IELTS FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES TEST 1 SECTION 3 (LISTENING)

IELTS FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

TEST 1 (LISTENING)

SECTION 3 (Questions 21-30)

Questions 21 and 22

Choose the correct latter, A ,B or C.
21	Simon’s main problem is that he
	A. disagrees with some of the sources.
	B. can’t find some of the sources.
	C. doesn’t know what sources to read.
22	Which author has Simon found most useful?
	A. Whitaker
	B. Johnson
	C. Bradman

Questions 23-25

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Era	Location	Details
Early 1600s BC	Egypt, Babylon	Use of examination, 23 __________, treatment and prognosis.
5th century BC	Ancient Greece	Widespread, although many still believed in the power of 24 __________; Plato was influential
Middle ages, before 25 __________	Muslim world	Stress on experimentation

Questions 26-30

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

STEPS IN THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

ANSWER KEY

21	B because Simon says; ‘it seems that everyone else is working on the same things at the same time and every time I look the books are checked out from the library’.
22	C because Simon says; ‘Bradman was simple and straightforward and I felt as if I got a lot out of that’.
23	diagnosis
24	pure rational thought
25	(the) 11th century
26	problem
27	analyse
28	unreliable/unusual/surprising
29	modify
30	communicate

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