RESIT/DEFERRED COURSEWORK REQUIREMENTS
ACADEMIC SESSION 2009/2010
TUTOR: SIMON DYE
ALL RESIT/DEFERRED COURSEWORK MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 4pm
on 20th AUGUST 2010
HEADER SHEET NUMBER: 169980
ASSESSMENT DETAILS:
COURSE CODE
COURSE TITLE
IELTS PORTFOLIO
ENGL1068
IELTS PREPARATION
To complete this portfolio you should:
1) Answer the questions on the Use of English, Vocabulary and Reading, writing your
answers in the first column of the answer sheet. You may use a dictionary if necessary.
2) Write your answers to the writing questions on your computer. When you have finished
and checked your written work, print it off and attaché it to the rest of the portfolio and
submit it all together with the relevant header sheet.
VERY IMPORTANT: Make sure that all the work you do is your own work. Do not
copy from another student.
IELTS Resit Portfolio 2008 - 2009
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IELTS Option Resit Portfolio
Part One: Use of English (30 marks)
A Put the phrases below into the right order to make a correct sentence. Write down the letters in the correct
order below. The first question has been completed as an example
1 Bill Gates started working
a) by the age of 31
b) when he was at school
c) in the computer industry
d) and he was a billionaire
1. c), b), d), a)____________
2 A combination of technical brilliance
e) quickly made him
f) in Silicone Valley
g) and fiercely competitive business practices
h) the most powerful man
2.
3 But he wanted his company ‘Microsoft’
i)
so in recent years
j)
into many new fields
k) to be more
l)
it has diversified
m) than just a software house
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4 Since the only legitimate aim
n) few things can be as important
o) is to make a decent profit
p) of doing business
q) you put on what you sell
r) as the price tag
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5 However, price is, in fact,
s) and it’s not so much a question
t)
one of the hardest things
u) but rather how much
v) to determine precisely
w) you can actually get for it
x) of what a thing is worth
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B Below is the opening paragraph from an essay entitled “Violence in our Society”. The order of the beginning
of each sentence (6-12) is correct. You must choose the second part (a-g) which best completes each sentence.
Write the letter corresponding to the phrase that completes each sentence beginning in the space after each
numbered sentence. The first one has been completed as an example.
6.
One of the most pressing problems ...................................... g
7.
This increase can be attributed..........
8.
Lack of discipline in the home and at school ..........
9.
The break-up of marriages and the increase in one-parent families .........
10.
But without doubt the primary cause ........
11.
Poverty is often the source of a host of other contributory factors, .......
12.
However, rarely does one of the above causes .........
a.
is the inability of society to tackle the root of the problem, namely poverty.
b.
operate in isolation.
c.
to many different causes depending on one’s particular viewpoint.
d.
is often quoted as a reason for the disintegration of our society.
e.
are also blamed for the increasing violence in our lives.
f.
like the lack of opportunity, squalor and unemployment, to name but a few.
g.
facing our society today is the increasing incidence of violence.
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In the second extract from an essay entitled “Inequalities in Health Care”, the second part of each sentence
(13-19) is in the correct order. Choose a beginning for each sentence (a-g) and write your answer in the space
after the numbered sentences 13 – 19. The first one has been completed as an example
Not all people in the world enjoy equal standards of health care, simply because not everyone in the world has
equal access to such care.
a.
This treatment is available, because there are ......
b.
In the latter, however, there are .......
c.
First of all, the rich can afford to go to .......
d.
What is more, those living in .........
e.
Second, for people living in big cities it is ......
f.
Thus, for poor people living in remote areas .......
g.
Poor patients, on the other hand, have to go to .........
13.
a private hospital where they are able to have better investigations and treatment without delay.
14.
a government hospital where they may encounter many difficulties, including long waiting lists for
treatment, or even a lack of basic supplies like bandages.
15.
easier to find modern treatment.
16.
many highly equipped hospitals available in large cities compared with rural areas.
17.
often no hospitals at all and public transport is non-existent.
18.
large urban areas have access to more specialists in different fields with modern technology like CT scans,
dialysis machines, etc.
19.
access to health care is not easily available.
c
C The words in italics in the following sentences are all used to talk about opinion and belief. However, the
words are grammatically incorrect (for example, a noun has been used instead of an adjective, or a verb has
been used instead of a noun, etc.) . Put the words into their correct form in the space after the sentence.
e.g.
Do you reckoning that there will be an election next year?
.............RECKON .............................................................
20. In my opinionated, technology is moving too quickly. …………………………………………………………
21. As far as I am concerning, happiness is more important than money. …………………………………………..
22. Scientists are convincingly that human degradation of the environment is causing thousands of species to
become extinct.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
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23. The government regardless the Third World debt as a major problem to global economic development.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
24. Hundreds of people called the television station to register their disapprove of the presenter’s behaviour.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
25. We strongly suspicion that the proposal to develop the computer facilities will not go ahead.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
26. I doubtful that the new government will keep all its promises. ………………………………………….
27. Do you disapproval of smoking? ……………………………………………………………………….
28. I take strong except to people coming late or cancelling appointments at short notice.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
29. A lot of people are fanatic about sport in general and football in particular.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
30. British health inspectors are obsession about cleanliness in restaurant kitchens.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
31. After years of struggle, the moderations have gained control of the party.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
32. He has very conservatism views and disapproves of change.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
33. The government are commitment to the struggle to end institutional racism in the police force.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
34. She was dedication to her family and would do anything to protect them.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Reading: Passage 1 (20 marks)
G Read the following passage and answer the questions which follow. Circle the letter of the phrase you think
best completes each sentence.
