IELTS Recent Mock Tests Volume 6

Published on: 15 Nov 2018
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Part 1: Question 1 - 10

1 10.25 (am)
2 Box Hill
3 30 to 39
4 domestic duties
5 married, no children

6 walking
7 tighten
8 hike
9 swimming
10 energy

Part 2: Question 11 - 20

11 A
12 E
13 D
14 F
15 C

16 B
17 E
18 C
19 I
20 F

Part 3: Question 21 - 30

21 symbols
22 interpreted
23 nature
24 headings
25 Legal

26 procedures
27 associated
28 directions
29 notes
30 headings

Part 4: Question 31 - 40

31 billion
32 clean room
33 radiation
34 (deep) underground
35 complex

36 heavy water
37 electronic
38 1000 tons
39 electric current
40 control

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Part 1: Questions 1-10

Questions 1-5

Complete the form.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR NUMBERS for each answer.

Survey Form
Dealing with: exercise (Example) Time contacted: 1 Suburb: 2 Age Group: 3 Occupation: 4 Family: 5

1 Answer: 10.25 (am)

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Q1:

The main keyword in Q1 is “time contacted”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the time that the rep. contacted the person.
The rep. mentioned two time points: 10:25 and 10:30. However, only 10:25 is the correct answer as we have already confirmed that the answer may refers to the time that the rep. contacted the person. 10:30, on the other hand, refers to the time that the survey will be all over, so it couldn’t be the correct answer.
You may also be confused when the rep. said that “this will only take about four minutes”. As we’ve mentioned before, the answer may refers to the time that the rep. contacted the person; therefore, such couldn’t be the right answer by any ways.

2 Answer: Box Hill

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Q2:

The main keyword in Q2 is “suburb”.
The rep. mentioned two places: Blackburn and Box Hills. However, you can realise that Blackburn is not the correct answer if you listen carefully (because Blackburn is just close to the place that the person lives (“That’s close to me”)). The correct answer, in this case, is the latter one (Box Hills).

3 Answer: 30 to 39

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Q3:

The main keyword in Q3 is “age group”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the age range of that person.
You may mistake “40 to 49” as the correct answer if you don’t listen carefully and hastily write down what you heard at first (because the person told the rep. to put him in the 40 to 49 age group). Note that there are some phrases in the talk proving that he hasn’t turned 40 yet (“I’ll turn 40 in a few months”,” that’s in a few months”), so you need to hear the following in order to find out the correct answer.
In this case, the correct answer should be “30 to 39” as the rep. later confirmed that the person is in the 30 to 39.

4 Answer: domestic duties

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Q4:

The main keyword in Q4 is “occupation”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the job that the person is currently having.
There are many false answers in this question which may cause you to choose the wrong answer if you don’t listen carefully. In this case, the last mentioned occupation (“domestic duties”) is the correct answer as the person asked the rep. to write down directly (the word “put” signifies such thing). The other jobs aren’t what that person is currently doing, some of which aren’t even related to that person (housewife and teacher are other people’s jobs; teaching cookery and being a cook are what that person used to do and want to do).

5 Answer: married, no children

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Q5:

The main keyword in Q5 is “family”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to that person’s family status.
Similar to Q4, there are many false answers in this question which may cause you to choose the wrong answer if you don’t listen carefully. In this case, “married, no children” is the correct answer since the person asked the rep. to write down directly (the word “put” signifies such thing). The other statuses aren’t relevant to that person (“single mother” is for the last customer, and “married with children” is for the rep. himself).

Questions 6-10

Complete the summary.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

The subject undertakes exercise by regularly 6 She does yoga in order to relax
and 7 her muscles. When she was younger, she would 8 , and in the future, she
may go 9 although that will depend on whether she has enough 10 .

6 Answer: walking

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Q6:

The main keywords in Q6 are “exercise” and “regularly”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to a type of exercise that the person does mostly.
The person mentioned two types of exercise, cleaning and walking. However, cleaning is what her husband does, as she said, so you should choose walking as your correct answer since she said that she did that very often (the phrase “very often” is similar to the keyword “regularly” in meaning).
Remember to use the correct form of verb because the person didn’t say “walking”, but using the infinitive form of the answer (“walk”). Writing “walk” to your answer sheet may cause your answer to be unaccepted.

7 Answer: tighten

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Q7:

The main keywords in Q7 are “yoga” and “muscles”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to a benefit regarding muscles when that person does yoga.
The answer (which is “tighten”) is quite noticeable as that person said it directly and clearly. Note that the summary has already mentioned that the person does yoga in order to relax, so you shouldn’t write down that word to your answer sheet. Otherwise, you’ll lose an easy point.

