IELTS

Practise Pack
Answer Key .

________ TEST ENGLISH

SCHOOL_
Jl. Brawijaya 92A Tulungrejo, Pare, Kediri
www.test-pare.com

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1.1 Number and Letter
A. Numbers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6000
275, 150
140, 1.89, 2.72
65, 18
43, 6

6. 2
7. 1992, 1, 2
8. 197.6
9. 25, 1759
10. 440, 1400

11.
12. B. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

INVERARAY
HELENSBURGH
FALKLAND
KIRKCALDY
DUNFERMLINE

6. SKYE
7. ABERDEEN
8. GLASGOW
9. LOCHINVER
10. BANNOCKBURN

11.
12. C. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

John Knox
Robert Louis Stevenson
James Maxwell
Andrew Carnegle
David Livingstone

6. Flora MacDonald
7. Mary Stuart
8. Dorothy Maclean
9. Robert Bruce
10. Sir James Barrie

11.
12. D. Phone Numbers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

01835 863435
01786 475019
01877 330342
01383 860325
01567 820397

11.

www.test-pare.com

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

01369 703785
01471 844260
01851 703088
01569 762806
013397 41600

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12. 1.2 Number and Letter
13. A. Numbers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

170, 60, 8000

2.9, 5
1.8, 60
500,000
155, 3

6. 1302, 1st
7. 200,000
8. 1907, 3650
9. 1896, 60
10. 58

13.
14. B. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

LLANFAIR
PWYLL
GWYNGLL
GOGERY
CHWYRN

6. DROBWLL
7. LLAN
8. TYSILIO
9. GOGO
10. GOCH

13.
14. C. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Athelstan
Owain Glyndwr
Richard Trevithick
William Burges
Saunders Lewis

6. Gwynfor Evans
7. Augustus John
8. Dylan Thomas
9. Shirley Bassey
10. Richard Burton

13.
14. D. Phone Numbers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

01222 462303
01792 390706
01874 665270
01678 521109
01341 241287

6. 01286 870428
7. 01834 812333
8. 01437 720345
9. 01600 715116
10. 0197085 693

14.

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15. Listen to the song played and complete the lyric.
16. I've made up my mind
17. Don't need to think it over
18. If I'm wrong I am right
19. Don't need to look no further
20. This ain't lust
21. I know this is (1) love,
22. But If I tell the world
23. I'll never say (2) enough
24. Cause it was not said to you
25. And that's exactly what I need to do
26. If I'm (3) end up with you
27.
28. Should I give up?
29. Or should I just keep chasing (4) pavements
30. Even if it (5) leads nowhere
31. Or would it be (6) a waste
32. Even If I knew my (7) place should I leave it there
33. Should I give up?
34. Or should I just keep chasing (8) pavements
35. Even if it (9) leads nowhere
36.
37. I'd (10) build myself (11) up,
38. And fly around in circles,
39. Waiting as my heart (12) drops,
40. And my back begins to tingle
41. Finally could (13) this be it or

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42. This weeks controversial topic isviolent video games. Are they responsible
for a

(1).rise in the number of attacks by children in the schoolyard? Some

special (2).commentators say yes. Worse, it has been suggested than two (3)
recent killings by teenagers were (4) prompted by the playing of video games
with (5) extreme content. But is it proven?
43. The jury is out on this issue. Not nearly enough (6) research has been done to
either prove or disprove that violent gaming (7) leads to violence in children in
real life. What is known is that a child who is already (8) disturbed might
certainly react violently after playing a violent computer game; but a (9)
psychotic child might just as easily react inappropriately to having seen a family
video or after reading the newspaper.
44. Unfortunately, it is too early to say yet whether the (10) immense amount of
violence on TV and video games has a (11) deleterious effect on children, but one
thing is certain-violence (12) sells. And, interestingly, violence appeals far more to
young male video gamers than to young female players; the (13) latter preferring
games which (14) rely more on discovery and the development of the relationship
between the characters on screen. Does this prove that boys are somehow (15)
instinctively more violent than girls? Not necessarily. It could merely be that the
way in which non-violent so-called girls games are packaged, with their pink
and (16) fluffy characters and backgrounds, does not

(17) appeal to boys.

