PREPARATION. AND PRACTICE- Reading & Writing General Training SECOND EDITION DENISE YOUNG I NEILANE LIEW I BRIDGET AUCOIN CONSULTING EDITOR: WENDY SAHANAYA OXFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries. Published in Australia by Oxford University Press 253 Normanby Road, South Melbourne. Victoria 3205, Australia © Denise Young, Neilane Liew, Bridget Aucoin 2013 The moral rights of the authors have been asserted First published 1998 Second edition 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by licence, or under terms agreed with the reprographics rights organisation. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data Young, Denise, author. IELTS preparation and practice: reading & writing general training / Denise Young; Neilane Liew; Bridget Aucoin; consulting editor: Wendy Sahanaya. Second edition. ISBN 978 O 19 552098 9 (paperback) IELTS preparation and practice. Includes bibliographical references. English language-Textbooks for foreign students. International English Language Testing System. English language-Examinations, questions, etc. Liew, Neilane, author. Aucoin, Bridget, author. Sahanaya, Wendy, editor. 428 Reproduction and communication for educational purposes The Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one chapter or 10% of the pages of this work, whichever is the greater, to be reproduced and/or communicated by any educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational institution (or the body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act. For details of the CAL licence for educational institutions contact: Copyright Agency Limited Level 15, 233 Castlereagh Street Sydney NSW 2000 Telephone: (02) 9394 7600 Facsimile: (02) 9394 7601 Email: