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IELTS Practice Test Volume 7

IELTS Practice Test Volume 7

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Part 1: Question 1 - 13
  • 1 B
  • 2 F
  • 3 D
  • 4 E
  • 5 competitive
  • 6 healthy drink
  • 7 distribution right
  • 8 drinking yoghurts
  • 9 FALSE
  • 10 TRUE
  • 11 TRUE
  • 12 NOT GIVEN
  • 13 NOT GIVEN
Part 2: Question 14 - 26
  • 14 E
  • 15 H
  • 16 G
  • 17 B
  • 18 22 A,C,E,F,G
  • 23 B,C
  • 24 B,C
  • 25 A,C
  • 26 B
Part 3: Question 27 - 40
  • 27 B
  • 28 C
  • 29 B
  • 30 A
  • 31 creating and selling
  • 32 Cinderella theme
  • 33 relationship journalism
  • 34 Ordinary folk
  • 35 retain some control
  • 36 TRUE
  • 37 TRUE
  • 38 NOT GIVEN
  • 39 FALSE
  • 40 FALSE

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Review & Explanations:

Part 1: Questions 1-13

Questions 1-4

The text has 7 paragraphs (A - G).

Which paragraph contains each of the following pieces of information?

1     Most consumers have changed their eating habits over the last year.

2     The suggestion that parents are more aware of how advertisers try to sell products

3     The ingredients of a once-popular drink

4     A description of an advertisement

  • 1 Answer: B
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    Q1: 

    Most consumers have changed their eating habits over the last year.

    B. Our research showed that two thirds of consumers have made changes to what they eat in the last year. 

    Note:

    - This piece of information can be found in paragraph B. To be more specific, “two thirds of consumers” means “most customers”, while “change their eating habits” is equal to “make changes to what the eat”

    - In conclusion, the answer for Q1 is B.
  • 2 Answer: F
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    Q2: 

    The suggestion that parents are more aware of how advertisers try to sell products
     

    F. “There is no appetite any more for products that claim to be healthy but have no real nutritional value. Sunny Delight didn’t live up to its claims and parents have seen through that kind of marketing.” 

    Note:

    - Only paragraph F mentions the keyword “parents” so it may be the answer. It is said that advertisement about healthy food didn’t live up to its claims, which means that it didn’t do well as it said. In fact, parents have seen that kind of marketing, which means they are aware of it. 

    - Hence, the answer for Q2 is F.
  • 3 Answer: D
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    Q3: 

    The ingredients of a once-popular drink
     

    D. The decline of Sunny Delight is matched by the fall of other soft drinks - two weeks ago, Britvic admitted a “severe decline” in sales of its carbonated drinks... its original recipe was only 5% juice with plenty of sugar and water as well as vegetable oil, thickeners, added vitamins, flavourings, and colourings.

    Note:

    - It is said that there is a decline in Sunny Delight’s sales so its carbonated drinks are once-popular drinks.

    - Nextly, the writer lists many ingredients whose drink is made of like 5% juice with plenty of sugar and water as well as vegetable oil, thickeners, added vitamins, flavourings, and colourings. 

    - And this information can be found in paragraph D. Hence, evidently, the answer for Q3 must be D.
  • 4 Answer: E
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    Q4: 

    A description of an advertisement

    The marketing dream turned to a nightmare: by coincidence television adverts at the time showed two white snowmen raiding the fridge for SunnyD and turning bright orange. 

    Note:

    - There is a description of an advert in paragraph E that I wrote above.  Hence, the answer for Q4 is E.

Questions 5-8

Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the text for each gap.

Shops are becoming more 5 about stocking healthy food and drink products.

Sunny Delight was originally marketed as a 6

Gerber Foods Soft Drinks has the 7 for Sunny Delight.

The most dramatic change in consumption has been for  8

  • 5 Answer: competitive
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    Q5: 

    Shops are becoming more ___ about stocking healthy food and drink products.

    Supermarkets are getting competitive about health. Companies are having to wake up or lose their customers.

    Note:

    - The answer for this question is in paragraph B.

    - As the blank is between the verb “become”, the word that we need to fill in should be an adjective.

    - As the writer says, shops or supermarkets or companies have to be competitive about healthy food and drink products as they do not want to lose their customers. 

