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The document is a study guide for an exam on various topics, including friendship, body and mind, studying abroad, and communication. It provides tips for answering multiple-choice and short-answer questions, as well as strategies for scanning texts for information. The guide emphasizes the importance of understanding key words and effective reading techniques to improve exam performance.

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Course Book 1

The document is a study guide for an exam on various topics, including friendship, body and mind, studying abroad, and communication. It provides tips for answering multiple-choice and short-answer questions, as well as strategies for scanning texts for information. The guide emphasizes the importance of understanding key words and effective reading techniques to improve exam performance.

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UNIT 1: FRIENDSHIP

Unit 1
2 Tr y to answer this question yourself first, before reading the explanation. Choose the best
answer from the letters a-d.

To teenagers, money is . . .

a not important. c as important as relationships with people.


b as important as computer gadgets. d less important than friendships.

The correct answer is d. The teenagers said that money, gadgets and relationships are all
important to them. However, the text also tells us that the teenagers value friendships most,
therefore money is less important.

Exam tip
Deciding which are the key, or most important, words in a question can help you to
locate the appropriate section o_f the text more quickly.

3 Look at the questions in Exercise 4, without reading the answer options. Underline the
question words (e.g. where, when, what) and the key words in each of the questions (1-3)
and sentence stems ( 4-5).

4 Now answer these multiple-choice questions. Choose the appropriate letter a, b, c or d.

Why are Ben, Rory and Carlos mentioned in the article?

a They know why teenagers value c They read magazines.


friendship. d They are teenage boys.
b They gave information about
themselves.

11 Which of the following best describes Ben?

a He often has fights. c He is happier than his friends.


b He likes being alone. d He likes some sports.

111 What do we know about the lake that Rory visits?

a It is near the school. c It is used by a lot of people who do water sports.


b It is near his home. d It is in a village.

1v Carlos mentions that he is left-handed because . . .

a it makes skiing harder. cit is an interesting fact about himself and he


b it makes it worse that he broke the was talking about his left arm.
arm he uses most. d it is very unfortunate when you break your
left arm.

v The answers to the recent research and the answers from the readers . . .

a were surprising. c were similar.


b were the same. d were both about sports.

Friendship 11
Part 2: Skills development UNIT 2: BODY AND MIND

Exam information I Short-answer questions


In the exam, you may have to look for facts in a passage and give short answers to
questions. You will be told how many words you are allowed to use in the answers. A
number can be written either as a word, e.g. four, or as a number, e.g. 4, and counts as
one word. A word with a hyphen in it, e.g. mother-in-law, counts as one word. You will
not be required to use contractions.

1 How many words are there in these sentences?

1 She keeps fit by running after her two


five-year-olds.
2 To use the gym equipment safely, follow
the step-by-step instructions.
3 The Internet is helping the over-sixties to
find up-to-date health information.
4 They are offering exercise classes 3
mornings a week for the part-time
workers.

Exam tip
To keep to the maximum number of words, it can help to change a word form. Use a
noun as an adjective the documents about the house ➔ the house documents, or to
omit a verb there is a variety of reasons ➔ various reasons.

2 The following instructions were given In an IELTS reading exam: 'Using NO MORE THAN
FOUR WORDS for each, answer the following questions'.
Look at the students' answers in the table below and make them shorter if necessary.

Question Students' answers Short answer

1 What were his parents afraid of? there was a possibility that he would viLs possLbLe viee1Ltn
have problems with his health problelll.A..S
(12 words) (4 words)

2 When did they first find out when doctors did a medical
there was a problem? examination during the mother's
pregnancy

3 How does his illness affect him? at the moment he is not affected by it
at all but he needs to take medication

4 What will happen in the future? nobody knows that yet

16 Get Ready for IELTS: Reading


Part 2: Skills development UNIT 3: STUDYING ABROAD

Exam information I Completing tables and flow charts


In the exam, you may be given a table or a flow chart (a series of steps linked by arrows) with
gaps in it. You will need to read a passage to find the missing information. The answers may
be in one particular section of the text, but are unlikely to be in the same order as the gaps.
You will be told how many words from the text you should use, e.g. no more than two
words and/or a number, one word only.

Exam tip
Scanning is a very useful technique, because it saves time. It means that you move your
eyes down the text quickly to find specific information, e.g. places, names, phrases,
without reading everything properly and ignoring information you do not need.

The following four exercises help you practise scanning. They all refer to the text opposite.

1 Use the organization of the text to help you. Look at the text quickly to decide which
paragraph(s) you would need to read properly If you only wanted to find out about the
reasons why people choose to study abroad.
Paragraph number(s): ..........................

2 Scan the text to find names of countries, people and organizations. Copy and complete the
table.

Countries People Organizations or institutions

Exam tip
Use the text style or formatting to help you find the areas in the text that you are looking
for, e.g. uppercase letters, numbers, italics, bold print, quotation marks and other visual
information.

3 Do this exercise in less than one minute if you can. First copy the table In your notebook.
Then scan the text for the different items. Check in the Answer key to see if you found them
all within the time limit.

numbers
words in italics
words in bold print
abbreviations

22 Get Ready for IELTS: Reading


UNIT 4: SCIENCE AND TECH
UNIT 5: BACK TO NATURE
UNIT 6: COMMUNICATION
UNIT 7: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
UNIT 8: YOUNG PEOPLE'S
RIGHTS
UNIT 9: COMMUNITY
MATTERS
UNIT 10: BRITISH CULTURE
UNIT 11: CRIME DETECTION
UNIT 12: TRAVEL

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