Here are two questions that confused some of my students (taken from Official IELTS Practice Materials 2). What are the answers? Can you see why some of my students were 'tricked' into putting the wrong answers?
1. Why does Marco's tutor advise him avoid the Team Management course?
A) It will repeat work that Marco has already done.
B) It is intended for students at a lower level than Marco.
C) It may take too much time to do well.
2. Why does Marco want to do a dissertation?
A) He thinks it will help his future career.
B) He would like to do a detailed study.
C) He has already done some work for it
This is what you hear on the recording:
Tutor: The trouble is that because of changes in the content of various courses, Team Management overlaps with the Introduction to Management course you took in your first year. So what you'd learn from it would be too little for the amount of time you'd have to spend on it.
Marco: I'll drop that idea then. Have you had a chance to look at the outline of my finance dissertation?
Tutor: Yes. Why exactly do you want to write a dissertation?
Marco: Well, I'm quite prepared to do the extra work, because I'm keen to investigate something in depth, instead of just skating across the surface. I realise that a broader knowledge base may be more useful to my career, but I'm really keen to do this.
I think answers are A and B resoectively, because Marco said he have some difficulties with investgating something in depth also dissertation is a report (result) about what someone studied in depth during postgraduate course(or Dr. dgree). I do not explain why A is answer for no.1 becasue it is clearly wrote above.
I guess the reason why they are difficult(tricky) questions is unusual words e.g overlap and the words “time” and “career” are exposed on both dialog and question. So the choices seem like an answer. I think if both of them are translated korean question, it would be difficult as foreign language.
Posted by: Korean Jude | May 08, 2019 at 03:26
1. C
2. B
Posted by: Vishaal | May 08, 2019 at 04:36
A
B
Posted by: Mila | May 08, 2019 at 04:41
A
B
Posted by: WMk | May 08, 2019 at 04:44
A
B
Posted by: Mariamirabella | May 08, 2019 at 05:10
A
B
Posted by: elizabeth | May 08, 2019 at 05:29
A
B
Posted by: Raju | May 08, 2019 at 05:37
A
B
I guess it is because of keywords repeated in both dialogue and answers but they were just trap !
Posted by: Sheri | May 08, 2019 at 06:16
1. A (because of similar kinds of words like too much time is spend in question and audio )
2. B (detailed study in question and investigate depth in audio)
Posted by: Ankit joshi | May 08, 2019 at 06:25
1. A - "Team Management overlaps with the Introduction to Management course you took in your first year"
2. B - "because I'm keen to investigate something in depth".
Posted by: NgThuy | May 08, 2019 at 06:57
A
B
Posted by: Shaza | May 08, 2019 at 08:32
A
B
Posted by: fatemeh | May 08, 2019 at 09:00
C
A
Posted by: Burak | May 08, 2019 at 09:12
1 A ''Team Management overlaps with the
Introduction to Management course you took in
your first year.''
2 B ''I'm keen to investigate something in depth''
Posted by: Sajan | May 08, 2019 at 09:42
A
B
Posted by: Oanhh 🇻🇳 | May 08, 2019 at 10:17
1A
Team Management overlaps with the Introduction to Management course you took in your first year.
The word overlap reminds me of the word repeat.
2B
I'm keen to investigate something in depth.
a broader knowledge base may be more useful to my career, but I'm really keen to do this.
Posted by: he li | May 08, 2019 at 16:50
hi,
Answers are :
question 1: A
Question 2: B
It is crystal clear that these two questions are straightforward. They are not as challenging as the ones you shared before.anyway,The best way to sharpen our listening skill is to listen English on a daily basis to improve our understanding as I have learned from an Examiner.
Good Luck
Posted by: Arash | May 08, 2019 at 21:24
1. A
2. B
In Question 1, the word "time" is a distractor, as are the words "work" and "career" in Question 2.
Posted by: Kiterunner | May 08, 2019 at 21:40
B
C
Posted by: Pachu | May 09, 2019 at 05:42
1. A
2. B
Posted by: Hung Nguyen | May 09, 2019 at 06:45
CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:
1. A
(repeat work that Marco has already done = overlaps with the Introduction to Management course you took in your first year)
2. B
(He would like to do a detailed study = I'm keen to investigate something in depth)
Posted by: Simon | May 09, 2019 at 15:45
1.B
2.A
Posted by: Huynh Nhat Nguyen | May 13, 2019 at 01:02
1. C - Marco is left with very little time to learn the entirety of the Team Management course
2. B - Marco would like to do detailed study
Posted by: Kristine Amee | June 16, 2019 at 12:28