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Sample Listening Question # Chewing Gum

Sample Listening Question Chewing Gum

The audio has been taken from BBC 6 minutes English. The audio talks about chewing gum.

Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

  1. Which activity is said to improve the functioning of brain?
  2. When did the Singapore government out law chewing gum?
  3. What does “out lawing” something means?
  4. What was the chewing gum chewed by Egyptians made of?
  5. Which word has been used for the action which is not done responsibly?
  6. What happens when gums are stick to a desk or other thing for a long time?
  7. Which kind of cleaners are used to remove dry gums?
  8. What is the name given to the process that requires a lot of people for its completion?
  9. What is the other word of ‘two of a kind’?

ANSWER

  1. chewing gum
  2. 1992
  3. make it legal
  4. Brezin
  5. Irresponsibly
  6. chemical reaction
  7. high pressure steam
  8. labor intensive
  9. very similar

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IELTS Practice Reading # Does Flying Harm ?

Source : http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1654488,00.html

DOES FLYING HARM THE PLANET?

Given the rage (angry fury) that air travel can provoke (to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex)in even the most tranquil (free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm)among us these days, it may be surprising (causing wonder)that riot (a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons,as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy,etc., in the streets)police aren’t a more regular feature at airports. But Sunday’s pitched (to set at a certain point)battle between roughly 500 environmental activists and a phalanx ( a group of heavily armed infantry formed in rank sand files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping)of baton-wielding police at London’s Heathrow airport wasn’t about long lines, delays, lost luggage or missed connections. Instead, the protesters (an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, oftenin opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid)— who had demonstrated outside Heathrow all of last week — were trying to draw travelers’ attention to the impact on climate change of the carbon gases emitted by the aircraft in which they fly. A placard (a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carriedby a demonstrator or picketer)from one activist at Heathrow expressed it thus: “You Fly, They Die.”

Airplanes operate on petroleum fuel, which means they release large amounts of carbon dioxide when they fly. Commercial (able to yield or make a profit)air travel is currently responsible for a relatively tiny part of the global carbon footprint —just 3.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But the unique chemistry of high-altitude jet emissions (an act or instance of emitting)may produce an additional warming effect, while the explosive (tending or serving to explode)growth in air travel makes it one of the fastest-growing sources of carbon gases in the atmosphere. And unlike energy or automobiles, where carbon-free or lower-carbon alternatives (a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things,propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility)already exist, even if they have yet to be widely adopted, there is no low-carbon way to fly, and there likely won’t be for decades.

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Make A Sentence # Rearranging

Given below are sentences that have been jumbled up. You need to rearrange the words and make meaningful sentences. Make sure you use all the words given in the question.So, go on rearranging words and improve your writing skills

  1. human / energy/,/ increases / performance/./ arousal/ and/ affects/ It /gives /ANSWER It gives energy, increases human arousal and affects performance.
  2. The / are /obligated /to/ do /under/ international/ conventions/./ of/ complaints / prosecuted /by/ the/ authorities/ instead /of/ processed/ has/ now /become /a/ centrepiece/ unjustly/ for /by/ advocates /for/ migrants/ who /say /people /with/ potential/ refugee/ claims /are /being/ case / asylum/,/ as/ they/ ANSWER The case has now become a center piece of complaints by advocates for migrants who say people with potential refugee claims are being unjustly prosecuted by the authorities instead of processed for asylum, as they are obligated to do under international conventions.
  3. Most/ of / by/ flying/ had/ tried/ to/ enter/ to/ Moscow/ on/ tourist/ or/ other/ the /migrants/ Europe /visas/./ANSWER Most of the migrants had tried to enter Europe by flying to Moscow on tourist or other visas.
  4. Norway/,/ which /gives / other/ European /countries/./ Union/,/ is/ part/people/ who /enter /unfettered/while/ not/ a /member /of/ the /European / access /to/ most/ of/ the/ Schengen /Area/,/ANSWER Norway, while not a member of the European Union, is part of the Schengen Area, which gives people who enter unfettered access to most other European countries.
  5. The /with /temperatures /on /Friday/weather/ has/ posed / hovering /around /freezing/./a/ challenge/,/  ANSWER The weather has posed a challenge, with temperatures on Friday hovering around freezing.
  6. This /is/ for/  both /for/ us /and / overcome /it/./Russia/,/ but /together/ we/ must/a /challenge/ ANSWER This is a challenge both for us and for Russia, but together we must overcome it.
  7. The/ unfriendly/ border/ guards/,/ barbed-wire /fences /and/ cluttered /refugee/ camps/ that/ lure/ of /this /unlikely/ route /is/ that /it/ bypasses /migrants/ bound/ for/ Germany/ and /Scandinavia/ often /encounter/ in/ Central/ Europe/./ ANSWER The lure of this unlikely route is that it bypasses unfriendly border guards, barbed-wire fences and cluttered refugee camps that migrants bound for Germany and Scandinavia often encounter in Central Europe.
  8. About/ said/ made /this/month/,/ 1,200/ refugees/ journey /in /2015/,/ compared /with /just/ a/ dozen/according/ to /Reuters/./ in /a /report/ this / in/ 2014/,/ Norway’s /government / seeking/ asylum /have/ANSWER About 1,200 refugees seeking asylum have made this journey in 2015, compared with just a dozen in 2014, Norway’s government said in a report this month, according to Reuters.
  9. We/ have / but/ we/  to/ shelter /them/,/on/ the /streets/,/cannot/ leave/ them /no/ space/ either/./ ANSWER We have no space to shelter them, but we cannot leave them on the streets, either.
  10. Many /Nikel /are /women/ and /of/ the/ migrants/ stuck/ in /children/./ ANSWER Many of the migrants stuck in Nikel are women and children.

