Student’s Name:

IELTS COURSES
PLACEMENT TEST
(60 minutes)

A. LISTENING (20 minutes)

(Track 1) Section 1: Questions 1 – 10
Complete the form below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
ACCOMMODATION FORM – STUDENT INFORMATION

Example
Type of accommodation: hall of residence

Name: bhatt
Anu 1 …………………..

Date of birth: 31 march

2 …………………..

Country of origin: India

Course of study: 3 …………………..

nursing

Number of years planned in hall: 2

4 …………………..

Preferred catering arrangement: half board

Special dietary requirements: meat

no 5 ………………….. (red)

Preferred room type: a single 6 …………………..

b

Interests: theatre
the 7 …………………..
badminton
 Priorities in choice of hall: to be with other students who are 8
mature
………………….
town
to live outside the 9 …………………..
to have a 10 …………………..
share area for
socializing

Contact phone number: 667549

(Track 2) Section 2: Questions 11 – 13

Questions 11 – 13
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

cafe

garden

car park

(Track 3) Section 3: Question 14 - 23

Question 14 - 19
Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.
LATIN AMERICA STUDIES
14. Paul decided to get work experience in South America because he wanted
A. to teach English there.
B. to improve his Spanish.
C. to learn about Latin American life.
15. What project work did Paul originally intend to get involved in?
A. construction
B. agriculture
C. tourism
16. Why did Paul change from one project to another?
A. His first job was not well organised.
B. He found doing the routine work very boring.
C. The work was too physically demanding.
17. In the village community, he learnt how important it was to
A. respect family life.
B. develop trust.
C. use money wisely.
18. What does Paul say about his project manager?
A. He let Paul do most of the work.
B. His plans were too ambitious.
C. He was very supportive of Paul.
19. Paul was surprised to be given
A. a computer to use.
B. so little money to live on.
C. an extension to his contract.

Questions 20 - 23
What does Paul decide about each of the following modules?
Write the correct letter, A, B, or C, next to questions 20 - 23.
A He will do this.
B He might do this
C He won’t do this
Module
b
20. Gender Studies in Latin America …………
21. Second Language Acquisition a
…………
c
22. Indigenous Women’s Lives …………
c
23. Portuguese Language Studies …………

