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Listening and Reading answer keys

TEST 1

LISTENING

- Answer key with extra explanations


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Part 1, Questions 1-10 Part 3, Questions 21-30


1 litter 21 A
2 dogs 22 B
3 insects 23 B
4 butterflies 24 A
5 wall 25 c
6 island 26 c
7 boots 27 A
8 beginners 28 E
9 spoons 29 F
10 35 I thirty five 30 c

Part 2, Questions 11-20 Part 4, Questions 31-40


11 A 31 puzzle
12 c 32 logic
13 B 33 confusion
14 B 34 meditation
15&16 IN EITHER ORDER 35 stone
A 36 coins
D 37 tree
17&18 IN EITHER ORDER 38 breathing
B 39 paper
c 40 anxiety
19&20 IN EITHER ORDER
D
E

If you score ...


1-15 16--25 26-40
you are un'l ikely to get an you may get an acceptable you are li:kely to get an
acceptable score under score under examination acceptab.le score under
examination conditions and we conditions but we recommend examination conditions but
recommend that you spend a lot that you think about having remember that different
of time improving your English more practice or lessons before institutions will find different
before you take IELTS. you take IELTS. scores acceptable.

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Listening and Reading answer keys

TEST 1

READING

- Answer key with extra explanations


~ in Resource Bank

Reading Passage 1,
Questions 1-13
1 population 22 shops
2 suburbs 23&24 IN EITHER ORDER
3 businessmen c
4 funding D
5 press 25&26 IN EITHER ORDER
6 soil B
7 FALSE E
8 NOTGIVEN
9 TRUE Reading Passage 3,
10 TRUE
11 FALSE
Questions 27-40
12 FALSE 27 H
13 NOT GIVEN 28 J
29 F
Reading Passage 2, 30 B
Questions 14-26 31 D
32 NOT GIVEN
14 A 33 NO
15 F 34 NO
16 E 35 YES
17 D 36 B
18 fortress 37 c
19 bullfights 38 A
20 opera 39 B
21 salt 40 D

If you score .. .
1- 17 18-26 27-40
you are unlikely to get an you may get an acceptable you are likely to get an
acceptable score under score under examination acceptable score under
examination conditions and we conditions but we recommend examination conditions but
recommend that you spend a lot that you think about having remember that different
of time improving your English more practice or lessons before institutions will find different
before you take IELTS. you take IELTS. scores acceptable.

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TEST 2

LISTENING

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Answer key with extra explanations
in Resource Bank

Part 1, Questions 1-10 Part 3, Questions 21-30


1 collecting 21 &22 IN EITHER ORDER
2 records D
3 West E
4 transport 23 D
5 art 24 c
6 hospital 25 A
7 garden 26 E
8 quiz 27 F
9 tickets 28 B
10 poster 29 c
30 c
Part 2, Questions 11-20
Part 4, Questions 31-40
11 B
12 c 31 321,000
13 c 32 vocabulary
14 B 33 podcast
15 D 34 smartphones
16 c 35 bilingual
17 G 36 playground
18 A 37 picture
19 E 38 grammar
20 F 39 identity
40 fluent

If you score ...


1-18 19-28 29-40
you are unlikely to get an you may get an acceptable you are likely to get an
acceptable score under score under examination acceptable score under
examination conditions and we conditions but we recommend examination conditions but
recommend that you spend a lot that you think about having remember that different
of time improving your English more practice or lessons before institutions will find different
before you take IELTS. you take IELTS. scores acceptable.

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Listening and Reading answer keys

TEST 2

READING

- Answer key with extra explanations


~ in Resource Bank

Reading Passage 1,
Questions 1-13
1 rock 21 A
2 cave 22 c
3 clay 23 A
4 Essenes 24 flavour I flavor
5 Hebrew 25 size
6 NOTGIVEN 26 salt
7 FALSE
8 TRUE Reading Passage 3,
9 TRUE
10 FALSE
Questions 27-40
11 FALSE 27 D
12 TRUE 28 A
13 NOT GIVEN 29 A
30 c
Reading Passage 2, 31 A
Questions 14-26 32 NO
33 NOT GIVEN
14 c 34 YES
15 B 35 NO
16 E 36 NOT GIVEN
17 A 37 F
18 c 38 D
19 B 39 E
20 D 40 B

If you score ...


11-18 I 19-27 I 28-40
you are unlikely to get an you may get an acceptable you are likely to get an
acceptable score under score under examination acceptable score under
examination conditions and we conditions but we recommend examination conditions but
recommend that you spend a lot that you think about having remember that different
of time improving your English more practice or lessons before institutions will find different
before you take IELTS. you take IELTS. scores acceptable.

