IELTS Live Class - Reading Example and Strategy for Band 9

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Reading Passage 1 has seven paragraphs, A-G.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.

1 The different types of money used on the island

2 Exam results of Tristan students

3 Discussion of the original inhabitants of the island

4 The island as an armed forces outpost

5 Geography of the island


Questions 6-11

Match the following places with facts about them from the passage.

Write the correct letter, A-D, in boxes 6-11 on your answer sheet.

NB You may use any letter more than once.


A Saint Helena
B Tristan de Cunha
C United Kingdom
D Portugal

6 Took political control of the island in the 19th century

7 Uses its own currency

8 Home to “Edinburgh of the Seven Seas”

9 Origin of the name “Tristan de Cunha”

10 Islanders had to be evacuated here after a natural disaster

11 Discovered the island




Questions 12-13

Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-E, below.

Write the correct letter, A-E, in boxes 12-13 on your answer sheet.


12 Because the number of people that move permanently to the island is so small,

13 Due to its remoteness, the dialect of Tristanians is


A last names remain the same for generations
B asthma is very rare
C very different from other variations of English
D continually developing
E often confuses to outsiders

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