B. READING (20 minutes)

COLLECTING AS A HOBBY
Collecting must be one of the most varied of human activities, and it's one that many of us
psychologists find fascinating. Many forms of collecting have been dignified with a technical
name: an arctophile collects teddy bears, a philatelist collects postage stamps, and a
deltiologist collects postcards. Amassing hundreds or even thousands of postcards, chocolate
wrappers or whatever, takes time, energy and money that could surely be of much more
productive use. And yet there are millions of collectors around the world. Why do they do it?
There are the people who collect because they want to make money - this could be called an
instrumental reason for collecting; that is, collecting as a means to an end. They'll look for,
say, antiques that they can buy cheaply and expect to be able to sell at a profit. But there may
well be a psychological element, too - buying cheap and selling dear can give the collector a
sense of triumph. And as selling online is so easy, more and more people are joining in.
Many collectors collect to develop their social life, attending meetings of a group of collectors
and exchanging information on items. This is a variant on joining a bridge club or a gym, and
similarly brings them into contact with like-minded people.
Another motive for collecting is the desire to find something special, or a particular example
of the collected item, such as a rare early recording by a particular singer. Some may spend
their whole lives in a hunt for this. Psychologically, this can give a purpose to a life that
otherwise feels aimless. There is a danger, though, that if the individual is ever lucky enough
to find what they're looking for, rather than celebrating their success, they may feel empty,
now that the goal that drove them on has gone.
If you think about collecting postage stamps another potential reason for it - Or, perhaps, a
result of collecting is its educational value. Stamp collecting opens a window to other
countries, and to the plants, animals, or famous people shown on their stamps. Similarly, in
the 19th century, many collectors amassed fossils, animals and plants from around the globe,
and their collections provided a vast amount of information about the natural world. Without
those collections, our understanding would be greatly inferior to what it is.
In the past - and nowadays, too, though to a lesser extent - a popular form of collecting,
particularly among boys and men, was trainspotting. This might involve trying to see every
locomotive of a particular type, using published data that identifies each one, and ticking off
each engine as it is seen. Trainspotters exchange information, these days often by mobile
phone, so they can work out where to go to, to see a particular engine. As a by-product, many
practitioners of the hobby become very knowledgeable about railway operations, or the
technical specifications of different engine types.
Similarly, people who collect dolls may go beyond simply enlarging their collection, and
develop an interest in the way that dolls are made, or the materials that are used. These have
changed over the centuries from the wood that was standard in 16th century Europe, through
the wax and porcelain of later centuries, to the plastics of today's dolls. Or collectors might
be inspired to study how dolls reflect notions of what children like, or ought to like.
Not all collectors are interested in learning from their hobby, though, so what we might call a
psychological reason for collecting is the need for a sense of control, perhaps as a way of
dealing with insecurity. Stamp collectors, for instance, arrange their stamps in albums, usually
very neatly, organising their collection according to certain commonplace principles-perhaps
by country in alphabetical order, or grouping stamps by what they depict -people, birds, maps,
and so on.
One reason, conscious or not, for what someone chooses to collect is to show the collector's
individualism. Someone who decides to collect something as unexpected as dog collars, for
instance, may be conveying their belief that they must be interesting themselves. And believe
it or not, there is at least one dog collar museum in existence, and it grew out of a personal
collection.
Of course, all hobbies give pleasure, but the common factor in collecting is usually passion:
pleasure is putting it far too mildly. More than most other hobbies, collecting can be totally
engrossing, and can give a strong sense of personal fulfilment. To non-collectors it may appear
an eccentric, if harmless, way of spending time, but potentially, collecting has a lot going for
it.

Questions 1 - 8
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
antiques
1. The writer mentions collecting ………………………… as an example of collecting in order to
make money.
triumph
2. Collectors may get a feeling of ………………………..... from buying and selling items.
information
3. Collectors’ clubs provide opportunities to share …………………………….
contact
4. Collectors’ clubs offer ………………………… with people who have similar interests.
5. Collecting sometimes involves a life-long ………………………… for a special item.
6. Searching for something particular may prevent people from feeling their life is
empty
completely …………………
educational
7. Stamp collecting may be ………………………. because it provides facts about different
countries.
trainsportting tends to be mostly a male hobby.
8. ………………………….

Questions 9 – 13
TRUE / FALSE / NOT GIVEN
9. The number of people buying dolls has grown over the centuries. false
10. Sixteenth century European dolls were normally made of wax and porcelain. not given
11. Arranging a stamp collection by the size of the stamps is less common than other not given
methods.
12. Someone who collects unusual objects may want others to think he or she is also
unusual. true
13. Collecting gives a feeling that other hobbies are unlikely to inspire. true

C. WRITING (20 minutes)

Answer this question. Write as much as you can.
Do all teenagers have to do unpaid work in their free time to help the local community?
Personally, i completely agree with teenagers should do voluntary work in their leisure time to help the local
community.
Firstly, when teenagers take part in volunteer jobs, they can learn and improve their skills, such as
communication and collaboration. Because they will work with numerous people whom they were unknown
before, they need to communicate and collaborate with them to complete the jobs successfully. Besides,
unpaid work also helps teenagers to focus on themself more than focusing on money.
Secondly, if teenagers attend various voluntary jobs, they will have more chances to understand themself and
decide which work is suitable with them the most. For instance, when teenagers attend volunteer events, they
have to manage all the tasks of events so that would help them know about their interest in management skills.
In conclusion, i believe that teenagers should participate in free jobs in their free time to help the community
and to help develop their life skills.