Beat IELTS Reading Practice Test 11-AC

Questions 1-6

Reading passage 1 has seven paragraphs, A-G.

Choose the correct headings for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number, i-viii, in boxes 1-6.

List of Headings

i Continued breakthroughs in research

ii Competing claims of originality

iii The early years of Sir Isaac Newton

iv The legacy of an exceptional mind

v Routine life at a 17th century university

vi Heated academic disputes

vii A new venture

viii His crowning achievement

ix A controversial theory about planets

Questions 7-8
Answer the questions below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer

7 With which scientific organization was Newton associated for much of his career?

8 With whom did Newton live as he got older?

Questions 9-13
Complete the notes below.

Choose ONE WORD from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 9-13.

Questions 14-17
Complete the sentences below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 14-17.

Questions 18-21
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? Choose

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

18 Some of Antarctica’s mountains are popular with climbers.

19 The temperature in Antarctica never rises above 0°C.

20 Antarctica constitutes around one-fifth of the southern half of the world.

21 Rain in Antarctica is rare but falls occasionally.

Questions 22-26
Complete the summary using the list of words, A-G, below.

Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 22-26.

List of words

A reflectivity                      B ice melt                C solar radiation

D polar vortex winds        E heat balance       F water surfaces

G global warming

Questions 27-31
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter in boxes 27-31.

27 The dual process model of the brain is

28 System 2 takes charge of decision-making when

29 ‘Confirmation bias’ is an example of

30 The main conclusion of the phone booth experiment was that

31 The ‘anchoring effect’ is the process by which

Questions 32-36
Do the following statements agree with the information in Reading Passage 3? Choose

TRUE if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

FALSE if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

32 In general, humans have become less rational over the last 100 years.

33 Most people lack a clear sense of their own personal identity.

34 A person can train themselves to use System 2 most of the time.

35 People who make important decisions should be made aware of the dual-process model.

36 In most everyday situations, people are capable of making calm and rational decisions.

Questions 37-39
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-E, below.

Write the correct letter, A-E, in boxes 37-39.

A feeling a certain way at the conclusion of an experience decides how we remember it.

B decision-making and judgments are made too quickly.

C having less energy means we are more likely to succumb to an irrational bias.

D being sensitive to ones’ surroundings is a useful survival skill.

E wanting more food or drink may distract us from the decision we are making.

Question 40
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

What is the writer’s primary purpose in writing this article?