IELTS practice writing 2

1/ Employers are keen to assess candidates’ academic records and professional skills rather than their personal interest in music or sports _ business grows complex and skill-based _ the

1/ Employers are keen to assess candidates’ academic

records and professional skills rather than their

personal interest in music or sports

_ business grows complex and skill-based

_ the labour market becomes highly competitive

_ candidates need sufficient knowledge relating to

their job profession

=> attract the attention of a recruiter / make them

valuable as an employee

2/ Some students may feel that they are being forced

to learn something

_ kids are under obligation to attend PE / cookery / art

classes but they are generally boring, methods of

teaching are inappropriate

_ lack of class options

=> discourages kids / they choose not to participate or

attend

3/ People have embarrassing moments in those

classes

e.g an obese kid may be teased for not being able to

jump; an inane drawing may be disregarded

1/ Non-academic subjects have many benefits _ physical exercise: reduce the risk of obesity / keep their stress levels down / release excess energy / develop cooperation skills / enhance team spirits _ drawing / panting: students feel free to express themselves / create beautiful things

_ cookery class: provide students with the skills necessary for their daily life

2/ Not every kid would pursue an academic career in their later life

_ some students engage themselves in sports or music spontaneously – have talents in those areas

_ schools identify latent talents, nurture and help students choose a suitable occupation

3/ Help students learn better academically _ PE / cookery / art and music classes allow students

a break from tedious school work _ time to relax => recover energy => study more effectively

The pie chart and the line graph shows the favourite hobbies of 12 to 14-year-olds

in the 1980s and 2010s and the average time that they spent exercising per week,

by age

1/ The reduction in the cost of medicine shows the

sign of humanity

_ poor countries are incapable of producing

high-quality drugs

_ rich countries have enough budget for advancing

medication and treatment

=> moral responsibility to make drug affordable in

poor countries

2/ Pharmaceutical companies could attract investment

for their own business

_ decrease the prices of medicines => save million

lives of patients => verify the effectiveness of their

products and earn prestige

=> sponsors put more resources into the companies

for scientific research

3/ Prevent the spread of diseases

_ in Third-World Nations, citizens often develop

acute contagious ailments that could spread all over

the world

_ help protect citizens of First-World Nations against

communicable diseases

1/ Lowering the prices of drugs could reduce the quality of medicines

_ everything has it costs _ the process of researching, testing and producing drugs costs a substantial amount of money => ensure the effectiveness of medication and can save human lives

_ if pharmaceutical companies do not want to go bankrupt => use poor-quality ingredients => cause negative health side effects

2/ Reducing drug costs is unlikely to make a big difference in the condition if underprivileged countries

_ people in poor areas are not fully aware of health care; do not know how to prevent themselves from diseases and infections

_ poor food hygiene; polluted air and water; stress => main causes of illness and death

=> high-quality drugs from foreign countries cannot solve all the problems

1/ Journeys to other planets only attract the academics

and the well-off

_ today’s world is fraught with problems such as …

_ without money => drastic consequences

_ financial incentives must come from sponsors, not

from the governments themselves

2/ Interest in outer space distracts students from

studying or much more urgent everyday tasks

_ space discoveries are interesting only valid among

the educated class

_ they bear little relevance to people’s daily life

1/ The severe resource shortage the Earth is facing can be tackled by discovering and mining on other planets

_ the demand for natural resources such as coal, oil and natural gas far exceeds supply

_ lead to serious problems (e.g forcing companies to abandon promising technologies)

_ the metals and other natural resources may be found

on other planets

2/ Search for a shelter for future generations _ there are too many people for the Earth to support _ common problems: inadequate water; increased levels of air pollution, loss of land

_ find another planet that resembles ours => our second home planet