8 Answer: hike

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Q8:

The main keyword in Q8 is “younger”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to an activity that the person did when she was younger.
There are two activities mentioned in the talk: playing basketball and hiking. However, the question focuses on the person, so you should also focus on what the person talked about herself. Anything done by other people shouldn’t be paid attention to.
You may mistake basketball as the correct answer since there was the keyword “younger” accompanied with that false answer. Note that the person was talking about her husband before she mentioned the activity she used to do (“When he was younger he was in a basketball team”). The phrase “I never participated” proves that basketball wasn’t what she used to do and thus not the correct answer.
In this case, “hike” is the correct answer to this question. The phrase “used to” signifies that she did that activity when she was younger.

9 Answer: swimming

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Q9:

The main keyword in Q9 is “future”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to an activity that the person hopes to do in the future.
The person mentioned three activities: doing modern dance, swimming, and jogging. However, the question focuses on the person, so you should also focus on what the person talked about herself. Anything done by other people shouldn’t be paid attention to.
In this case, “swimming” is the correct answer to this question. The phrase “but that’s never going to happen” following right after the person mentioned doing modern dance proves that it’s the wrong answer. Jogging, on the other hand, was what her husband thought they should do, so it’s also a wrong answer (the phrase “but that’s never going to happen” following right after it also proves that it is the wrong answer).

10 Answer: energy

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Q10:

The main keyword in Q10 is “has enough”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to something that the person needs to go swimming, and she should have enough of it.
The answer to this question (which is “energy”) is quite easy to notice as the person said it clearly. However, the fact that words and phrases leading you to the answer (“but if” and “left over”) stand too close to it may pose some difficulties, so you need to listen carefully.

Noted: The person did mention in the talk that she would be “starting this job as a cook”, but you shouldn’t pay attention to such trivial thing since it doesn’t related to what you should write down to your answer sheet.

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Part 2: Questions 11-20

Questions 11-16

Label the floor plan.

Write the correct letter, A—F, for each answer.

11 Quiet reading

12 Computers

13 Newspapers & magazines

14 Reference books

15 Audio section

16 Main library

11 Answer: A

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Q11:

The main keyword in Q11 is “Quiet reading”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the position of the Quiet Reading Section.
The answer to this question (which is “A”) is quite noticeable as the speaker said it clearly and directly. However, it’s the phrases leading you to the answer that pose a real challenge if you don’t pay attention to the talk. Because the question only provides you with a single floor plan with labels, it’s important to know the current position in the talk in order to find out the position of the other sections.
The phrase “We're standing here at the entry gates” points out the position you need to look for (which is at the entry gate). The phrase “in that far corner in front of us on the left” shows that you should look into the upper left corner, which leads to the label A.

12 Answer: E

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Q12:

The main keyword in Q12 is “Computers”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the position of the computers.
The speaker mentioned that the computers was once placed in the Quiet Reading Section (“We used to have the computers there”). However, note that the speaker used the phrase “used to” in his sentence, pointing out that the computers are no longer placed in this section. Therefore, A should be removed from your answer list.
The phrase “a more central location”, in some cases, may cause you to choose B as the correct answer if you hastily write down your answer without hearing the following. The full phrase should be “a more central location, right beside us here, on the left”, which shows that the computers is right next to the current position on the left, which is E. As a result, E is the correct answer in this case.

13 Answer: D

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Q13:

The main keyword in Q13 is “Newspaper and magazines”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the position of the Newspapers and Magazines Section.
The speaker mentioned that the computers was once placed in the Quiet Reading Section (“We used to have the computers there”). However, note that the speaker used the phrase “used to” in his sentence, pointing out that the computers are no longer placed in this section. Therefore, E should be removed from your answer list.
Once you’ve realised the meaning of the aforementioned information, the answer to this question (which is “D”) will become quite noticeable as the speaker said it clearly: “it was moved to right beside them, in the adjacent corner.” The word “them”, in this case, refers to the Quiet Reading Section, which points out that this Newspapers and Magazines Section should be at one of the places right next to it – B or D, to be precise.
The phrase “in the adjacent corner” helps you to know that this section should also be at the corner, which leads to nothing but D to be the correct answer.

14 Answer: F

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Q14:

The main keyword in Q14 is “Reference books”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the position of the Reference Books Section.
The answer for this question (which is “F”) is easy to notice as the speaker said it clearly and directly. The phrase “at the opposite end of the building, against the wall” shows that this section should be placed at somewhere opposite the aforementioned sections (which are at the left end) that can touch the wall, leading to the label F. Therefore, F should be the correct answer.

15 Answer: C

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Q15:

The main keyword in Q15 is “Audio section”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the position of the Audio Section.
The answer for this question (which is “C”) is easy to notice as the speaker said it clearly and directly. The phrase “in the last remaining corner, up there on your right” shows that this section should be placed at one of the corners on the right according to the current position in the talk, which leads to the label C since one of such corners is occupied by a WC. Therefore, C should be the correct answer.

16 Answer: B

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Q16:

The main keyword in Q16 is “Main library”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the position of the main library.
You may mistake E or A as the correct answer when you hear the speaker said “that's often right beside the Newspaper and Magazine Section”. Nevertheless, the speaker mentioned afterward that they had got them further apart (“we've got them further apart”). As a result, neither E nor A is the correct answer; thus, you can remove them from the answer list.
The phrase “follow your nose, past the central settling there, and it’s there among all that shelving” signifies that the main library should have lots of shelves and be straight ahead, which leads to the label B, the only one that meets such requirements. Therefore, B is the correct answer.

