17.08.2022

 1.   To readReading is a great way to relax. I love to sit back and enjoy a good book.

2. Why do you always get   beingto be first? I want to go first this time!

3. When you're in Prague, I recommend   to walkwalking from the Charles Bridge to the castle at night.

4. Susanne just happened   to bebeing in the restaurant when Julia Roberts walked in! Can you believe that?

5. Eye specialists urge   takingto take frequent breaks while using the computer for extended periods of time.

6. I thought you knew nothing about cars. Where did you learn   to changechanging a flat tire?

7. My favorite thing is   floatingto float on my back in the sea.

8. The Egyptology course requires   to participateparticipating in six months of field studies near Luxor, Egypt.

9. The nurse risked   gettingto get the disease from her patient, but she continued to treat him until he had fully recovered.

10. Dad, you promised   to taketaking us to the beach today. When are we going to go to the beach?

The students’ problem

(A) The college and university accommodation crisis in Ireland has become ‘so chronic’ that students are being forced to sleep rough, share a bed with strangers – or give up on studying altogether.

(B) The deputy president of the Union of Students in Ireland, Kevin Donoghue, said the problem has become particularly acute in Dublin. He told the Irish Mirror: “Students are so desperate, they’re not just paying through the nose to share rooms – they’re paying to share a bed with complete strangers. It reached crisis point last year and it’s only getting worse. “We’ve heard of students sleeping rough; on sofas, floors and in their cars and I have to stress there’s no student in the country that hasn’t been touched by this crisis. “Commutes – which would once have been considered ridiculous – are now normal, whether that’s by bus, train or car and those who drive often end up sleeping in their car if they’ve an early start the next morning.”

(C) Worry is increasing over the problems facing Ireland's 200,000 students as the number increases over the next 15 years. With 165,000 full-time students in Ireland – and that figure expected to increase to around 200,000 within the next 15 years –fears remain that there aren’t enough properties to accommodate current numbers.

(D) Mr. Donoghue added: “The lack of places to live is actually forcing school-leavers out of college altogether. Either they don’t go in the first place or end up having to drop out because they can’t get a room and commuting is just too expensive, stressful and difficult.”

(E) Claims have emerged from the country that some students have been forced to sleep in cars, or out on the streets, because of the enormous increases to rent in the capital. Those who have been lucky enough to find a place to live have had to do so ‘blind’ by paying for accommodation, months in advance, they haven’t even seen just so they will have a roof over their head over the coming year.

(F) According to the Irish Independent, it’s the ‘Google effect’ which is to blame. As Google and other blue-chip companies open offices in and around Dublin’s docklands area, which are ‘on the doorstep of the city’, international professionals have been flocking to the area which will boast 2,600 more apartments, on 50 acres of undeveloped land, over the next three to 10 years.

(G) Rent in the area soared by 15 per cent last year and a two-bedroom apartment overlooking the Grand Canal costs €2,100 (£1,500) per month to rent. Another two-bedroom apartment at Hanover Dock costs €2,350 (almost £1,700) with a three-bedroom penthouse – measuring some 136 square metres – sits at €4,500 (£3,200) per month in rent.

(H) Ireland’s Higher Education Authority admitted this was the first time they had seen circumstances ‘so extreme’ and the Fianna Fáil party leader, Michael Martin, urged on the Government to intervene. He said: “It is very worrying that all of the progress in opening up access to higher education in the last decade – particularly for the working poor – is being derailed because of an entirely foreseeable accommodation crisis.

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10. Commutes are considered ridiculous.            TRUE           FALSE           NOT GIVEN         

14. Michael Martin stated that crisis could have been omitted if the government reacted properly. 

      

Now, have a look at the card and prepare a monologue.

Describe a place that you visit to keep fit. You should say:

• What is it
• When do you go there
• What do you do there

and say why do you like it

The tables below give the distribution of world population in 1950 and 2000, with an estimate of the situation in 2050.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

  

The tables below give the distribution of world population in 1950 and 2000, with an estimate of the situation in 2050.  

Introduction (Paragraph 1): 

The table compares changes in worldwide population distribution between the six key regions from 1950 to 2000, with predictions for the year 2050.

Here are some useful questions to ask?

• What are the units of measurements?

• What are the time periods?

• What can you learn from the title and any labels?
  

• What is the most obvious trend?

• Are there any notable similarities?

  

https://ielts-up.com/listening/7.4.mp3  

SECTION 4. QUESTIONS 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

 

THE URBAN LANDSCAPE Two areas of focus: the effect of vegetation on the urban climate ways of planning our 31.  better Large-scale impact of trees: they can make cities more or less 32.  in summer they can make cities cooler they can make inland cities more 33.  Local impact of trees: they can make local areas more 34.  cooler more humid less windy less 35.    Comparing trees and buildings Temperature regulation: trees evaporate water through their 36.  building surfaces may reach high temperatures Wind force: tall buildings cause more wind at 37.  level trees 38.  the wind force Noise: trees have a small effect on traffic noise 39.  frequency noise passes through trees Important points to consider: trees require a lot of sunlight, water and 40.  to grow