Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 1
An important language development
13 questionsHistory of writing
- True false not given · 5
- Note completion · 8
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84 passages
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 1
Children's comprehension of television advertising
13 questionsTelevision advertising and children- Matching information · 5
- Matching features · 4
- Summary completion · 4
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 1
A New Voyage Round the World
14 questionsHistory of travel writing- Multiple choice single · 5
- Summary completion word bank · 4
- Yes no not given · 5
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 2
Why we need to protect polar bears
13 questionsPolar bear conservation- True false not given · 7
- Table completion · 6
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 2
The Myth of the Eight-hour Sleep
13 questionsSleep science history- Matching headings · 5
- Matching features · 5
- Summary completion · 3
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 2
A closer examination of a study on verbal and non-verbal messages
14 questionsNon verbal communication research- Summary completion word bank · 4
- Yes no not given · 5
- Multiple choice single · 5
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 3
Prosopagnosia
13 questionsFace recognition neuroscience- True false not given · 7
- Note completion · 6
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 3
MAMMOTH KILL
13 questionsPrehistoric megafauna extinction- Summary completion · 7
- Matching features · 6
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 3
Keeping the fun in funfairs
13 questionsAmusement ride engineering- Matching headings · 6
- Sentence completion · 4
- Yes no not given · 3
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 4
Copy your neighbour
13 questionsTropical butterfly mimicry- Matching information · 5
- True false not given · 6
- Multiple choice single · 2
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 4
Tasmanian Tiger
13 questionsWildlife conservation- Summary completion · 4
- Matching features · 6
- Multiple choice single · 3
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 4
E-training
11 questionsCorporate e learning- Matching headings · 6
- Matching information · 4
- Multiple choice multi · 1
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 5
Making Copier
13 questionsHistory of copying technology- True false not given · 6
- Note completion · 7
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 5
Researcher on the Tree Crown
14 questionsForest canopy research- Matching information · 5
- Summary completion · 4
- Matching features · 5
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 5
Asian Space Satellite Technology
13 questionsAsian space technology- Matching headings · 5
- Matching features · 4
- True false not given · 4
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 10
The History of Tea
13 questionsHistory of tea trade- Sentence completion · 7
- True false not given · 6
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 10
Reclaiming the Night
13 questionsUrban nightlife regeneration- Matching information · 5
- Summary completion · 8
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 10
Paper or Computer?
14 questionsWorkplace document technology- Matching headings · 6
- Summary completion · 4
- Multiple choice single · 4
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 6
SLEEP
13 questionsSleep science- Note completion · 7
- True false not given · 6
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 6
The Efficacy of Hypnotherapy
14 questionsClinical hypnotherapy research- Multiple choice single · 3
- Summary completion · 5
- Short answer · 2
- Matching features · 4
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 6
Movie of Metropolis
13 questionsScience fiction cinema- Yes no not given · 3
- Summary completion · 6
- Multiple choice single · 4
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 7
Passage 1
13 questionsHousing market economics- Note completion · 7
- True false not given · 5
- Multiple choice single · 1
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 7
The Effects of Deforestation
13 questionsForest conservation- Matching headings · 7
- Summary completion · 6
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 7
Film Noir
14 questionsFilm history- Yes no not given · 6
- Note completion · 5
- Multiple choice single · 3
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 8
T-Rex Hunter
13 questionsDinosaur palaeontology- True false not given · 7
- Summary completion · 6
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 8
Fossil files "The Paleobiology Database"
12 questionsFossil biodiversity research- Matching headings · 6
- Matching features · 3
- Multiple choice multi · 1
- Multiple choice single · 2
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 8
Personality and Appearance
14 questionsPsychology of first impressions- Yes no not given · 5
- Multiple choice single · 5
- Matching sentence endings · 4
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 9
Can We Hold Back the Flood?
12 questionsRiver flood management- Matching information · 6
- Summary completion · 5
- Multiple choice multi · 1
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 9
Life-Casting and Art
13 questionsArt history criticism- Matching information · 5
- Yes no not given · 6
- Multiple choice single · 2
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 9
How should reading be taught?
14 questionsReading instruction research- Matching headings · 5
- True false not given · 5
- Matching features · 4
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 11
The Green Revolution in China
13 questionsChina clean energy policy- Yes no not given · 7
- Sentence completion · 6
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 11
Space Flight Tourism
13 questionsCommercial spaceflight safety- Summary completion · 7
- Matching sentence endings · 6
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 11
Putting the brakes on climate change
14 questionsHydrogen fuel cell vehicles- Matching headings · 6
- Sentence completion · 4
- True false not given · 4
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 12
Dirty river but clean water
13 questionsRiver flood ecology- True false not given · 7
- Summary completion · 6
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 12
Memory and Age
13 questionsMemory and aging- Multiple choice single · 4
- Summary completion · 6
- Matching features · 3
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 12
Save Endangered Language
14 questionsEndangered language preservation- Matching headings · 7
- Matching features · 5
- Multiple choice single · 2
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 13
Bondi Beach
13 questionsAustralian coastal history- True false not given · 5
- Short answer · 4
- Summary completion · 4
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 13
Antarctica – in from the cold?
