Thank you for responding. I completely see where you're coming from. I was hoping that when I was practicing and essentially getting the right answer that what the machine wasn't picking up on what the examiner would. For example, I wrote "paved quadrangle area" and got the answer wrong because the answer is "quadrangle area". So the examiner will mark it incorrect too?
I find it hard to believe that a non-native English speaker from a non-English university could get superior on the ielts English exam without having memorized how to just pass the test, which then defeats the purpose of proving your English skills. All of which begs the question why write the exam at all if you're from an English-speaking country with two degrees? Anyways, I'll be studying over the holidays... wish me up! If flunk I'll check out Pearson as I've already paid for the ielts exam.