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1. 90 1. Andrew Sharpe
2. 6 months 2. Beaconsfield House
3. 4 PM 3. 037455793
4. (the) internet 4. MH66G4
5. B 5. credit card
6. F 6. Gold star
7. G 7. Mid‐ winter
8. B 8. 16 January
9. H 9. taxi
10. E 10. bicycle
11. C/A 11. D
12. B/D 12. A
13. 28th August 13. C
14. People at Work 14. F
15. careers advice 15. E
16. Land from Air 16. personal information
17. balloon trip 17. skills
18. B 18. general
19. E 19. role-play
20. C 20. video
21. B 21. following the plan
22. C 22. individual responsibilities
23. C 23. advice service
24. A 24. reference section
25. A 25. methodology
26. C 26. websites
27. C 27. H
28. B 28. B
29. C 29. G
30. A 30. E
31. Norway 31. competition
32. organic 32. British Airways
33. disease 33. invented
34. plastic 34. tides
35. mass manufacturing 35. distilled water
36. packaging 36. tension
37. disposable goods 37. base cap
38. C 38. A‐frame
39. E 39. rings
40. D 40. boarding platform

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LISTENING TEST 3 LISTENING TEST 4

1. 76 1. James Bowen
2. 30 pounds per year 2. 4 Lion Road
3. teacher/parent 3. 09954721822
4. 3 weeks 4. history diploma
5. every month 5. computer skills certificate
6. 60 km 6. hospital
7. safety certificate 7. tour guide
8. July 14 8. swimming club
9. picnic 9. playing piano
10. 15% 10. June 28
11. 2:30/7:30 pm 11. breakfast
12. CD 12. paintings
13. separate programme 13. castle
14. dance festival 14. famous people
15. 4 continents 15. antiques show
16. 14 ‐ 20 March 16. old post cards
17. Love and Hope 17. E
18. producer 18. F
19. singing competition 19. A
20. shown on TV 20. D
21. B 21. A
22. I 22. C
23. D 23. A
24. F 24. B
25. A 25. B
26. large private houses 26. B
27. window designs 27. B
28. typical furniture 28. B
29. outline plan 29. B
30. references 30. C
31. shake 31. crisis
32. bomb 32. specialist knowledge
33. journalism 33. definite market
34. functions 34. obvious
35. regular movement 35. director
36. structure 36. regional stations
37. travelling 37. age group
38. chase 38. C
39. telephone conversations 39. B
40. editing 40. C
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1. 2 km 1. Grieves/ Anna
2. www.cheapstay.com 2. Holiday World
3. street festival 3. FT4551
4. local musicians 4. 3
5. natural history 5. August 16
6. Sports center/centre 6. 11
7. C 7. Super
8. A 8. G
9. B 9. A
10. C 10. F
11. A 11. 1992
12. B 12. hospital
13. B 13. numbers
14. creating value 14. train
15. line manager 15. food and drink
16. positive 16. main square
17. special offer 17. minister of health
18. newsletter 18. C
19. progress meetings 19. A
20. E/B 20. H
21. A 21. A
22. E 22. B
23. F 23. A
24. G 24. C
25. standing 25. B
26. stick out 26. A
27. white patches 27. meaningless words
28. find food 28. capital letters
29. calm 29. Colour / color
30. social nature 30. associations
31. demolish 31. spies
32. real consultation 32. maps
33. self- help 33. collect data
34. services 34. climate
35. invest money 35. lift
36. community values 36. weather protection
37. employment 37. framework
38. freedom 38. airliners
39. specialist activities 39. crashes
40. understanding 40. cargo

