tailieunhanh - Ielts reading tests part 2

Sam McCarter is a lecturer in academic and medical English at Southwark College, where he organises IELTS courses for overseas doctors and other health personnel, and courses in medical English, including preparation for the OSCE component of the PLAB. | IÊLTS Reading Tests Students find this type of question difficult. Here are some specific hints to help you- 3 Read the whole statement carefully before you make a decision. 3 Look at the information in the whole statement not part of it. For example in the following the information given in the exercise statement is Yes as regards the text. Text There was a rapid increase in motorbike sales over the period. Exercise Motorbike sales rose over the period. Note that the text gives more information than is being asked about in the exercise. The exercise is just checking about whether the motorbike sales increased. Make sure you use the question to analyse the text and not vice versa. Look at the following Text Motorbike sales rose over the period. Exercise There was a rapid increase in motorbike sales. You can now see that the answer is Not Given. We do not know what the rate of increase was Make sure you understand the three types of contradiction. Look at the following Text There was a rapid increase in motorbike sales over the period. Exercise Motorbike sales did not rise rapidly over the period. The answer here is obviously No. The contradiction in the negative is clear. Now look at the following Text There was a rapid increase in motorbike sales over the period. Exercise Motorbike sales rose slowly over the period. In this case you can see that the answer is No. The word slowly contradicts the word rapid. There is however another type of contradiction which students quite often confuse with Not Given Text Two types of earthworms were used to create a soil structure Exercise There were three types of worm used in creating a soil structure. The answer is obviously No. The information about the number of worms is given clearly in the text but the number in the exercise is different. Even though they are not opposites they still contradict each other Gap-filling exercises There are basically two types of gap-filling exercise - a summary of the text or part of the .