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IELTS Reading: Free Sample Academic Practice Passage-A spark, a flint:How fire leapt to life…
CAMBRIDGE READING PRACTICE TEST-1
READING PASSAGE 1
you should spent about 20 minutes on Questions 1-15 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.
A spark, a flint:How fire leapt to life
The control of fire was the first and perhaps greatest of humanity’s steps towards a life-enhancing technology.To early man, fire was a divine gift randomly delivered in the form of lighting, forest fire or burning lava. Unable to make flame for themselves, the earliest peoples probably stored fire by keeping slow burning logs alight or by carrying charchol in pots.
How and where man learnt how to produce flame at will is unknown. It was probably a secondary invention ,accidentally made during tool-making operations with wood or stone. Studies of primtive societies suggest that the earliest method of making fire was through friction.European peasants would insert a wooden drill in a round hole and rotate it briskly between their palms. This process could be speeded up by wrapping a cord around the drill and pulling on each end.
IELTS Reading: Free Sample Passage-Colorblindness..
Read the passage and answer the questions. Use your predicting skills. Note the type of questions.
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Questions 1-5
The following reading passage has five sections A-E.
Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings on the next page.
Write the correct number i-viii in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet. There are more headings than sections, so you will not use them all.
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IELTS Reading: Free Sample reading passage- Zulu Beadwork
Zulu Beadwork
The South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, more commonly referred to as the Zulu Kingdom, is named after the Zulu people who have inhabited the area since the late 1400s. KwaZulu translates to mean “Place of Heaven.” “Natal” was the name the Portuguese explorers gave this region when they arrived in 1497. At that time, only a few Zulu clans occupied the area. By the late 1700s, the AmaZulu clan, meaning “People of Heaven,” constituted a significant nation. Today the Zulu clan represents the largest ethnic group in South Africa, with at least 11 million people in the kingdom. The Zulu people are known around the world for their elaborate glass beadwork, which they wear not only in their traditional costumes but as part of their everyday apparel. It is possible to learn much about the culture of the Zulu clan through their beadwork.
IELTS Reading: Free Sample General Training Reading Passage
SECTION 1 Questions 1-14
Questions 1-4
There are six job advertisements A-F on the opposite page.
Answer the questions below by writing the letters of the appropriate advertisements in boxes 1-4 on your answer sheet.
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Which job is in a travel agent’s ? D |
1. Which job is in a hotel?
2. Which job is for someone to look after a child ?
3. Which TWO advertisements are for waiters?
4. Which TWO jobs would particularly like a German speaker?
IELTS READING: Free Sample Academic Reading 2
READING PASSAGE 2
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 12-22 which and based on Reading Passage 2 on pages 6 and 7.
Questions 12-16
Reading Passage 2 has seven paragraphs A-G.
Choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B-E and G from the list of heading below.
Write the appropriate numbers (i-x) in boxes 12-16 on your answer sheet.
NB There are more headings than paragraphs so you will not use all of them.
You may use any of the headings more than once.
IELTS Reading: Free Sample Academic Reading Test
READING PASSAGE 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-11 which are based on Reading Passage 1
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The Spectacular Eruption of Mount St. Helens
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A The eruption in May 1980 of Mount St. Helens, Washington State, astounded the world with its violence. A gigantic explosion tore much of the volcano’s summit to fragments; the energy released was equal to that of 500 of the nuclear bombs that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.
IELTS Reading : General Training Reading sample
The General Training Reading test is 60 minutes long. It has three sections with 40 questions to answer. Below is a sample of one section. (Note that candidates for the General Training module do a different Reading test to the Academic module.)
Read the passage below and answer Questions 1-10.
Daybreak Trips by Coach
SPRING IS IN THE AIR!
Welcome to our Spring Daybreak programme which continues the tradition of offering daytrips and tours at unbeatable value for money. All the excursions in this brochure will be operated by Premier Travel Services Limited or Millers Coaches; both companies are part of the CHL Group, which owns Cambridge’s Cambus fleet.