The Olympic Games
In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival,
held every four years in honour of Zeus, eventually lost its local character, became first a national event, and then, after the
rules against foreign competitors had been waived, international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go,
but some official records date from 776 B.C.
The Games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of
Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonoured persons were not allowed to
compete. The exact sequence of events is uncertain, but events included boys’ gymnastics, horse-racing, field events such as
discus and javelin throwing, and the very important foot races. There was also boxing and wrestling and special tests of varied
ability such as the pentathlon, the winner of which excelled in running, jumping, discus and javelin throwing and wrestling.
The evening of the third day was devoted to sacrificial offerings to the heroes of the day, and the fourth day, that of the full
moon, was set aside as a holy day.
On the sixth and last day, all the victors were crowned with holy garlands of wild olive from a sacred wood. So great was the
honour that the winner of the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory. Although Olympic winners received no prize
money, they were, in fact, richly rewarded by their state authorities. The public honour also made the strict discipline of the
ten-month training period worthwhile. In spite of the lengthy training, however, runners were known to drop dead from strain
at the winning post. How their results compared with modern standards, we unfortunately have no means of telling.
After an uninterrupted history of almost 1,200 years, the Games were abolished in A.D. 394, the Christian era, because of
their pagan origin. It was over 1,500 years before there was another such international athletics gathering. The Greek
institution was revived in 1896 and the first small meeting took place in Athens. After the 1908 London Olympics, success
was re-established and nations sent their best representatives. In times of peace, the Games have taken place ever since at
four-yearly intervals. In Munich in 1972, competitors from more than 120 countries were watched by huge crowds.
Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium,
swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing countries pay their own athletes’
expenses. Athletic contests are still the main feature, but now many more sports are represented, women compete, the ancient
pentathlon, for example, has been modified into a more comprehensive test, and the marathon* races, initiated in 1896, are
now a celebrated event.
The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun’s rays. It is carried by a
succession of runners to the stadium. The torch symbolizes the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it burns
throughout the Games until the closing ceremony. The well-known Olympic flag, however, is a modern conception: the five
interlocking rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents participating in the Games.
Decide which answer best completes the following statements according to the information in the passage.
1
a)
b)
c)
d)
The first Olympic Games took place
in the seventh century A.D.
certainly before 700 B.C.
over three thousand years ago.
a thousand years ago.
2
a)
b)
c)
d)
In the final stages of the ancient Olympic Games, any competitor had to be
Greek.
male.
unmarried.
neither a slave nor a foreigner.
3
a)
The order of athletic events at the ancient Olympics
has not definitely been established.
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b)
c)
d)
varied according to the full moon.
was decided by Zeus, in whose honour the Games were held.
was considered unimportant.
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a)
b)
c)
d)
During the Games, on the evening before the moon was full,
heroes were sacrificed to Zeus.
large sums of prize money were distributed to the heroes.
all the victors were crowned with garlands.
the heroes were honoured with sacrificial offerings.
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a)
b)
c)
d)
Competitors had to train
for four years.
for ten months.
until they collapsed exhausted.
for periods determined by their state authorities.
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a)
b)
c)
d)
Modern athletes’ results cannot he compared with those of the ancient runners because
details such as times were not recorded in the past.
they are much better.
the ancient runners fell down dead.
the Greeks had no means of telling the time.
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a)
b)
c)
d)
The continuity of the Olympic Games
was broken in the year A.D. 1200.
has never been broken.
was interrupted for over 1,500 years.
was broken in 1896.
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a)
b)
c)
d)
Nowadays, the athletes’ expenses are paid for
out of the national funds of competing nations.
out of the prize money of the winners.
by the athletes themselves.
by commercial organizations.
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a)
b)
c)
d)
At the beginning of the Games in the host country
a torch is ignited at sunrise.
a lighted torch is brought into the stadium.
relays of runners light their torches in the stadium.
a torch is ignited by the Greek ambassador.
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a)
b)
c)
d)
The modern Olympics compared with the ancient ones are
inspired by the same ideals.
completely different in every respect.
more restricted in the variety of events.
too much concerned with international rivalry.
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WRITING (30 marks)
Write an essay on the following topic.
‘In many countries today, increasing numbers of young people study at university.
Students, who will probably earn higher than average salaries after graduating, should pay for their
own higher education, rather than the state.’
Do you agree with this opinion?
You should write about 250 words.
(Writing tasks adapted from Haines, S. & May, P. (2006) IELTS Masterclass Oxford, OUP.)