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  1. Practice Test Two Questions 8-14 Fill in the information you hear on the form below in the spaces numbered 8 - 1 4 . 16-17 The first one, has been done for you as an example. 23 NATIONALBUSINESSCOLLEGE ORIENTEERING CLUB: REGISTRATION FORM Given Name: (Example:) 9 Family Name: (8) 14-15-19 20 591 Nationality: (9) 15-19 591 Student Number: (10) 7. 15-19 Present Course: Years of Experience: (11) 15 Blood Type: Partner's Given Name: Partner's Family Name: (12) . 14-15-59* Day of Session: (13). 59 1 Home Telephone No.: (14) . 15-19 Check- 11-15 109
  2. 101 Helpful Hints for IELTS 610 Section 2 23-25 Questions 15 -18 8 You will now hear a short report broadcast on the television. Look at the map of Estonia and 16 17 ' complete the sentences below with the correct number, word or phrase according to what you hear. The first one has been done for you as an example. Tallinn ESTONIA 9 Example: Estonia is located on the &M&&f:. shores of the Baltic sea. is Q15. The country is only square km in size. 20 Q16. Estonia is about the size of Scotland. Q17. The percentage of native Estonians is Q18. Tallinn is the city of Estonia. Questions 19 - 23 8-23 Complete the summary of part two of the television programme by writing N O MORE THAN 25 TWO WORDS f or each answer. The first one has been done for you as an example. Estonia is a small, flat country in Europe dotted with numerous islands and 9 ... (Example:)....fa&€4. The manufacture of agricultural machinery and 12-65' (19) are the major industries, with (20) and vegetables the main (21) Once a part of Greater Russia, the nation is now an independent democratic (22) The Kroon is the unit of currency; the official language is Estonian. The weather in Estonia in summer is (23) Check: 11-15 110
  3. Practice Test Two Section 3 6 -io 23-26-29 Questions 24 - 32 You will hear an interview with an ex-student of the college. Write a w ord or a short phrase 8 1 6 17 to answer each of the questions below. The first one has been done for you as an example. " Example: H ow many years ago was Anna a student at the college? 9 Q24. Who does Anna currently work for? 1920 Q25. Why are some elderly people provided with food by the council? Q26. When did Anna discover her progress in the first course was unsatisfactory? Q27./Q28. Name two of the suggestions made to Anna by the school counsellor: 7 -19 (1) (2) Q29. What does Anna do to increase her English vocabulary? Q30. According to Anna, does eating earlier in the day increase the metabolic rate? Q31. Why does Anna wish to get a job in a hospital soon? Q32. What is Anna's long-term goal? Check: 11-15 111
  4. 101 Helpful Hints for IELTS Section 4 6-10 34-35 Questions 33 - 40 You will hear part of the Student Orientation to the computer laboratory. 8 16-17 Circle A if the information in the statement is Accurate I if the information in the statement is Inaccurate N if the information in the statement is Not Given The first one has been done for you as an example. Your Answers Example: There are over 100 computers in the laboratory. I I N Q33. Students only need to enter their name to log on to the machines. A I N 34 20 Q34. If something goes wrong on a computer, you should not turn the A I N 34 machine off. Q35. Student computer disks are sometimes allowed in the laboratory. A I N 34 Q36. The Macintosh computer network can only be used by second A I N 35 and third year students. Q37. After class hours there is a charge per page for the use of all A I N 35 computer printers. Q38. The computer laboratory is open at 8.00 am during the week. A I N Q39. The computer lab card shows a student's name, course and A I N log on number. Q40. Students are expected to follow 5 computer laboratory rules. A I N Overall Check: Blanks: 11 That is the end of Practice Listening Test Two. Grammar 12 &65 You now have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the Answer Sheet. One Answer 13 Spelling: 14 Then continue with Practice Reading Test Two on page 113. Legibility: IS Punctuation: 59 1 112
