Sega d Official IELTS Practice MaterialsOfficial IELTS Practice Materials Contents Introduction Format of the IELTS Test How to use the Practice Materials Practice Tests Listening Test Academic Reading Test ‘Academic Writing Tests General Training Reading Test General Training Writing Tests, Speaking Test How to mark the Lister 1g and Reading Practice Tests Listening and Reading Practice Test Answer Keys and Listening Tapescript Listening, Academic Reading and General Training Answer Keys Listening Tapescript Interpreting your Scores How Writing is Assessed ‘Sample Candidate Writing Responses and Examiner Comments Academic Writing Sample Responses and Examiner Comments General Training Writing Sample Responses and Examiner Comments How Speaking is Assessed Sample Candidate Speaking Tests and Examiner Comments Answer Sheets Completing the Answer Sheets Listening Answer Sheet Academic/General Training Reading Answer Sheet Academic/General Training Writing Answer Booklet 4 37 49 55 87 58 59 62 63 7 78 79 80 81 82 ACD containing the Practice Listening test and three sample candidate Speaking tests, included at the back of this booklet. terials | 4Introduction ‘These Practice Materials are intended to give IELTS candidates ‘an idea of what the tost is tka. They also give candidates the ‘opportunity to test themselves to soo whather thal English fs at ‘the level required to take IELTS. Please note, however, that @ high score on these Practice Materials does not guarantee that the same standard wil be sched in the real ELTS test ‘These Practice Materials are approved by the British Council, (Cambridge ESOL and IDP: IELTS Australi 2 | Official IELTS Practice Materiais Format of the IELTS Test ‘Tho IELTS tect s made up of four components. All candidates take the same Listering and Speaking tests. There isa choice ‘of Reading and Writing tests deponding on wither you are ‘an ACADEMIC c: GENERAL TRAINING cancidato, The tests are normally taken in the order Listening, Reading, iting, Speaking, and are timed as follows: Listening ‘approximately 30 minutes esding (60 minutes wwiting eorminutes Speaking 1-14 minutes Information an tha test format can be found in IELTS Information {or Canaidotes. This is avaible from test centres or ean be downloade from the IELTS websito wowwiets.org The website also contains further information on the test content, test administration and marking procedures.How to use the Practice Test Preparing to take the Practice Test 1 acide which Reading and Witing tests you should take — ACADEMIC or GENERAL TRAINING. Tho Academic madule assesses the English language skis ‘required for academic study or professional racogntin. ‘The emphasis ofthe General raining modu ison language ‘skis in broad social and workplace contexts tis suitable for candidates who are going to migrate to an English speaking country (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK). Its ‘so suitable for candidates planning to undertake work experience of taining programmes not at degree level, orto complete ther secondary education ‘You need to write your answors on the answer shoots. The Listoning/Reading answer shoets are on pages 60-31 Instuetions on how to complete the Listaning/Reading ‘answar sheets are on page 79. The Wring answer booklet 's on pages 82-€5. You may photocopy the answer ‘Shoets/bodklets so that they may be reused, Prepare for the Practice Test carefully + Find a quiet room with a table to waite on * Make sure thet you are not going to be interrupted. + Make sure that you have everything you need, le pencils, pons, an eraser, a pencil sharpener and £8 CD player for the Listening test. * Make sure you have a watch or clock. itis essential that {YoU follow the time allowed for each component. There is 8 lot of material n the Reading and Wing tests and one (of the aims of this Practice Testis to see how you can ‘manage in the time allowed. you allow yourself longer ‘than the test says, you will not get 2 true picture of ‘your ability, Taking the Practice Test 1 Turn to the Listening test on page 5. Do not open it yet. Put the Listening test CD in the CD player. Do not pay it yot Read the instructions on the oover ofthe question paper and ‘make sure you understand thom. Start the Listening tost CCD. Note that once you have started the CD, you must not stop it. You must let trun straight through to tne end. i wl ‘ake about 30 minutes. You should write your answers as You listen in the spaoes provided next tothe questions on the question paper. Once the recording hes ended, do not listen tot again Copy your answors carefully into the coresponding boxes ‘on the answer shoot. For example, write the answer to ‘question 1 in box 1. You must eapy your answors onte the answer sheet in 10 minutes, 2 Now tun to the aporoariate Reading test (Academic or ‘General Training) on pages 14 0 37 Read the instructions on the cover ofthe question paper and make sure you understand them, Make.a note of the tame and start the test ‘You may write your answers directly on the answer sheet, oF ‘you may write your answers on the question paper and then ‘copy them onto the answer sheet. Note, however, that no extra time is allowed for copying answers onto the answer ‘sheet. After 60 minutes, stop immedisteh, 3. Allow yourself a short break 4 Now tur tothe appropriata Writing test (Acadomic ot Genel raining). There are thes axarnplis of the Academic ‘Wiiting test on pages 28-36. There are two examples of the Genera Waining Wting test on pages 45-54 Read the instructions on the cover of the question paper. ‘Once you are sure you understand them, make a nate of the time and start the test. ‘Wee your anewers in the Writing answer booklet You should spend approximately 20 minutes on Task 1, and ‘approximately 40 minutes on Task 2 ‘ter 60 minutes, stop immediately 5 Allow yourself treak 6 There's information about the Speaking test and sarnple Speaking materials on pages 95-56 Read through this material and practise making responses. Marking the Practice Test 1 Read "How to mark the Listening and Reading Practice Tests on page 57 and then check your answers tothe Listening and Reading tests agsinstthase in the answer keys on page 58 To interaret your Listening and Reading scores, read Imrprating your Scores’ on page 62 2 You cannot mark the Writing test yoursel, but you wil have idea of what is required inthe tine allowed. There is information on how Writing is assessed on page 63. You wil find sample answers tothe Writing tasks on pages (64-76. Each answer has been given a Band Score and these are explained by examiner comments. 