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IELTS AcademicPractice Reading Test 7

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Passage 1, Lab 7: Answers and Suggestions

Quest.

Number

Answer Tips for Answering the Question

1 F The answer is in paragraph 3. The answer is not E, because there is no

mention of when the HMI was created.

2 C The answer is in the fourth paragraph. Note that G is not possible,

because the passage says the report was seminal. i.e.

important/influential.

3 A The answer is in paragraph 4.

4 endangering their job The answer is in the first paragraph. The sentence is a paraphrase of thefirst sentence of the text.

5 (mainly) liberal The answer is at the beginning of the last sentence of the first

paragraph.

6 widening participationOR

widen participation

The answer is in the second paragraph. Note that the gerund can bechanged to the infinitive.

7 academic staffs

explanations

The answer is in the second sentence of the third paragraph.

8 taxation reduction ORtax reduction

The answer is in the first sentence of the fourth paragraph.

9 C The answer is in the fourth paragraph. A is incorrect, as this was notwhat the report did. B is not right, as the report did not give the money,

and D is incomplete.

10 C The answer is in paragraph 4. A is not right, because the money is notgiven to the student (it is given to the college for the student). B is

incorrect, because it was the further education that became quasi-independent, not the principles, and D is not possible, as the text does

not say this.



11 A The answer can be found in the first sentence of the fifth paragraph. The

phrase to reduce the student drop-out rate is a paraphrase of toimprove retention. It is important to look out for ways in which

sections of the text are paraphrased in the various types of questions. B, C and D are incorrect, because all three contain phrases lifted from

the text, but used here in the wrong context.

12 A The answer can be found in the second sentence of the fifth paragraph. Note that the sentence gives three complexities, which hinder the

reducing of drop-out rates. B is not mentioned in the text, nor is C. The first element of D is correct, but the second one is nonsensical.

13 D The answer is in the second half of the fifth paragraph. The lastsentence gives the answer, i.e. something other than data. A and B are

not stated, and C is incomplete.

14 B The answer is in the final paragraph, and is a summary of the examplesgiven. A is a phrase lifted from the text and is past of two ideas note

the comma in the text. C is incorrect, because the passage refers toraising the students expectations, not those of the college. D is notcorrect, because Martinez outlined the strategies, so Martinezs

summary included the strategies, and not the other way round.


Quest.

Number


15 A The answer is in paragraph 1. A tye is not large, so B is not correct.We do not know if there were trees, so C is correct. And D was not

always the case.

16 C The answer is in the first sentence of the second paragraph. The

answer is not A or B, because the text does indicate any degree ofpossibility/probability, nor does it state a specific number. D is

obviously wrong.

17 C The answer is in paragraph 2, in the first sentence: ... all except one

at the margins of the parish. A is not one - see the second sentenceof the paragraph. B is likely, but the answer is not categorically



given. D is incorrect, because most not all, of the land was owned by

the Priory.

18 D The answer is in paragraph 2. Note the tense: ... would, in any case,

have been unattractive..., indicating what writer interprets as havinghappened. Note that the word unattractive here does not mean

visually. It means that they would have liked it, because it was not

producing anything. So A and B are wrong because they talk aboutsight. C is obviously wrong.

19 in use This is in the second sentence of paragraph 3.

20 crops up The answer is in the second sentence of paragraph 3. Note the

different tenses and the verb forms here. You can change the present

simple crops up into the gerund and you can use the simple tense.

They all fit the grammar of the text in the exercise.

21 Files Green The answer is in the third sentence of paragraph 3.

22 abandoned

OR

burnt down

The answers are at end of paragraph 3. Both answers are correct.

23 owned The answer is in the first sentence of paragraph 4.

24 twoOR

two brick

The answer is in the first sentence of paragraph 4.

25 agricultural labourers The answer is in first sentence of paragraph 4.

26 fireplaces The answer is in the 4th paragraph. The fireplaces themselves and

the chimney structure appear to be older (pre-date) the 1821

cottages.

27 gravel works The answer is in the last paragraph. Note this phrase is an adjective

here. Note that you cannot add the word newly-opened. In the

reading passage the word describes the word works, but in the

exercise it would describe the word manager!

28 one dwelling The answer is in the last paragraph. Note that there were twocottages. Each cottage had two families, i.e. two dwellings. One

cottage was destroyed leaving one cottage with two dwellings, which

the manager converted into a cottage with one dwelling. Note you

cannot have the word one on its own.




Quest.Number


29 vii

30 vi

31 xi Heading iv is not suitable as it does not really talk about the

countryside, but the noise there. Nor is there any mention ofbeauty.

32 viii Heading ix is not suitable as the paragraph does not just talk about

restaurants.

33 x

34 iii

35 i

36 J The answer is at the end of paragraph B.

37 C The answer is in paragraph G. Restaurants are talked about inparagraph E, but the solution is given in paragraph.

38 E The answer is in paragraph G in the second sentence.

39 K The answer is in paragraph D.

40 B Although A, C, D and E are all mentioned in the text, they are only

dealt with to a lesser degree than E. B is the best answer as the

whole passage details several problems that occur in society andconcludes with some suggestions for solving the problem of noise

in society.



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