IELTS test in Japan – February 2018 – Academic Module

Listening test

Section 1. A conversation between a woman and receptionist about school admission for a toddler
Section 2. A lecture by the tourist guide about a certain mountain trail and its location
Questions: map labeling
Section 3. A conversation between two students regarding a farmland project
Section 4. A lecture about people’s sense of smell and types of odours we are able to distinguish
Questions: summary completion

Reading test

Passage 1. About car insurance
Questions: True/False/Not Given
Passage 2. About vehicle usage rules at the office
Questions: True/False/Not Given, match headings to paragraphs
Passage 3. About different theme parks and their details
Questions: match headings to paragraphs

Writing test

Writing task 1 : a report

We were given two bar charts showing the number of people per square kilometer in six different countries and the percentage of change in urban population from 2003 to 2005

Writing task 2 : an essay

Some people want the government to spend money on researching life on other planets. Others, however, think it is a waste of public funds and there are too many problems on our own planet to be fixed first. Discuss both views and give you own opinion