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Make A Sentence # Scrambled Words

Given below are sentences that have been jumbled up. You need to rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences. Make sure you write down every word that has been given in the sentence.

  1. The /finance/were/ dependent/ on/ it/ for/agriculture /contributed /only /15% /to/ the / minister/ said/ that/ although /economy/,/ 55% /of/ Indians/living/./

ANSWER The finance minister said that although agriculture contributed only 15% to the economy, 55% of Indians were dependent on it for living.

2. The /finance/steel /sector /and/ on/ addressing /problems/ of/ the/ moving/./got/ highway/minister /said/ that /the/ government / projects / had/ moved /ahead/

ANSWER The finance minister said that the government had moved ahead on addressing problems of the steel sector and got highway projects moving.

3. Banks/ reasons/./discoms /for/ their/fund /state /political/ cannot /indefinitely/

ANSWER Banks cannot indefinitely fund state discoms for their political reasons.

4. the/ drop /in/ global/ oil/an/ opportunity /to/ give /the /additional/ push /savings/ from /prices /provides /to/ infrastructure/./ and/ commodity/ According/ to /Jaitley/,/ the /

ANSWER According to Jaitley, the savings from the drop in global oil and commodity prices provides an opportunity to give the additional push to infrastructure.

5. He/ said /of/and /new /areas/,/ for/ whom /that/ education/ and /the /spread/ new /cities/ electronic /and/ digital /media / of/ people /were/ increasing /the /suburbs/ were/ the/ destination/in /rural /aspiration/./

ANSWER He said that education and the spread of electronic and digital media were increasing the aspiration of people in rural areas, for whom new cities and new suburbs were the destination.

6. We /need/ and /economy /grows/ sure /that/years/gets/ out/ of/which /it/ was/ in/ a/ couple /of/ therefore/,/ to/ make / the /slowdown/ situation/,/  our / ago/./

ANSWER We need, therefore, to make sure that our economy grows and gets out of the slowdown situation which it was in a couple of years ago

7. Central / targets should/ focus/ quickly /creating/government/ a/instead/ growth / conducive/ environment / of/ talking /about/for/ business/./

ANSWER Central govt instead of talking about growth targets should focus quickly creating a conducive environment for business.

8. The/ to /bitter/ foes /Nitish Kumar /of/ the /Bihar / today’s/ romantic /lead/./election/ so /far/ is /and /have/ turned /into/biggest/ surprise /how /yesterday’s /Lalu Prasad /seem /

ANSWER The biggest surprise of the Bihar election so far is how yesterday’s bitter foes Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad seem to have turned into today’s romantic lead.

9. There/ would / were /doubts/ that/ self-destruct/ during/ the/itself/./their/ new /alliance/ election/ campaign /

ANSWER There were doubts that their new alliance would self-destruct during the election campaign itself.

10. Every/hard/,/ fast/ opposition/ is /rebutted / and/ in/ concert/./ charge/

ANSWER Every opposition charge is rebutted hard, fast and in concert.

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