Beat IELTS Reading Practice Test 13.1-AC

Questions 1-7
Complete the table below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 1-7.

Questions 8-13
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? 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

8 The website www.newzealand.com aimed to provide ready-made itineraries and packages for travel companies and individual tourists.

9 It was found that most visitors started searching on the website by geographical location.

10 According to research, 26% of visitor satisfaction is related to their accommodation.

11 Visitors to New Zealand like to become involved in the local culture.

12 Visitors like staying in small hotels in New Zealand rather than in larger ones.

13 Many visitors feel it is unlikely that they will return to New Zealand after their visit.

Questions 14-19
Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A-F
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the correct number, i-viii, in boxes 14-19.

List of Headings

i The productive outcomes that may result from boredom

ii What teachers can do to prevent boredom

iii A new explanation and a new cure for boredom

iv Problems with a scientific approach to boredom

v A potential danger arising from boredom

vi Creating a system of classification for feelings of boredom

vii Age groups most affected by boredom

viii Identifying those most affected by boredom

Questions 20-23
Look at the following people (Questions 20-23) and the list of ideas below.

Match each person with the correct idea, A-E. Write the correct letter, A-E, in boxes 20-23.

List of Ideas

A The way we live today may encourage boredom.

B One sort of boredom is worse than all the others.

C Levels of boredom may fall in the future.

D Trying to cope with boredom can increase its negative effects.

E Boredom may encourage us to avoid an unpleasant experience.

Questions 24-26
Complete the summary below. Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 24-26.

Responses to boredom

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

Write the correct letter in boxes 27-31.

27 What is the writer suggesting about computer-produced works in the first paragraph?

28 According to Geraint Wiggins, why are many people worried by computer art?

29 What is a key difference between Aaron and the Painting Fool?

30 What point does Simon Colton make in the fourth paragraph?

31 The writer refers to the paintings of a chair as an example of computer art which

Questions 32-37
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-G below. Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 32-37.

List of Ideas

A generating work that was virtually indistinguishable from that of humans.

B knowing whether it was the work of humans or software.

C producing work entirely dependent on the imagination of its creator.

D comparing the artistic achievements of humans and computers.

E revealing the technical details of his program.

F persuading the public to appreciate computer art.

G discovering that it was the product of a computer program

Questions 38-40
Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 3? Choose

YES                            if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO                             if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

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

38 Moffat’s research may help explain people’s reactions to EMI.

39 The non-experts in Moffat’s study all responded in a predictable way.

40 Justin Kruger’s findings cast doubt on Paul Bloom’s theory about people’s prejudice towards computer art.