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What is the average score in the Reading test among Vietnamese students?

6.3

7.3

5.3

4.3

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What is the average LOWEST score among IELTS test-takers?

speaking

listening

reading

writing

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What is the most difficult thing about IELTS reading?

there are too many questions and too little time, dude

the topics are too scientific, bro

all of the answers are correct

the texts are too long, boy

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How much time do you REALLY have to answer all 40 questions?

more than 60 minutes

exactly 60 minutes

it depends on my luck

less than 60 minutes

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Which one is NOT considered as a keyword that we can scan for?

helping verbs (was, were, I, you...)

scientific terms

years and numbers

names

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Which one do you do FIRST?

read the questions

underline key words

read the instructions

skim read the text

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Which task is probably more difficult?

sentence completion

paragraph matching

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Which task is probably more difficult?

True, false, not given

short answer questions

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Which task probably requires more time?

sentence completion

multiple choice questions

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What would be the quickest way to get a general idea about a (very long) paragraph?

Google it

scan for some ideas

read it entirely

read the first and last sentence of it

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What do you do if an answer sounds too easy and obvious?

hold on, it might be a trap!

pat yourself on the back, you're very smart!

go for it, baby!

some questions are very easy even in IELTS

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What do you do if you cannot answer a question?

just take a logical guess

move on and come back for it later if you have time

call your mom for help

try harder you lazy boy!

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What do you do with all those complicated academic words you've never heard of?

grab a dictionary and memorize them all

ignore them, no one cares

try to guess their meanings

ask teacher Marko about them

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What sounds like the smartest strategy for IELTS reading?

study vocabulary like a crazy maniac

read scientific journals

do loads of practice tests

Google about IELTS tips online

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