3. You cannot mark your speaking performance using t sample Speaking test materials, but there is information an how Speaking is assessed on page 77:On the CD, there ara ‘three sample Speaking teste. On page 78, there ate Band ‘Scoree and examiner comments for aach sample cancldate performance, ficial IELTS PraxTaking the Practice Test again 1 If your scores on the Practice Test are law and you decide 10 have more English lessons or study to improve 3 language sil, You may want to take the test again to see if you have, ‘made progress before you spol to take IELTS, You shoul, therefore, put the Practice Materials away and not refer to ‘them until you are ready to ty again. If you do this, thers is 8 good chance that you will have forgotten the answers and ‘thatthe Practice Test wil stil Give you a reasonable Inication ofthe score you would get on IELTS. You should therefore nat re-take the Practice Test too soon afer frst taking it 2 Please note thet the Practice Materials are not dasigned to reasure short-term progress. I you retake the Practice Test 480 soon, you may find that your scoves are no higher than they were 4 | Official IELTS Practice Materialss6er9sseztos Candidate Number Candidate Name INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING System 0380/4 0381/4 Listening PRACTICE MATERIALS Approximately 30 minutes Adélional matedals: Answer sheet for Listening and Reading Time Approximately 30 minutes (plus 10 minutes’ transfer time) INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Do net open this question paper until you are told to do so. Write your name and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Listen to the instructions for each part ofthe paper carefully ‘Answer all the questions While you are listening, write your answers on the question paper. ‘You will have 10 minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers onto the separate answer sheet. Use a pencil At the end of the test, hand in this question paper. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘There are four parts to the test. You will hear each part once only. There are 40 questions. Each question carries one mark. For each part of the test, there will be time for you to look through the questions and time for you to check your answers. BRITISH LTS UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE SSCL | BAS ESOL Baan Suctes aeSECTION 1 Questions 1-10 Questions 1 and 2 Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. { Example Penny's interview took place yesterday. | last week two weeks ago. | 4 What kind of shop is it? A aladies’ dress shop B —_ adepartment store € —_achildren’s clothes shop 2 Whatis the name of the section Penny will be working in? ‘A the Youngster B the Youngset © the Young SetQuestions 3- 10 Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. Pay: Breaks: Holidays: Staff training: Special staff benefits or ‘perks’: Information on $6.50 an hour ‘one hour for lunch and 3 ......sssesssesee Coffee breaks three weeks a year in the first two years four weeks a year in the 4 held on the 5 .. . of every month staff discount of 6 sesseessee OF everything except sale goods see Personnel Manager, office in 7 8 serve customers 9 check for shoplifters check the stock BD ooecesceesenees +a fed blouse, and a name badge Turn over >SECTION 2 Questions 11 - 20 Questions 11-13 Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. 11 The Bridge Hotel is located in A the city centre, B the country. C the suburbs. 12 The newest sports facility in the hotel is. A aswimming pool. B _afitness centre. © atennis court 13 The hotel restaurant specialises in A healthy food. B local food. international food. Questions 14 and 15 Choose TWO letters, A-E. Which TWO business facilities are mentioned? intemet access mobile phone hire audio-visual facilities alrport transport translation services moom> 8 | Official IELTS Practice MaterialsSECTION 3 Questions 21-30 Questions 21 and 22 Complete the sentences below. White NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer. Research Project + Harry and Katy have to concentrate on coastal change for their next project 21 Their work could be delayed by the + They plan to get help from the Marine Biology Unit. 22 Before they go to the beach, they need to visit the Questions 23-26 Who will do each of the following tasks? A Kaly Bo Hany © Both Katy and Harry White the correct letter, A, B or C, next to questions 23-26. Tasks 23 take photographs 24 collect samples 25 interview people 26 analyse data 10 | Offciat IELTS Practice MaterialsQuestions 27-30 Choose the correct letter, A, B or C. 27 28 29 Why does Harry want to do the presentation? A to practise skills for his future career B _tocatch up with his course requirements © to get a better mark than for his last presentation What is Katy’s attitude to writing up the project? A__— She is worried about the time available for writing. B She thinks itis unfair if she has to do all the writing. © She's concerned that some parts will be difficult. Why does Harry want to involve the other students at the end of the presentation? A toget their opinions about the conclusions B _tohelp him and Katy reach firm conclusions to see if they have reached similar conclusions Katy agrees to deal with any questions because A she feels she will be confident about the material B Harry will be doing the main presentation. © she has already told Dr Smith she will do this. Turn over > ”SECTION 4 Questions 31 - 40 Questions 31-33 Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Peregrine Falcons 31 The Peregrine falcons found in .........:...1+- are not migratory birds. 32 There is disagreement about their maximum 33 When the female is guarding the nest, the male spends most of his time Questions 34-37 Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Age of falcons | What occurs 20 days old ‘The falcons 34 ..... 28 days old The falcons are 35 ... 