tailieunhanh - Ielts practice test plus part 17

There is no limit to the number of times you may sit iELTS. However, you are not permitted to re-sit the iELTS test within three months at the centre where you last took it, or at any other centre in the world. | Sample Answer to Academic Task 1 page 69 The three graphs provide an overview of the types of music people purchase in the UK. At first glance we see that classical music is far less popular than pop or rock music. While slightly more women than men buy pop music the rock market is dominated by men with 30 buying rock compared to 18 of women. From the first graph we see that interest in pop music is steady from age 16 to 44 with 20 of the population continuing to buy pop CDs after the age of 45. The interest in rock music reaches its peak among the 25 to 34 year olds though it never sells as well as pop. Interest also drops off after the age of 35 with an even sharper fall from age 45 onwards a pattern which is the opposite to the classical music graph. Band 9 Answer Re-states what the graphs show but in the writer s own words. Expresses the most obvious of the trends and gives one or two details about Graph 3. Compares the data in Graphs 1 2 describing the overall trends but focusing on 1st graph. Summarises the data in the 2nd graph by making reference to all three buying populations. No need for an analysis of the data suggesting reasons for these buying trends. Sample Answer to Academic Task 2 page 70 Band 9 Answer In times of high unemployment employers need do very little to encourage their staff to work hard but when job vacancies are scarce they have to find effective ways of rewarding their staff in order to stop them from going elsewhere. One obvious way of doing this is to offer extra money to employees who are seen to be working exceptionally hard and this is done in companies with a product to sell. For example real estate agents or department stores can offer a simple commission on all sales. This style of management favours people who can demonstrate their contribution through sales figures but does not take into account the work done by people behind the scenes who have little contact with the public. A better approach is for management to offer a .