Software companies may be guilty of stereotyping when it comes to how they

package their products for the two (18) sexes.
45. Are violent video games merely a form of (19) degrading entertainment? Or do
they have some socially (20) redeeming value after all? It has been (21) argued
that because computer games are interactive-gaming is not a passive activity like
watching TV-they might, in fact, allow a child to (22) indulge his or her violent
fantasies and relieve (23).pent-up frustration in a socially acceptable and less
harmful way. On the other hand, violent games may be (24) heightening the
release of tension children experience upon destroying an on screen character;
violence; instead of being (25) punished as in the real world, is (26) rewarded
with higher scores and faster music.

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46. So, what do you think? Let us know if you believe that violent video games lead
to child violence by ringing this number now: (27) 01256381574. That number
again (28).01256381574.

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47.

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48. Part 1

69. 5. reward

49. 1. uncontrolled

70. 6. mapped out

50. 2. CURTAIL (=reduce)

71. Part 4

51. 3. budget

72. 1. tool

52. 4. paycheck / paycheque / pay

check / pay cheque

73. 2. narrative
74. 3. direction

53. 5. handle
75. 4. scripts
54. 6. cash
76. 5. content
55. 7. spent
77. 6. neutral
56. 8. eye-opener
78. 7. destructive
57. 9. cutting
79. 8. violence
58. This was difficult, so don't worry
if you missed a few of the
answers.

80. Part 5
1. increase

59. Keep up the hard work!

2. risk
60. Part 2
3. factory farm conditions
61. 1) 125 ("free" and 25 were also
mentioned to trick you)

4. emissions

62. 2) 8 (12 items for students was

the trick)

5. transportation (all transportation / all

transportation combined)

63. 3) Friday (Thursday was the

trick)

6. 100 times
81.

64. Part 3
82.
65. 1. tracked
83. Part 6
66. 2. principles
84. 1. chief good
67. 3. series
85. 2. valuable
68. 4. reminded
86. 3. objective

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87. 4. dramatically

101.

1. cultural

88. 5. explosion

102.

2. external

89. 6. gender

103.

3. pursuit

90. 7. Marriage

104.

4. reach

91. Part 7

105.

5. resilience

1.

cultural

106.

6. downs

2.

conduct

107.

7. supposed

3.

observations

108.

8. Human

4.

remains

109.

Part 11

5.

tools

1.

C
E
F

6.

habis

7.

civilizations / civilisations

8.

gender

9.

attributes

10.

array

2.

money
time

3.

principle
110.

92. Part 8
93. 1. resources
94. 2. adjustments
95. 3. threatens
96. 4. double
97. 5. Demand
98. Part 9
99. B and D
100.

Part 10

111.

Part 12

112.
C
D

113.
Note:
"A" is wrong: the company (LG)
hope that the fridge will become
an essential component of
kitchens, but that doesn't mean it
IS an essential component now.
114.
"E" is wrong: the fridge
doesn't make the decisions. It
helps the user to make them.
115.
"F" is wrong: it suggests
healthy recipes using the food

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inside, but it doesn't tell you
which foods are healthier.
116.

Part 13

117.
C
D

118.

Part 14

119.

1. frequent reason

120.

2. authority

121.

3. desire to make

122.
123.
124.
125.
1.

128.
E = had to wait a fortnight
(2 weeks) i.e. too long
129.
C = ambitious is the
synonym of difficult
130.

Part 17

131.

1. Thomson

132.

2. AC936

133.

3. 3303 8450 2045 6837

134.

4. Paynter

135.

5. B659

136.

6. JO6337

137.