Questions 17-20

Complete the timetable.

Write the correct letter, A-J, for each answer.

17 Teacher-led discussion

18 Writing skills

19 On-call teacher

20 Language exchange

17 Answer: E

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Q17:

The main keyword in Q17 is “Teacher-led discussion”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the place and the time that the discussion will be held.
For this question, you’ll need to pay more attention to the talk since you need to identify two elements: place and time, in order to choose the correct answer.
The element of place in this question is easy to notice as the speaker said it clearly and directly: “It's in the Central Seating area”. Thanks to that, you should be able to narrow down the answer list to only E, F, and G.
The time element in this question, however, may cause you to mistake F as the correct answer since the speaker said: “it used to be from 10.30 to 1.30.” Note that the speaker used the phrase “used to” in his sentence, pointing out that the discussion is no longer held at this period. The correct answer should follow right after it, which is “9.00 am time slot”. Therefore, E is the correct answer.

18 Answer: C

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Q18:

The main keyword in Q18 is “Writing skills”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the place and the time that the writing skills session will be held.
For this question, you’ll need to pay more attention to the talk since you need to identify two elements: place and time, in order to choose the correct answer.
Both of the elements for this question (which are “Quiet Reading area” and “1.30 until three”) are quite easy to notice as the speaker said it clearly and directly. Thanks to them, you can choose C as the correct answer to this question since it meets both of the elements.
You may mistake D as the correct answer if you listen carelessly. The speaker did say that the 10.30-to-midday time slot couldn’t have a teacher, so it’s impossible for this session to be held during this time. The correct answer has already been mentioned before that, so you should listen carefully in order to hold your ground and not to waver over false information.

Noted: There’s a high chance that the 10.30-to-noon period isn’t relevant to any questions in this task since the speaker said: 10.30-to-midday time slot cannot have a teacher”. Because there’s always been at least a teacher in every aforementioned sessions, it’s possible to remove any answer relating to that period from the answer list (in this case, they’re D and H).

19 Answer: I

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Q19:

The main keyword in Q19 is “On-call teacher”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the place and time that the on-call teacher will be stationed.
For this question, you’ll need to pay more attention to the talk since you need to identify two elements: place and time, in order to choose the correct answer.
The phrase “there cannot be an on-call teacher in the morning” not only acts as the signal for the next question, but it also signifies that any answer relating to the morning period won’t be the correct one to this question. As a result, you can remove A, D, E, F (slightly possible), and H from the answer list.
The speaker mentioned the 10.30-to-noon period in his sentence, but you shouldn’t pay much attention to it as we’ve have identifies that any answer relating to the morning period (A, D, E, F (slightly possible), and H) aren’t the one you’re looking for. Furthermore, the speaker did say that such period was only hoped for by a number of people, not by the library itself.
The phrase “midday onwards, when, for three hours” shows that the answer should include a three-hour period that isn’t related to the morning time. Together with the obvious element of place (“Audio Section”), you can realise that I is the correct answer to this question.
The speaker also mentioned that they had another teacher doing the 3-pm-to-6-pm time slot in the Central Settling, but he soon confirmed afterward that it was cancelled (“we had to cancel that”). Therefore, I still remains to be the correct answer to this question.

20 Answer: F

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Q20:

The main keyword in Q20 is “Language exchange”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the place and time that the Language Exchange will be held.
For this question, you’ll need to pay more attention to the talk since you need to identify two elements: place and time, in order to choose the correct answer.
The phrase “not to need this exchange to run at 9 am” may cause you to mistake A as the correct answer if you don’t listen carefully. It means that this session’s original start time isn’t at 9 am, and it doesn’t need to be changed to such. Therefore, you shouldn’t consider A as the correct answer.
That the speaker said “That must finish by 1.30 though” signifies that the session mustn’t go beyond 1.30 pm. Together with the obvious element of place (“Central Seating”), we can realise that F is the correct answer to this question.

Noted: According to the speaker, this session is the only one that doesn’t need a teacher (“where local students who want to learn your language will help you practise English”). Therefore, every answer should be taken into account. The rule of removing answers based on teachers doesn’t work in this case.

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Part 2

Part 3: Questions 21-30

Questions 21-24

Complete the summary.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

One of the basic strategies when listening to lectures is to use 21 . This saves times, but it is
only effective if they can be 22 later. More generally, it is necessary to format the page in
anticipation of the 23 of the lecture. As an example, one can draw 24 , tables,
and flowcharts, consistent with the way the subject matter is presented.

