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Map of the book....................................................... 2

Introduction.............................................................. 4

IELTS test summary................................................ 6

Unit 1 Growing up¡­......................................... 8

Unit 2 Mental and physical development......... 12

Unit 3 Keeping fit............................................... 16

Unit 4 Lifestyles................................................. 22

Unit 5 Student life............................................... 26

Test One (Units 1-5)................................................ 30

Unit 6 Effective communication....................... 32

Unit 7 On the move............................................ 38

Unit 8 Through the ages..................................... 42

Unit 9 The natural world.................................... 46

Unit 10 Reaching for the skies............................. 52

Test Two (Units 6-10).............................................. 56

Unit 11 Design and innovation............................ 58

Unit 12 Information technology.......................... 64

Unit 13 The modern world................................... 68

Unit 14 Urbanisation............................................ 72

Unit 15 The green revlution................................. 78

Test Three (Units 11-15)......................................... 82

Unit 16 The energy crisis..................................... 84

Unit 17 Talking business...................................... 90

Unit 18 The law..................................................... 94

Unit 19 The media................................................ 98

Unit 20 The arts..................................................... 102

Test Four (Units 16-20)........................................... 108

Unit 21 Language building 1............................... 110

Unit 22 Language building 2............................... 114

Unit 23 Academic Writing Task 1....................... 118

Unit 24 Academic Writing Task 2....................... 122

Unit 25 General Training Writing....................... 126

Test Five (Units 21-25)........................................... 130

Answer key............................................................... 132

Recording scripts..................................................... 157

Wordlist.................................................................... 167

Acknowledgements................................................. 174