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Question 1 of 17 You will hear a short lecture. Write a short summary in 50-70 words. You have 10 minutes to finish this task. Your response will be judged on the quality of your writing and how well your response presents the key points presented in the lecture.

You will hear a short lecture. Write a short summary in 50-70 words. You have 10 minutes to finish this task. Your response will be judged on the quality of your writing and how well your response presents the key points presented in the lecture.

Question 3 of 17 Listen to the recording and answer the multiple choice question by selecting all the correct responses. You will need to select more than one response. It can be said about Reiki that

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it is essentially a painful process

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the relief comes surely and quickly enough

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it meets the source of problem head on

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it is relatively easy to learn

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the healing is for both the body and mind

Question 4 of 17 Listen to the recording and answer the multiple choice question by selecting all the correct responses. You will need to select more than one response. Which of the following are true as per the speaker?

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An earthquake is the result of a sudden development.

Earthquakes result in fault-lines drawing closer.

An earthquake occurs inside the earth.

Faults need not be very large to produce an earthquake.

The movement of crushed rock within the fault lines produces the earthquake.

Question 5 of 17 You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank. Jack: You see, I am working part-time and I have to go to work by 4 pm. So, would it be

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for me to attend classes in the mornings? Can the timings of the classes

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Mrs. Roger: I am afraid that you will not be able to take care of two things at the same time. Firstly, the University is very strict as far as

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concerned. And secondly, Physics is not an easy subject. So you will have to revise all that we study in class on a daily basis. If you are working, it becomes really difficult. Jack: Oh okay, do you have any information regarding the lab ?

Mrs. Roger: Yes, if you are concerned about changing your lab timings, let me tell you that these are pretty

. There are a number of tutorial times that one

chooses from, taking his personal circumstances into consideration. Usually, a group of 5 to 6 students is made and a particular time is assigned to them.

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Question 6 of 17 You will hear a recording. Type the missing words in each blank. Water-borne epidemics are health hazards in the aquatic environment and are mainly due to improper

water-borne infectious diseases, it is up to the public to take adequate

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of water resources. In order to prevent the spread of

. The city water supply should be properly checked and necessary steps taken

it. Water pipes should be checked regularly for

other methods and necessary steps taken to ensure that it's free from

and cracks. At home, the water should be boiled, filtered, or

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You will hear a recording. Click on the paragraph that best relates to the recording.

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Nature cure strikes at the root of the problem instead of striking at the symptoms. It, therefore, gives lasting relief from human maladies. Nature ensures that, left to itself, reconstruction, rebuilding and repairing of the body continues unabated.

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Allopathic remedies are virtually quick-fix solutions, which cannot compare with the spontaneous solutions provided by nature cure. So, naturopathy is the true scientific method. Nature cure also provides remedies to life-style diseases.

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We have inherent mechanisms to prevent a disease and cure a disease. The in-built mechanism within our body must be allowed to work and must not be tempered with. Nature cure offers a selfcleaning and self-curing mechanism.

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Nature cure aims at prevention as well as cure. It aims to relate disease with health and life and offers simple and natural means to cure. It aims not only at repair but also at reconstruction and rebuilding.

Question 8 of 17 You will hear a recording. Click on the paragraph that best relates to the recording.

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Sea water needs a different type of purification than does lake water, or, for that matter, any other source of water.

Water purification is neither a one-step, nor a one-rule process. The source, the contents, the standards and the cost-benefit parity will dictate the method and stages of water purification.

The source of water and the money available dictate the technique to be used for water purification, which can, therefore, not be uniformly applied.

Water purification has no quick-fix solution. It has to be based on scientific studies about the quality of water, the source of water, the usage type and many other such factors.

Question 9 of 17 Listen to the recording and answer the multiple choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct. What is the main idea that the speaker is trying to convey?

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Psychic or emotional tears are among the several types of tears.

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Each type of tears has its own significance.

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The author in question has done major research on tears.

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Tears have a function to perform in the human body.

Question 10 of 17 Listen to the recording and answer the multiple choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct. What is the lecture mainly about?

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Water purification is fully taken care of by the natural ecosystem.

Nature has evolved ways to purify water as well as to filter out and store wastes.

Nature has its own way to segregate and store waste products like bacteria and metals.

Ecosystems like streams and wetlands purify and store water.

Question 11 of 17 You will hear a recording about 'child actors'. At the end of the recording, the last word or group of words has been replaced by a beep. Select the correct option to complete the recording.

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work

compensation

earnings

Question 12 of 17 You will hear a recording about 'fine arts'. At the end of the recording, the last word or group of words has been replaced by a beep. Select the correct option to complete the recording.

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arts

artifacts

artists

Question 13 of 17 You will hear a recording. Below is a transcript of the recording. Some words in the transcription differ from what the speaker said. Click on the words that are different.

Status : Playing Volume Water may contain pathogenic bacteria, viruses, protozoan parasites. The major sources of such organisation are untreated or improperly treated sewage, animal wastes,meat packing wastes and some mild sp ecies. In developing nations, where the sewage treatment facilities are poorly developed, water born infectious diseases pose aspecial problem. In the United States, the leading water pollution is sediment. It is a byproduct of erosion which has resulted from inefficiencies in temper cutting,agriculture, ranching, mining and construction. Sediments enable the aquatic plants by destroying spanning and feeding grounds fo r fish, reduce fish and shellfishpopulations, destroy pools used for resting, smother eggs and fry, fill in lakes and streams and decrease light filtration.

Question 14 of 17 You will hear a recording. Below is a transcript of the recording. Some words in the transcription differ from what the speaker said. Click on the words that are different.

Status : Playing Volume Tsunamis are very rare and roughly 6 major tsunamis occur each decade. It is believed that 65 million years ago, a tsunami was triggered by a meteoroid at the tip ofMexico`s Yucatan coast, which led to extincti on of territorial dinosaurs. Many major tsunamis took place after that. But talking of 21st century, a major tsunami in thePacific Ocean was triggered by an earthquake in Southern Peru on June 23, 2001. A more devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean hit seven countries including Indonesia,Thailand, Sri Lanka, and South Eastern India on December 26, 2004. It was triggered by an earthquake of magnitude 9.0, the se cond largest earthquake ever recorded on aseismograph, and it killed about 150,000 people. The epicenter of this earthquake was along the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Although National Geographic an dAtmospheric Administration scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii eventually issued warnings of a possible tsunami from the earthquake of Sumatra,the waves outran notification systems a t jet speeds of 500 mph catching hundreds of thousands of people awake. The combined impact of the earthquake and the tsunamiresulted in the deadliest natural disaster in world history.

Question 15 of 17 You will hear a sentence. Write the sentence exactly as you hear it. Write as much of the sentence as you can. You will hear the sentence only once.

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Question 16 of 17 You will hear a sentence. Write the sentence exactly as you hear it. Write as much of the sentence as you can. You will hear the sentence only once.

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Question 17 of 17 You will hear a sentence. Write the sentence exactly as you hear it. Write as much of the sentence as you can. You will hear the sentence only once.

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