21 Answer: symbols

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Q21:

The main keywords in Q21 are “use” and “saves times”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to something that can help save times when listening to lectures.
That the girl mentioned the act of writing full words may cause you to think that it contains the answer you’re looking for, but it doesn’t. Note that she said “I can see a basic problem immediately” before she mentioned such action, pointing out that this is the wrong one. Therefore, the answer shouldn’t be found in this information.
The correct answer (which is “symbols”) should be easy to notice once you’ve realise the problem of the aforementioned information.

22 Answer: interpreted

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Q22:

The main keywords in Q22 are “can be” and “interpret”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to an action that need to be able to do after finishing the previous action.
The answer for this question (which is “interpreted”) is easy to hear as it was said clearly and directly. Pay attention to words and phrases that lead to the answer (“be able to”, “a later stage”) and it’ll be found out in no time.
Remember to use the correct form of verb as the answer is written in the passive form, hence the past participle form of the verb. Writing the infinitive form of verb (in this case is “interpret”) to your answer sheet may cause it to be unaccepted.

23 Answer: nature

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Q23:

The main keywords in Q23 are “format the page” “in anticipation of” and “lecture”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to something related to the lecture that should be based on when formatting the page.
There Are two kinds of thing mentioned in the talk, one of which can be considered to be the correct answer: “features” and “nature”.
The girl mentioned that the features should be consistent with the nature of what I was going to hear, proving that the features need to base on the nature in order to be suitable to the lecture (the phrase “what I was going to hear” refers to the lecture itself). Therefore, “nature” should be the correct answer to this question.

24 Answer: headings

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Q24:

The main keywords in Q24 are “example”, “tables”, and “flowcharts”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to an example regarding the aforementioned page-formatting which is mentioned firstly (before tables and flowcharts).
You can see that the question is a list of things can be drawn based on the aforementioned act of formatting pages. Therefore, you should focus on what is mentioned firstly before the girl mentioned tables (as the answer blank is placed before it).
The answer for this question (which is “headings”) is easy to notice as it was said clearly and directly. The girl mentioned everything in the exact order in the summary, so it’s shouldn’t pose too much of a challenge unless you don’t pay attention to the talk.

Questions 25-30

Complete the table.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer..

Subject	Recommended Page Design
25 Studies	flowchart, showing courtroom processes and 26
Culture Studies	table or spider graph, linking 27 thoughts etc.
Management Theory	network (like spider graph but has 28 )
Political Science	linear 29
Mass Media	just use 30

25 Answer: Legal

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Q25:

The main keywords in Q25 are “Subject” and “Studies”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to a subject that has the word “Studies” in it.
The answer for this question (which is “Legal”) is quite easy to notice as the girl said it clearly and directly. The answer is in the first cell of the table, so it should be mentioned right from the start. The phrase “need a flowchart” following after it signifies the one mentioned before that is the correct answer.

26 Answer: procedures

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Q26:

The main keywords in Q26 are “page design” and “showing courtroom processes”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to something regarding page design that should be followed along with showing courtroom processes.
Similar to Q24, the question is a list of things can be used in designing pages. Therefore, you should focus on what is mentioned at last after the girl mentioned courtroom processes (as the answer blank is placed after it).
The answer for this question (which is “procedures”) is easy to notice as it was said clearly and directly. Everything was mentioned in the exact order in the table, so it’s shouldn’t pose too much of a challenge unless you don’t pay attention to the talk.

27 Answer: associated

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Q27:

The main keywords in Q27 are “Culture Studies”, “page design”, and “thoughts”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to something about thoughts that can be linked in table or spider graph regarding Culture Studies. Based on the word “thoughts” before the answer blank, we can also assume that the answer can be an adjective.
The correct answer to this question is “associated”, but you may mistake “a central idea” as the correct answer if you don’t listen carefully. There Are some reasons why you shouldn’t do this question wrong:
- The girl said that there’s a central idea around which you attach all the associated thoughts, pointing out that the central idea is the one linking the other elements, not the one being linked. In other words, “a central idea” can’t be the suitable answer to this question.
- The question requires a one-word answer, and we’ve already confirmed that the answer can be an adjective, so it’s nearly impossible for “a central idea” to be the correct answer (as it’s too long, and it isn’t relevant to the keyword “thoughts”).
- The girl did mention the keyword “thoughts” in her sentence, so you should focus on what adjective was mentioned before it. In this case, it’s “associated” that was mentioned, so it should be the correct answer.

28 Answer: directions

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Q28:

The main keyword in Q28 are “Management Theory”, “page design”, and “network”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to something of network that spider graph doesn’t have.
You shouldn’t mistake “thoughts” as the correct answer since we’ve already confirmed that the answer may refer to something of network that spider graph doesn’t have, so such words can’t be the correct one (as spider graph does have it).
The correct answer for this question (which is “directions”) is easy to notice as it was said clearly and directly. The two words “although” and “involved” placed at the beginning and end of the answer signifies that this is the thing that spider graph doesn’t have.