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TEST 3

LISTENING

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Answer key with extra explanations
in Resource Bank

Part 1, Questions 1-10 Part 3, Questions 21-30


1 family 21 B
2 fit 22 A
3 hotels 23 A
4 Carrowniskey 24 B
5 week 25 c
6 bay 26 A
7 September 27 D
8 19 I nineteen 28 B
9 30 I thirty 29 F
10 boots 30 H

Part 2, Questions 11-20 Part 4, Questions 31-40


11&12 IN EITHER ORDER 31 mud
B 32 feathers
E 33 shape
13 c 34 moon
14 c 35 neck
15 A 36 evidence
16 E 37 destinations
17 D 38 oceans
18 G 39 recovery
19 F 40 atlas
20 c

If you score ...


1-17 18-26 27-40
you are unlikely to get an you may get an acceptable you are likely to get an
acceptable score under score under examination acceptable score under
examination conditions and we conditions but we recommend examination conditions but
recommend that you spend a lot that you think about having remember that different
of time improving your English more practice or lessons before institutions will find different
before you take IELTS. you take IELTS. scores acceptable.

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Listening and Reading answer keys

TEST 3

READING

- Answer key with extra explanations


~ in Resource Bank

Reading Passage 1,
Questions 1-13
1 carnivorous 21 &22 IN EITHER ORDER
2 scent B
3 pouch c
4 fossil 23 solid
5 habitat 24 (Sumatran) orangutan I orang-utan
6 TRUE 25 carbon stocks
7 FALSE 26 biodiversity
8 NOTGIVEN
9 FALSE Reading Passage 3,
10 NOT GIVEN
11 FALSE
Questions 27-40
12 TRUE 27 D
13 NOT GIVEN 28 B
29 c
Reading Passage 2, 30 D
Questions 14-26 31 c
32 NO
14 F 33 YES
15 G 34 NOT GIVEN
16 A 35 NO
17 H 36 H
18 B 37 D
19 E 38 I
20 c 39 B
40 F

If you score ...


1-18 19-27 28-40
you are unlikely to get an you may get an acceptable you are likely to get an
acceptable score under score under examination acceptable score under
examination conditions and we conditions but we recommend examination conditions but
recommend that you spend a lot that you think about having remember that different
of time improving your English more practice or lessons before institutions will find different
before you take IELTS. you take IELTS. scores acceptable.

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TEST 4

LISTENING

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Answer key with extra explanations
in Resource Bank

Part 1, Questions 1-10 Part 3, Questions 21-30


1 floor(s) 21 &22 IN EITHER ORDER
2 fridge c
3 shirts E
4 windows 23&24 IN EITHER ORDER
5 balcony A
6 electrician D
7 dust 25 B
8 police 26 F
9 training 27 A
10 review 28 D
29 c
Part 2, Questions 11-20 30 G
11 A Part 4, Questions 31-40
12 A
13 A 31 golden
14 c 32 healthy
15 A 33 climate
16 c 34 rock(s)
17 B 35 diameter
18 c 36 tube
19 B 37 fire
20 A 38 steam
39 cloudy
40 litre / liter

If you score ...


1-17 18-27 28-40
you are unlikely to get an you may get an acceptable you are likely to get an
acceptable score under score under examination acceptable score under
examination conditions and we conditions but we recommend examination conditions but
recommend that you spend a lot that you think about having remember that different
of time improving your English more practice or lessons before institutions will find different
before you take IELTS. you take IELTS. scores acceptable.

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Listening and Reading answer keys

TEST 4

READING

ft Answer key with extra explanations


~ in Resource Bank

Reading Passage 1,
Questions 1-13
1 FALSE 23&24 IN EITHER ORDER
2 FALSE B
3 NOT GIVEN E
4 TRUE 25&26 IN EITHER ORDER
5 NOTGIVEN B
6 TRUE D
7 droppings
8 coffee Reading Passage 3,
9 mosquitoes
10 protein
Questions 27-40
11 unclean 27 D
12 culture 28 E
13 houses 29 F
30 B
Reading Passage 2, 31 H
Questions 14-26 32 E
33 FALSE
14 E 34 NOTGIVEN
15 A 35 NOTGIVEN
16 D 36 TRUE
17 F 37 memory
18 c 38 numbers
19 descendants 39 communication
20 sermon 40 visual
21 fine
22 innovation

If you score ...


1-17 18-26 27-40
you are unlikely to get an you may get an acceptable you are likely to get an
acceptable score under score under examination acceptable score under
examination conditions and we conditions but we recommend examination conditions but
recommend that you spend a lot that you think about having remember that different
of time improving your English more practice or lessons before institutions will find different
before you take IELTS. you take IELTS. scores acceptable.

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