    - Hence, the answer for Q5 is competitive.
  • 6 Answer: healthy drink
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    Q6: 

    Sunny Delight was originally marketed as a ___

    Sunny Delight burst on to the market in 1998 and reached the league table of top brands in 1999 by selling itself as a healthy drink

    Note:

    - As the blank follows the articles “a”, the word needed which is located in paragraph D must be a singular noun.

    - The word originally marketed is paraphrased into burst on to the market, which means it first entered the market. In fact, the answer follows that, so the answer for Q6 should be healthy drink.
  • 7 Answer: distribution right
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    Q7: 

    Gerber Foods Soft Drinks has the ___
    for Sunny Delight.

    E. Its collapse was as dramatic as its rise to fame, and Gerber Foods Soft Drinks, which bought distribution rights to the brand in 2005,...

    Note:

    - The name “Gerber Foods Soft Drinks” is only mentioned in paragraph E so you can easily find the answer by scanny for this word.

    - The writer says that Gerber Foods Soft Drinks brought distribution rights to the brand (Sunny Delight), in other words, it has the distribution rights for Sunny Delight. Hence, the answer for Q7 is distribution right.
  • 8 Answer: drinking yoghurts
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    Q8: 

    The most dramatic change in consumption has been for ____

    Sales of pizzas and frozen foods fell by 9.2% last year. Most products seen as unhealthy declined - confectionery by 3.1%/ bagged snacks by 1.2%, and carbonated soft drinks by 1.7% - while those seen as healthy boomed. Drinking yoghurts were up 51%, juices 15.6%, and water 9.4%. 

    Note:

    - The trend of sales is mentioned in the last paragraph so the answer may be there.

    - In fact, most of the food declined slightly by 3.1% or 1.2%. However drinking yoghurts falls up to 51%, which was equal to the most dramatic change.

    - Hence, the answer for Q8 is drinking yoghurts.

Questions 9-13

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?

In boxes 9 -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

9  Most of the foods produced by Northern Foods are healthy.

10 Duncan Cameron is a doctor.

11 Rob Spencer works for Asda.

12 Sales of Coca-Cola are declining in Britain.

13  Fast food companies are looking to developing countries to increase their profits.

  • 9 Answer: FALSE
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    Q9: 

    Most of the foods produced by Northern Foods are healthy.
     

    Yesterday, it was the turn of Northern Foods, makers of biscuits, pies, pizzas and ready meals, to admit that the trend to healthier food was causing it problems. 

    Note:

    - In paragraph A, it is said that Northern Foods manufactures biscuits, pies, pizzas and ready meals but they are actually healthy food.

    - For this reason, the answer for Q9 is FALSE.
  • 10 Answer: TRUE
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    Q10: 

    Duncan Cameron is a doctor.
     

    In 1999, paediatrician Duncan Cameron reported a new and alarming condition in the medical journals: Sunny Delight Syndrome.

    Note:

    - You can find the answer by scanning for the name “Duncan Cameron”.

    - In paragraph E, the writer says that Duncan Cameron is a paediatrician, a doctor who treats diseases of children.

    - Therefore the answer for Q10 is TRUE.
  • 11 Answer: TRUE
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    Q11: 

    Rob Spencer works for Asda.
     

    The marketing director, Rob Spencer, told The Grocer magazine: “In Asda, two thirds of our sales come from no added sugar versions, which are up by 1% year on year.”

    Note:

    - Rob Spencer is mentioned in paragraph F.

    - In fact, it seems no information relating to where he works, but he talked about “our sales” or Asda sales. Hence, we can infer that he works for Asda. For this reason, the statement of Q11 is TRUE.
  • 12 Answer: NOT GIVEN
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    Q12: 

    Sales of Coca-Cola are declining in Britain.

    G. It said Unilever, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Cadbury Schweppes had the highest risk of suffering a backlash.

    Note:

    - Coca Cola is mentioned in the last paragraph and it is said that it may suffer from a backlash. However, there is no information about its sales in Britain so we can assume that the answer for Q12 is NOT GIVEN.
  • 13 Answer: NOT GIVEN
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    Q13: 

    Fast food companies are looking to developing countries to increase their profits.