  5. Practice Test Two PRACTICE READING TEST TWO DunngTest 6-10-37 Reading Passage 1 Questions 1-15 You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-15. TRACKING HURRICANES 38-44 54-56-57 North American meteorologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Hurricane Research Division have recently improved the success rate in their forecasting of where hurricanes are likely to hit land by an estimated 15 to 30%. This increase in accuracy is due to the use of instruments called GPS-dropwindsondes, which can probe the atmosphere surrounding a hurricane while it is still out at sea. The atmospheric characteristics of hurricanes over land are well understood because investigation is possible with weather balloons containing sophisticated meteorological instruments. When hurricanes are out of reach of balloons, gathering information is decidedly more difficult. Little is known of the weather conditions that guide hurricanes towards land. An accurate estimation of where a hurricane will strike is essential in order to reduce loss of life and property. Hurricane Andrew, the most costly hurricane in U.S. history, killed 15 people and caused damage of $35 billion, in today's dollars, in 1992. However, the unnamed : Category 42 hurricane which struck southeast Florida in 1926 and killed 243 people would have caused an estimated $77 billion if it had struck today. The reason for this is the explosion in population growth and development along the south-east coast of the U.S. during the last half century. Hurricanes occur in cycles every few decades, the last intense period in the U.S. being from 1940 to 1969. 'Camille', a Category 5 hurricane of such catastrophic force that it caused over a billion and a half dollars worth of damage at the time and killed 256 people, struck the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in 1969 with winds over 320 km/h. Yet, for the last quarter century, hurricane activity has been relatively mild. Scientists do not know the precise reason for the cycles of hurricane activity, but they could be caused by a phenomenon called the 'Atlantic Conveyor'. This is the name given to the gigantic current of water that flows cold from the top of the globe slowly along the Atlantic ocean floor to Antarctica and resurfaces decades later before flowing back north, absorbing heat as it crosses the equator. Since hurricanes derive their energy from the heat of warm water, it is thought that an increase in the speed of the' Conveyor', as it pulls warm water to the north, is an indicator of intensifying hurricane activity. The use of GPS-dropwindsondes began in 1997. Small sensing devices dropped from planes at very high altitudes and over a wide area, they are far more revealing than previously used sensors. Because they weigh only 0.4 kilograms, they are able to stay aloft for longer periods and broadcast more data to the ground. Each sonde carries its own global positioning satellite receiver. The GPS signals received are used to calculate the direction and speed of wind, and data on temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure at half second intervals all the way down to the ocean surface. 113
  6. 101 Helpful Hints for IELTS Dropwindsonde information is fed into a special meteorological computer in Maryland which generates a global computer model of wind patterns. Data analysts have discovered a greater variability in the winds at sea level than previously believed, but many forecasting problems are beyond a solution, at least for the time being. For instance, it is not yet known why hurricanes can suddenly change in intensity; current computer models often fail to predict whether a hurricane will reach land or else cannot pinpoint where a strike will take place. One surprising result of a recent computer simulation was the destruction of a large part of downtown New York. Hurricane researchers believe that the city is more likely than Miami to suffer a direct hit in the near future. Also, certain geographical features of the coastline near New York make it conceivable that a wall of water called a storm surge pushed ashore by hurricane winds would cause a devastating flooding of Manhattan. A storm surge was responsible for the more than 8000 deaths caused by the hurricane that destroyed the city of Galveston in 1900. 1 the custom of naming hurricanes began in the early 1950s 2 hurricanes are categorised according to their wind speed from Category 1 (least intense) to Category 5 (most intense) Questions 1 - 4 You are advised to spend about 5 minutes on Questions 1-4. 6 Refer to Reading Passage 1 "Tracking Hurricanes", and look at Questions 1 - 4 below. Write 8 26-27 your answers in boxes 1 - 4 on your Answer Sheet. The first one has been done for you as an 43-57 example. Example: What do the letters NOAA stand for? 9 Ql. Which instruments have recently increased the success rate of U.S. 65' hurricane forecasts? Q2. What reason is given for the lack of knowledge of hurricanes at sea? 56 Q3. Why was the hurricane which struck in 1926 not given a name? 52-54 Q4. What is the name of the strongest hurricane mentioned in the article? 54'59 1 Check: 11-15 114
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