Beat IELTS Reading Mock Test 4-AC

READING PASSAGE 1 : Questions 1-14

Questions 1-3

Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 1-3.

Date	Event
1996	Commercial sector constituted (1) Fill in the blank 1 of 3 of Internet Usage
(2) Fill in the blank 2 of 3	Computer Emergency Response Team formed
Post-September 11th 2001	FBI increased (3) Fill in the blank 3 of 3

Questions 4-10

Reading passage 1 has seven paragraphs A-G.

Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.

Type the correct number, i-ix, in boxes 4-10 on your screen.

LIST OF HEADINGS

I A positive aspect of hacking

II Tougher punishments for hackers

III Response to Internet security

IV Growth of the Internet

V Responsibilities of managers

VI Hackers v administrators

VII Difficulty of detection

VIII Government agencies

IX Common security measure

4 Paragraph A Fill in the blank 1 of 7

5 Paragraph B Fill in the blank 2 of 7

6 Paragraph C Fill in the blank 3 of 7

7 Paragraph D Fill in the blank 4 of 7

8 Paragraph E Fill in the blank 5 of 7

9 Paragraph F Fill in the blank 6 of 7

10 Paragraph G Fill in the blank 7 of 7

Questions 11— 14

Complete the sentences below.

Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 11-14.

11 Solving the Morris worm was difficult because the repair method was sent Fill in the blank 1 of 4 and therefore useless.

12 The teenager who hacked into Bell Atlantic would get a maximum prison sentence of Fill in the blank 2 of 4 if he committed the same crime now.

13 Some hackers are scared that government authorities could now consider them to be involved in Fill in the blank 3 of 4

14 One disadvantage of Fill in the blank 4 of 4 is that they can make a company feel protected from attack even though the system is not perfect.

READING PASSAGE 2 : Questions 15-25

Questions 15-22

Complete the summary below using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage.

Marte & Notarnicola define the spontaneous sporting games of children as activities of 15 Fill in the blank 1 of 8 . Because today sport is often decided and 16 Fill in the blank 2 of 8 by parents, children lose their autonomy. A first imbalance occurs because 17 Fill in the blank 3 of 8 are out of the city and often crowded, whilst there are a limited number of open recreational areas where children can play spontaneously. Children should discover and learn about sports themselves.

The second imbalance occurs because they start early 18 Fill in the blank 4 of 8 training very young and participate in only 19 Fill in the blank 5 of 8 specific activity. Children often give up a sport because of negative 20 Fill in the blank 6 of 8 . It is important that trainers avoid excessive criticism of young children, who should have 21 Fill in the blank 7 of 8 at sporting activities. Another reason that children may give up sport is the attitudes of their parents. This third imbalance occurs as parents exert 22 Fill in the blank 8 of 8 on children to win rather than to enjoy sport.

Questions 23-25

Choose the correct letter A—D.

23 Children’s expression of this ‘freedom’ is important because

A it allows them to be lazy.

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B it means they can learn to swim and ride a bike.

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C it puts them in charge of what they do and when they do it.

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D it relieves the parents from transporting their children to sports

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24 Ways of allowing children to develop this ‘freedom’ include…

A making transport to sports clubs free.

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B offering a range of different sports in each sports club.

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C offering sporting tuition to pre-school children.

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D making children play outside regularly.

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25 To encourage young children to continue with sport we should give them…

A accurate feedback about their ability at sport.

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B experience of failure as well as success.

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C experience of being reserves as well as first choice team members.

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D the opportunity to mix socially with their peers at sport.

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READING PASSAGE 3 : Questions 26-40

Questions 26—31

The passage has eight sections A—H. Choose the most suitable heading for sections A—F from the list of headings below. Write the appropriate numbers (i—x) in the boxes.

List of Headings

(i) Use of hypnotism in criminal cases

(ii) The normality of hypnotised subjects’ behaviour

(iii) Early medical experiments with hypnotism

(iv) Early association of hypnosis with psychology

(v) Dangers of hypnotism

(vi) How to hypnotise

(vii) Hypnosis and free will

(viii) Difference between mesmerism and hypnotism

(ix) Therapeutic uses of hypnosis

(x) Origins of hypnosis

26 Section A Fill in the blank 1 of 6

27 Section B Fill in the blank 2 of 6

28 Section C Fill in the blank 3 of 6

29 Section D Fill in the blank 4 of 6

30 Section E Fill in the blank 5 of 6

31 Section F Fill in the blank 6 of 6

Questions 32—36

Complete the notes below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

History of hypnosis

References to hypnotism can be found in both the Talmud and the 32 Fill in the blank 1 of 5 . Even when Mesmer’s 33 Fill in the blank 2 of 5 were not used, successful results occurred without them. Braid identified hypnosis as a natural 34 Fill in the blank 3 of 5 response, rather than magical or mystical. Early psychological studies showed the difference between sleep and hypnosis. Successful hypnosis requires the subject’s active 35 Fill in the blank 4 of 5 . Consequently subjects can speak or move around and are 36 Fill in the blank 5 of 5 of their surroundings.

Questions 37—40

Choose the correct letter A—D.

37 In order to induce hypnosis the hypnotist will…

A. encourage the person to relax using a repetitively even tone of voice.

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B. say a specific set of words in a special tone of voice.

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C. say any words but in a particular tone of voice.

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D. encourages the person to relax while focusing on a slowly moving object.

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38 Past events are recalled under hypnosis…

A. to entertain the hypnotist.

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B. to allow subjects to reassess them without distress.

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C. to help the subjects improve their memories.

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D. to make the subject feel younger.

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39 After surgery, hypnosis may be used…

A. to make drugs unnecessary.

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B. to keep the patient mobile.

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C. to make the patient forget to move.

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D. to minimise patient’s discomfort while immobile.

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40 The American Medical Association reported that …

A. people lie when giving evidence under hypnosis.

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B. people should be hypnotised before giving evidence.

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C. evidence given when hypnotised may be unreliable.

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D. secret evidence can be obtained through hypnosis

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