29 Answer: notes

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Q29:

The main keywords in Q29 are “Political Science” and “linear”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to something regarding Political Science that should be placed in line.
The answer to this question (which is “notes”) is noticeable as it was mentioned clearly and right from the start. Phrases like “in a line” and “in linear” following after it strengthen the fact that it is the correct answer.
In some circumstances, you may mistake “symbols” as the correct answer because it was also mentioned by the girl (“these notes would use symbols”). Note that the girl said that symbols can be used in notes, pointing out that it’s inferior to notes, or rather, an incorrect answer.

30 Answer: headings

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Q30:

The main keywords in Q30 are “Mass Media” and “used”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer something regarding Political Science that should just be used.
The answer to this question (which is “headings”) is easy to notice as the speaker said it clearly and directly. The phrase “the best you can do” following before it proves that this is the only method that should just be used for Mass Media.
The full answer to this question should be “pre-write headings”; however, you should only write “headings” as the answer requires only one word. Writing a full one may cause your answer to be unaccepted.

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Part 3

Part 4: Questions 31-40

Questions 31-35

Complete the notes.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Neutrinos
are everywhere		100 to 200 31 pass through our bodies every second.
are difficult to detect because of	1. the presence of other particles		usually need a 32
	2. the surrounding 33		detection location usually 34
	3. challenge of installing equipment		engineering is very 35

31 Answer: billion

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Q31:

The main keywords in Q31 are “100 to 200” and “pass through your body”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the quantity of neutrinos or other particles (which is approximately 100 to 200) that can pass through our body.
You may mistake “trillions” as the correct answer since it was mentioned before the correct answer, and it, somehow, creates the feeling that it’s the one you’re looking for. However, the phrase “with 100 to 200 Q31 billion of them” following right after it signifies that the aforementioned quantity is much wider than the one mentioned in the phrase; therefore, it shouldn’t be correct answer, and the correct one should be “billion”.

32 Answer: clean room

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Q32:

The main keywords in Q32 are “difficult to detect”, “other particles”, and “need”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to something that can help detect neutrinos and also influence other particles.
The answer to this question (which is “clean room”) is easy to notice as the speaker mentioned it clearly and directly. However, you shouldn’t be mistake the other factors mentioned after referring to the clean room (“an extremely low level of dust, microbes, floating particles, or chemical vapours”) as they were what a clean room must have. Therefore, you shouldn’t pay attention to them.

33 Answer: radiation

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Q33:

The main keywords in Q33 are “difficult to detect” and “surrounding”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to something surrounding us that cause neutrinos to be difficult to detect.
The answer to this question (which is “radiation”) is quite easy to notice as it was said right from the start, clearly and directly.
The only problem is that you may also include the word “background” to your answer, which is something trivial (as the answer does have a substitute word, which is “surrounding”). Be wary of adding words to your answer since some may also be accepted, while some others may not.

34 Answer: (deep) underground

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Q34:

The main keywords in Q34 are “difficult to detect” and “location”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to a place that can help detect neutrinos.
Similar to Q33, the answer to this question (which is “(deep) underground”) is quite easy to notice as it was said right from the start, clearly and directly. The additional word “deep”, in this case, is optional, which means that it makes no difference whether you decide to add or not (as the question doesn’t include any substitute word for it).

35 Answer: complex

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Q35:

The main keywords in Q35 are “difficult to detect”, “installing equipment”, and “engineering”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to a properties of the engineering work regarding helping detect neutrinos. Based on the word “very” before the answer blank, we can also assume that the answer is an adjective.
The answer to this question (which is “complex”) is easy to notice as the speaker mentioned it clearly and directly. The phrase “complex engineering work” itself contains both the answer and the keyword leading you to answer, so it all comes down to your own listening skill to find out the answer you’re looking for.

Questions 36-40

Complete the diagram.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each answer.

36 Answer: heavy water

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Q36:

The main keyword in Q36 is “containing”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to something that is contained inside the sphere of this Sudbury installation.
The answer to this question (which is “heavy water”) is quite easy to notice as it was said right from the start, clearly and directly. However, you may mistake “normal water” as the correct answer if you don’t listen carefully. Note that the speaker confirmed that the heavy water is contained in another vessel filled with normal water (“This rests inside another vessel tilled with normal water”), so normal water can’t be the one contained in the asked sphere.

37 Answer: electronic

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Q37:

The main keywords in Q37 are “sensitive” and “detector”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to another properties of this detector besides being sensitive. Based on the word “detector” after the answer blank, we can also assume that the answer is an adjective.
The answer to this question (which is “electronic”) is quite easy to notice as it was said right from the start, clearly and directly. Note that the answer is an adjective, so anything that doesn’t belong to this type shouldn’t be included in the answer (in this case, some people may include “10,000” in their answer if they don’t analyse the question thoroughly).

38 Answer: 1000 tons

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Q38:

The main keyword in Q38 is “weight of water”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to the weight of water contained in the sphere (according to the diagram).
The speaker mentioned three weights: 100 tons, 100 tons, and 1000 tons, which can confuse you if you don’t listen carefully. As the speaker did say that the first two weights weren’t correct (“not 10 tons, not 100 tons”), the last weight (“1000 tons”) will be correct answer. Pay attention to the talk and such confusion shouldn’t pose much of a challenge.

