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