Mock test answers 22-9-16
LISTENING
Section 1, Questions 1-10
1—— 4.25 // 4 1/4 // four and (a) quarter
2—— 46 // forty-six
3—— A // State Bank
4—— D // Library
5—— C // Garage
6—— (a) (box) (of) chocolates
7—— (a) (soft) toy // (a) teddy (bear) // (a) bear
8—— (at the) market(s)
9—— (at the) market(s)
10—– ($)35/thirty-five (dollars)
Section 2, Questions 11-20
11—– glass
12 —–eighteen/18 hours/hrs
13 —–(a) (strange) taste
14 —–(the) small size // small // (the) size
15—— metal
16 ——A
17 ——outside/outdoor activities // outdoors
18—— underwater // under/beneath water
19—— (a) weak light
20—— flashing light
Section 3, Questions 21-30
21 ——B // hospital
22 ——C // the middle section
23 ——C // found it difficult to do
24—— C // remove completely
25 ——B // rewrite
26—— C // remove completely
27—— Sight and Sound
28—— Support Tutor NOT Tutor
29—— proof reading // proof read
30 ——10 July
ALTERNATIVE FORMS ACCEPTED
Section 4, Questions 31-40
31—— 7.30pm (to/and) 5.30am NOT 7.30 to 5.30
32—— housewives // housewifes
33 ——Sunday(s)
34—— (about) $25,000/twenty-five thousand dollars
NOT 25,000
35—— C // 67 decibels
36——C // for ceilings
37 ——W // for walls
38 ——C // for ceilings
39—— D
40—— C
ACADEMIC READING
1——-B
2——-C
3——-A
4——-C
5——-B
6——-D
7——-B
8——-A
9——-FALSE
10——TRUE
11——-NOT GIVEN
12——-TRUE
13——-NOT GIVEN
14——-vi
15——-viii
16——-ii
17——-iv
18——-i
19——-v
20——-H
21——-E
22——-F
23——-A
24——-D
25——-B
26——-D
27——-E
28——-D
29——-B
30——-C
31——-D
32——-TRUE
33——-TRUE
34——-TRUE
35——-CLAY LOAM
36——-PESTS
37——-A DECENT CROP/YIELDS
38——-PASTE
39——-HYDRAULIC PRESS FRAME
40——-CENTRIFUGE
GENERAL READING
1. C
2. E
3. D
4. D
5. A
6. E
7. Copper polish
8. Scale
9. Patented whistling device/
ball (+ valve assembly)
10. Neglect/misuse
11. DO
12. DON’T
13. NOT GIVEN
14. B*
15. C*
16. F*
17. TRUE
18. NOT
19. FALSE
20. FALSE
21. Course 2 (essay writing)
22. Course 3 (basic maths)
23. 15 hours
24. 20
25. Course 3 (basic maths)
26. YES
27. YES
28. NOT GIVEN
29. iii
30. ix
31. viii
32. i
33. xi
34. iv
35. Hunting
36. Decline
37. Expanding
38. Compatible
39. Threatening
40. Young
* Answers for questions. 14,
15 + 16 in any order
ACADEMIC WRITING
TASK1
The chart shows the number of hours of leisure enjoyed by men and women in a typical week in 1998-9, ac-
cording to gender and employment status.
Among those employed full-time, men on average had fifty hours of leisure, whereas women had approxi-
mately thirty-seven hours. There were no figures given for male part-time workers, but
female part-timers had forty hours of leisure time, only slightly more than women in full-time
employment, perhaps reflecting their work in the home.
In the unemployed and retired categories, leisure time showed an increase for both sexes, as might have
been expected. Here too, men enjoyed more leisure time over eighty hours, compared with seventy hours for
women, perhaps once again reflecting the fact that women spend more time
working in the home than men.
Lastly, housewives enjoyed approximately fifty-four hours of leisure, on average. There were no
figures given for househusbands! Overall, the chart demonstrates that in the categories for which statistics on
male leisure time were available, men enjoyed at least ten hours of extra leisure time.
TASK 2
model answer:
There are some conditions under which a novelist could reasonably expect some
government suport. In general terms, if the writer has already proved that he or she
can write well, and if the stories produced are stimulating and interesting, then I
consider that some financial help might be given.
Language quality is difficult to define, but if the writing shows, for example, good
grammar, a wide vocabulary, and elegance and imagination, then I can see a valid
reason for assisting an author to spend some time free from money problems. Such a
writing needs to be encouraged. the entertainment value of a book would be also a
factor in deciding whether to
provide assistance to an author. Further consideration would include social and
educational values expressed in the author’s work.
However, if the ideas were socially
irresponsible, or if the stories contain unnecessary violence or pornography for its own
sake, then I would not want to see
the author sponsored to write stories which do not benefit society. Other exceptions
are the many writers of good books who
do not require financial help. Books which proved to be extremely popular, such as
the Harry Potter stories, clearly need no subsidy at all because the authors have
become rich through their writing.
Views on what good quality writing means will vary widely, and so if any author is to be
given money for writing, then the decision would have to be made by a committee or
panel of judge. An
individual opinion would certainly cause disagreement among the reading public.
GENERAL WRITTING
TASK1
model answer: Dear Sir,
I wanted to let you know that I am coming to live in (city) and I would like to ask if you
can help me with a few things before I arrive and start my new job.
Do you think you could give me a hand
finding somewhere to live? Ideally I would like to live close to where I am
going to be working, or in the downtown district. If possible I would like to be near some
shops, like a supermarket and a DVD rental place. As I really love sports it would
be great to be near a park too.
I’m not too worried about the place itself. Obviously I will be looking for a flat, rather
than a house, as it is just going to be me and I won’t be able to afford too much. So, a
place with one bedroom is fine, but I would like to have a private bathroom (not shared),
a kitchen and some kind of living room. It doesn’t matter if the kitchen is small, but it
would nice to have one. I would prefer to live somewhere new, so anything in a modern
apartment block would be great.
Thanks for your help
(206 words)
TASK2
model answer:
There are some conditions under which a novelist could reasonably expect some
government suport. In general terms, if the writer has already proved that he or she
can write well, and if the stories produced are stimulating and interesting, then I
consider that some financial help might be given.
Language quality is difficult to define, but if the writing shows, for example, good
grammar, a wide vocabulary, and elegance and imagination, then I can see a valid
reason for assisting an author to spend some time free from money problems. Such a
writing needs to be encouraged. the entertainment value of a book would be also a
factor in deciding whether to
provide assistance to an author. Further consideration would include social and
educational values expressed in the author’s work.
However, if the ideas were socially
irresponsible, or if the stories contain unnecessary violence or pornography for its own
sake, then I would not want to see
the author sponsored to write stories which do not benefit society. Other exceptions
are the many writers of good books who
do not require financial help. Books which proved to be extremely popular, such as
the Harry Potter stories, clearly need no subsidy at all because the authors have
become rich through their writing.
Views on what good quality writing means will vary widely, and so if any author is to be
given money for writing, then the decision would have to be made by a committee or
panel of judge. An
individual opinion would certainly cause disagreement among the reading public.
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Academic writting task 1 mock test the amount of leisure time enjoyed by men and women