Section 1 is a conversation between a housing officer and a student.
Section 2 is a monologue of a University Librarian giving you a guided tour of the library.
Section 3 is a conversation between two students deciding on a course they want to take this semester.
Section 4 is a university lecturer addressing his students on the first day of his lecture.
Section 1
Questions 1-10
Question 1-5
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Housing officer name Example: John Family name
Cartier Given names
1._________ Nationality
2._________ Student number
3._________ Contact number
4._________ Mobile phone
5.________pounds per month (Rent)
Questions 6-10
Complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
6. A bedsitter is a single room with_____________facilities.
7. Susan has to pay__________________, electricity, and water by herself.
8. Most landlords want____________________in advance.
9. Susan must read the contract carefully, especially__________________. .
10. Susan is going to meet her friends __________________.
Section 2
Question 11-20
Questions 11-12
Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
11. What is the name of the university?
12. When did the head librarian start working at the library?
Question 13-14
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Name two methods of how people found books in the library before the days of computers.
13._________________
14._________________
Questions 15-17
Choose the correct letters, A-C.
15. How many computer terminals are there on each floor?
A. 60
B. 15
C. 4
16. John Dewey was _______.
A. a librarian
B. British
C. a philosopher
17. In the Dewey Decimal Classification System, book numbers beginning with 200 are on _______.
A. Philosophy and Psychology
B. Social Sciences
C. Religion
Answer the question.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.
18. On what floor are the geography and history books?___________.
Question 19 and 20
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
List two types of music that are NOT in the library’s CD and DVD collection.
19.____________
20.____________
Section 3
Question 21-30
Question 21
Answer the question.
Write ONE WORD ONLY.
21. When will their academic supervisor return?_________________
Question 22-25
Choose the correct letters, A-D.
22. Mary’s mother probably wanted her to be a(an)
A. Teacher
B. engineer
C. secretary
D. writer
23. What do Jack’s parents blame for their students’ poor English?
A. Computers
B. Computer games
C. Games
D. Their parent
24. How many of Jack’s parents’ students read novels?
A.None
B. Few
C. Very few
D. many
25. Will Jack and Mary take the Latin course?
A. Maybe
B. Yes
C. No
D. Can’t tell
Question 26
Answer the question.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.
26.What does Mary say are useful for a journalist?___________
Questions 27-29
Complete Jack and Mary’s course timetable.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
9-12 a.m | French 100 | History of English | 28. ______ | ||
2-5 p.m | 27. ______ | French 100 | 29. ____ |
Question 30
Write ONE WORD ONLY for your answer.
30. Name one sport that Jack practices.__________
Section 4
Questions 31-40
Questions 31
Answer the question below in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
31. What is the name of the course?___________
Questions 32 and 33
Complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
32. John Robertson believes everybody wants to take the course because_______.
33. “Everything is connected to everything else.” And the statement ___________ of the course.
Question 34
Choose ONE letter, A-C
34. The contents of the course are
A. focused on one topic
B. diverse
C. very specialised
Questions 35-38
Complete the paragraph with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
The course will be looking at things like 35._________; the loss of, in particular, 36.________; 37._______, known as ‘gender benders’ because they can seriously affect the sexual development of animals; desertification; the serious worldwide problem of overfishing; and the loss of 38._______.
Questions 39 and 40
Choose the correct letters, A-C
39. The course will include.
A. sociology
B. mathematics
C. history
40. The basic goal is to develop a model that is.
A. static
B. multifactorial
C. dynamic
Answers
Section 1
1. Canadian
2. CA04628
3. 65349087
4. No Mobile Number
5. 500
6. cooking
7. gas
8. three months deposit
9. the small print
10. in the cafeteria
Section 2
11. University of British Columbia
12. 1961
13. using a card index
14. asking staff
15. B
16. C
17. C
18. 4th floor
19 & 20. Punk, Heavy Metal, Rap, Hip Hop (Any of these)
Section 3
21. Thursday
22. D
23. B
24. C
25. C
26. Foreign Languages
27. American Language
28. Creative Writing
29. Sociology
30. Swimming
Section 4
31. Environment and Development
32. nobody has left.
33. explains the design
34. B
35. global warming
36. tropical forest
37. persistent organic chemicals
38. biodiversity
39. A
40. C
Source: IELTS Materials