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- 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.
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the custom of naming hurricanes began in the early 1950s
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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.
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Refer to Reading Passage 1 "Tracking Hurricanes", and look at Questions 1 - 4 below. Write
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your answers in boxes 1 - 4 on your Answer Sheet. The first one has been done for you as an
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example.
Example: What do the letters NOAA stand for?
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Ql. Which instruments have recently increased the success rate of U.S.
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hurricane forecasts?
Q2. What reason is given for the lack of knowledge of hurricanes at sea?
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Q3. Why was the hurricane which struck in 1926 not given a name?
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Q4. What is the name of the strongest hurricane mentioned in the article?
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Questions 5-11
You are advised to spend about 8 minutes on Questions 5 - 1 1 . 6
Look at the table below. According to Reading Passage 1, to whom or what do the phrases on 8
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the right refer? Write your answers in boxes 5 -11 on your Answer Sheet. The first one has been
done for you as an example.
Note that you must give your answer IN NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. 53
Who or What ?
have improved their forecasts for hurricanes. 9
Q5 ... become stronger every few decades. 65'
Q6 ... energises all hurricanes. 49
Q7 ... is a huge current of water flowing from 44
north to south.
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Q8 ... could not stay in the air for a long time.
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Q9 ... know more about surface winds than
they knew before.
Q10 ... recently predicted a catastrophe for the 42-43
city of New York.
Qll ... is a huge wave of water blown on land 42-49
by a hurricane.
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Questions 12 -15
You are advised to spend about 7 minutes on Questions 12-15. 6
Refer to Reading Passage 1, and decide which of the answers best completes the following 8
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sentences. Write your answers in boxes 12 -15 on your Answer Sheet. The first one has been 40-43
done for you as an example.
Example: The main point of the passage is to give information about: 9
a) previous U.S. hurricanes
b) future U.S. hurricanes
c) forecasting hurricane activity
why hurricanes change in intensity
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52 Q12. The intensity of U.S. hurricanes:
a) has increased by 15 to 30% recently
by d epends on the GPS-dropwindsondes
c) was greater from 1940 to 1969 than at any previous time
d) can be more accurately measured by satellite assistance
31-52 Q13. The Category 4 hurricane which hit Florida in 1926:
a) w as the most catastrophic to hit the U. S. this century
b) caused $77 billion worth of damage
c) caused an explosion in population growth
d) none of the above
35-52 Q14. Hurricane'Camille':
a) caused $1.5 billion dollars damage in today's money
b) was the worst U.S. storm this century in terms of life lost
c) was named in the 1950s
d) was not as intense as the hurricane of 1926
Q15. The writer of the passage probably believes that:
a) accurate tracking of hurricanes might be possible
in the future
b) storm surges only occur within computer simulations
c) computer predictions are unreliable
d) the worst hurricanes occur in the U.S.
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- Practice Test Two
Reading Passage 2
Questions 16-28
You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on Questions 16 - 28.
Sydney and Wollongong universities were
TERTIARY COMPARISON GUIDE
both in the second ranking. Wollongong was 5 4 . 56 . 57
the only newer university to make such a high
grade. Macquarie and the University of
After purchasing a house and a car, the
Technology, Sydney, were in band four;
next maj or life expenditure is almost certainly
Charles Sturt, Canberra, New England, and
the cost of tertiary education. The question
Newcastle were in band five. In band six
is, are prospective university students getting
were the Australian Catholic University and
value for money? Paying up to $25,000 for a
the University of Western Sydney.
university education, they need reliable
information in order to compare institutions This ranking has drawn much criticism,
and courses. since it was based on what universities spent
on research, and not on the quality of teaching.
There are now two official guides
However, it should be stated that this was the
comparing universities, but not courses. As
first year of a continuing quality review.
a result, academic controversy has arisen
Next, the Quality Review Committee will
over their adequacy, and because of concerns
assess the teaching record of universities.
about comparability and accuracy of data.