Part 18

138.

1. ELB 2093

139.

2. WVY 6547

140.

3. IL25 BOHC

4. digital media
5. everyday lifestyle
6. values of community
Part 15

greyer / grayer (British / US

spelling)

2.

complacency

141.

4. 53AMS 81P

3.

quality of Life

142.

5. Prescott

4.

expectancy

143.

6. Wainwright

5.

prior

144.

7. Raleigh Street

6.

combined

145.

8. Enshaw Lane

7.

blink

146.

9. 0813 554 782

8.

doubled

147.

10. 0771 444 032

148.
149.
150.
151.
152.
153.

Part 19
1. elements
2. pain
3. value
4. venture
5. succinct

126.

Part 16

127.
H = risky is the synonym
of
too
dangerous
B = needs to be more active and
interesting (opposite of boring)

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154.
155.
156.
157.
158.

6. room
7. investors
8. questions
9. answers
10. Drawing

159.

Part 20

160.
161.
162.
163.
164.
165.

1. 2.5
2. over
3. growth rate
4. expected
5. rates
6. Level

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166.
1.
2.

Part 1
C
A

167.
168.
169.
170.
171.
172.
173.
174.

Part 2
1. CLOSER
2. LIKELY
3. LESS
4. TRICKED
5. WISDOM
6. QUIT
7. SHUT

175.

Part 3

176.

1. GRIND

177.

2. ON THE RISE

178.

195.

10. ACROSS

196.

Part 5

197.

1. two weeks / 2 weeks

198.
2. email / e-mail (email attachment /
an email attachment is acceptable too)
199.

3. alternative date

200.

4. main library Building

201.

5. three / 3

202.

Part 6

3. DOWN

203.

1. REFRESHMENTS

179.

4. WAGES

204.

2. PLATES

180.

5. RECOGNITION

205.

3. LABORATORY

206.

4. RELIABLE

207.

5. PATTERN

208.

6. ATTITUDE

209.

7. FACTORIES

210.

8. CREATURE

211.

9. PRIORITIES

212.

10. IMAGES

213.

Part 7

214.

1. PUT ON

215.

2. STEP FURTHER

216.

3. GOES INTO

217.

4. DRASTICALLY REDUCE

218.

5. SECOND-HAND

219.

6. PICKING UP

220.

7. LIGHT UP

221.

Part 8

181.
6. STIFLE (MEANS:
RESTRICT, CONSTRAIN)

PREVENT,

182.

7. COMPETITIVENESS

183.

8. PRODUCTIVITY

184.

Part 4

185.

1. ACTIVE

186.

2. ENGAGE

187.

3. PROBING

188.
4.
SUMMARIZE

SUMMARISE

189.
5. NOD (MOVEMENT OF YOUR
HEAD
190.

WHEN SAYING 'YES')

191.

6. SILENCE

192.

7. OBJECTIVE

193.

8. BIAS

194.

9. PUT

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222.

1. THOUGHTS

247.

2. RECYCLE

223.

2. SOURCE(S)

248.

3. FLOW DOWN

224.

3. TOPIC

249.

4. FOOD

225.

4. PUNISHMENTS

250.

5. FRAGMENTS

226.

5. EXPELLED

251.

6. CONTAINED, GLOBAL

227.

Part 9

252.

7. SOURCE

228.

1. 1889 (NOT 1989)

253.

Part 14

229.

2. 1888

254.

1. RURAL

230.

3. simple, low-priced/Sea

231.

4. 100

232.

Part 10

233.

234.

Part 11

235.

236.

255.
2. LURE (MEANS "ATTRACTION"
OR "TEMPTATION")

237.

238.

Part 12

239.

1. THE AVERAGE PERSON

240.

2. HAD THE HIGHEST

241.
3. HIGHER
DEVELOPING

RISK

242.
4. HIGHER
HEART DISEASE

RISK

256.

3. SHELTER

257.