39 Answer: electric current

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The main keywords in Q39 are “molecule splits” and “analysis”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to something that can be produced when the molecule splits, which can be used for analysis.
The answer to this question (which is “electric current”) is quite easy to notice as it was said right from the start, clearly and directly. The two phrases “molecule itself splits apart” and “and analysed” standing before and after the answer help you to narrow down the range of the answer.
The full answer to this question should be “a tiny electric current”; however, you should only write “electric current” as the answer requires no more than two words. Writing a full one may cause your answer to be unaccepted.

40 Answer: control

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The main keywords in Q40 are “knowledge” and “allow us to”.
We can assume from the question that the answer may refer to an action regarding neutrinos that can be done when we know about this kind of knowledge.
The answer to this question (which is “control”) is easy to notice as the speaker mentioned it clearly and directly. The two phrases “the knowledge” and “can help us” standing before and after the answer help you to narrow down the range of the answer. The word “them” refers to the neutrinos themselves, which also helps to strengthen the fact that this is the correct answer.

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SECTION 1

You will hear a survey company representative ringing a person to obtain some information.

Rep.: Hello?

Person: Hello? Who is this?

Rep.: Hello. I’m a representative of the Tallyho Survey Company, and I’d like to ask you a few questions regarding exercise.

Person: Oh, that’s an interesting subject.

Rep.: Yes, we think so, too.

Person: But I’m afraid I’m a bit busy at the moment.

Rep.: Don’t worry. This will only take about four minutes at the most. It’s 10:25 now, so it will all be over by 10:30.

Person: Well ... alright, if it’s that short.

Rep.: It will be. So, one of the first things I need to know is where you are — that is, which suburb or area of the city? The last client was in Blackburn, for example.

Person: Blackburn. That’s close to me. I’m in Box Hill.

Rep.:Another eastern suburb then. I have a friend in Box Hill, too. Interesting place. Now, I need your approximate age for this survey. Are you younger than 20, between 20 and 29, 30 and 39, and so on?

Person: I’ll turn 40 in a few months, so that puts me in the 40 to 49 age group.

Rep.: Well, that’s in a few months, so right now you’re in the 30 to 39.

Person: Oh, right. So put that then.

Rep.: Okay. Now, I need to know your occupation. The last caller was a housewife, for example; the one before that a teacher.

Person: I used to be a teacher, too, teaching cookery.

Rep.: And now?

Person: Now you can just put ‘domestic duties’. Actually, I hope to begin a new job soon, as a cook, but that won’t be for some time yet. I have to wait for my husband’s restaurant to open.

Rep.: Cook? That sounds interesting, but it’s ‘domestic duties’ for now. Okay, that just leaves some information about your family. This is not obligatory at all, so if you don’t want to answer, that’s fine.

Person: What sort of information, exactly?

Rep.: Oh, it’s very broad. Married, with children; single mother, that sort of thing. The last customer said she was a single mother.

Person: I’m married, and not a mother. Put ‘married, no children’.

Rep.: I’m married with children, myself. But I’ll put in your details, and that finishes the profile, and just l eaves the actual survey itself, if you’re ready to proceed.

Rep.: Alright, let’s begin the survey now, about your exercise habits.

Person: I’m afraid I don’t exercise much at all.

Rep.: Well, the main question is in what form you take your exercise, however little that may be — for example, in just cleaning. Do you clean the house?

Person: My husband does the cleaning, actually, but I walk to the supermarket and shops very often, up to four times a week.

Rep.: I’ll put that then, unless there’s something else.

Person: Nothing else, really. But I diet. I’m very strict about what I eat. Oh, and I do yoga, although that’s not very energetic—more a form of relaxation, and to tighten my muscles.

Rep.: They’re both important, of course, but what about sport? Do you undertake any sporting activities? This could be very infrequent. In the past, for example.

Person: My husband plays basketball at the local school, and I sometimes watch. When he was younger he was in a basketball team, but I never participated.

Rep.: Have you done anything at all?

Person: I used to hike in a nearby national park.

Rep.: Well that’s a definite physical activity, so I’ll put that—but not basketball. Alright, that just leaves future exercise intentions. Do you plan, or expect to do, at some stage, any form of exercise?

Person: I once dreamt of doing modern dance, but that’s never going to happen. Realistically, I’m thinking about going swimming, at the local aquatic centre, although my husband thinks we should just jog. I can’t see myself doing that, though—too tiring.

Rep.: I can understand. I used to jog, too, and it really makes you sweat. I’d say swimming’s a much better option.

Person: But I’ll be starting this job as a cook in my husband’s restaurant. I imagine I’ll be very tired doing all those late shifts. But if I have any energy left over, I might go to the aquatic centre to release some stress.

Rep.: Alright. Well, that’s the end of the survey. Thank you very much for your time.

SECTION 2

You will hear the director of a language-centre library explaining about its facilities to some new students.

