IELTS Practice Test 2

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? There was a great deal of information available about the life of Tench before he arrived in Australia.

TRUE

FALSE

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Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? Tench drew pictures to illustrate different places during the voyage.

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FALSE

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Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? Other military personnel in New South Wales treated convicts kindly just like Tench did.

TRUE

FALSE

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Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? Tench’s view towards the Aboriginals remained unchanged during his time in Australia.

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FALSE

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Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? An Aboriginal gave him gifts of food at the first time they met.

TRUE

FALSE

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Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? The convicts had a good knowledge of Australian geography.

TRUE

FALSE

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What could be a concrete proof of Tench’s good education?

diaries

chains

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How many years did Tench sign the contract to the First Fleet?

3/three years

6/Six years

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What was used to control convicts during the voyage?

(convict's) chains

(his) diaries

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Who gave the order to punish the Aboriginals?

Governor Philip

China

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When did the name of Hawkesbury River come into being?

June 1789

June 1879

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Where did the escaped convicts plan to go?

China

Sydney

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In which place did Tench feel unaccustomed?

Sydney Cove

China

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Choose the correct heading for paragraph A

The fine line between liars and artists

Unsuccessful deceit

Biological basis between liars and artists

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Choose the correct heading for paragraph B

Biological basis between liars and artists

How to lie in an artistic way

The distinction between artists and common liars

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Choose the correct heading for paragraph C

Confabulations and the exemplifiers

How to lie in an artistic way

Creativity when people lie

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Choose the correct heading for paragraph D

Creativity when people lie

The definition of confabulation

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Choose the correct heading for paragraph E

Unsuccessful deceit

How to lie in an artistic way

The distinction between artists and common liars

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Choose the correct heading for paragraph F

How to lie in an artistic way

The distinction between artists and common liars

Biological basis between liars and artists

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Which of the following statements about people suffering from confabulation are true?

A They have lost cognitive abilities.

B They do not deliberately tell a lie.

C They are normally aware of their condition.

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Which of the following statements about people suffering from confabulation are true?

C They have nothing to do with the truth out there.

D We can be misled by them if not careful.

E We know there are lies in the content.

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Complete the summary: A ________ accused Jonathan Aitken, a former cabinet minister, who was selling and buying with arms dealers . Aitken’s case collapsed in June 1997, when the defence finally found indisputable evidence about his Paris trip. He was deemed to have his victory . They revealed that not only was Aitken’s daughter not with him that day, but also that the minister had simply got into his car and drove off, with no vehicle in pursuit.

national newspaper

arms dealers

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Complete the summary: A national newspaper accused Jonathan Aitken, a former cabinet minister, who was selling and buying with ______ . Aitken’s case collapsed in June 1997, when the defence finally found indisputable evidence about his Paris trip. He was deemed to have his victory . They revealed that not only was Aitken’s daughter not with him that day, but also that the minister had simply got into his car and drove off, with no vehicle in pursuit.

arms dealers

national newspaper

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Complete the summary: A national newspaper accused Jonathan Aitken, a former cabinet minister, who was selling and buying with arms dealers. Aitken’s case collapsed in June 1997, when the defence finally found indisputable evidence about his Paris trip. He was deemed to have his ______ . They revealed that not only was Aitken’s daughter not with him that day, but also that the minister had simply got into his car and drove off, with no vehicle in pursuit.

victory

national newspaper

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In the second paragraph, the recommendation given by AACSB is

to focus on listing research paper’s citation only.

to consider the quantity of academic publications.

to evaluate how the paper influences the field.

to maintain the traditional modes of academia.

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Why does AACSB put forward the recommendation?

to give full play to the faculties’ advantage.

to reinforce the play to the pyramid structure of universities.

to push professors to publish competitive papers.

to reduce costs of research in universities.

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Why does the author mention the Journal Strategy & Leadership?

to characterize research as irrelevant to company performance

to suggest that managers don’t read research papers.

to describe students’ expectation for universities.

to exemplify high-quality research papers.

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Which choices are in line with Jeffrey Pfeffer and Christina Fong’s idea?

Students should pay less to attend universities.

Business education is not doing their job well.

Professors should not focus on writing papers.

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Which choices are in line with Jeffrey Pfeffer and Christina Fong’s idea?

Professors should not focus on writing papers.

Students are ill-prepared for their career from universities.

Recognized accrediting agency can evaluate research well.

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Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage? The debate about the usefulness of academic research for business practices is a recent one.

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Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage? AACSB’s draft report was not reviewed externally.

TRUE

FALSE

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Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage? Business schools in the US spend more than 320 million dollars yearly on research.

TRUE

FALSE

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Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage? Many universities pursue professional outputs.

TRUE

FALSE

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Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage? Greater publications benefit professors and students as well.

TRUE

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Complete each sentence with the correct ending: Most professors support academic research because

it progresses as we learn innovative ways of doing things.

the trends and standards are changing.

their jobs depend on it.

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Complete each sentence with the correct ending: Schools support academic research because

they care about their school rankings and government funds.

it helps students to go into top business firms.

it progresses as we learn innovative ways of doing things.

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Complete each sentence with the correct ending: Our society needs academic research because

it progresses as we learn innovative ways of doing things.

they care about their school rankings and government funds.

it helps students to go into top business firms.

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Complete each sentence with the correct ending: Universities resisting the AACSB should change because

it helps students to go into top business firms.

the trends and standards are changing.

their jobs depend on it.

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