4. SANITATION

258.

5. WORK

259.

6. TRANSFORM

260.

7. SPACES

261.

8. EFFICIENT

262.

9. FRIENDLY

263.

10. ATTRACT

264.

Part 15

265.

1. NATURAL

266.

2. ACTIVITY

267.

3. GLOBAL WARMING

268.

4. FACTORS

269.

5. GREENHOUSE

OF

OF

243.
5. PUTS A STRAIN ON (= PUTS
PRESSURE ON)
244.

6. WEIGHT ISSUES COST

270.

6. FOSSIL

245.

Part 13

271.

7. HUMAN BEINGS

246.

1. BIODEGRADE

272.

8. TEMPERATURE

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273.

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274.
Task 1
275.
1 like
276.
2 discomfort and suffering
277.
3 dislike
278.
4 unfriendly
279.
5 confident
280.
6 eminent
281.
7 in case it rains
282.
8 a fight between small
parts of armies
283.
9 interesting
284.
10 disobeys
285.
11 fascinates
286.
12 whatever obstracts
and delays you
287.
13 relaxed
288.
14 clever
289.
15 unable to read
290.
291.
292.
293.
294.
295.
296.
297.
298.
299.
300.
301.
302.
303.

335.

Task 2
significance
cordiality
indecency
obscurity
piety
illiteracy
hostility
wisdom
versatility
flexibility
tolerance
defiance

304.
305.
306.
307.
308.
309.
310.
311.
312.

Task 3
A deceased
B locate
C luxurious
D imminent
E ingenious
F captured
G rein
H comment

313.
314.
315.
316.
317.
318.
319.
320.
321.
322.
323.

Task 4
11 C
12 A
13 D
14 D
15 C
16 A
17 B
18 A
19 D
20 C

324.
325.
326.
327.
328.
329.
330.
331.
332.
333.
334.

Task 5
21 b
22 d
23 a
24 b
25 a
26 c
27 a
28 a
29 b
30 d

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336.
Task 1
337.
1 who has already
undergone punishment
338.
2 healthy in mind
339.
3 hasnt got his clothes
on
340.
4 surrenders
341.
5 observe it
342.
6 is not guided by
conscience
343.
7 is attractive in
movement
344.
8 keeps them
345.
9 doesnt take the trouble
to be polite
346.
10 monastery for women
347.
348.
349.
350.
351.
352.
353.
354.
355.
356.
357.
358.
359.

Task 2
chivalry
treachery
poverty
prosperity
royalty
sanity
notoriety
loyalty
fitness
persistence
nobility
cruelty

360.
361.
362.
363.
364.
365.
401.

Task 3
A compulsory
B plump
C stately
D in low spirits
E recapitulate

366.
367.

F vow
G entails

368.
369.
370.
371.
372.
373.
374.
375.
376.
377.
378.

Task 4
11 C
12 A
13 D
14 D
15 C
16 B
17 B
18 A
19 A
20 D

379.
380.
381.
382.
383.
384.
385.
386.
387.
388.
389.
390.
391.
392.
393.
394.
395.
396.
397.
398.
399.
400.

Task 5
21 d
22 a
23 a
24 d
25 c
26 b
27 a
28 b
29 c
30 c

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402.
A
403.
a. xviii
404.
b. xvii
405.
c. ii
406.
d. viii
407.
e. iii
408.
f. vii
409.
g. iv
410.
h. xiv
411.
i. xv
412.
j. xiii
413.
k. ix
414.
l. xii
415.
m. xi
416.
n. vi
417.
o. x
418.
p. xvi
419.
q. v
420.
r. i
421.
422.
B
423.
1. hiring policy
424.
2. blue-collar worker
425.
3. benefit in kind
426.
4. unemployment benefit
427.
5. employment tribunal
428.
6. constructive dismissal
429.
7. social insurance
430.
8. glass ceiling
431.
9. working conditions
432.
10. performance
appraisal
433.
11. shop steward
434.
12. salary freeze
435.
13. pay dispute
436.
14. career prospects
437.
15. Office politics
438.
16. maternity leave
439.
17. pay slip
440.
18. job specification
481.

