Ielts Reading 5 - Practice Test 1 654k4u

IELTS READING  WHAT IS IN THE TEST?  HOW DO WE PREPARE?

Prepared by Ha Xuan Thu

IELTS READING Time allowed:

60 minutes (including transfer time)

Number of sections: Number of questions:

3 ages

Marking:

40 Each correct answer receives 1 mark. Your final score is given as a band score from 1–9 in whole or half bands

IELTS READING Time allowed:

60 minutes (including transfer time)

Number of sections: Number of questions:

3 ages

Marking:

40 Each correct answer receives 1 mark. Your final score is given as a band score from 1–9 in whole or half bands

IELTS READING QUESTION TYPES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Multiple choice Identifying information (T/F/NG); identifying the writer’s views, claims (Y/N/NG) Matching information Matching headings Matching features Matching sentence endings Sentence completion Summary/note/table/chart completion Diagram labeling Short answers

IELTS READING

IELTS Reading 5 UNIT 1

The Problem of Fire Ironed Out

Before you do the test • What is the age about? – Title: Problem of Fire Ironed Out – First – there are two main problems with fossil fuel burns: greenhouse effect (CO2) + acid rain (NOX) – Last – the real need for Cabonex invention – in plants that burn coal and less refined oils.

• What types of question? – Question 1-7 – Match headings – Question 8-16 – fill in the summary

MATCHING THE HEADING Task description  You will be given a list of headings. The

task is to find the most suitable heading for each of the paragraphs.  There will be more headings than paragraphs.  To complete this task well, you will need to be able to identify each paragraph’s main focus.

MATCHING THE HEADING

How to do?

Skills  Step 1: Read the instructions carefully.

Also note which paragraphs you need to look at  Step 2: Familiarise yourself with the list of paragraph headings by skimming through them quickly.  Step 3: Read through the paragraph. Concentrate on the main idea of the paragraph and try not to be distracted by details or by unfamiliar vocabulary.  Step 4: Choose the heading from the list which best sums up the main point of the paragraph you have just read.

MATCHING THE HEADING

How to do? 

TIPS

DO NOT read the whole age DO NOT read word by word Look for the topic sentence in

the first or last sentence. Mark the used headings If you can’t choose between two headings, go on to the next paragraph – you can come back to that question later.

Vocabulary • HEADINGS - Particle (n) : phần tử - Harmful # harmless (adj) - Ideal (adj) : lý tưởng - Alternative (n) : sự lựa chọn, khác - Emission (n) : sự tỏa ra, thoát ra - Side – effect (n): tác dụng phụ - Efficiency (n) : sự hiệu quả  efficient (adj) : hiệu quả

Vocabulary • Paragraph A - Fossil fuel (n): nhiên liệu hóa thạch - Soot (n): muội than, bồ hóng - Additive (n): chất phụ gia - Drastically (adv): mạnh mẽ  What is Paragraph A about?

Vocabulary • Paragraph B - Refine (v): lọc, tinh luyện - Combustion (n): sự cháy  What is Paragraph B about?

Questions 1-7 1. Paragraph B ...reacts with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide... ...Small, unburnt particles of fuels always escape... These particles contain cancer-causing chemicals...  (i) Where the harmful particles come from

Vocabulary • Paragraph C - Chamber (n): buồng, phòng - Efficiency (n): hiệu quả - Snag (n): khó khăn, trở ngại đột xuất  What is Paragraph C about?

Questions 1-7 2. Paragraph C There is a standard fix for this... But there is a snag. ...in this case producing the nitrogen oxides that help cause acid rain... ...emissions of soot and smog go down but NOX emissions go up...  (xi) The side-effect of one solution

Vocabulary • Paragraph D - Alleviate (v): giảm bớt - Molecule (n): phân tử - Bind/bound/bound (v): gắn vào - Dissolve (v): hòa tan, phân hủy  What is Paragraph D about?

Questions 1-7 3. Paragraph D ...The molecule acts as a carrier for the iron, letting it dissolve in... When sprayed into a flame.. Carbonex makes it burn more efficiently...  (xii) Increase engine efficiency – how it works

Vocabulary • Paragraph E - Deposit (v): đặt - Volatile (a): dễ bay hơi - Exodus (n): sự di cư, rời đi - Disintegrate (v): tan rã, phân hủy  What is Paragraph E about?