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LISTENING TEST 7

1. 203 pounds
2. 17
3. no
4. under 26/less than 26
5. locals/local people
6. satisfied/ok
7. (British) students
8. (too) many / much / big
9. careful / mindful of
10. the culture / the food
11. International Student Advisor
12. learning / study groups Answer Writing Tip
13. Student IT Department
14. Housing Officer/ Accommodation Officer In listening and reading section of the
IELTS test you will always be asked
15. International Department to write your answers on a separate
16. personal &/or financial sheet of paper.
17. B
18. D While you fill in the answers, it is best
19. E to write all your answers in CAPITAL
20. C case.
21. A Not only will this add legibility to
22. B your script, it will also help you avoid
23. A or E losing marks due to incorrect capital-
24. E or A iation.
25. C or D
26. D or C Remember that, as far as IELTS is
concerned, if the answer is ‘New
27. Early Childhood York’; Both ‘New York’ and ‘NEW
28. the differences / how they differ YORK’ will be awarded marks, but
29. not learned / innate ‘new york’, ‘New york’, ‘new York’ or
30. in person any variations will not be awarded
31. higher marks.
32. exam performance / results
33. sleep /sleeping / sleeplessness
34. controlled
35. thought / thinking
36. organised
37. vary / change / be different
38. marks / weighting
39. relaxed
40. (effective) study skills
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1. 0278804
2. 2,5/5,2/May 2nd / 2nd May
3. 17 Rocksford
4. 5 p.m
5. doorbell
6. teacher
7. pay / salary / money
8. no / break from
9. (long) summer holiday
10. by himself / by myself / alone/on his own
Additional Material
11. A
12. A You can always find more material at
13. B www.firstacademy.in
14. B or D
15. D or B Exclusive First Academy material
can be found on our FaceBook page.
16. nearest police station
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17. cross street / intersection
18. café / (nearest) shop Remember that any material that is in
19. detailed/ full description English can help you in performing
20. cancelling them better at the IELTS test.
21. C
There is no right or wrong material
22. B
that you can prepare from. As long as
23. A you understand where you are going
24. A wrong and take steps to ensure these
25. C mistakes are not repeated, you will do
26. G just fine.
27. D
28. B
29. A
30. F
31. beginning and completion / ending /end
32. a schedule
33. four stages
34. developing a plan/planning a project
35. realistically
36. help / advice (from others / other people)
37. Gant Chart
38. standard of delivery
39. (the) Quality Assurance
40. the / your/ this week’s tutorials

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LISTENING TEST 9

1. A
2. B
3. I block
4. C block
5. student canteen / Student Canteen
6. have an interview/ be interviewed
7. 2.p.m./ 2 o’ clock / 2:00 / 2.00
8. PASTEL
9. 0412 987 35
10. BI 690011
11. C
12. C
13. A
14. 9th September
15. music / opera
16. Festival Club
17. 14th September
18. Performing Arts Centre
19. City Football Club
20. Under the Stars
21. C
22. 329,758
23. about / over 3 million
24. 75% / 3/4 of population
25. friendly
26. continuing to grow/growing
27. US, Japan
28. tourism / number of tourists
29. education and technology
30. eastern and western
31. thousands of years
32. has (been) grown
33. C or E
34. E or C
35. C or E
36. E or C
37. dried fruit(S)
38. seaweed
39. cereals
40. www.vegsoc.org
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1. D
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. E
9. D
10. they are popular / of their popularity
11. since 1945
12. 15:25
13. white
14. signature
15. Internet
16. $80
17. home country / country of issue
18. a limited time / period / a year
19. road rules
20. fined / penalized
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22. II or VI
23. VI or ll
24. IV
25. A
26. C
27. C
28. B
29. B or C
30. C or B
31. (the) state / government
32. noise
33. moderately windy sites / less windy sites
34. 1984
35. diesel generator(s)
36. Danes / Danish
37. Height / height
38. 10 00 000/1,000,000/ 1 million
39. twice/ two times
40. selling power (back)

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Key
 READING TEST 1

1. E
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. D
9. A
10. D
11. YES
12. NOT GIVEN
13. YES
14. YES
15. YES
16. B
17. B
18. A
19. D
20. solved
21. computers
22. other people
23. cut-off
24. team-work
25. decrease in
26. team-work
27. just the same way as
28. touch-tone dialling systems
29. electronic presence
30. no longer geographical
31. K
32. G
33. F
34. J
35. E
36. D
37. B
38. D
39. C
40. A

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READING TEST 2

1. iv
2. viii
3. i
4. x
5. ii
6. xii
7. v
8. iii
9. rituals of hospitality/hospitality
10. grade(s) and blend(s)/different grades/ different blends
11. contains caffeine
12. nomadic Bedouin/Bedouin/Bedouins/nomadic Bedouins
13. sugar and spices
14. lingering convention/convention
15. A
16. C
17. C
18. D
19. documented
20. in use
21. cropping up/and crops up/and cropped up
22. File’s Green
23. burnt down/abandoned
24. owned
25. two/two brick
26. each one/each/each cottage
27. remained/survived
28. gravel works
29. one dwelling
30. B
31. B
32. D
33. tense
34. Unlike
35. more
36. quieter
37. Conversely
38. No
39. Yes
40. Yes
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1. D
2. H
3. I
4. J
5. K
6. D
7. C
Answering Tip
8. C
9. B While answering in the IELTS test, focus on the accura-
10. Not Given cy of the answers and not the technical details, especially
11. Yes while you answer the True / False / Not Given questions.
12. Yes
13. Not Given If the answer to a particular question is True, IELTS will
award you a score for all the following answers:
14. No
15. glamour T, Yes, True, TRUE, true, YES, yes.
16. research
17. editing process Just follow a uniform answering pattern.
18. summary
19. readers Good Luck!
20. Alterations
21. writing
22. ups and downs
23. A
24. D
25. appraisal
26. some invaluable advice/invaluable advice/some advice/advice/hints
27. radical redrafting/redrafting/re workings/text amputations
28. creation period
29. iii
30. i
31. iv
32. xiii
33. xi
34. vii
35. xiv
36. No
37. Yes
38. No
39. Not Given
40. Not Given