    Note:

    - No information relating to this can be found, therefore, the answer for Q13 is NOT GIVEN.
Part 1

Reading Passage 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1 - 13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

From SunnyD and Pizza to Bread and Water

A. Another bad week in a bad month for the food and drink industry. Sunny Delight, formerly the UK’s third largest selling drink, is to be taken off the shelves by Asda after plummeting sales, the supermarket said at the weekend. Yesterday, it was the turn of Northern Foods, makers of biscuits, pies, pizzas and ready meals, to admit that the trend to healthier food was causing it problems. The company’s chief executive, Pat O’Driscoll, issued its second profits warning in two months as its biscuit sales slumped by 12% year on year in January and February, and pastry sates by 11%. Shares fell 17% to a five-year low of £1.08p.

B. The National Consumer Council’s food expert, Sue Dibb, said the news showed companies would have to change to survive. “It looks as though we’ve reached the tipping point on food. Our research showed that two thirds of consumers have made changes to what they eat in the last year. Supermarkets are getting competitive about health. Companies are having to wake up or lose their customers.” Foods analyst Clive Black, of Shore Capital, said that a “sea change” in eating habits was behind the industry’s problems. “Anyone who hasn’t realised over recent years that fruit and veg are good and doughnuts and cream cakes are bad must have been living on the moon,” he said. “But over the past year or so, the penny really seems to have dropped.”

C. Like other supermarket groups, Asda said it had seen a marked change in buying patterns in the past year. “Customers want more natural and authentic products,” Jon Bett, the trading manager for chilled drinks, said. "The market for carbonated drinks has declined 7 to 8% in the last year, while the juice market has doubled and water sales have grown phenomenally.” The trend had been driven by media coverage and the “Jamie Oliver effect”, he added.

D. The decline of Sunny Delight is matched by the fall of other soft drinks - two weeks ago, Britvic admitted a “severe decline” in sales of its carbonated drinks, which include Tango, 7UP and Pepsi - although the fate of the SunnyD brand has attracted particular schadenfreude. Sunny Delight burst on to the market in 1998 and reached the league table of top brands in 1999 by selling itself as a healthy drink, although its original recipe was only 5% juice with plenty of sugar and water as well as vegetable oil, thickeners, added vitamins, flavourings, and colourings.

E. The health watchdog the Food Commission accused then owners Procter and Gamble of a con for selling it from fridge cabinets. In 1999, paediatrician Duncan Cameron reported a new and alarming condition in the medical journals: Sunny Delight Syndrome. A girl of five had turned bright yellow after drinking five litres a day. She was overdosing on beta-carotene, the additive used to give the drink its orange colour, and the pigment was being deposited in her skin. The marketing dream turned to a nightmare: by coincidence television adverts at the time showed two white snowmen raiding the fridge for SunnyD and turning bright orange. Its collapse was as dramatic as its rise to fame, and Gerber Foods Soft Drinks, which bought distribution rights to the brand in 2005, has been unable to reverse its fortunes despite efforts to reduce the sugar content, change the recipe, and introduce new variations, including a bright green apple and kiwi flavour.

F. Kath Dalmeny, the Food Commission’s senior policy adviser, greeted the news of SunnyD’s delisting with satisfaction. “There is no appetite any more for products that claim to be healthy but have no real nutritional value. Sunny Delight didn’t live up to its claims and parents have seen through that kind of marketing.” Gerber Funds Suit Drinks said SunnyD was suffering from an inherited and unjustified image problem. The marketing director, Rob Spencer, told The Grocer magazine: “In Asda, two thirds of our sales come from no added sugar versions, which are up by 1% year on year.”

G. But market research figures from the company AC Nielsen show that the pressure on Sunny Delight and Northern Foods is part of a wider trend. Sales of pizzas and frozen foods fell by 9.2% last year. Most products seen as unhealthy declined - confectionery by 3.1%/bagged snacks by 1.2%, and carbonated soft drinks by 1.7% - while those seen as healthy boomed. Drinking yoghurts were up 51%, juices 15.6%, and water 9.4%. Ethical investment analysts EIRIS recently listed leading food manufacturers according to the percentage of turnover derived from products which fall into the unhealthy category. It said Unilever, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Cadbury Schweppes had the highest risk of suffering a backlash.

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