Beat IELTS Reading Practice Test 1-AC Part 1 Questions Questions 1-6 Reading Passage 1 has eight paragraphs, A–H. Which paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter, A–H. A B C D E F G H 1. how electroreception can be used to help fish reproduce 2. a possible use for electroreception that will benefit humans 3. the term for the capacity which enables an animal to pick up but not send out electrical signals 4. why only creatures that live in or near water have electroreceptive abilities 5. how electroreception might help creatures find their way over long distances 6. a description of how some fish can avoid disrupting each other’s electric signals Questions 7-9 Label the diagram. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer. 7. Shark’s alert the young ray to its presence. 8. Embryo moves its in order to breathe. 9. Embryo stops sending when predator close by. Questions 10-13 Complete the summary.Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text in each gap. Shark Attack A shark is a very effective hunter. Firstly, it uses its 10. to smell its target. When the shark gets close, it uses 11. to guide it toward an accurate attack. Within the final few feet the shark rolls its eyes back into its head. Humans are not popular food sources for most sharks due to their 12.. Nevertheless, once a shark has bitten a human, a repeat attack is highly possible as salt from the blood increases the intensity of the 13.. Part 2 Questions Questions 14–18 Complete each sentence with the correct ending.14. Bids to become a host city Please select your answer – often help smaller cities to develop basic infrastructure. – tend to occur in areas where they are least needed. – require profitable companies to be put out of business. – are often never used again once the Games are over. – can take up to ten years to complete. – also satisfy needs of local citizens for first-rate sports facilities. – is usually only successful when it is from a capital city. – are closely related to how people feel emotionally about the Olympics. – are known for being very inaccurate. – often underlie the decisions of International Olympic Committee members. – are holding back efforts to reform the Olympics. 15. Personal relationships and political tensions Please select your answer – often help smaller cities to develop basic infrastructure. – tend to occur in areas where they are least needed. – require profitable companies to be put out of business. – are often never used again once the Games are over. – can take up to ten years to complete. – also satisfy needs of local citizens for first-rate sports facilities. – is usually only successful when it is from a capital city. – are closely related to how people feel emotionally about the Olympics. – are known for being very inaccurate. – often underlie the decisions of International Olympic Committee members. – are holding back efforts to reform the Olympics. 16. Cost estimates for the Olympic Games Please select your answer – often help smaller cities to develop basic infrastructure. – tend to occur in areas where they are least needed. – require profitable companies to be put out of business. – are often never used again once the Games are over. – can take up to ten years to complete. – also satisfy needs of local citizens for first-rate sports facilities. – is usually only successful when it is from a capital city. – are closely related to how people feel emotionally about the Olympics. – are known for being very inaccurate. – often underlie the decisions of International Olympic Committee members. – are holding back efforts to reform the Olympics. 17. Purpose-built sporting venues Please select your answer – often help smaller cities to develop basic infrastructure. – tend to occur in areas where they are least needed. – require profitable companies to be put out of business. – are often never used again once the Games are over. – can take up to ten years to complete. – also satisfy needs of local citizens for first-rate sports facilities. – is usually only successful when it is from a capital city. – are closely related to how people feel emotionally about the Olympics. – are known for being very inaccurate. – often underlie the decisions of International Olympic Committee members. – are holding back efforts to reform the Olympics. 18. Urban developments associated with the Olympics Please select your answer – often help smaller cities to develop basic infrastructure. – tend to occur in areas where they are least needed. – require profitable companies to be put out of business. – are often never used again once the Games are over. – can take up to ten years to complete. – also satisfy needs of local citizens for first-rate sports facilities. – is usually only successful when it is from a capital city. – are closely related to how people feel emotionally about the Olympics. – are known for being very inaccurate. – often underlie the decisions of International Olympic Committee members. – are holding back efforts to reform the Olympics. Questions 19–25 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.19. Residents of host cities have little use for the full range of Olympic facilities. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 20. Australians have still not paid for the construction of Olympic sports facilities. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 21. People far beyond the host city can expect to benefit from improved infrastructure. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 22. It is difficult for small cities to win an Olympic bid. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 23. When a city makes an Olympic bid, a majority of its citizens usually want it to win. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 24. Whether or not people enjoy hosting the Olympics in their city depends on how athletes from their country perform in Olympic events. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 25. Fewer people than normal visited Greece during the run up to the Athens Olympics. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None Questions 26 and 27 Choose TWO answers. Which TWO of the following does the author propose as alternatives to the current Olympics? The Olympics should be cancelled in favour of individual competitions for each sport. The Olympics should focus on ceremony rather than competition. The Olympics should be held in the same city every time. The Olympics should be held over a month rather than seventeen days. The Olympics should be made smaller by getting rid of unnecessary and unpopular sports. Part 3 Questions Questions 28–33 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. 28. It is unclear where neutrinos come from. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 29. Neutrinos can pass through a person’s body without causing harm. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 30. It took scientists between 50-70 nanoseconds to send the neutrinos from Geneva to Italy. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 31. Researchers accounted for effects the moon might have had on the experiment. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 32. The theory of relativity has often been called into question unsuccessfully. TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None 33. This experiment could soon lead to some practical uses for time travel TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN None Questions 34–39 Complete the table.Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text in each gap. Original Theorist Theory Principle René Barjavel Grandfather paradox Time travel would allow for 34. that would actually make time travel impossible. Igor Novikov Self-consistency principle It is only possible to alter history in ways that result in no 35. . 36. Many-worlds interpretation Each possible event has an 37., so a time traveller changing the past would simply end up in a different branch of history than the one he left. Unknown 38. If a time traveller changed the past to prevent his future life, he would not have a 39. as the person never existed. Question 40 Choose the correct answer. Stephen Hawking has stated that Human time travel is theoretically possible, but is unlikely to ever actually occur. Human time travel might be possible, but only moving backward in time. Human time travel might be possible, but only moving forward in time. All time travel is impossible. None Time's up