Questions 1-7 4. Paragraph E ...It seems to work at two points during burning... ...Carbonex appears to speed up the exodus... ...Carbonex also seems to lower the temperature at which these compounds burn...  (vii) It is a two-way process

Vocabulary • Paragraph F - Substance (n): chất - Dose (n): liều lượng  What is Paragraph F about?

Questions 1-7 5. Paragraph F ...Iron was picked for Carbonex because it is non-toxic and very effective even in small doses.  (viii) Iron is the best

Vocabulary • Paragraph G - Yield (n): năng suất, sản lượng - Coarse (a): thô - Virtually (adv): thật sự, gần như - Maintenance (n): bảo trì  What is Paragraph G about?

Questions 1-7 6. Paragraph G ...it reduced emissions of particles from diesel engines... ...When tested in a light-fuel-oil industrial burner...  (iv) Carbonex works with more than one fossil fuel

Vocabulary • Paragraph H - Plant (n): nhà máy - Furnace (n): lò nung, buồng đốt - Satanic (a): xấu xa, tệ hại  What is Paragraph H about?

Questions 1-7 7. Paragraph H ...The real need for his invention...is in plants... ...Farewell to those dark satanic mills.  (iii) Carbonex is ideal for factories

SUMMARY COMPLETION Task description You will be given a

summary with blanks. Find the suitable words (in the age or in the given box) to fill in the summary.

SUMMARY COMPLETION

How to do?

Skills  Step

1: carefully.

Read

the

instructions

WHY?  Step 2: Read the summary and identify which information is needed (what type? Meaning?)  Step 3: Underline the key words, look for the key words in the age.  Step 4: Read around the key words.  Step 4: Choose the correct words to fill in the gap.

Questions 8-12 When fossil fuels burn, they produce elements that pollute the air, worsen acid rain the greenhouse effect, and cause (8)...................... Paragraph A:…unfortunately, they give off plenty of other things...smog and soot,...greenhouse effect and ...that help to make acid rain.

Questions 8-12 To alleviate the problemincompl of ete (9)...................... combustion which NOX particles and produces (10)...................... Paragraph C: …To reduce the problem of incomplete burning... ...in this case producing the nitrogen oxides (NOX)...

Questions 8-12 ...a Canadian scientist invented before Carbonex which is blended with the fuel (11)...................... it burns. Paragraph D: …The molecule acts as a carrier for the iron, letting it dissolve in organic liquids like oil and petrol. When sprayed into a flame at... Blend = trộn, hòa vào

Questions 8-12 hydrocar ...The iron atoms, carried by bon (12)......................... molecules which are the base of Carbonex... Paragraph D: …The active ingredient is a hydrocarbon molecule to which an iron atom is bound.

Questions 8-12 ...The statistics show that it works better withindustria (13)................... burners than with lvehicle (14)................... engines. Paragraph G: …The researchers found that it reduced emissions of particles from diesel engines by 43%...When tested in a light-fuel-oil industrial burner... by 67%...

Questions 8-12 ...Not only does Carbonex reduce emission particle and NOX (15)..................., and s increase energy output,inside it also helps to make the (16).................. of engine cleaner,... Paragraph G: …it reduced NOX emissions by 25%. In addition to reducing NOX... Carbonex cut the amount of soot left behind in combustion chambers, and so...

Reading age 2

The Order of Innovation

Before you do the test • What is the first and last paragraph about? – First – the most liable indicator for scientific revolution is birth order. – Last – the former (later-borns) are outnumbered.

• What types of question? – Question 17-20 – matching feature – Question 8-16 – Yes/ No / Not given

Vocabulary • Paragraph 1 - sibling(n): brother/sister - radical (adj): cấp tiến - precede (v): dẫn trước  What is Paragraph 1 about?

Vocabulary • Paragraph 2 - subsidize (v): trợ cấp - grant (n): khoản trợ cấp  What is Paragraph 2 about?

Vocabulary • Paragraph 3 - prominent (adj): đáng chú ý  What is Paragraph 3 about?

