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

5.3

7.3

4.3

6.3

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

speaking

writing

reading

listening

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What is the most difficult thing about IELTS reading?

all of the answers are correct

the topics are too scientific, bro

there are too many questions and too little time, dude

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

less than 60 minutes

exactly 60 minutes

it depends on my luck

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

names

years and numbers

scientific terms

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

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Which one do you do FIRST?

underline key words

read the instructions

read the questions

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?

scan for some ideas

Google it

read the first and last sentence of it

read it entirely

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

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

some questions are very easy even in IELTS

go for it, baby!

hold on, it might be a trap!

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What do you do if you cannot answer a question?

try harder you lazy boy!

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

call your mom for help

just take a logical guess

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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?

read scientific journals

do loads of practice tests

study vocabulary like a crazy maniac

Google about IELTS tips online

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