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READING TEST 4 READING TEST 5

1. vi 1. D
2. iii 2. C
3. i 3. D
4. endangering their job 4. D
5. [mainly] liberal 5. A
6. widen/widening participation 6. Not Given
7. academic staff ’s explanations 7. No
8. reduction of taxes/tax reduction 8. Yes
9. C 9. Not Given
10. C 10. Not Given
11. A 11. Yes
12. A 12. in recycled paper
13. D 13. most to lose
14. B 14. B
15. C 15. vi
16. I 16. xi
17. E 17. xiii
18. H 18. vii
19. F 19. iv
20. C 20. v
21. C 21. viii
22. C 22. skeletal anatomy
23. D 23. eosuchians
24. B 24. two long bones
25. A 25. B
26. C 26. G
27. Not Given 27. H
28. vi 28. F
29. ii 29. Yes
30. iv 30. Not Given
31. Not Given 31. Yes
32. No 32. No
33. Yes 33. D
34. Not Given 34. C
35. Yes 35. C
36. Not Given 36. A
37. D 37. A
38. A 38. C
39. E 39. E
40. G 40. F
 READING TEST 6

1. imagine
2. citizen
3. crocodile
4. obelisk
5. obelisk
6. Pharaoh
7. uprising
8. mind/minds
9. propaganda
10. subtle
11. D
12. D
13. A
14. B
15. English lexicographer
16. (of) human knowledge
17. advent of printing
18. Renaissance man
19. easy access to information/easily accessible information/ easy information access
20. all-knowing
21. stream of information
22. the most singular failure
23. a natural human instinct
24. a vortex/ a veritable vortex/ a large information machine
25. disillusionment and stress
26. No
27. Not Given
28. No
29. C
30. E
31. B
32. D
33. A
34. Not Given
35. Yes
36. Yes
37. Yes
38. A
39. B
40. D

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GENERAL READING TEST 1

1. D
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. A
6. D
7. any\ every Monday
8. business and academic
9. join a class\ try it first\ try a class
10. over 20
11. tours and excursions
12. at (the) website\ on (the) internet
13. B
14. D
15. F
16. A
17. G
18. C
19. T
20. F
21. F
22. NG
23. T
24. T
25. D
26. A
27. B
28. D
29. B
30. B
31. 1592
32. 1627
33. son\Aurangzeb overthrew father\Jahan
34. 1666
35. love\cherish sons OR visit the\her tomb
36. love\cherish sons OR visit the\her tomb
37. D
38. C
39. B
40. B
 GENERAL READING TEST 2

1. drip-tray
2. fuel source
3. small baskets / roasting trays
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. B
8. C
9. B
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. A
14. escort you
15. leaving
16. suspicious
17. (a)cheap lock
18. lights
19. contact college maintenance
20. for towing/$100/ a release fee
21. F
22. T
23. NG
24. F
25. T
26. NG
27. F
28. B
29. A
30. C
31. D
32. items\ triggers
33. interest in asthma
34. asthma medication
35. asthma action plan
36. E
37. F
38. B
39. D
40. F

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GENERAL READING TEST 3 GENERAL READING TEST 4

1. T 1. B vitamins\ potassium
2. F 2. zinc
3. T 3. calcium
4. F 4. B vitamins
5. F 5. E vitamin
6. NG 6. A vitamin
7. UP Choir Trails 7. A
8. Vivaldi Concert 8. D
9. Uniclean Awareness Day 9. D
10. UP Storewide Sale 10. E
11. $40\ full price 11. F
12. fireworks and dance 12. B
13. School Music Concert 13. H
14. 4 14. VIII
15. ending 15. V
16. soccer 16. II
17. write (a) review 17. III
18. Emma 18. IV
19. Brad Pitt 19. VII
20. female 20. IX
21. II 21. English(only)
22. III 22. swimming
23. VIII 23. IELTS preparation
24. I 24. 4
25. X 25. 3
26. VII 26. $11
27. IV 27. soccer
28. F 28. NG
29. NG 29. T
30. NG 30. F
31. T 31. T
32. NG 32. NG
33. T 33. tobacco\ carcinogens
34. banned/ not allowed/forbidden 34. respiratory problems
35. (GM) ingredients 35. hereditary
36. (big) biotech companies 36. behavioural
37. exports\ international trade 37. (old/existing)mole changes
38. blindness 38. combination (of treatments)
39. pesticides\insecticides 39. B
40. proteins 40. D
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