2 months od The falcons 36 .. + permanently 1-12 months old | More than half of falcons 37 12 | offic IELTS Practice MaterialeQuestions 38 — 40 Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Procedures used for field research on Peregrine falcon chicks First: catch chicks Second: 38... to legs Third: 38 ooecssecnsesnee Of chicks Fourth: take blood sample to assess level of pesticide Fifth: CHECK the 40... seceseceseees Of the birds ils | 19Candidate Number Candidate Name | INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM 0381/1 Academic Reading PRACTICE MATERIALS 1 hour ‘Adeitonal materials: ‘Answer shot for Listening and Reading s2ycszeLeziss Time 1 hour INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so. Write your name and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully Answer all the questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet. Use a pencil ‘You must complete the answer sheet within the time limit At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘There are 40 questions on this question paper. Each question carries one mark BRITISH lELTS A IVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE oS eaoeL ASR cy EsOtEeeanee Be pv © UCLES 2000 14 | Official IELTS Practice MaterialsREADING PASSAGE 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 on pages 2 and 3. Spider silk cuts weight of bridges A strong, light bio-material made by genes from spiders could transform construction and industry A Scientists have succeeded in copying the silk-producing genes of the Golden Orb Weaver spider and are using them to create a synthetic material which they believe is, the model for a new generation of advanced bio-materials. The new material, biosilk, which has been spun for the first time by researchers at DuPont, has an enormous range of potential uses in construction and manufacturing, B The attraction of the silk spun by the spider is a combination of great strength and enormous elasticity, which man-made fibres have been unable to replicate. On an equal-weight basis, spider silk is far stronger than steel and it is estimated that if a single strand could be made about 10m in diameter, it would be strong enough to stop ‘a jumbo jet in flight. A third important factor is that it is extremely light. Army scientists are already looking at the possibilities of using it for lightweight, bullei- proof vests and parachutes. © For some time, biochemists have been trying to synthesise the drag-tine silk of the Golden Orb Weaver. ‘The drag-line silk, which forms the radial arms of the web, is stronger than the other parts of the web and some biochemists believe a synthetic version could prove to be as important a material as nylon, which has been around for 50 years, since the discoveries of Wallace Carothers and his team ushered in the age of polymers. D To recreate the material, scientists, including Randolph Lewis at the University of Wyoming, first examined the silk-producing gland of the spider. “We took out the ‘glands that produce the silk and looked at the coding for the protein material they make, which is spun into a web, We then went looking for clones with the right DNAY’ he says. ficial IELTS Practica Materials | 15At DuPont, researchers have used both yeast and bacteria as hosts to grow the raw material, which they have spun into fibres. Robert Dorsch, DuPont's director of biochemical development, says the globules of protein, comparable with marbles in an egg, are harvested and processed. ‘We break open the bacteria, separate out the globules of protein and use them as the raw starting material. With yeast, the gene system can be designed so that the material excretes the protein outside the yeast for better access,” he says. “The bacteria and the yeast produce the same protein, equivalent to that which the spider uses in the drag lines of the web. The spider mixes the protein into a water- based solution and then spins it into a solid fibre in one go. Since we are not as clever as the spider and we are not using such sophisticated organisms, we substituted man- made approaches and dissolved the protein in chemical solvents, which are then spun to push the material through small holes to form the solid fibre.” Researchers at DuPont say they envisage many possible uses for a new biosilk material. They say that earthquake-resistant suspension bridges hung from cables of synthetic spider silk fibres may become a reality. Stronger ropes, safer seat belts, shoe soles that do not wear out so quickly and tough new clothing are among the other applications. Biochemists such as Lewis see the potential range of uses of biosilk as almost limitless. “It is very strong and retains elasticity; there are no man-made ‘materials that can mimic both these properties. It is also a biological material with all the advantages that has over petrochemicals,” he says. At DuPont’s laboratories, Dorsch is exeited by the prospect of new super-strong ‘materials but he warns they are many years away. ‘We are at an early stage but theoretical predictions are that we will wind up with a very strong, tough material, with an ability to absorb shock, which is stronger and tougher than the man-made ‘materials that are conventionally available to us,” he says. ‘The spider is not the only creature that has aroused the interest of material scientists. ‘They have also become envious of the natural adhesive secreted by the sea mussel. It produces a protein adhesive to attach itself to rocks. It is tedious and expensive to extract the protein from the mussel, so researchers have already produced a synthetic gene for use in surrogate bacteria, Turn over > 16 | ocQuestions 1-5 Reading Passage 1 has nine paragraphs, Ad. Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter, AI, In boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet. 1 2 a comparison of the ways two materials are used to replace silk-producing glands predictions regarding the availability of the synthetic silk ongoing research into other synthetic materials the research into the part of the spider that manufactures silk the possible application of the silk in civil engineering Questions 6 ~ 10 Complete the flow-chart below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer, Write your answers in boxes 6-10 on your answer sheet. ‘Synthetic gene grown in or? v globules of 8 v dissolved in 9 passed through 10 «oss. v to produce a solid fibre Official IELTS Practica Materials | 17Questions 11-13 Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 17 In boxes 11-13 on your answer sheet, write TRUE If the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this 14 Biosilk has already replaced nylon in parachute manufacture. 12 The spider produces silk of varying strengths. 