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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?

listening

speaking

writing

reading

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What is the most difficult thing about IELTS reading?

the texts are too long, boy

the topics are too scientific, bro

all of the answers are correct

there are too many questions and too little time, dude

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

less than 60 minutes

more than 60 minutes

it depends on my luck

exactly 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

names

years and numbers

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Which one do you do FIRST?

underline key words

read the questions

read the instructions

skim read the text

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Which task is probably more difficult?

paragraph matching

sentence completion

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Which task is probably more difficult?

short answer questions

True, false, not given

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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?

read the first and last sentence of it

scan for some ideas

Google it

read it entirely

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

hold on, it might be a trap!

some questions are very easy even in IELTS

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

go for it, baby!

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What do you do if you cannot answer a question?

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

just take a logical guess

try harder you lazy boy!

call your mom for help

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

try to guess their meanings

ask teacher Marko about them

grab a dictionary and memorize them all

ignore them, no one cares

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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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