Welcome to the library, or the I.L.C.. which means Independent Learning Centre, and let me explain about some of its facilities. We're standing here at the entry gales, next to the borrowing desk. That's where you check out any books, but you are also advised to study in the library here, since most of our material cannot be borrowed. Thus, we have Seating along the middle of the library, and in that far corner in front of us. on the left, we have the Quiet Reading Section, for some serious reading activity.

We used to have the computers there but then realised that that corner was very quiet, and thus better suited for the purpose it now has. The computers were instead shifled to a more central location, right beside us here, on the left. Again, somewhat confusingly, this area once housed the Newspaper and Magazine Section, but the people in the Quiet Reading Area had to walk loo far to collect this literature, so it was moved to right beside them, in the adjacent corner. So, feel free to read the newspapers there. But the reference books, those huge weighty dictionaries, atlases, and encyclopedias, were all situated at the opposite end of the building, against the wall. This was because they weren't generally that popular, and we wanted more space for the magazine racks, always a favourite with readers.

Okay, as well as reading, you need to work on your listening skills, and for that you need the Audio Section. Again, such an activity needs a quiet area, so we put this in the last remaining corner, up there on your right, as you can see. There are CD players and headphones, so just borrow the listening packs, sit down there, and listen away.

Right, that just leaves the main library. In other libraries, that's often right beside the Newspaper and Magazine Section, allowing freedom to choose from all genres of literature, but here, we've got them further apart. For the main library, just follow your nose, past the central settling there, and it’s there among all that shelving, upon which you’ll find an abundance of interesting hooks and listening packs to use.

Now, I’d like to tell you a bit more about an excellent service offered in the I.L.C. here that we call the 'Special Sessions'. What can you do in them? For a start, many of you need practice in speaking English. and for that we hold a special Discussion Session, led by a teacher. That can be noisy, in fact, we hope that it is noisy, since that would mean many people are talking. It's in the Central Seating area, and it used to be from 10.30 to 1.30. but we found that the noise was disturbing the regular I.L.C patrons, so we shortened and moved this discussion to the morning, 9.00 am time slot, when fewer people tire in the centre. It goes for one and a half hours.

Alright, what about Writing Skills? Well, we can help you there with another teacher. Now, writing is a fairly quiet activity, so that teacher stations him or herself in the Quiet Reading area from 1.30 until three. The 10.30-to-midday time slot cannot have a teacher for such writing skills, as they are all teaching in the morning. For this reason, of course, there cannot be an on-call teacher in the morning either, although many people would like one, particularly the 10.30-to-noon crowd, having just finished their early morning
class. These students all have to wait until midday onwards, when, for three hours, a teacher will be stationed in the Audio Section, ready to deal with all those questions.

Until recently, we had another teacher doing the 3-pm-to-6-pm time slot, in the Central Settling, but all the noise interfered with the late users of the I.L.C., so we had to cancel that. Also noisy can be the Language Exchange, where local students who want to learn your language will help you practise English. This is generally done in pairs, so the noise level is low enough not to need this exchange lo run at 9 am, but at a more congenial time of 10.30, among the Central Seating. That must finish by 1.30 though, tiller which quieter and more individual activities take place.

SECTION 3

Dylan: Hi, Emily. What did you think of that lecture?

Emily: A bit hard to follow, but I have some good lecture-listening note-taking strategies which really help, so I can review the lecturer’s message later.

Dylan: Lecture-listening note-taking strategies? Review it later? That sounds interesting. I must admit, I struggle a bit to take down the gist of what I hear. Look at my notes.

Emily: Well, I can see a basic problem immediately. You’re writing full words, such as ‘century’ when all you need is a ‘C’, And don’t write ‘increase’; just draw an ‘up’ arrow. And why write ‘thousand’ when a ‘th’ will do?

Dylan: I see. Just use symbols. That’s not a bad idea at all.

Emily: It’s the most basic strategy, allowing you to record information at a faster pace. These lecturers can talk faster than others, too, so you don’t want to waste any time. But you need to be very familiar with your set of symbols.

Dylan: Why?

Emily: Because you’ll have to look at these notes days, weeks, or even months afterwards, when you begin writing your essay, so you’ll need to be able to interpret them at a later stage.

Dylan: I think I can do this, even by looking at your notes. ‘Immed’ must mean immediately.

Emily: But regarding the lecture as a whole, I knew the professor would be giving a set of specific recommendations, and comparing two alternative approaches, so I formatted my page in advance, adding the features consistent with the nature of what I was going to hear.

Dylan: Ah ... I think I need an example of what you mean.

Emily: Well, look at my page. Before the lecture, I drew large headings saying ‘recommendations’. You should always draw these, and I drew a table saying, ‘Approach 1’ and ‘Approach 2’. At the end I drew a flowchart, as obviously the final recommendation would be a step-by-step approach. Then I was prepared in advance to simply fill in the spaces.

Dylan: Wow! Now that’s clever.