13 Lewis and Dorsch co-operated in the synthetic production of silk Turn over > 48 | Official IELTS Prectios MateraREADING PASSAGE 2 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on Reading Passage 2 on pages 6 and 7. Revolutions in Mapping Today, the mapmaker’s vision is no longer confined to what the human eye can see. The perspective of mapmaking has shifted from the crow’s nest of the sailing vessel, mountain top and airplane to new orbital heights. Radar, which bounces microwave radio signals off a given surface to create images of its contours and textures, can penetrate jungle foliage and has produced the first maps of the mountains of the planet Venus. And a combination of sonar and radar produces charts of the seafloor, putting much of Earth on the map for the first time. ‘Suddenly it's a whole different world for us,” says Joel Morrison, chief of geography at the U.S. Bureau of the Census. ‘Our future as mapmakers ~ even ten years from now ~ is uncertain.” ‘The world’s largest collection of maps resides in the basement of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The collection, consisting of up to 4.6 million map sheets and 63,000 atlases, includes magnificent bound collections of elaborate maps ~ the pride of the golden age of Dutch cartography*. In the reading room scholars, wearing thin cotton gloves to protect the fragile sheets, examine ancient maps with magnifying glasses. Across the room people sit at their computer screens, studying the latest maps. With their prodigious ‘memories, computers are able to store data about people, places and environments — the stuff of maps - and almost instantly information is displayed on the screen in the desired geographic context, and at the click of a button, a print-out of the map appears. Measuring the spherical Earth ranks as the first major milestone in scientific cartography. This was first achieved by the Greek astronomer Eratosthenes, a scholar at the famous Alexandrian Library in Egypt in the third century BC. He calculated the Earth's circumference as 25,200 miles, which was remarkably accurate. The longitudinal circumference is known today to be 24,860 miles, Building on the ideas of his predecessors, the astronomer and geographer Ptolemy, working in the second century AD, spelled out a system for organising maps according to grids of latitude and longitude. Today, parallels of latitude are often spaced at intervals of 10 to 20 degrees and meridians** at 15 degrees, and this is the basis for the width of modern time zones, Another legacy of Ptolemy's is his advice to cartographers to create maps to scale. Distance on today’s maps is expressed as a fraction or ratio of the real distance. But mapmakers in Ptolemy's time lacked the geographic knowledge to live up to Ptolemy's scientific principles. Even now, when surveyors achieve accuracies down to inches and satellites can plot potential missile targets within feet, maps are not true pictures of reality. * cartography: mapmaking “meridians: ins of longitude on the earth running north to south Official IELTS Practice MaterHowever, just as the compass improved navigation and created demand for useful charts, so the invention of the printing press in the 15” century put maps in the hands of more people, and took their production away from monks, who had tended to illustrate theology rather than geography. Ocean-going ships launched an age of discovery, enlarging both what could and needed to be mapped, and awakened an intellectual spirit and desire for knowledge of the world, Inspired by the rediscovered Ptolemy, whose writing had been preserved by Arabs after the sacking of the Alexandrian Library in AD 931, mapmakers in the 15” century gradually replaced theology with knowledge of faraway places, as reported by travelling merchants like Marco Polo. Gerhardus Mercator, the foremost shipmaker of the 16” century, developed a technique of arranging meridians and parallels in such a way that navigators could draw straight lines between two points and steer a constant compass course between them. This distortion formula, introduced on his world map of 1569, created the ‘Greenland problem’. Even on some standard maps to this day, Greenland looks as large as South America — one of the many problems when one tries to portray a round worid on a flat sheet of paper. But the Mercator projection was so practical that itis still popular with sailors. Scientific mapping of the land came into its own with the achievements of the Cassini family = father, son, grandson and great-grandson. In the late 17" century, the Italian-born founder, Jean-Dominique, invented a complex method of determining longitude based on observations of Jupiter's moons. Using this technique, surveyors were able to produce an accurate map of France. The family continued to map the French countryside and his great- grandson finally published their famous Cassini map in 1793 during the French Revolution. While it may have lacked the artistic appeal of earlier maps, it was the model of a social and geographic map showing roads, rivers, canals, towns, abbeys, vineyards, lakes and even windmills. With this achievement, France became the first county to be completely mapped by scientific methods, Mapmaking has come a long way since those days. Today's surveyors rarely go into the field without being linked to navigation satellites. Their hand-held receivers are the most familiar of the new mapping technologies, and the satelite system, developed and still operated by the US Defense Department, is increasingly used by surveyors. Even ordinary hikers, sailors and explorers can tap into it for data telling them where they are. Simplified civilian versions of the receivers are available for a few hundred dollars and they are also the heart of electronic map displays available in some cars. Cartography is pressing on to ‘cosmic frontiers, but its objective is, and always has been, to communicate a sense of ‘here’ in relation to ‘there’, however far avay ‘there’ may be. Turn over & 20 | ofQuestions 14-18 Choose the correct letter, A, B, Cor D. Write the correct letter in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet. 44 According to the first paragraph, mapmakers in the 21% century combine techniques to chart unknown territory. still rely on being able to see what they map, are now able to visit the darkest jungle. need input from experts in other fields, com> 15 The Library of Congress offers an opportunity to ‘A borrow from their collection of Dutch maps. B__leam how to restore ancient and fragile maps. © enjoy the atmosphere of the reading room. D create individual computer maps to order. 16 Ptolemy alerted his contemporaries to the importance of ‘A measuring the circumference of the world B organising maps to reflect accurate ratios of cistance. working out the distance between parallels of latitude. D accuracy and precision in mapping, 17 The invention of the printing press. A __revitalised interest in scientific knowledge. B enabled maps to be produced more cheaply. © changed the approach to mapmaking D ensured that the work of Ptolemy was continued, 18 The writer concludes by stating that mapmaking has become too specialised. cartographers work in very harsh conditions. the fundamental aims of mapmaking remain unchanged. the possiblities of satelite mapping are infinite. com> jaQuestions 19-21 Look at the following list of achievements (Questions 19-21) and the list of mapmakers below. Match each achievement with the correct mapmaker, A, B, C or D. White the correct letter, A, B, C or D, in boxes 19-21 on your answer sheet. 