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IELTS 2- Unit 19-20

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I would have visited you before if there _____ quite a lot of people in your house.

a)

A. hadn't

b)

B. hadn't been

c)

C. wouldn't be

d)

D. wasn't

2.

If you had caught the bus, you _____ late for work.

a)

A. wouldn't have been

b)

B. would have been

c)

C. wouldn’t be

d)

D. would be

3.

If I _____, I would express my feelings.

a)

A. were asked

b)

B. would ask

c)

C. had been asked

d)

D. asked

4.

If _____ as I told her, she would have succeeded.

a)

A. she has done

b)

B. she had done

c)

C. she does

d)

D. she did

5.

Will you be angry if I _____ your pocket dictionary?

a)

A. stole

b)

B. have stolen

c)

C. were to steal

d)

D. steal

6.

_______ sure of what will happen.

a)

you can obviously be never

b)

Obviously, you can never be

c)

Obviously, you can be never

7.

Our team __________ lose.

a)

are badly playing and will probably

b)

are playing badly and will probably

c)

are badly playing and probably will

8.

__________ to their rooms if they misbehaved.

a)

Quickly they were sent usually

b)

Usually they were quickly sent

c)

They usually were quickly sent

9.

Thousands of people ____________.

a)

are wrongly imprisoned in the US every year.

b)

are imprisoned wrongly every year in the US

c)

are imprisoned wrongly in the US every year

10.

Emma Larson _________.

a)

died almost in prison last year

b)

almost died last year in prison

c)

almost died in prison last year

11.

Joseph wishes he __________ a rich man so that he could buy the red sports car in his dreams.

a)

were

b)

weren't

c)

will be

d)

won't be

12.

Mrs.Hill wishes her daughter __________ to university. That's why she sends her to private school.

a)

will go

b)

would go

c)

had gone

d)

going

13.

In recent years we have all been exposed to dire media reports concerning the impending demise of global coal and oil reserves,...


Identify all the keywords in the sentence above.

a)

Recent years, exposed, dire media report, impending demise, global coal an oil reserve

b)

In recent years, we all have been, exposed to dire media reports, coal and oil reserves

c)

concerning the impending demise of global coal and oil reserves

d)

In recent years, have all been, exposed to, dire, concerning the, oil reserve

14.

Speaking Part 1: Choose the best ideas for the question: "How has your town changed over the years"?

a)

There have been a lot of changes to the infrastructure.

b)

There have been an increase in the number of young people working there.

c)

Transportation plays an important part in daily life

d)

People have recently chose to work from home.

e)

There have not been much going on in the company any more.

15.
Helium’s future up in the air
A) In recent years we have all been exposed to dire media reports concerning the impending demise of global coal and oil reserves, but the depletion of another key non-renewable resource continues without receiving much press at all. Helium – an inert, odourless, monatomic element known to lay people as the substance that makes balloons float and voices squeak when inhaled – could be gone from this planet within a generation.  
Which non-renewable resources are in danger?
a)
helium, coal and oil
b)
demise, inert and odourless
c)
coal, oil and squeak
d)
helium, media and ballons
16.
Helium’s future up in the air

A) In recent years we have all been exposed to dire media reports concerning the impending demise of global coal and oil reserves, but the depletion of another key non-renewable resource continues without receiving much press at all. Helium – an inert, odourless, monatomic element known to lay people as the substance that makes balloons float and voices squeak when inhaled – could be gone from this planet within a generation.
Which word means 'no smell'?
a)
odourless
b)
generation
c)
press
d)
squeak
17.
B) Helium itself is not rare; there is actually a plentiful supply of it in the cosmos. In fact, 24 per cent of our galaxy’s elemental mass consists of helium, which makes it the second most abundant element in our universe. Because of its lightness, however, most helium vanished from our own planet many years ago. Consequently, only a miniscule proportion – 0.00052%, to be exact – remains in earth’s atmosphere. Helium is the by-product of millennia of radioactive decay from the elements thorium and uranium. The helium is mostly trapped in subterranean natural gas bunkers and commercially extracted through a method known as fractional distillation. 
What's another way to say 'abundant'?
a)
small amounts
b)
very light
c)
large quantities
d)
dangerous
18.

While skin bleaching is a long-standing cosmetic staple across Sudan, a newer craze is sweeping the nation. Many young women are turning to prescription pills in order to gain weight, and hopefully gain the curvaceous figures they see as the standard of beauty. Away from the regulation of trained pharmacists, fattening pills are illegally dispensed by the same small shops which sell topical bleaching creams and other popular beauty fixes. Sold individually, in small bags and emptied sweet containers, they are completely devoid of any information about medical risks.


1. People do not get any information about the dangers to their health when they purchase unregulated weight gain pills.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

NOT GIVEN

19.

It is difficult to estimate how many women in Sudan use these products to gain weight, because many are reluctant to admit to it. "Pills are handed out in the village like penny sweets," says Imitithal Ahmed, a student at the University of Khartoum. "I've always been scared to use them because I've seen family members fall ill and close friends become dependent on appetite stimulants. My aunt is on the brink of kidney failure and has blocked arteries from taking too many fattening pills, trying to get a bigger bum. Everyone in the family knows why she's sick, but she won't own up to it. She's had to stop taking the pills on doctor's orders."


2. Since a large number of women in Sudan are not willing to reveal that they take the pills, the exact number of women using them is not known.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

NOT GIVEN

20.

Pills are often rebranded and given catchy street names which allude to their effects. From The Neighbours' Shock to Chicken Thighs and My Mama Suspects, the clinical name of pills are forgotten and replaced by promises of a bigger bottom, shapely thighs and a belly that will have your mother concerned that you might be pregnant. Tablets range from standard appetite stimulants to allergy medicines containing the steroid hormone, cortisone. The side-effects of taking cortisone are now a cash cow for pill peddlers. It is known to slow the metabolism, increase appetite, trigger water retention and create extra deposits of fat around the abdomen and face.


3. Promoting the clinical name of the pills helps the sellers to focus on the weight gaining aspects associated with them.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

NOT GIVEN