IELTS Mock Test 2023 February
- Published on: 28 Feb 2023
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Answer Keys:
Part 1: Question 1 - 10
- 1 Aaron
- 2 eight teen/18
- 3 316C
- 4 improve (his) English
- 5 7586 3344
- 6 bathroom and balcony
- 7 campus
- 8 rent
- 9 water
- 10 6th of October/October 6th
Part 2: Question 11 - 20
- 11 City Centre/City Center
- 12 pudding
- 13 fountains and maze
- 14 National Park
- 15 Blue John (Cavern)
- 16 (all) children
- 17 (wonderful) souvenirs
- 18 4000
- 19 plague village
- 20 cafe and craft
Part 3: Question 21 - 30
- 21 B
- 22 A
- 23 A
- 24 B
- 25 A
- 26 C
- 27 email
- 28 laser printer
- 29 proof-reading
- 30 references
Part 4: Question 31 - 40
- 31 the times
- 32 Advertising Codes
- 33 1,500
- 34 quality press
- 35 The Guardian
- 36 Page 3
- 37 Manchester
- 38 quality
- 39 commercial breaks
- 40 license/licence
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Questions 1-5
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Accommodation Request Form
| Example | Answer |
| Type of accommodation: | Homestay |
| Full name: | 1 Lee |
| Age: | 2 |
| Present address: | International House |
| Room: | 3 |
| Reasons for applying for homestay: | to know about local culture |
| to 4 | |
| Contact number: | 8141 9680 (home) |
| 5 (mobile) |
- 1 Answer: Aaron
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Full name
Advisor: What’s your full name?
Aaron: My name is Aaron Lee.
+ This question requires us to find out information about full name
+ First, the question of Advisor “What’s your full name?” is the suggestion
+ Aaron’s answer is “Aaron Lee”
+ So, the missing word is Aaron
- 2 Answer: eight teen/18
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Age
Advisor: OK, and your age?
Aaron: I’m 18 years old.+ Q2 asks for information about Aaron’s age.
+ First, the question of Advisor is “OK, and your age?” gives us the clue
+ Aaron’s answer is “I’m 18 years old.”
+ So, the missing number is 18
- 3 Answer: 316C
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Room
Advisor: Your room number?
Aaron: It is 316C.+ We have to figure out the room number of Aaton in this question
+ The question from advisor: “Your room number?” is an indicator to us.
+ Aaron’s answer is “It is 316C.”
+ So we have to fill 316C in the blankspace
- 4 Answer: improve (his) English
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Reasons for applying for homestay
Advisor: OK. Aaron, are you unsatisfied with your flat now?
Aaron: Actually, my flat is alright, but I hope to move into a local family to have more opportunities to know about local culture and to improve my English.+ This question requires us to point out reasons why Aaron want to apply for homestay
+ First, advisor asked him whether he unsatisfied with his current flat and Aaron said that “…but I hope to move into a local family to have more opportunities to know about local culture and to improve my English.”
+ The first reason, which is to know about local culture, has been given in the test, so the other reason we need to fill is to improve English
- 5 Answer: 7586 3344
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Contact number
Advisor: Right. Tell me your contact number?
Aaron: My home number is eight one four one nine six eight zero, and my mobile phone is 75863344.+ In this Q5, we have to listen to write down Aaron’s mobile phone number
+ Advisor ask Aaton to tell his contact number
+ Aaron’s answer is “My home number is eight one four one nine six eight zero, and my mobile phone is 75863344.”
+ So, we can conclude that missing information is 75863344.
Questions 6-10
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Accommodation requirements:
Accommodation required date: 10 |
- 6 Answer: bathroom and balcony
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Accommodation requirements own …
Advisor: Well, Aaron, can you tell me your requirements about homestay? Such as food or facilities, something like that.
…
Aaron: And I’d like to have my own bathroom and balcony…
+ This question requires us to find down things that Aaron wants in his homestay.
+ Advisor’s question about other requirements give us the clue to find answer
+ Aaron’s answer is “And I’d like to have my own bathroom and balcony.”
+ So, we need to fill bathroom and balcony in the blankspace
- 7 Answer: campus
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Accommodation requirements near to …
Advisor: OK fine. Do you need a garage?
Aaron: I don’t drive now and maybe I would need it in future. Oh, yes, 1 hope that, the house would be near to campus .+ In this Q7, we have to figure out the place that Aaron hope to live near to.