441.
442.
443.
444.
445.
446.
447.
448.
449.
450.
451.
452.
453.
454.
455.
456.
457.
458.
459.
460.
461.
462.
463.
464.
465.
466.
467.
468.
469.
470.
471.
472.
473.
474.
475.
476.
477.
478.
479.
480.

C
1. ply
2. air
3. handed
4. tender
5. hold
6. taking
7. terminating
8. breach/relieved
9. take
10. lay
11. made
12. went
13. given
14. claimed
15. apply
16. missed
17. drawing
18. serve
19. take
20. called
21. went
22. enter
23. drive
24. take/cut
25. let
26. climb
27. put/rejected
28. return/reach
29. pursued
30. dismissed

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1. Part 1
2. 1. FALSE
3. (Coffee consumption has
been shown to have
minimal or no impact,
positive or negative, on
cancer development)
4. 2. TRUE
5. (the overall balance of
risks and benefits [of
coffee consumption] are
on the side of benefits)
6. 3. TRUE
7. (...study in 2009 showed
that those who consumed
a moderate amount of
coffee or tea were less
likely
to
develop
dementia
and
Alzheimer's)
8. Part 2
9. A - the cathedral is the
historic structure that
they are making into a
3D-printed model.
10. B is too general - the text
isn't really about the
benefits of 3D printing it's about a specific
example of 3D printing.
11. Part 3
12. 1. Not Given
13. "10 o'clock" is mentioned,
but
there
is
no
information about when
the campsite is locked.
This is quite common
with "Not Given" answers
- you find one or two
keywords
from
the
question, but some of the
information is missing.
14. 2. False
15. If dogs must be kept on a
lead, they are obviously
not prohibited.
16. 3. True
17. Don't be tricked into
writing "Not Given" (just
because food is not
mentioned). If fires are
prohibited, it must mean

that you can't cook food

on them.
18. Part 4
19. 1. NG
20. 2. T
21. 3. T
22. Note: The phrase "wide
of the mark" means "not
correct" and is quite a
normal phrase / idiom in
English.
23. Part 5
24. 3.
THE
READING
REVOLUTION
25. Reading
underwent
serious changes... The
text then explains these
changes.
26. Part 6
27. C.
28. "D" is only mentioned in
the first sentence. The
main topic of the whole
text is "C".
29. Part 7
30. A = 4
31. solve problems... through
a
goal-oriented,
systematic procedure = a
goal-oriented therapeutic
approach
32. B = 6
33. the particular therapeutic
techniques
vary,
but
commonly may include...
= The range of CBT
interventions
34. C = 1
35. going through cognitive
behavioural therapy is not
an overnight process for
clients; a typical course
consists of 12-16 hourlong sessions = a slow
process
36. Part 8
37. B
C
F
38. C is correct - there were
plans / proposals, and it

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doens't matter whether
they failed or not.
39. D is wrong because there
is no mention of profit
being made.
40. Part 9
41. 1. False
42. 2. Not given
43. 3. True
44. Part 10
45. 1. Landmark
46. 2. cause
47. 3. evidence
48. 4. unequivocal
49. 5. emissions
50. 6. reductions
51. 7. projected
52. 8. scenarios
53. 9. experiment
54. 10. Consequences
55. Part 11
56. 1. True
57. 2. False
58. 3. Not given
59. Part 12
60. C
61. Part 13
62. 1.
63. The answer is in the last
line:
"support
and
understanding of district
authorities".
64. support
and
understanding
=
cooperation
authorities = officials
65. Part 14
66. 1. TRUE - 'contrary to
common wisdom' means
'the opposite to what
most
people
think'.
'Problem-solving
skills
etc.'
refers
to
'intelligence'.
67. 2. FALSE - relative mass
to body size is similar, not
bigger. (You could say
that 'mass' is not strictly
the same as 'size' but this
is too technical for IELTS)
68. 3. TRUE - 'this remains to
be proven'.
69. Part 15

1.
2.

