) local economies suffer
Questions 11-13:
Complete the sentences below.
N H
each answer.
H A
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for
S T
11 The expression ‘a____’ is used to assess the amount of wood used in certain types
L T
of production.
IE
12 Greenhouse gases result from the____ that remain after trees have been cut
down.
13 About _____ of the world’s tropical forests have not experienced deforestation yet.

says Stringer. Penny Spikins, an archaeologist at the University of York, has recently
suggested that Homo sapiens may also have had a greater diversity of brain types than
Neanderthals.
‘Our research indicates that high-precision tools, new hunting technologies and the
N
development of symbolic communication may all have come about because they were
A
willing to include people with “different” minds and specialised roles in their society,’
she explains. ‘We see similar kinds of injuries on male and female Neanderthal
L O
skeletons, implying there was no such division of labour,' says Spikins.
H
G Thus by around 30,000 years ago, many talents and traits were well established in
N
Homo sapiens societies but still absent from Neanderthal communities. Stringer thinks
A
that the Neanderthals were just living in the wrong place at the wrong time. ‘They had
H
to compete with Homo sapiens during a phase of very unstable climate across Europe.
S T
During each rapid climate fluctuation, they may have suffered greater losses of people
than Homo sapiens, and thus were slowly worn down,’ he says. ‘If the climate had
T
remained stable throughout, they might still be here.’
L
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Source: Complete IELTS Band 6.5-7.5
Question 1-5:
The reading passage has seven paragraphs, A-G.
1. a comparison of a range of physical features of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens

2. reference to items that were once used for trade
3. mention of evidence for the existence of a previously unknown human species
4. mention of the part played by i.l fortune in the downfall of Neanderthal society
5. reference to the final geographical location of Nediidei tlials

Question 6-9:
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
6. Analysis of stone tools and _____ has enabled Petraglia’s team to put forward an
arrival date for Homo sapiens in eastern India.
7. Homo sapiens used both _____ to make sewing implements.
resources and _____

A N
8. The territorial nature of Neanderthals may have limited their ability to acquire
Homo sapiens' capacity for language and thought.

L O
9. Archaeologists examined _____ in order to get an insight into Neanderthal and
Question 10-13:
N H
A
Look at the following statements and the list of researchers, A-C, below.
H
Match each statement with the correct researcher.
S T
10. No evidence can be found to suggest that List of Researchers
T
Neanderthal communities allocated tasks to A) Mike Petraglia
L
different members. B) Chris Stringer
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11. Homo sapiens may have been able to plan C) Penny Spikins
ahead.
12. Scientists cannot be sure whether a sudden
natural disaster contributed to the loss of a
human species.
13. Environmental conditions restricted the
areas where Homo sapiens and Neanderthals
could live.

I Quite simply, by analyzing sketches, Sinha lopes to pinpoint the recurring exaggerations
in the caricatures that most strongly correlate to particular ways that the original faces
deviate from the norm. The results, he believes, will ultimately produce a rank-ordered list
of the 20 or so facial attributes that are most important for recognition: ‘It’s a recipe for
how to encode the face,' he says. In preliminary tests, the lab has already isolated
N
important areas-for example, the ratio of the height of the forehead to the distance between
A
the top of the nose and the mouth.
L O
J On a given face, four of 20 such Hirschfeld attributes, as Sinha plans to call them, will
be several standard deviations greater than the mean; on another face, a different handful
H
of attributes might exceed the norm. But in all cases, it's the exaggerated areas of the face
N
that hold the key. As matters stand today, an automated system must compare its target
A
faces against the millions of continually altering faces it encounters. But so far, the
H
software doesn't know what to look for amid this onslaught of variables. Armed with the
S T
Hirschfeld attributes, Sinha hopes that computers can be trained to focus on the features
most salient for recognition, tuning out the others. ‘Then.’ Sinha says, ‘the sky is the limit’.
L T
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Question 1-6:
Reading Passage has ten paragraphs, A-J.
You may use any letter more than once.
1. why we have mental images of faces that are essentially caricatures

2. mention of the length of time it can take to become a good caricaturist
3. an example of how unreliable current security systems can be
4. reference to the fact that we can match even a hastily drawn caricature to the
person it represents
5. a summary of how the use of multiple caricatures has improved recognition rates
in a particular field
6. a comparison between facial recognition and another well-established form of
identification

Question 7-10:
Look at the following statements and the list of people, A-C, below.
Match each statement with the correct person.
7. A single caricature can be recognised straight List of People

away if the parts of the face are appropriately A) Charlie Frowd
positioned. B) Jason Seiler
8. An evaluation of the work of different
caricaturists will provide new information about
C) Pawan Sinha
A N
how we see faces.
9. People misunderstand what is involved in the
L O
design of a caricature.
10. When given a choice, people will have
N H
A
different views regarding which caricature best
H
represents a particular person’s face.
Question 11-13:
S T
L T
Complete the summary below.
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Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Sinha’s Project
Sinha's aim in the project is to come up with a specific number of what he terms 11
_____ that are key to identification purposes. He hopes these can be used to enable an
12 _____ to identify faces more quickly and more accurately. In order to do this, his
team must examine the most frequently 13 _____ features in a large number of
cartoon faces.
Source: Complete IELTS Band 6.5-7.5

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TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

1. Sylvia Earle lives in the USA.

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YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

1. We usually develop bad habits when we are very young.

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TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

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1. Merck’s experience with MK-869 was unique.

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TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

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i. Making peaceful use of a military weapon

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i. Research into whether organic food is better for us

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1. People went to Gimbels to buy a ballpoint pen because

2. Why were early ballpoint pens not produced commercially?

5. Patrick Frawley’s pen

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1. We tend to act in a trusting and co-operative way because

4. According to the writer, defectors from the system

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1. What point does the writer make in the first paragraph?

4. In paragraph 6, the writer says that one type of dolphin sound is

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1. Which of the following is true of William Potter’s research?

4. What significant discovery was made by Ted Kaptchuk?

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5. Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye A. copied the style that he had invented

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1. In Wernicke’s area, our A. receive impulses from the motor cortex.

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