IELTS test in Indonesia and Australia – April 2010 (General Training)

IELTS exams in Australia and Indonesia were shared by two students (thank you!), who remembered the following:

Listening test

Section 1. Restaurant Booking Information.
Section 2. Site Plan of Rock Festival.
Section 3. South Africa Eco tour.
Section 4. Don’t remember.

Reading test

Passage 1. BBC TV Program.
Passage 2. Holiday homes.
Passage 3. Professor’s advice to students regarding selecting study materials.
Passage 4. A text about fabrics development and different kind of designers using the fabrics. Different materials used in textile industry, including a set of names of designers who specialized in some special kind of clothing, for the future.(e.g. Liquid metal clothing-Ms. X, Radio clothing-Mr. Y).

Writing test

Writing Task 1 (a letter)
You and your family have just rented an apartment and one or two problems occurred. Write a letter to the landlord. Describe the problems and tell him what you want him to do.

Writing Task 2 (an essay)
Nowadays young children are using mobile phones. Some people think it is a positive development, while others think it’s a negative one. Discuss. What is your opinion?

Speaking test

Interview
– Tell me about yourself.
– Where are you from?
– What do you do?

Cue Card 1
Talk about something that you purchased and had not used much, please say
– what it was,
– where you bought it,
– why you bought it,
– why you didn’t use it.

Cue Card 2
Describe a school you went to when you were a child.

Discussion 1
– What advantage is there to moving from a large school to a small one?
– What is the difference between a large and a small school?
– What qualifications should a teacher have?
– Why teachers give so many assignments to pupils?