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Australia visa application
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Section 1
Section 1
Australia visa application
Questions 1–5
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
1.Kelly ___
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- 1
Okamura
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- 2
Kingstone Street
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- 3
Japanese
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- 4
thirty two
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- 5
Married
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- 6
C
Note: The keywords concerned in Q6 should be “ who/ live in Autralia/ relatives”.Keywords are mentioned in the recording such as “relatives, Australia”. There are three people living in Australia in the applicant’s answer: his uncle, his sister-in-law and his wife’s cousin. + His uncle died, so B is incorrect.+ Option A is incorrect because it is his wife’s cousin, not his cousin.So C is the correct answer.
- 7
B
Note: The keywords concerned in Q7 are “visit Australia because”, “the purpose of your trip” and “mainly because”.The question is about the reason the applicant wants to go to Australia. All three options are mentioned in the recording, however, you need to look for his main purpose. + The applicant says that his trip to Australia is mainly because he wants to looking for business opportunities. So B must be the correct answer.+ A is incorrect as it can be inferred from the applicant’s answer that he also would like to go sightseeing but it is not the main purpose of his trip.+ C is incorrect because the applicant says that he has no intention to work in Australia.
- 8
A
Note: The keywords concerned in Q8 are “the applicant”, “visa”, “for”3 options can be heard in the recording:+ 6 months is for “business visa”. This can be inferred as the correct answer because the applicant wants to go to Australia for business purpose.+ 12 months is for the visa of the applicant’s wife.+ 30 days is for a standard tourist visa.So A should be the answer for this question.
- 9
Monday; (and) Friday
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- 10
photos; (and?) passport
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Understand why, not only what.
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