+ Advisor ask him whether he needs a garage and the clue is when Aaron said that he doesn’t drive now so he hopes to live near to campus
+ The missing word is campus.
- 8 Answer: rent
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Accommodation requirements The … will be £140
Advisor: Well, let’s talk about the rent and the deposit.
Aaron: OK.
Advisor: Usually, the rent of homestay is about a hundred and forty pounds per week and you will have to pay two weeks’ rent as a deposit in advance.+ In this question, the missing information will be related to £140
+ First, we will hear that advisor mention about the rent in his saying “Well, let’s talk about the rent and the deposit.”
+ Then, he offer the rent of homestay is about a hundred and forty pounds per week which is compatible with the question.
+ So we can conclude that rent is missing information of Q8
- 9 Answer: water
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Accommodation requirements Including … bill
Aaron: Does the rent include all bills?
Advisor: No. It only includes the water fee. You have to pay your electric bill and telephone bill and cable bill if you need.+ In Q9, we will have to hear about one kind of bill that is included in the rent
+ Aaron’s question “Does the rent include all bills?” gives us the clue
+ Advisor’s response gives us the answer when he said “No. It only includes the water fee.”+ So the kind of bill that is included in the rent is water bill and we need to fill water into the space
- 10 Answer: 6th of October/October 6th
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Accommodation required date
Advisor: When would you like to move in?
Aaron: As soon as possible. Well, I hope to see a house this weekend. How about this Saturday?
Advisor: Is it the 6th of October?
Aaron: Right.+ In this question, the information is related to the date.
+ First, advisor will give us the clue when he ask “When would you like to move in?”
+ Aaron’s schedule in his answer “…How about this Saturday?” and advisor’s confirmation is the 6th of October is the date that we need to find out
+ So we need to fill in 6th of October.
Source 1
Source 2
PART 1
Aaron: Good morning.
Advisor: Good morning.
Aaron: I’d like to apply for a homestay.
Advisor: Right, sit down please. Well, I need to take down your details first.
Aaron: OK.
Advisor: What’s your full name?
Aaron: My name is Aaron Lee.
Advisor: Do you spell your first name A-A-R-O-N?
Aaron: Yes.
Advisor: OK, and your age?
Aaron: I’m 18 years old.
Advisor: So you are a freshman in our university?
Aaron: Yes.
Advisor: What’s your present address?
Aaron: I live in student accommodation – International House.
Advisor: In which area?
Aaron: North Campus.
Advisor: Your room number?
Aaron: It is 316C.
Advisor: OK. Aaron, are you unsatisfied with your flat now?
Aaron: Actually, my flat is alright, but I hope to move into a local family to have more opportunities to know about local culture and to improve my English.
Advisor: Right. Tell me your contact number?
Aaron: My home number is eight one four one nine six eight zero, and my mobile phone is 75863344.
Advisor: Well, Aaron, can you tell me your requirements about homestay? Such as food or facilities, something like that.
Aaron: Yes. Firstly, I prefer to live in a homestay house with a nice landlady and I hope she would be good at cooking.
Advisor: Ali’ight. How about others?
Aaron: And I’d like to have my own bathroom and balcony. I don’t want to share with others.
Advisor: OK, no problem. Anything else?
Aaron: Oh… yeah… you know, one of my friends, Chris, who lives in a family with three …
Advisor: Yeah.
Aaron: They are too noisy and my friend cannot study. So I hope there are no young children in my homestay house.
Advisor: OK fine. Do you need a garage?
Aaron: I don’t drive now and maybe I would need it in future. Oh, yes, 1 hope that, the house would be near to campus .
Advisor: OK. Not far from campus. Anything else?
Aaron: No.
Advisor: Well, let’s talk about the rent and the deposit .
Aaron: OK.
Advisor: Usually, the rent of homestay is about a hundred and forty pounds per week and you will have to pay two weeks’ rent as a deposit in advance.
Aaron: Does the rent include all bills?
Advisor: No. It only includes the water fee. You have to pay your electric bill and telephone bill and cable bill if you need.
Aaron: Right.
Advisor: When would you like to move in?
Aaron: As soon as possible. Well, I hope to see a house this weekend. How about this Saturday?
Advisor: Is it the 6th of October ?
Aaron: Right.
Advisor: OK. I know. Do you have any other questions?
Aaron: No, that’s all. Thanks for your help.
Advisor: You are welcome. Goodbye.
Aaron: Goodbye.
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