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Recent IELTS exams

Real students tell about their recent IELTS exams: IELTS questions, topics, tasks, answers.

IELTS Speaking test in Taiwan – January 2012

These are the speaking questions from the IELTS exam in Taiwan we shared yesterday.

Speaking test IELTS test in Taiwan

Interview

– What is your house like?
– What kind of house would you like to have in the future?
– Do you like fashion?
– Do you think you would like to buy some designer’s clothes for yourself?
– What kind of clothes were you wearing in the past, that you don’t wear anymore?
– Do you often read local or international newspapers? Why?

Cue Card

Talk about a product from another country that you want to buy. Please say

– What kind of product is it?
– What country is the product from?
– Why do you want to buy it?
– Is it convenient for you to buy this product in the place where you live?

Discussion

– Do you think nowadays more people want to buy imported goods?
– What kind of imported goods do people in your country buy often?
– Why do some people refuse to buy imported goods?
– What are the benefits for companies in a global market?
– How does the Internet affect the growth of business?

IELTS test in Taiwan – January 2012 (Academic Module)

Our kind friend from Taiwan has shared a recent IELTS exam, enjoy:

Listening test IELTS test in Taiwan

Section 1. A conversation between an apartment renter and the building’s assistant manager about call tariffs and Internet fees.
Questions: filling in blanks and multiple choice.

Section 2. A botanical garden owner showing her garden.
Question: multiple choice.

Section 3. A conversation of two students on the requirements for the presentation.
Questions: filling in blanks, short-answer questions (no more than X words).

Section 4. About the construction of the first railway in Australia.
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice.

Reading test

Passage 1. A research on managerial roles.
Questions: True / False / Not Given, choose the appropriate letter for right answers.

Passage 2. The discovery of the first analogue computer.
Questions: filling in blanks, match people’s names to their phrases.

Passage 3. A research into visitor-employed photography VEP
Questions: match title for each paragraph, match names of people to the relevant phrases, multiple choice.

Writing test

Writing task 1 (a report)

We were given a table that described the percentage of population over age 60 in 8 regions all over the world between 2000 and 2005.

Writing task 2 (an essay)

Employers now tend to prefer employees with good social skills in addition to good qualifications. Social skills are getting more and more important compared to qualifications. Do you agree or disagree?