19 came very close to accurately measuring the distance round the Earth 20 produced maps showing man-made landmarks 21 aid the foundation for our modem time zones List of Mapmakers A B c D Mercator Ptolemy Cassini family Eratosthenes Questions 22-26 Complete the summary below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 22-26 on your answer sheet. ‘Ancient maps allow us to see how we have come to make sense of the world, They also reflect the attitudes and knowledge of the day. The first reat step in mapmaking took place in22 «in the 3° century BC. Work continued in this tradition until the 2°! century AD but was then abandoned for over a thousand years, during which time maps were the responsibility of 23 ... rather than scientists. Fortunately, however, the writings Of 24 .......... had been kept, and interest in scientific mapmaking was revived as scholars sought to produce maps, inspired by the accounts of travellers. These days, 25 are vital to the creation of maps and radar has allowed ‘cartographers to map areas beyond our immediate world. In addition, this high-tech ‘equipment is not only used to map faraway places, but cheaper versions have also been developed for use in 26 Turn over > 22 | oifiial €10 READING PASSAGE 3 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 on pages 11 and 12. Questions 27-31 Reading Passage 3 has five sections, A-E. Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below. Write the correct number, Ivi,in boxes 27-31 on your answer sheet List of Headings i Anexperiment using people who are receiving medical treatment fi The experiment that convinced all the researchers. iii Medical benefits of hypnosis make scientific proof less important iv Lack of data leads to opposing views of hypnotism v___ The effects of hypnosis on parts of the brain involved in vision Inducing pain through the use of hypnotism Experiments used to support conflicting views 27 ~~ Section A 28 Section B 29 Section 30 Section D 31 Section E Official FELTS Proction Materials | 21" Hypnotism — is it real or just a circus trick? A Hypnosis has been shown through a number of rigorously controlled studies to reduce pain, control blood pressure, and even make warts go away. But because very few studies have attempted to define the actual processes involved, most scientists are ‘sceptical of its power and uses. That scepticism has driven David Spiegel, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, USA, and other researchers to take @ hard look at what happens in the brain during hypnosis, Among researchers there are two schools of thought. One claims that hypnosis fundamentally alters subjects’ state of mind: they enter a trance, which produces changes in brain activity. The other bolieves that hypnosis is simply a matter of suggestibility and relaxation. Spiegel belongs to the first school and over the years has had a debate with two scientists on the other side, Irving Kirsch, a University of Connecticut psychologist, and Stephen Kosslyn, a Harvard professor. B Kirsch often uses hypnosis in his practice and doesn't deny that it can be effective. ‘With hypnosis you do put people in altered states,’ he says. ‘But you don't need a trance to do it.’ To illustrate the point, Kirsch demonstrates how a subject holding a small object on a chain can make it swing in any direction by mere suggestion, the chain responding to minute movements in the tiny muscles of the fingers. 'You don't have to enter a trance for your subconscious and your body to act upon a suggestion,’ Kirsch says. ‘The reaction is the result of your focusing on moving the chain in a particular direction.” Spiegel disagreos. One of his best known studies found that when subjects were hypnotised and given suggestions their brain wave pattems changed, indicating that they had entered a trance. In one of his studies, people under hypnosis were told their forearms were numb, then given light electrical shocks to the wrists. They didn’t flinch or respond in any way, and their brain waves resembled those of people who experienced a much weaker shock. To Kirsch this still wasn't enough to prove the power of trance, but Stephen Kosslyn was willing to be convinced. Many external factors could have been responsible for the shift in the subjects’ state of mind, but Kossiyn wondered, ‘Is there really something going on in the brain?’ © To find out, Spiegel and Kosslyn decided to collaborate on a study focusing on a part of ‘the brain that is well understood: the circuit which has been found to process the | perception of colour, Spiegel and Kosslyn wanted to see if subjects could set off the circuit by visualising colour while under hypnosis. They selected eight people for the experiment conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital. ‘The subjects were put in a scanner and shown a slide with coloured rectangles while their brain activity was mapped. Then they were shown a black and white slide and told to imagine its having colour. Both tasks were then repeated under hypnosis, ‘The results were striking, When the subjects truly saw the coloured rectangles, the circuit lit up on both sides of the brain; when they only had to imagine the colour, the circuit lit up only in the right hemisphere. Under hypnosis, however, both sides of the brain became active, just as in regular sight; imagination Seemed to take on the quality of a hallucination, Turn over » 24 | Officia IELTS Practice Materials12 After the experiment, Kosslyn was forced to admit, ‘I'm absolutely convinced now that, hypnosis can boost what mental imagery does.’ But Kirsch remained sceptical, saying, “The experiments demonstrate that people are experiencing the effects of hypnotic suggestion but don't prove that they are entering a trance.’ He also argued that subjects were told to see the card in colour when they were hypnotised but only to imagine it in colour when they weren't. ‘Being told to pretend you're having an experience is different from the suggestion to have the experience. Spiegel, however, is a clinician first and a scientist second. He believes the most important thing is thet doctors recognise the power of hypnosis and start to use it, Working with Elvira Lang, a radiologist at a Harvard Medical Centre, he is testing the use of hypnosis in the operating room just as he and Kosslyn did in the scanner. Spiegel and Lang took 241 patients scheduled for surgery and divided them into three groups. One group received standard care, another standard care with a sympathetic care provider and the third received standard care, a sympathetic care provider and hypnosis. Every 15 minutes the patients were asked to rate their pain and anxiety levels. ‘They were also hooked up to painkilling medication which they could administer to themselves, On average, Spiegel and Lang found the hypnotised subjects used less medication, experienced less pain and felt far less anxiety than the other two groups. Original results published in The Lancer have been further supported by ongoing studies conducted by Lang. Spiegel's investigations into the nature of hypnosis and its effects on the brain continue, However, if hypnosis is ever to work its way into mainstream medicine and everyday use, physicians will need to know there is solid science behind what sounds like mysticism. Only then will their reluctance to using such things as mind over matter be overcome. ‘I agree that the medical use of hypnotism should be based on data rather than belief,’ says Spiegel, ‘but in the end it doesn’t really matter why it works, as long as it helps our patients." ctleo Matera | 2513 Questions 32-36 Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. Write the correct letter in boxes 32-36 on your answer sheet. 32 33 35 36 Kirsch uses a small object on a chain to demonstrate that ‘A inducing a trance is a simple process. B responding to a suggestion does not require a trance. © muscles respond as a result of a trance. D _ itis difficult to identity a trance. Spiegel disagrees with ‘A believed what they were told, B showed changes in brain activity. CC _ responded as expected to shocks. D had similar reactions to contro! subjects. Kossiyn's response to Spiegel’ electric shock experiment was to challenge the results because of external factors. ‘work with Kirsch to disprove Spiegel's results reverse his previous position on trance. accept that Spiege'’s ideas might be correct. gow Spiegel and Kossiyn's experiment was designed to show that hypnosis ‘A affects the electrical responses of the brain. B could make colour appear as black and white. © has an effect on how shapes are perceived D__canenhance the subject's imagination. Kirsch thought Spiegel and Kossiyn’s results were worthy of further investigation, had nothing to do with hypnotic suggestion. showed that the possibility of trance existed were affected by the words used in the instructions. com> ‘rsch because the subjects in Spiegel’s experiment Turn over & 26 | Official IELTS Practice Mater4 Questions 37 — 40 Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3? In boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet, write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this 37 Spiegel is more interested in scientific research than medical practice. 38 Patients in the third group in Spiegel and Lang's experiment were easily hypnotised, 38 _In Spiegel and Lang's experiment, a smaller amount of painkiller was needed by the hypnotised patients than by the other two groups. 40 Spiegel feels that doctors should use hypnotism only when its fully understood. (Official IELTS Practice Material laCandidate Number Candidate Name 7 INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM 0381/2 ‘Academic Writing BE PRACTICE MATERIALS Example 4 1 hour = ‘ddional mater: = Wing anewor boot mt Time 1 hour INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so. Write your name and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Read the instructions for each task carefully. Answer both of the tasks. Write at least 150 words for Task 1. Write at least 250 words for Task 2. Write your answers in the answer booklet. Write clearly in pen or pencil. You may make alterations, but make sure your work is easy to read. ‘At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer booklet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘There are two tasks on this question paper. ‘Task 2 contributes twice as much as Task 1 to the Writing score. $33 BRITISH IELTS UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE COUNCIL ‘AUSTRALIA ESOL Examinations Pus ouctes 2008 28 | Official IELTS Practice MoterolsWRITING TASK 4 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task, The charts below show the number of Japanese tourists travelling abroad between 1985 and 1995 and Australia's share of the Japanese tourist market. ‘Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words. Japanese tourists travelling abroad 2 = 5 Zz 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 Australia's share of Japan's tourist market :——— s 5 2 Z 3 ¢ 2 «WRITING TASK 2 You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. ‘Write about the following topic: In many countries children are engaged in some kind of paid work. Some people regard this as completely wrong, while others consider it as valuable work experience, important for learning and taking responsibility. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words. 0 | Official IELTS Practice Materialsvesseeoretsy Candidate Number candietoName INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING System 0381/2 ‘Academic Writing PRACTICE MATERIALS Example 2 ‘1hour Aasstional materia: Whiting answer booklet Time 1 hour INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so. Write your name and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Read the instructions for each task carefully Answer both of the tasks. Write at least 150 words for Task 1 Write at least 250 words for Task 2. Write your answers in the answer booklet. Write clearly in pen or pencil. You may make alterations, but make sure your work is easy to read. At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer booklet, INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘There are two tasks on this question paper. ‘Task 2 contributes twice as much as Task 1 to the Writing score. BRITISH lets UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE COUNCIL idp~ AUSTRALIA ESOL Examinations en BUCLES 2000 Official IELTS Practice wis | 3122] WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The diagram below shows the process of using water to produce electricity. ‘Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words. Hydro-electric power generation High voltage cables Pump Hospitals/Schools Turbine Underground cables Transformer stationWRITING TASK 2 ‘You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic: ‘Many old buildings are protected by law because they are part of a nation’s history. However, some people think old buildings should be knocked down to make way for new ones because people need houses and offices. How important is it to maintain old buildings? Should history stand in the way of progress? