Beat IELTS Reading Mock Test 3-AC Part 1 Questions Questions 1-8 Complete the notes. Choose ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER from the text for each gap. Disappearing and Damaged Lakes • Lake Poopo It covered about 1. square kilometres in the dry season. It can no longer support people, fish or visiting 2. • The Aral Sea It has shrunk because water is used for crops such as 3. and rice. 4. from the bottom of the lake affects an area of 300 kilometres. • Lake Tanganyika Families need to eat fish for its 5. Fisheries give 6. to over 100,000 people. • Lake Urmia The colour has changed because 7. are increasing 8. has declined in the last ten years. Questions 9-13 Choose TRUE if the statement agrees with the information given in the text, choose FALSE if the statement contradicts the information, or choose NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.9. Scientists are surprised that Lake Poopo has disappeared so quickly. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 10. Steps are being taken to reduce the impact of mining on lake Poopo. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 11. Lake Fracksjon is the fastest warming lake in the world. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 12. Researchers are certain about the reason for Lake Waiau’s disappearance. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 13. Lake Scott’s rising water level has occurred as a result of rainfall. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None Part 2 Questions Questions 14-19 Reading Passage 2 has ten paragraphs, A-J.Which paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter.N.B. You may use any letter more than once. A B C D E F G H I J 14. why we have mental images of faces that are essentially caricatures 15. mention of the length of time it can take to become a good caricaturist 16. an example of how unreliable current security systems can be 17. reference to the fact that we can match even a hastily drawn caricature to the person it represents 18. a summary of how the use of multiple caricatures has improved recognition rates in a particular field 19. a comparison between facial recognition and another well-established form of identification Questions 20-23 Choose the correct person for each statement. You may choose any option more than once.20. A single caricature can be recognised straight away if the parts of the face are appropriately positioned. Please select your answer Charlie Frowd Jason Seiler Pawan Sinha 21. An evaluation of the work of different caricaturists will provide new information about how we see faces. Please select your answer Charlie Frowd Jason Seiler Pawan Sinha 22. People misunderstand what is involved in the design of a caricature. Please select your answer Charlie Frowd Jason Seiler Pawan Sinha 23. When given a choice, people will have different views regarding which caricature best represents a particular person’s face. Please select your answer Charlie Frowd Jason Seiler Pawan Sinha Questions 24-26 Complete the summary. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the text for each gap. Sinha’s Project Sinha's aim in the project is to come up with a specific number of what he terms 24. that are key to identification purposes. He hopes these can be used to enable an 25. to identify faces more quickly and more accurately. In order to do this, his team must examine the most frequently 26. features in a large number of cartoon faces. Part 4 Questions Questions 27-29 Choose the correct answer. 27. What most surprised Dr. Balabanova about her discovery? the presence of drugs in the mummies the fact that the plants originated in the western hemisphere the positive results of tests on other mummies the hostile reaction of the scientific community None 28. Which of the following was ruled out by Dr. Lescot’s investigation? Tobacco had been dropped onto the mummy. Tobacco grew in Ancient Egypt. Chemicals produced false test results. The mummies were fake. None 29. Why was the discovery of tobacco in the body of Ramses II ignored? Contamination was suspected. The evidence raised difficult questions. The tests produced false results. The researcher was a woman. None Questions 30-34 Match ONE of the researchers to each of the statements. Choose the correct researcher.NB You may use any researcher more than once. 30. first to find a substance from the Americas in a mummy Please select your answer Dr. Svetlana Balabanova Dr. Michelle Lescot Professor John Baines Professor Martin Bernal 31. argues against transoceanic trade because of lack of evidence Please select your answer Dr. Svetlana Balabanova Dr. Michelle Lescot Professor John Baines Professor Martin Bernal 32. had to defend against attacks on research methodology Please select your answer Dr. Svetlana Balabanova Dr. Michelle Lescot Professor John Baines Professor Martin Bernal 33. gives evidence of extensive Egyptian trade in ancient times Please select your answer Dr. Svetlana Balabanova Dr. Michelle Lescot Professor John Baines Professor Martin Bernal 34. publication of research results was controversial Please select your answer Dr. Svetlana Balabanova Dr. Michelle Lescot Professor John Baines Professor Martin Bernal Questions 35-39 Choose YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer in the text, choose NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer, or choose NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this. 35. There is proof that tobacco was grown in Ancient Egypt. YES NO NOT GIVEN None 36. Trade routes across the Atlantic Ocean may have existed thousands of years ago. YES NO NOT GIVEN None 37. Ancient Egyptians were great ship builders. YES NO NOT GIVEN None 38. The scientific community generally rejects the idea of contact between Ancient Egypt and the Americas. YES NO NOT GIVEN None 39. The unusual test results could have come from ‘qat’, a plant native to North Africa. YES NO NOT GIVEN None Questions 40 Choose the correct answer.What is the main idea of this passage? Experimental research often gives false results. Long-held beliefs can be challenged by new information. The scientific community is conservative by nature. Ideas which don’t fit our belief system must be wrong. None Time's up
