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Questions 23-29 
Answer each of the following questions with NOT MORE THAN TWO words. 
23. What was the Vietnamese student bringing in? 
24. What must every passenger coming into Australia sign? 
25. Did the student admit that he was carrying food in his luggage? 
26. What made it difficult for him to understand the officer's questions? 
27. Did he get his visa at the time he needed it? 

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28 Who might have done his packing for him? 
29 What did his mother probably want to do? 
SECTION 4 
Questions 30-38 
Complete the advice below by writing NO MORE THAN THREE words in the 
spaces 
provided. 
30. When you go out, remember ----------------------------------------------------- 
31. Don't keep ------------------------------------------- at home. 
32. Don't let other people see you with---------------------------------------------. 
33. Carry your ____________________________ with you at all times 
when away from home. 
34. Never leave your car or bicycle _________________________________
35. When you go out at night keep to ----------------------------------------------
36. Only go out with people ---------------------------------------------------------
37. While you are settling in, it is better to go out______________________
38. Never get into _____________________________________________ . 

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Reflections on the Listening Test 
After you have finished each Listening test, check your answers in the Answer 
Key on page 177, then work through these reflection tasks. Thinking about each 
test and recalling how you felt before, during and after it, might help you when 
you eventually take the IELTS test. 
1 . Were you pleased with your performance? 
 yes  no 
2. 
How did you feel about the listening test? Was it 
 easy  not too bad 
 difficult? 
3. 
How much of what each speaker was saying could you follow? 
 all of it  most of it 
 very little 
4. 
How well could you understand the vocabulary in each test 
 easily  reasonably well  with difficulty? 
5. 
If you got less than a perfect score, identify the sections of the test where 
you had problems. Locate each section in the transcript and think about why 
you had problems. Was it to do with: 
a 
rate of speech? 
b unknown 
vocabulary? 
c unfamiliar 
accent? 
d 
not understanding the question? 
e nervousness? 
f other? 
rate of speech: If one, or more than one of the speakers spoke too fast for 
you, listen to that part of the recording again. First, concentrate only on that 
section and see if you can follow the speaker. Listen once, without reading 
from the transcript. Then, check the transcript. 
unknown vocabulary: If there were words you didn't know, find any 
unknown vocabulary in the transcript and then look up these words in a 
dictionary, or ask someone. 
nervousness: Many people suffer from 'test nerves' but those who do well in 
tests are people who control their nerves rather than letting their nerves 
control them. We all know about and probably even have our own methods 
for coping with anxiety. If you became nervous during the practice tests, try 
to understand why. When you feel you can identify some reasons, make a list 
of some of the ways you might reduce the stress of taking a test. Think about 
how you can control your anxiety, when you eventually sit for the IELTS test. 

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