IELTS reading test_2020 – E-crunchers club

Reading Passage 1

Questions 1-7

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?

In boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet, write:

TRUE	if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE	if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN	if there is no information on this

1. The Hidden Histories of Exploration exhibition aims to show the wide range of people involved in expeditions.

2. The common belief about how Park and Livingstone travelled is accurate.

3. The RGS has organised a number of exhibitions since it was founded.

4. Some of the records in the RGS archives are more useful than others.

5. Materials owned by the RGS can be used in ways that were not originally intended.

6. In their publications. European explorers often describe their dependence on their helpers.

Questions 8-13

Reading Passage 1 has seven paragraphs. A-G.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter A-G in boxes 8-13 on your answer sheet.

8. reference to the distances that some non-European helpers travelled

9. description of a wide range of different types of documents

10. belief about the effect of an exhibition on people seeing it

11. examples of risks explorers might have been unaware of without local help

12. reference to various approaches to assessing data from local helpers

13. reference to people whose long-term occupation was to organise local assistance for European explorers.

Reading Passage 2

Questions 14-18

Complete the notes below.

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

Write your answers in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.

How a Venus flytrap traps an insect

insect touches 14. on leaf of plant

small 15. passes through leaf

16. in cell membrane open

outside cells of leaves fill with 17.

leaves change so that they have a 18. shape and snap shut

Questions 19-22

Look at the following statements (Questions 19-22) and the list of plants. Match each statement with the correct plant. A. B. C. D or E.

Write the correct letter A, B, C, D or E in boxes 19-22 on your answer sheet.

19. It uses other creatures to help it digest insects.

20. It produces a slippery substance to make insects fall inside it.

21. It creates an empty space into which insects are sucked.

22. It produces a sticky substance which traps insects on its surface.

24. an example of an effort made to protect carnivorous plants

25. unexpected information about the origins of certain carnivorous plants

26. an example of environmental changes that shorten the life cycles of carnivorous plants

Reading Passage 3

27. Paragraph B

28. Paragraph C

29. Paragraph D

30. Paragraph E

31. Paragraph F

32. Paragraph G

Questions 33-36

Write the correct letter. A-F. in boxes 33-36 on your answer sheet.

33. People who network widely may be more able to exert pressure on others.

34. We have become more willing to confide in an extensive number of people.

35. There is a limit to how many meaningful relationships we can maintain.

36. There is a social advantage in knowing about the lives of our online contacts.

Questions 37-38

Which TWO of these advantages of online social networking are mentioned in Reading Passage 3

A. Social networking sites can be accessed on any day and at any time.

B. Online socialising is an efficient way of keeping in touch with a lot of people.

C. It is very easy to establish new friendships online.

D. Online social networking can solve problems in real-world relationships

E. It can be reassuring to be part of an online social network.

Questions 39-40

Which TWO of these disadvantages of online social networking are mentioned in Reading Passage 3?

A. Information from online social contacts may be unreliable.

B. We may become jealous of people who seem to have a wide circle of friends.

C. We may lose the ability to relate to people face-to-face.

D. It is easy to waste a lot of time on social networking sites.

E. Using social networking sites may result in a lack of privacy.

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