WANNA GET BAND 8 ON IELTS...:?
WATCH AND LISTEN CAREFULLY BOYS...
ALRIGHT...?
Follow the story...
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I was with ____and she\he told me_...
right (friend's name)...
Academic Reading has 3 long passages Vs 5 short easy passages in the general one
- 40 Boring, but worthy questions...
how much time...? 60 short minutes, not more not less.
And the cherry of the pie...?
It's all about scientific stuff, passages, articles, graphs, memes... (I'm kidding)
What are you facing when taking the Reading part...?
1st Passage is the:
"exprimido fácil de limón"
In other words:
"easy peasy lemon squeezy"
But the second one,
let me tell y'all
OMG...
It's the hardest ever ever and ever... part.
TIME MANAGEMENT
IS THE ANSWER...
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YOU HAVE 60 SHORT MINUTES...
What should be the best thing to do over those tiny, short, 60 minutes?
Time for you to talk...
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Academic Reading
Reading Part 1.................1- 15 min.
Reading Part 2................2 - 20 min.
Reading Part 3 ...............3 - 25 min.
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The Best Strategy is...
1st. If you cannot find the answer to a question, move on...
2nd. Read the question first then the passage. IELTS passages folow an order.
3rd. Find keywords IN THE QUESTION..
and its synonyms in the passage
Read Based on Divide and Conquer...
Question:
In paragraph one, the writer suggests that companies could consider
A abolishing pay schemes that are based on age.
B avoiding pay that is based on piece-rates.
C increasing pay for older workers.
D equipping older workers with new skills.
One innovation was devised by IBM Belgium. Faced with the need to cut staff costs, and
having decided to concentrate cuts on 55 to 60-year olds, IBM set up a separate company
called Skill Team, which re-employed any of the early retired who wanted to go on working
up to the age of 60. An employee who joined Skill Team at the age of 55 on a five-year
contract would work for 58% of his time, over the full period, for 88% of his last IBM salary.
The company offered services to IBM, thus allowing it to retain access to some of the
intellectual capital it would otherwise have lost.
Question:
Skill Team is an example of a company which
A offers older workers increases in salary.
B allows people to continue working for as long as they want.
C allows the expertise of older workers to be put to use.
D treats older and younger workers equally.
The best way to tempt the old to go on working may be to build on such ‘bridge’ jobs: parttime or temporary employment that creates a more gradual transition from full-time work to
retirement. Studies have found that, in the United States, nearly half of all men and women
who had been in full-time jobs in middle age moved into such ‘bridge’ jobs at the end of their
working lives. In general, it is the best-paid and worst-paid who carry on working. There
seem to be two very different types of bridge job-holder – those who continue working
because they have to and those who continue working because they want to, even though
they could afford to retire.
Question:
According to the writer, ‘bridge’ jobs
A tend to attract people in middle-salary ranges.
B are better paid than some full-time jobs.
C originated in the United States.
D appeal to distinct groups of older workers.
If the job market grows more flexible, the old may find more jobs that suit them. Often, they
will be self-employed. Sometimes, they may start their own businesses: a study by David
Storey of Warwick University found that in Britain 70% of businesses started by people over
55 survived, compared with an overall national average of only 19%. But whatever pattern of
employment they choose, in the coming years the skills of these ‘grey workers’ will have to
be increasingly acknowledged and rewarded.
Question:
David Storey’s study found that
A people demand more from their work as they get older.
B older people are good at running their own businesses.
C an increasing number of old people are self-employed.
D few young people have their own businesses.