Vocabulary • Paragraph 4 - Male-dominated (adj): nam giới chiếm đa số - Refute (v): bác bỏ -  What is Paragraph 4 about?

Vocabulary • Paragraph 5 - Common-sensical (adj): đặt - Norm (n): dễ bay hơi  What is Paragraph 5 about?

Vocabulary • Paragraph 6 - Acolyte (n): thầy cầm nến - Flock (n): tụ tập, tụm lại  What is Paragraph 6 about?

Vocabulary • Paragraph 7 - Heretical (n): năng suất, sản lượng - Churchmen (a): thô - Psychoanalysis (n): thật sự, gần như  What is Paragraph 7 about?

Vocabulary • Paragraph 8 - Conundrum (n): nhà máy - Outnumbered (a): lò nung, buồng đốt  What is Paragraph 8 about?

MATCHING FEATURE Underline the items

in the age: firstborns and later-borns Scan for the key words in the questions. Read around the keywords, find the correct answer

Questions 17-20 17. Try new puzzles Paragraph 6: ...solving clever puzzles – something first-borns are good at… First-borns tackle officially sanctioned puzzles while …  First-borns

Questions 17-20 18. Challenge the rules Paragraph 4: ...willingness to challenge established opinions. Those least likely to accept new theories were firstborns with younger siblings.… The most radical were younger sons with at least one older brother..…  later-borns

Questions 17-20 19. Roman Catholic Church Paragraph 8: … conflict between firstborn ing Rome and later-born Protestants…  First-borns

Questions 17-20 20. Accept new ideas Paragraph 4: ...willingness to challenge established opinions. Those least likely to accept new theories were firstborns with younger siblings… The most radical were younger sons with at least one older brother..…  later-borns

Questions 21-26

21. A boy who has elder sisters only is more likely to accept new ideas than a boy who has elder brothers. Paragraph 4: ... willingness to challenge established opinions. Those least likely to accept new theories were first-borns with younger siblings. They were followed by only children, next come later-born eldest sons (those with one ore more older sisters…) and later-born only son. The most radical

Questions 21-26 22. Birth Orders are very important in determining people’s intelligence.  NOT GIVEN

Questions 21-26 23. Sigmund Freud, a first-born, is a very good example of Sulloway’s conclusion. Paragraph 7: But Sigmund Freud, …, proved too complicated to categorize according to birth order.  NO

Questions 21-26 24. Later-borns tend to be more patient than first-borns  NOT GIVEN

Questions 21-26 25. Many of the major scientific breakthroughs were brought about by later-borns. Paragraph 1: ...most of the major innovators in science over the last 400 years, preceded in birth by at least one other sibling. Paragraph 2: ...23 of the 28 revolutions were led by later-borns.

 YES

Questions 21-26 26. Scientific rebels are born, not made.  NOT GIVEN

Questions 27-30 27. Satellite Aircom Paragraph 15… a cooperative owned by airlines, has combined with Teleglobe, Telecom and OTC of Australia to create Satellite Aircom...  C. a company tly set up by several companies

Questions 27-30 28. Inmarsat Paragraph 9: ...The International Maritime Satellite Organization ( Inmarsat) approved the initial satcom system for commercial service last November ...  D. a regulating body

Questions 27-30 29. Qantas Paragraph 2: ...Air Canada, Qantas of Australia, United Airlines f the US and Japan Airlines ….  A. an airline

Questions 27-30 30. OTC Paragraph 15: … the Societe Internationale de Telecommunication Aeronautique, a cooperative owned by airlines, has combined with Teleglobe, Telecom and OTC of Australia to create Satellite Aircom...  B. a telephone company in a particular country

Questions 31-33 31. Which paragraph mentions problem A?  P5

Questions 31-33 32. Which paragraph indicates it is difficult to solve problem B?  P6

Questions 31-33 33. Which paragraph mentions how to solve problem D?  P8

Questions 34-39 34. Improve flight efficiency 35. Improve navigation 36. Satellite system (communication) 37. Ground stations 38. Atlantic Ocean (West) 39. US $ 500,000

THE END Thanks for your attention!