[Exam Questions] 2014.08.21

[jimmy ielts]

[IELTS Exam 2014.08.21 LRW]

The wording of today's writing task 2 is tricky. Can you notice it? It's not 'to what extent do you agree or disagree'. Rather, it's asking 'to what extent do you think...'

Do you think there's a difference?

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If you did this exam, and can draw the task 1, please post your drawing.

---- Listening APAC ----
1. Student housing rental
• 3834 // 3034 (cost of campus suite = £ ... )
• holidays (cost does not include ...)
• home welcome (second type includes ...)
• studio (third type share with others, and includes a ...)
• 48 (need to pay utilities individually = £ ...)
• water (including ... fee of £ 9)
• transportation (... fee)
• deposit (need to pay a ...)
• references (provide 2 ...)
• flexible (arrangements are ...)

2. (Map) Campsite facilities
• B - stage 2 (find lost children here)
• C - ? field (enjoy local bands here)
• A - green lounge (where hot food can be bought)
• G - riverside (watch the latest films here)
• F - gateway (children entertainment area here)
• H (meadow campsite)
• A (caravan park, opposite to the toilets)
• G (green lounge)
• F (cash point, on the corner of royal way and forest road)
• E (restaurant, across the bridge)

3. Subject choice
• it is popular and fills up quickly (why it is necessary to choose the course on the day)
• other student's advice (what is more important when choosing courses)
• Math (what new course is compulsory)
• how to register (what the two students are both unsure about)
• Statistics = useful, but has a lot of homework
• Art = very useful
• ? = the teacher's material is very detailed
• ? = harder than expected

4. Development and research of old writing system
• materials
• types
• oldest
• samples
• monument
• texts
• direction
• circles
• printing
• game

---- Listening MEI/EU ----
1. Information about a painting competition for children
2. Part time job
3. Australian wind farms, 'Esperance' see http://goo.gl/4pKWzP
4. Digital technology used for immigration

---- Reading APAC ----
1. History and function of coffee houses
• T
• T
• F
• F
• NG
• NG (many people disagree with the banning of women in England and in France)
• stock exchange
• shipping
• merchants
• scientific

2. Research about global warming and its effect
• fish
• rate
• breeding
• time
• polar bear
• protein
• A
• A
• B
• D
• C
• impact of climate change on animals (main idea of passage)

3. Past and present research about motivation of employees
• defend
• comprehend
• bond
• acquire

---- Reading MEI/EU ----
1. The innovation of grocery stores, 'Saunder's Piggly Wiggly'

2. Water purification through reed bed plantation
• F (it is more ideal for densely populated rural or suburban areas)
• T (The bed’s processes interact with one another to remove pollutants)
• NG (did not talk about E. Coli)
• sludge
• sand
• gravel
• A (they can process heavily polluted waste)
• B (they need more)
• E (reed beds require rests after a period of time)
• C
• G (vertical system's disadvantages = horizontal system's advantage)
• B (they are environmentally friendly as aesthetically pleasing)
• D (cheaper than other systems)

3. Protection of languages from extinction http://goo.gl/iwWIRt

---- Writing APAC ----
Academic WT1
• (Bar) A European country's commodity spending 5 areas in 1998 and 2008.

Thanks to Steven Ta and Thao Tran's drawing of WT1

Academic WT2
• During the 20th century, contact between different parts of the world developed quickly/rapidly thanks to air travel and telecommunication.To what extent do you think societies benefited from the increased contact and closer relationship with foreigners brought about by international tourism and businesses.

• (Not this one) Societies benefitted from the increased contact and closer relationship with foreigners brought by international tourism and businesses. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

---- Writing MEI/EU ----
Academic WT1 -
• (Table) The number of exchange students between an Australian university and a number of European universities in 2007 2009.

Academic WT2 -
• The advantages brought by the spread of English as a "global language" will continue to outweigh the disadvantages. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view?

[Easshaking]

Hello Jimmy,
I would like to have a question that have been bugging me all day long
I have just done the test today and in task 2 writing, instead of describing the benefits from closer/increased relationships by tourism and business, I chose to write about the benefits from having international tourism and business.
Is that consider to be off topic?
Please answer me as soon as you can
Thank you

[jimmy ielts]

updated with sample answers, still missing the table task from MEI/EU, if you did the test, please try to draw it~

[jimmy ielts]

Hello Jimmy,
I would like to have a question that have been bugging me all day long
I have just done the test today and in task 2 writing, instead of describing the benefits from closer/increased relationships by tourism and business, I chose to write about the benefits from having international tourism and business.
Is that consider to be off topic?
Please answer me as soon as you can
Thank you

Well, could depend on what benefits you chose to talked about..

Task Response, TR, could be affected since the question is basically saying international tourism and businesses brought increased contact and closer relationship. So, if you talked about other benefits, then it could be some what off-topic.

The safest way here would be to simply say;
There are (or no) benefits -> Why -> Example

[Easshaking]

I did the test in Asian Regions so I don't know anything about the MEI/EU test :l
Anyway, thank you very much for your answer
It helps me calm down a little bit

[dhanekula143]

-can you provide answers for listening and reading section i wrote exam on august 21st in india ... did a spelling mistake it was "young teanagers " actually it is teenagers . and can you provide hole answers .