T recently took the IELTS test in Taiwan and remembered the following details:
Listening test
Section 1. Soccer team application form.
Questions: filling in blanks.
Section 2. Students give feedback about a course.
Questions: multiple choice, match headings to paragraphs.
Section 3. Don’t remember.
Section 4: A new research about synesthesia.
Questions: sentence completion.
Reading test
Passage 1. A research about happiness.
Questions: multiple choice, match headings and information to paragraphs.
Passage 2. About orchids.
Questions: filling in blanks, multiple choice, matching information to paragraphs.
Passage 3. About the invention of electric globe.
Questions: True/False/Not Given, form completion.
Writing test
Writing task 1 (a report)
We were given a diagram showing the process of getting a driving license. We had to describe all the stages of the process.
Writing task 2 (an essay)
In many countries small shops and town centers are going out of business, because people tend to drive to the large out-of-town stores. This results in an increase in car use, and it also means that people without cars have limited access to out-of-town stores. Do you think advantages of such development outweigh its disadvantages?