70. 1. TRUE (2 types =

physiological
and
behavioural)
2. NOT GIVEN (no
information about 'best
known')
71. 3. FALSE ('password' is a
knowledge-based
system)
72. 4. TRUE (people may
worry = raises privacy
concerns)
73. Part 16
B
C
74. Part 17
75. 1 - B "The idea of
individualised
learning
styles originated in the
1970s, and acquired
enormous
popularity."
2 - C "there is no
evidence that identifying
a student's learning style
produces
better
outcomes"
76.
77. Part 18
78. B
79. - After "as a result" you
can read a list of things
that
are
affecting
estuaries. Every factor in
the list is related to
human activity.
80. - There is nothing about
the effect that estuaries
have on the environment,
and there is nothing
about
estuaries
disappearing completely.
81. Part 19
82. B is correct.
83. A is wrong because the
passage
is
about
people's reaction to the
future, not a particular
vision of the future.
84. C is wrong because there
is nothing about his
whole career.
85. D is too general - the
passage is about a

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specific
reaction
to
change. We really need
something about Toffler
or future shock in the
title.
86. B is the best title because
both paragraphs talk
about future shock: the
first paragraph contains a

91.

definition, and the second

paragraph explains how
future shock can occur.
87. Part 20
88. 1. False (this belief is
disputed = some people
question it)
89. 2. Not given
90. 3. False

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92. Part 1

116.

93. 1. on the edge

94. 2. delivery, street
95. 3.
discourage
/
discourage (any) wheeled

117.
Faraday educated
himself by reading books
that were recommended
to him by George Riebau.
(...had
to
educate
himself. At fourteen he
became the apprentice to
George Riebau, a local
bookbinder
and
bookseller. During his
seven-year
apprenticeship he read
many books, including
Isaac
Watts'
The
Improvement of the Mind,
and he enthusiastically
implemented
the
principles
and
suggestions
contained
therein.)

96. Part 2
97. A) 5
98. B) 2
99. Part 3
100.
101.
102.
103.

1. TRUE
2. NOT GIVEN
3. TRUE
4. TRUE

104.

Part 4

105.
1. (human) flight
106.
2. steer
107.
3.
powerful
engines
108.
4. machinery
109.
5. bicycles
110.

Part 5

111.

1) True

118.
"educated
himself" = had to educate
himself
119.
"by
reading
books" = he read many
books

112.
Many
experts
regard Faraday as the
foremost experimentalist
of all time. (historians of
science refer to him as
having been the best
experimentalist in the
history of science.)

120.
(as you see, there
has been no direct
reference
from
the
passage that the books
read by Faraday were
recommended to him by
George Riebau)
121.

113.
"experts"
historians of science

2) Not Given

3) True

114.
"the
foremost
experimentalist" = the
best experimentalist
115.
"in the history of
science" = of all time

122.
Faraday came to
the attention of a famous
chemist after he wrote a
book based on the
chemist's
lectures.
(Faraday
attended
lectures by the eminent
English chemist Humphry
Davy.
Faraday

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subsequently sent Davy
a
three-hundred-page
book based on notes that
he had taken during
these lectures. Davy's
reply was immediate,
kind,
and
favourable...Davy
was
asked
to
find
a
replacement,
and
appointed Faraday as
Chemical Assistant at the
Royal Institution.)
123.
"came
to
the
attention of a famous
chemist" = Davy's reply
was immediate, kind, and
favourable...Davy
was
asked
to
find
a
replacement,
and
appointed Faraday as
Chemical Assistant at the
Royal Institution.
124.
"he wrote a book
based on the chemist's
lectures."
=
Faraday
attended lectures by the
eminent English chemist
Humphry Davy. Faraday
subsequently sent Davy
a
three-hundred-page
book based on notes that
he had taken during
these lectures.

