FULL IELTS PRACTICE TEST ACADEMIC MODULE - Amazon S3

1 IELTS Success Formula :: ACADEMIC IELTS Full PRACTICE Test Copyright S. Slater, S. Braverman All rights reserved Web: FULL IELTS PRACTICE TEST ACADEMIC MODULE LISTENING test test Instructions Listen to the recording straight through, ONCE only (total audio time: 30 min). Answer the questions while listening to each section. At the end of the test you will have another ten minutes to transfer your answers to the Answer sheet (located further in this file). Before starting the test, download and print the Listening and Reading questions in this file. SECTION 1 Questions 1-10 Questions 1-5 Complete the Seafront Backpacker hostel enquiry form. Write NO MORE THAN 2 WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. Guest Form Guest s Current Address: Seaview Hotel EXAMPLE 15 Esplanade, Dune Beach Family Name of guest 1 _____ First Name 2 _____ Phone No.

2 3 _____ No of nights required 4 _____ Cost per night: Dormitory A: $18 B: $15 Weekly Cost (7 nights) 5 $_____ IELTS Success Formula :: ACADEMIC IELTS Full PRACTICE Test Copyright S. Slater, S. Braverman All rights reserved Web: Questions 6-10 Choose the correct letter A, B or C. 6 Each bathroom at the hostel A no shower but hot water all the time B a shower, and hot water sometimes C a shower and hot water all the time 7 Which facilities are free? A Breakfast and car parking B Breakfast and internet C Towels and bike parking 8 He recommends the road from Dune Beach to Selby A it s near the hotel B it s not busy C it s safer for cycling 9 The hostel is located: A in a retirement home on the beach B up a hill on the sea front C along a right turn off Beach Road 10 Which animal is known to be a problem to the caller?

3 A fox B dog C cat IELTS Success Formula :: ACADEMIC IELTS Full PRACTICE Test Copyright S. Slater, S. Braverman All rights reserved Web: SECTION 2 Questions 11-20 Complete the notes below. Use ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. Name of machine Positive (+) features Negative ( ) features Overall Assessment Coffee Supreme can brew 4+ cups of mild/strong coffee water filtration system 11 _____ the taste overflow protection/ drip stop parts easy to 12 _____ 11 no auto grinder 13 _____ watt electrical system good value for money but 14 _____ performance Caf Delight combines a 15 _____ coffee maker with an espresso machine steam nozzle + frothing attachment machine is 16 _____ and large flexible and 17_____ Coffeetime Automatic can make different 18 _____ has electronic disc to calculate water needs automatically auto clean/descale 19 _____ and too large bulky but uses current 20 _____ well IELTS Success Formula.

4 ACADEMIC IELTS Full PRACTICE Test Copyright S. Slater, S. Braverman All rights reserved Web: SECTION 3 Questions 21-30 Question 21 Choose TWO correct letters from A, B, C or D. 21 Which TWO are purposes of the Student Support Service? A to improve students independence B to carry out some of the study for the students C to encourage students to make judgments D to help students to build relationships Questions 22 - 26 Answers the questions below about Wilson s study problems. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. What is Wilson s main problem? 22 _____ What part of an assignment is often not clear to him? 23 _____ With which aspect of his essay problems will the special session help?

5 24 _____ What is one of Wilson s other problems with essay writing? 25 _____ With whom can Wilson talk about the drafts of his essays? 26 _____ IELTS Success Formula :: ACADEMIC IELTS Full PRACTICE Test Copyright S. Slater, S. Braverman All rights reserved Web: Questions 27-30 Complete the Report on Grace s problems. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. REPORT Grace has difficulty keeping up with 27 _____on her Nursing Course. She says that lecturers speak too quickly and are not always 28 _____. She thinks that the recording of lectures 29 _____ time. Grace is not sleeping well; seems worried about her family. I suggested that she should talk to a counsellor from a different cultural 30 _____.

6 I offered to help her to make the appointment. IELTS Success Formula :: ACADEMIC IELTS Full PRACTICE Test Copyright S. Slater, S. Braverman All rights reserved Web: SECTION 4 Questions 31-40 Choose the correct letter A, B or C according to what the lecturer says: 31 Management research now understands A organisations need a structure B feelings affect relationships significantly C workplace relationships can only be effective with rules 32 Emotional intelligence A an aspect of IQ B a range of abilities linked to feelings C an important management task 33 Empathy essentially A imagining another s feelings B understanding certain conditions C feeling natural enough 34 Managing other people s feelings is helpful A self motivation B popularity of the organisation C leadership skills 35 In a happy workplace, people A intelligent and technically competent B cooperative and respectful C aware of the importance of quality IELTS Success Formula.

7 ACADEMIC IELTS Full PRACTICE Test Copyright S. Slater, S. Braverman All rights reserved Web: Complete the sentences below. Write ONE WORD ONLY from the lecture for each answer. A manager with a healthy self image will probably be a 36 _____ influence in workplaces. Our perceived self is our inner 37 _____ of ourselves. Our desired self focuses on what is 38 _____ within ourselves. Our presented selves require us to behave according to what is 39 _____ by others. The three aspects of the self are not performed individually, but 40 _____. IELTS Success Formula :: ACADEMIC IELTS Full PRACTICE Test Copyright S. Slater, S. Braverman All rights reserved Web: PRACTICE Listening Test Answer Sheet 1 21 2 22 3 23 4 24 5 25 6 26 7 27 8 28 9 29 10 30 11 31 12 32 13 33 14 34 15 35 16 36 17 37 18 38 19 39 20 40 IELTS Success Formula :: ACADEMIC IELTS Full PRACTICE Test Copyright S.

8 Slater, S. Braverman All rights reserved Web: READING test test Instructions You have ONE HOUR to answer 40 questions in three sections. You must transfer your answers to the Answer sheet during this time. Allow approximately 20 minutes for each section. READING PASSAGE 1 Why are women becoming unhappier? Please refer to Passage 1 in IELTS Success Formula e-book and answer questions 1-13 Questions 1-5 Reading Passage 1 has 7 paragraphs, A-G. Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet. 1 The proposition that women may be less happy because they no longer have the same feminist, political dreams of 40 years ago. 2 The view that for women to be as satisfied with their lives is more complex because of the larger number of fields in which they want to excel.

9 3 The parallel size of the reduction in women s satisfaction with their financial circumstances and their general happiness. 4 The view that perhaps it may be more important to focus research on the explanation of why men s happiness levels have held up better. 5 The seeming contradiction between the improvement in women s actual living conditions and the decline in how happy they perceive themselves to be. IELTS Success Formula :: ACADEMIC IELTS Full PRACTICE Test Copyright S. Slater, S. Braverman All rights reserved Web: Questions 6-10 Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? In boxes 6-10 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 6 It makes little difference to perceptions of happiness if a woman is a mother or not.

10 7 Younger women are feeling a sense of declining happiness. 8 Twelfth-grader young men view themselves as healthier than their young, female counterparts. 9 The link between marital happiness and overall happiness is stronger for men than for women. 10 Men s perceptions of their health have been more stable than women s across the survey period. Questions 11-13 Complete the summary below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 11-13 on your answer sheet. Women in the USA 11 _____ themselves to be less happy than 40 years ago, despite improvements in their lives. Men s levels of happiness have not 12 _____ to the same extent. The explanation for this is still a 13 _____. IELTS Success Formula :: ACADEMIC IELTS Full PRACTICE Test Copyright S.