Dylan: Your advice about note taking sounds great, but I still have one question, Emily. How are you able to design your page in advance? I mean, how can you predict the nature of the talk, and know which design is likely to work best?

Emily: It’s rather obvious when you think about it. What’s your next lecture about?

Dylan: Legal Studies.

Emily: Well, that suggests to me that you’ll need a flowchart, since the judicial system has a very logical ‘do this first, do that second’ approach, which must be followed in that order—y’know, all the processes that happen in the courtroom, and the procedures that must take place to ensure complete legality.

Dylan: Sure. That’s the way law is, very linear and orderly, but what about Culture Studies? That’s just a mass of comparisons of different cultures.

Emily: Which tells you that you will need a table, where, in tabular form, you can efficiently write down information.

Dylan: But often the lecture’s not that simple. The professor throws in a really complex mix of ideas.

Emily: Then use a spider graph—like the web a spider makes, where there’s a central idea around which you attach all the associated thoughts, and ideas, and impressions.

Dylan: I see. I think I understand. And that would be very quick, too; very efficient. I like that. But what about Management Theory? How would you approach that?

Emily: The same as with Culture Studies. I’d use a network, which is basically the same as a spider graph, linking thoughts, although this time there are directions involved. It is this element that makes it different—the fact that the thoughts go one way and not the other.

Dylan: Okay ... has directions. It sounds logical. And what about the other subjects, such as Political Science? There’s no predictable order to that.

Emily: Well, for that I’d just put my notes in a line, that is, in linear, or straight-line fashion, and these notes would use symbols, of course, to save time.

Dylan: Okay, that just leaves Mass Media.

Emily: For that, I wouldn’t have any special design at all. As you say, sometimes it’s impossible to predict in what way lecturers will present their information, in which case the best you can do is pre-write headings, but not specific, just general, as in Main One, Main Two, Sub One, Two, and Three, and so on.

Dylan: Okay.

Emily: But always be prepared to adapt to the nature of the talk, using any one of the other methods if it becomes appropriate at the time.

SECTION 4

You will hear a lecturer talking about an unusual atomic particle, called the neutrino.

When considering the smallest unit of matter—the atom — most people know of electrons, protons, and neutrons, but almost none know of another particle, even though they are constantly emitted from the sun in the trillions, with 100 to 200 billion of them regularly passing through your body every second. To repeat, that’s not thousands, not millions, but billions, every second. You don’t feel them because they are small, in fact, so tiny that we can barely detect their presence at all. These mysterious particles are called neutrinos.

Despite such an abundance, detecting them is a huge undertaking, and there are many reasons for this. Firstly, the neutrino itself is so small that you need to eliminate absolutely all other particles around. To do this, you need what is called a clean room, one that has an extremely low level of dust, microbes, floating particles, or chemical vapours. You probably don’t know it, but the air around you right now has almost 40 million particles per cubic meter. In contrast, the cleanest of clean rooms has less than 10.

The second problem is that you also need an environment with absolutely no background radiation. At the surface of the Earth, such radiation is all around, from the sun and sky, and from TVs and communication devices. The only way to screen out all that is to go underground, and I mean deep underground. For example, the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory in Canada uses an old nickel mine, one of the deepest in the world, and puts the Observatory in its lowest tunnel, more than two kilometers below the surface. At such depths, stray radiation is sufficiently screened out to allow neutrinos only to pass by.

The final problem is that you need an elaborate detection system, and this apparatus is huge, and its installation in this deep underground cavity presents quite a headache. Holding such a weighty construction safe and secure requires complex engineering work, such as rock-bolting and support structuring. This obviously requires great care, and takes a lot of effort.

So, I've told you about the difficulty in delecting neutrinos. They are tiny, virtually weightless, have no electric charge, and hardly interact with anything at all. Yet we can detect them, and to see how, let’s consider the Sudbury installation once again. The detector there consists of a spherical container filled with heavy water. This rests inside another vessel tilled with normal water, which helps support the weight of the inner sphere, as well as providing further shielding from any stray radiation. At the edge of this inner sphere are about 10,000 electronic detectors. These tire extremely sensitive, able to multiply a hundred million limes any electric current which occurs.

So, as the neutrinos pass through this sphere of water, there is a very very very small chance that one of them may hit a water molecule. To increase the likelihood of this, two strategies are used. One. the larger the sphere of water, the belter, and the Sudbury lank holds not 10 tons, not 100 tons, but 1000 tons. Two, the water is special, consisting as it does of heavier molecules. So, what happens is this. If the neutrino hits the water molecule, the neutrino is absorbed, but the molecule itself splits apart, producing a tiny electric current. It is this which is delected, and analysed, giving key information about the neutrino.

The final question is why do we care about these elusive particles? Well, just think -- they can pass right through the core of our sun at the speed of light without being affected or losing strength. No other form of radiantion can do that, meaning that the know ledge we get about neutrinos can help us to control them. With this ability, we can probe the centre of our Earth, the inner layers of our sun. and the outer limits of our solar system, and that makes it all worth the effort.

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