1.
2.
3.

125.

Part 6

126.
127.
128.
129.
130.
131.

1-C
2-D
3-E
4-A
5-F
6B

132.

Part 7
accident
inhibited
repressing

133.

Part 8

134.

1. C

135.

2. D

136.
In question 2, the
answer "A" was a trick the Goldilocks zone is not
a region (on the surface)
of a planet, it's a
habitable region for the
whole planet within a
solar system.
137.

Part 9

138.

1. B

139.

2. C

140.
1. a means of
rating intelligence tests =
a method of scoring
(children's)
intelligence
tests
141.
2.
intelligence
scores had gradually
risen
over
several
decades = IQ test scores
have been rising at an
average rate of around
three IQ points per
decade
142.

Part 10

143.

144.
meet
readers'
expectations = provide
what the public wants
145.
If you put 'D',
please read some of the
students'
explanations
above. Several people
have explained why 'D' is
wrong.

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146.

Part 11

147.
1. inherited
148.
2. stories
149.
3. prior knowledge
150.
4.
family
background
151.
5. modest
152.

Part 12

153.

B and C

154.
A
is
wrong
because we don't know
whether it's the MOST
dangerous - there is no
comparison with other
mountains
155.
B
is
correct.
Infamous means 'famous
for bad reasons' (e.g. the
deaths,
known
as
"murder wall" etc.)
156.
C is correct - it
was successfully climbed
in 1938
157.
D
is
wrong
because we only know
that they 'threatened' to
fine people.

163.
(increase in workrelated stress = stress
related
claims
by
employees has doubled)
164.

B=4

165.
(This paragraph is
about
the
effects/symptoms
of
stress, NOT the causes)
166.

Part 15

167.
168.
169.

1. No
2. Not given
3. Yes

170.

Part 16

171.

172.

Part 17

173.
brought up
174.
to handle
175.
mixed
176.
a cohort
177.
a range of
178.
(state)
comprehensives
179.
Fuelled
180.

Part 18

158.
E is wrong similar to 'A' - there is no
comparison with other
mountains.

181.
A = 5 (the search
= the hunt)

159.

183.
C = 2 (probability
= Hawking BELIEVES,
but it is not certain)

Part 13

160.
B - this is the
overall idea of the
paragraph. The other
answers are too specific.
161.

Part 14

162.

A=2

182.

B=1

184.
A couple of the
questions tricked some
people, so check again if
you got any answers
wrong.
185.

Part 19

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186.
Number 1: "New
method of research"
187.
This is a tricky
question
as
both
headings are similar and
seem to be correct.
188.
However,
the
paragraph DOESN'T talk
about the first study of
spoken language. It talks
about the first time
spoken English has been
used when collecting
data
for
dictionaries.
In other words, it's a new
way
of
writing
dictionaries, not the first
study
of
spoken
language.

189.

Part 20

190.

1. C

191.
- a corpus is a
collection of texts used to
help linguists analyse a
language.
192.

193.
- the BNC was
made to document British
English from the 20th
century
as
"a
representative sample of
spoken and written British
English of that time"
194.
195.

196.

2. B

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197.
Part 1

only eat fish = feed exclusively on fish

1. a summary = an overview
2. succinct = short but effective
3. gain financial backing = receive
funding
4. eliminate = weed out
5. spoken = oral

3. TRUE

Part 2

pass on skills to their young =

techniques and behaviours... passed
across generations

-C
"Associate sounds with letters" means
the same as "link sounds with spellings".

may even eat large sharks = preying on

even large sharks
4. TRUE

Part 6
1. NOT GIVEN

Part 3
2. FALSE
1. TRUE
2. NOT GIVEN

(they say no, and say the government

should pay)

3. TRUE

3. TRUE

4. FALSE

(it would probably not be enough to

bring forward legislation to curb carbon
emissions)

Jael explains these answers well - see

Jael's comment further up this page.

