Academic/General Training Module by Adam Smith First Published in 2015

 JOURNAL 
 
169 
Complete the partial summary below: Choose
 ONE
or 
TWO
words from the passage 
for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 7-10 on your answer sheet. 
To prevent their ... (7) ... from getting dirty, ducks should have access to water. This 
may be provided by building a pond, but ducklings under ... (8) ... of age should be 
prevented from entering it because of the ... (9) ... of the water. If too many ducks are 
kept on a plot of land, the soil may eventually become ... (10) ... as a result of 
compaction. For this reason, it is advised that one limits the number of ducks per half 
hectare of land to 100. 
Questions 11 and 12
Choose the appropriate letters
 (A-D) 
and write them in boxes 11-12 on your answer 
sheet. 
11. Salmonella food poisoning ... 
A
resulted from consumption of duck eggs. 
B
created difficulties for the duck egg business. 
C
occurred all over Europe. 
D
was found in both duck and hen eggs. 
12. Duck eggs ... 
A 
have been produced in large quantities in New Zealand since the early 1980s. 
B 
are more at risk of salmonella contamination than hen eggs. 
C 
may be contaminated when laid in wet conditions. 
D 
should be kept at 5C to prevent contamination. 
 
 

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 IELTS
 JOURNAL 
 
170 
READING PASSAGE 2
You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on 
Questions 13-28
which are based on 
Reading Passage 2. 
Questions 13-17
The Reading Passage 'Job Sharing' has 6 sections, A-F. Choose the most suitable 
headings for sections A, C, D, E and F from the list of headings at the top of the next 
page. Write the appropriate numbers 
(i-x)
in boxes13-17 on your answer sheet. 
N.B. There are more headings than sections so you will not use all of them.You may 
use any of the headings more than once.