Academic/General Training Module by Adam Smith First Published in 2015

 
 
 

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 IELTS
 JOURNAL 
 
52 
Questions 4 – 7 
Do the following statements reflect the claims of the writer in the Sample Passage? 
In boxes 4-7 on your answer sheet write 
 
YES
 
if the statement reflects the claims of the writer 
NO
 
if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer 
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this 
 
4. Thirty per cent of deaths in the United States are caused by smoking-related 
diseases. 
5. If one partner in a marriage smokes, the other is likely to take up smoking. 
6. Teenagers whose parents smoke are at risk of getting lung cancer at some time 
during their lives. 
7. Opponents of smoking financed the UCSF study. 
 
 

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 IELTS
 JOURNAL 
 
53 
Exercise 26:
1. Read this statement: 
"Thirty per cent of deaths in the United States are caused by smoking-related 
diseases." 
2. Discuss with your partner which key words in the statement you could scan 
the text for. 
3. Remember synonyms or paraphrasing might be used. Brainstorm some 
different ways of expressing this same information. 
4. Start at the beginning of the text and scan the text until you find the part 
which this statement refers to. See if you can find the relevant section more 
quickly than your partner. Underline the sentence(s). Which words from the 
statement did you find in the text?