Part 7
Part 4
D
4 - The printing boom
2 - The revolutionary impact of the
printing press

Most people seemed to have no trouble

with this one!

Part 5

Part 8

1. NOT GIVEN

1. TRUE

"predominantly" (= mainly) is the key

word in the question. We know that they
are found in all oceans, but we don't
know where they are MAINLY found.

the more television they watched the

worse they were at mathematics /
television harms cognitive development
(cognitive = related to thinking)

2. TRUE

2. NOT GIVEN

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American paediatricians advise that
under-twos should not watch any
television (they "advise" but there is no
mention of "banned")
3. TRUE

'mock' = not real

4. TRUE
'psychological impact' = mental and
behavioural effects

France has banned shows aimed at

under-threes. Britain has no official
advice.
Part 9

Part 12

1. tolerable standards

1. FALSE

2. detrimental

(have been imposed to raise cash rather

than change our behaviour)

3. led do
2. NOT GIVEN
4. leading cause of
5. severe

(2050 is mentioned, but there is no

mention of imposing higher taxes)

6. up to a dozen

3. TRUE

Part 10

(attempts in the future to curb car use...

will prove deeply unpopular)

1. NOT GIVEN
4. NOT GIVEN
We don't know how famous he was in
his own lifetime, so we can't compare.
2. FALSE
The opposite is true - he used his diary
for MORE than just business. The key
word is "beyond" (more than).

(Prince Charles wants businesses to be

MORE sustainable, BUT he does not
say
that
most
businesses
are
UNsustainable)
Part 13
1. TRUE

Part 11
1. NOT GIVEN
we only know that they were 'students'

'lays
the
groundwork'
and
'groundbreaking' give the same idea
(even if they don't mean EXACTLY the
same thing) - don't "over-think" this
question.

2. FALSE
2. NOT GIVEN
students were 'randomly assigned'
3. FALSE

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We only read about one expert who
says Newton was the greatest genius we don't know what other experts think.

(nothing is mentioned about

successful the repeats were)

how

2. TRUE
3. FALSE
'standing on the shoulders of giants'
means that his work depended on the
previous work of other scientists (don't
"over-think" this question - Newton
clearly relied on other people's work,
and this is a kind of help).
Part 14

(If the child could resist eating the

marshmallow, he was promised two
instead of one.)
3. NOT GIVEN
(We know that they "analysed" whether
or not resisting temptation had an effect
on future success, but we don't know if
they "found" this to be the case)

1. TRUE
Part 17
means the same as line one of the text
(typical IELTS paraphrasing)

1.

False
(not completely understood)

2.

True
(His
hypothesis
was
partially
accuratemuch of the gained mass
also comes from carbon dioxide as
well as water.)

3.

True
(de Saussure showed that the
increase in mass of the plant as it
grows could not be due only to
uptake of CO2, but also to the
incorporation of water.)

2. FALSE
see the last two lines of paragraph two
(little need for instruction)
3. NOT GIVEN
Question 2 - Question 3 was a trick!
"Linguists assume" means they think
language ability is inbuilt. However, no
"research" is mentioned. So the answer
is not given.
Part 15
Part 18
2 - benefits of working together in cities.
1) (more) liberal values
the answer is NOT always in the first
sentence. The first sentence is about
what people "once assumed" (used to
think), but the word "However"
introduces the real topic of the
paragraph.

2) (increasingly) accessible do
3) students
Part 19

Part 16

1. NOT GIVEN

1. NOT GIVEN

('disappear' is not mentioned, it only

says 'marginalised', which means
'treated as less important')

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2. NOT GIVEN
(there is nothing about how easy they
are to learn)

3. TRUE
(considered to be harmful = seen as a
threat)