When comparing universities, one should be The Department of Education
aware of what exactly is being measured, and Employment and Training (DEET) has
whether the information is useful. Professor published 50 indicators of diversity and
Brian Smith, Vice-Chancellor of the performance of Australian universities. This
University of Western Sydney, says, "There lists comparative data on everything from
is as much variation within one university as academic staff ratio and percentage of staff
between universities; no university has all with PhDs, to expenditure on library grants.
the best activities, and no university is without The document says it does not rank
its strengths". universities, and is designed to assist students
to make informed comparisons. But the
It makes little sense for prospective
universities can be ranked by each measure
students to choose to go to a university simply
using a key indicator of success - positive
because it has an excellent reputation. It is
graduate outcomes - which combines the
wiser to look first at the overall characteristics
percentage of recent graduates in full-time
and reputation of a university, and then at the
work and/or full-time study.
faculty or discipline desired. To do this one
must have access to quality data for each Here, the University of Technology,
discipline. Sydney, emerges as the leader in NSW, with
83.2% of its graduates in work and/or study,
Let us look at three ways we can now rank
just behind the ANUwith83.5%. Sydney has
universities. A government-appointed
79.8%, Charles Sturt 75.5%, Wollongong
Quality Review Committee made the first
74.1%, Macquarie 73.2%, UNSW 73.1%,
ranking of unversities in 1993. It divided the
Newcastle 72.5%, New England/Southern
35 universities in Australia into six quality
Cross 72%, and Western Sydney 69.7%.
bands based mainly on research and teaching
outcomes. In the top band, only two Professor Gannicort, a Professor of
universities were represented: one fromNSW Education at Wollongong University, has
(the University of NSW) and the other from developed his own "performance table",
the ACT (the Australian National University). ranking Australian universities using some
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of the DEET data - including the number of graduates chose not to rank universities
government research grants and grants from "because they said there was no correlation
industry, as well as the number of recent between the university and performance".
graduates in full-time work or study. This Dr. Michael Dack, Public Affairs Director
time the University of Queensland tops the of the Institution of Engineers, has commented
league. Sydney is third, UNSW fifth, ANU that the prestige of a university does not
sixth, Macquarie 10th, Newcastle 15th, and count. The smaller universities are tailoring
all the other NSW universities well down in courses and products to the marketplace better
the rankings. He says this shows that the key than the large universities. They are trying
factors which determine better university harder to produce graduates who are
performance are what has always been acceptable to industry and employers.
supposed: that is, high quality students, Traditional universities are often more
numerous well-qualified staff, and non- academic and less industry-linked. He argues
proliferation of courses. strongly the case for more broadly educated
graduates. For example, the trend in
Interestingly, Ms. Barbara Bell, the
engineering was to produce graduates with a
National Recruitment Manager for the
broader education, communication and
Institute of Chartered Accountants, claims
financial skills, and knowledge of the
employers are not so much interested in the
environmental and political context.
university as in the skills and all-round quality
Engineers with other skills were able to
of graduates. Those graduates who lack
weather times of economic recession much
communication skills, for example, are at a
better.
big disadvantage. Ms. Bell quotes a recent
survey that found a quarter of employers of
Figure 1. Australian Universities -
Positive Graduate Outcomes
ANU
UTS
Sydney
Charles Sturt
Wollongong
Macquarie
UNSW
Newcastle
J
60% Southern Cross
Western Sydney
10 Australian Universities
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- Practice Test Two
Questions 16-23
You are advised to spend about 10 minutes on Questions 16-23. 6
Refer to Reading Passage 2 "Tertiary Comparison Guide", and look at the statements below. 8
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Write your answers in boxes 16 - 23 on your Answer Sheet. 43-44-46
Write A if the statement is Accurate
I if the statement is Inaccurate
N if the information is Not Given in the text
The first one has been done for you as an example.
Example: There are now two official university comparison guides available. 9
I N
Q16. Prospective students should consider the reputation of the university before 34
choosing the faculty.
A I N
Q17. The university ranking system by the Quality Review Committee was 46 -
well-received by students.
A I N
Q18. The Quality Review Committee's basis for determining the ranking was the 44
quality of tuition.
A I N
Q19. The Committee will next review the amount universities spend on research. 44
A I N
Q20. The DEET study was conducted to assist students to compare information 44
about universities.
A I N
Q21. More than a third of the universities in the DEET study have 75% or more of 54
their recent graduates in work and/or study.
A I N
Q22. According to employers, the ranking of universities does not assist in the 43
determination of performance.
A I N
Q23. In order to compare disciplines or faculties, students need access to quality data. 44
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