Reading Sample#4

Reading Tip

To help you decide if information is NOT GIVEN, read the statement first and then scan the text to find the topic you are looking for. You should not always expect to find the words or phrases used in the statement; instead look for synonyms. If you can find no information at all, then the answer is probably ‘not given’. If there is information, then you need to work out if it actually expresses the writer’s opinion.

Reading Paper for This Section

Welcome to your IELTS READING#4

7. the use of adjectives to distinguish the names of objects or things

The 14. that English and Yucatec speakers used to group these objects helped him show that speakers of different languages think about things differently.

In another experiment, plastic and 13. items were used.

and two were alike in that they had the same 12. .

In the likeness task, Lucy gave his subjects three combs. Two of these were made of the same 11.

Questions 11-14

Complete the summary below using ONE WORD ONLY from the box for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 11-14 on your answer sheet.

method	wood
purpose	material
similarity	box
language	design
gender	cardboard

10. the need to know how friendly your relationship is with the person you are addressing

9. a relationship between form and number

8. a need to use some numbers with the correct gender

Questions 1-5

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage?

In boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

6. the importance of the relative age of speakers

Questions 6-10

Look at the following features (Questions 6-10) and the list of languages below.

Match each feature with the correct language, A–E.

Write the correct letter, A-E, in boxes 6-10 on your answer sheet.

A Russian	D Spanish
B Japanese	E Yucatec Maya
C Korean

5. The way we perceive colour is a well-established test of the effect of language on thought.

4. Boroditsky has conducted gender experiments on a range of speakers.

3. Dan Slobin agrees with Chomsky on how we perceive the world.

2. In the last century cognitive scientists believed that linguistic differences had a critical effect on communication.

1. Learning a foreign language makes people consider the relationship between language and thought.

Reading Tip

Questions 11-14

Questions 1-5

Questions 6-10

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