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words. Official IELTS Practice Materials | 38Candidate Number Candidate Name INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING system 0381/2 Academic Writing PRACTICE MATERIALS Example 3 ‘1hour ‘Aditional materials: \iriing answer booklet Time 1 hour INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so Write your name and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Read the instructions for each task carefully. ‘Answer both of the tasks. Write at least 150 words for Task 4 Write at least 250 words for Task 2 Write your answers in the answer booklet, Write clearly in pen or pencil. You may make alterations, but make sure your work is easy to read. At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer booklet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘There are two tasks on this question paper. ‘Task 2 contributes twice as much as Task 1 to the Writing score. UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE, ESOL Examinations 33 BRITISH #418 COUNCIL = —idp* AUSTRALIA rvs © UCLES 2009 34 | otic IELTS Practice MaterialsWRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task, The graph below shows the number of complaints made about noise to Environmental Health authorities in the city of Newtown between 1980 and 1996. | Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make | comparisons where relevant. l - Write at least 150 words, 140. Number of complaints + a 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996, ——+ Road works Factories —— Traffic noise ——— _ Domestic’ household | 35WRITING TASK 2 ‘You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topi Television is dangerous because it destroys family life and any sense of community; instead of visiting people or talking with our family we just watch television. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words. woseLocrEzie 38 ice MaterialCandidate Number Candidate Name INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SysTEM 0380/1 General Training Reading PRACTICE MATERIALS ‘hour Additional materials: ‘Angwer sheet for Listening and Reading ‘hour INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so. Write your name and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully. Answer all the questions. Write your answers on the answer sheet. Use a pencil ‘You must complete the answer sheet within the time limit. At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘There are 40 questions on this question paper. Each question carries one mark. BRITISH IELTS UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE COUNCIL ‘AUSTRALIA (9 ESOL Examinations Pv © UCLES 2009 official IELTS Practice Materials | 37SECTION 1 Restaurant Supervisor Waiting Stat Telephonist The ideal candidates ‘must have relevant experience gained in ‘a high quality hotel. Please eall Personnel on (020-7723-7723, or send your CV to: The Aplesbury, Hodge Road, London SEI SRS The Aylesbury LONDON ¢j—c SECRETARY Busy Chartered Accountans require experiencediefficient secretary. Accounts experience, proficient typing, and an excellent telephone manner essential; shorthand useful Please send CV to: Box No. 9246 clo Weekly Standard Classified, 9 Berry Street, Kensington We SLP NANNY WANTED for 9 month old handful AnistieProf household ‘Notting Hill, 3 days per week. Some hours Flexibility req'd Knowledge German Hungarian advantage, not essential 0207221 6119 Questions 1-14 Read the advertisements below and answer Questions 1-4 USE YOUR LANGUAGES AND EARN £450-£1200 PW. ‘We are one ofthe largest business publishes in Europe and have limited vacanlos for inteligen young people in our London advertisement sles fice. Enquiries rom Gennan, Spanish nd Eastem European speakers especialy weleome Phone Steve 02071 TRAVEL, COMPANY ‘Vacancy for self-confident person to look after bookings for our Caribbean hotels. Salary based on applicant’ experience & suitability. Please send CV to Greg Taplin, KRI Ltd, 12 Galena Road, London, WO 3X7. Hollywood World LONDON Join the Stars! Food Servers ‘The biggest and busiest restaurant in London is seeking additional stars for its team of dedicated professionals. If you have experience in high volume restauranis and are looking for a challenge, then come on down for an audition Interview day is on Friday 6th May from 12 noon to 7pm. Hollywood World is located at 29 Foster Street, London W1 6)Questions 1-4 Look at the six job advertisements, A+F, on page 2. For which advertisement are the following statements true? Write the correct letter, AF, in boxes 1-4 on your answer sheet. NB 4 You may use any letter more than once. Which job is in @ hotel? Which job is for someone to look after a child? Which TWO advertisements are for waiters? Which TWO jobs would be particularly suitable for people who speak a language other than English? Turn over > s [39Read the text below and answer Questions 5-10, LIST OF TELEPHONE SERVICES SERVICE Operator Services ‘The operator is there to help you if you have difficulty making a call or if you ‘want to use any of our special call services. These include: ALARM CALLS “ ADVICE OF DURATION CHARGE * CREDIT CARD CALLS * FIXED TIME CALLS * FREEFONE CALLS * PERSONAL CALLS * TRANSFERRED CHARGE CALLS * SUBSCRIBER CONTROLLED TRANSFER. For details of charges see our free leaflet. Dial 101 and ask for financial services. International Operator See Section 3 (intemational) for details. Directory Enquiries Tell the operator the town you requ -. Have paper and pencil ready. International ectory Enquiries Emergency Tell the operator what service you want Faults Any fault should be reported to the local fault repair service. Sales For enquiries regarding other purchases. Telemessage If you have something special to say and prefer to say it in writing, International Telemessage International Telegrams You can send a telegram 10 most other countries. Maritime Services SHIP'S TELEGRAM SERVICE * SHIP'S TELEPHONE SERVICE * INMARSAT SATELLITE SERVICE, You can call or send a message to someone aboard ship by using our Maritime Services. For telephone calls to ships quote the name of the Coast Radio Station if known. For INMARSAT (Maritime Satellite) service dial 178. Give the ship's name, its identification number and ocean region, if known. Intemational Directory Enquiries, code 130, can say if'a ship is equipped for satellite service and provide the number. Any Other Call Enqui NUMBER TO DIAL, 101 142 130 010 166 170 190 | 191 192 200° wt 40 | Oficial IELTS Practice MaterialsQuestions 5 10 Answer the questions below. White the correct telephone numbers in boxes 5-10 on your answer sheet. NB You may use any number more than once. ‘What number should you dial if 5 there is something wrong with your telephone? 6 there has been an accident and you want to call an ambulance? 7 you want to find out a number in a foreign country? 8 you want to know how much telephone calls cost? 9 you want to buy an answerphone machine? | 10 you want to use a credit card to pay for a telephone call?” Turn over » official Practica Materiais | 41Read the toxt below and answer Questions 11-14. FIRE NOTICE In the event of fire, the ALARM will ring. On hearing the fire alarm, all those in the West Wing should evacuate the building by staircase J. Rooms 1 to 199 are in the West Wing. Alll others should use staircase A. The assembly area for occupants of the West Wing is the staff car park at the rear of the building. All others assemble in the courtyard. Evacuate the building even if the alarm stops. If you discover a fire, shout "FIRE" and operate the nearest fire alarm. Attack the fire with an extinguisher but do not take any risks. Inform Reception by dialling 3333. Questions 11-14 Answer the questions below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 11-14 on your answer sheet. " 12 13 14 You are in room 101. Which staircase should you use to evacuate the building? You are in room 201. Where should you wait outside after evacuating the building? What should you do if the alarm stops? Who should you contact if you discover a fire?SECTION 2 Questions 15-21 Questions 15 - 27 ‘The text on page 8 has seven sections, A-G. Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below. Write the correct number, i-x, in boxes 15-21 on your answer sheet. 15 16 7 18 19 a ii iit v vil vill ix Section A Section B Section © Section D Section E Section F Section G List of Headings Standard procedure for disciplinary action Reporting improper activities Relationships with suppliers Inventions and designs Company records Confidential information Promoting creativity Respecting media copyright ‘Accessing legal information Relationships with competitors Turn over > oficial IELTS: ryA LGN Energy — Code of Conduct The purpose of this Code of Conduct is to advise employees of LGN's expectations in respect of conduct, breach of which may lead to investigation and disciplinary action ‘The companies that provide goods and services to LGN Energy are an important resource and should be treated with faimess at all times. Employees should ‘maintain the highest ethical standards in all dealings with them, and managers ‘must act with integrity at all times and lead by example, LGN Energy aims to promote its products vigorously in the market place, None of its employees are allowed to collude with rival companies. itis LGN Energy policy to sell products and services on their merits. Therefore the products or services of rival companies should not be criticised. Employees should keep accurate, timely and reliable accounts, as these are critical to meeting the financial, legal and management obligations of the company. All reports, invoices and other essential data should be prepared promptly and honestly, and treated with discretion. Except as authorised by their manager or required by their duties under their ‘employment contract, employees must not use for their own benefit or gain, or divulge to any person or organisation, any data belonging to the company, or relating to its affairs or dealings, which come to their knowledge during ‘employment. Employees should not download or reproduce any material (e.g. music or tex!) without complying with licensing conditions. Such actions could result in criminal proceedings not only against the company but also against the individual ‘concerned. LGN Energy wants to encourage employees to disclose information on any ‘conduct within the company that is causing them concern. If an employee suspects fraud or other behaviour that contravenes this Code of Conduct, they should promptly inform their manager. It any employee makes any discoveries or developments capable of being patented during the course of, or in connection with, their employment at LGN, they must tell their manager. All works and intellectual property rights related to their ‘employment will belong to LGN Energy. 44 | Offical IELTS Pr MateriaisRead the text below and answer Questions 22-27. Maternity Leave ‘The purpose of this policy is to inform female employees of their entitlement to statutory and company-enhanced matemity rights. Antenatal Care All company employees are entitled to reasonable paid time off during working hours to enable them to receive antenatal care. To qualify, employees are required to produce a certificate from a registered medical practitioner stating that the employee is pregnant, together with an appointment card or other written confirmation of the appointment However, these requirements do not apply to the first antenatal visi Employees are requested to give their immediate manager as much notice as possible and arrange appointments, insofar as is possible, so as not to disrupt the business of the company. Employees will be paid their basic salary in respect of attendance at these appointments. Ordinary Maternity Leave (OML) All employees, irrespective of their length of service, qualify for 26 weeks’ OML. An employee must notify the company no later than 15 weeks prior to her Expected Week of Childbirth (EWC) of the date on which she intends to begin her OML, ‘An employee is not required to give notification if she is absent due to a pregnancy-related illness, or if the baby is born before the planned date for starting maternity leave. Please ote that the employee must notify the company that she has given birth as soon as is. reasonably practicable, Returning from Maternity Leave No employee is entitled to retum from maternity leave until 2 weeks after the birth of the child. Within 28 days of receiving notification from the employee of the date she intends to start her OML, the company will advise her of the date her leave will end. An employee ‘who intands to return to work at the end of her OML period does not have to notify the company in advance of her return, If the employee wishes to use any annual leave she has accrued to delay her return, she is obliged to request authorisation from the company at least 28 days before she wishes to take it. Turn over > Official IELTS Practice M terials | 45