13 questionsPolar climate science- Matching information · 5
- Matching features · 3
- Multiple choice single · 5
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 13
Talc Powder
14 questionsIndustrial mineral applications- Matching features · 6
- Summary completion · 6
- Short answer · 2
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 15
The “Extinct” Grass in Britain
13 questionsPlant conservation- True false not given · 8
- Matching features · 5
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 15
The reconstruction of community in Talbot Park, Auckland
13 questionsUrban housing renewal- Matching headings · 7
- Matching features · 3
- Summary completion · 3
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 15
Thinking, Fast and Slow
14 questionsCognitive psychology- Multiple choice single · 6
- Yes no not given · 5
- Matching sentence endings · 3
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 16
What are you laughing at?
13 questionsEvolution of laughter- Matching features · 6
- Summary completion word bank · 4
- True false not given · 3
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 16
Leaf-Cutting Ants and Fungus
13 questionsAnt fungus symbiosis- Matching features · 6
- Matching information · 5
- Multiple choice single · 2
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 16
Assessing the risk
14 questionsScience risk policy- True false not given · 6
- Summary completion · 7
- Multiple choice single · 1
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 17
New Agriculture in Oregon, US
13 questionsIntegrated pest management- Matching features · 8
- Yes no not given · 5
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 17
The evolutional mystery: Crocodile survives
13 questionsCrocodilian evolutionary biology- Matching headings · 7
- Summary completion · 6
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 17
Learning lessons from the past
14 questionsArchaeology of societal collapse- Multiple choice single · 4
- Yes no not given · 5
- Matching sentence endings · 5
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 19
LONGAEVA: Ancient Bristlecone Pine
13 questionsAncient tree dendrochronology- Matching information · 4
- Multiple choice single · 3
- Summary completion · 6
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 19
Ancient Storytelling
13 questionsHistory of storytelling- Matching information · 5
- Matching features · 4
- Sentence completion · 4
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 19
Music: Language We All Speak
14 questionsMusic and neuroscience- Matching headings · 5
- Matching features · 7
- Multiple choice single · 2
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 20
Voyage of Going: beyond the blue line
13 questionsPacific seafaring archaeology- True false not given · 7
- Summary completion · 3
- Short answer · 3
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 20
Smell and Memory
13 questionsOlfactory memory research- Matching features · 5
- Multiple choice single · 4
- Note completion · 4
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 20
Communicating Conflict!
14 questionsWorkplace communication styles- Matching headings · 8
- True false not given · 5
- Multiple choice single · 1
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 21
California's age of Megafires
13 questionsCalifornia wildfire management- Summary completion · 6
- Multiple choice single · 3
- True false not given · 4
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 21
Griffith and American films
13 questionsEarly american film industry- Matching headings · 6
- Matching features · 4
- Multiple choice single · 3
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 21
Environmentally-friendly vehicles
14 questionsElectric and hybrid car history- Multiple choice single · 4
- Yes no not given · 5
- Summary completion word bank · 5
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 22
SOSUS: Listening to the Ocean
13 questionsUnderwater acoustics ocean monitoring- True false not given · 4
- Matching information · 4
- Multiple choice single · 5
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 22
Western Immigration of Canada
13 questionsCanadian prairie settlement history- Matching headings · 7
- Summary completion · 6
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 22
Communication in science
14 questionsScience communication- Multiple choice single · 5
- True false not given · 4
- Summary completion · 5
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 23
Food advertising on children
13 questionsFood advertising to children- Matching headings · 7
- Yes no not given · 6
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 23
Finding Our Way
13 questionsHuman spatial navigation- Matching features · 5
- Multiple choice single · 3
- True false not given · 5
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 23
Compliance or Noncompliance for Children
14 questionsChild compliance parenting- Multiple choice single · 5
- Matching features · 4
- Yes no not given · 5
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 24
The Dinosaurs Footprints and Extinction
13 questionsDinosaur rise and asteroid impacts- Yes no not given · 6
- Summary completion · 7
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 24
Art in Iron and Steel
13 questionsEngineering and industry in art- Matching information · 5
- Matching features · 5
- Summary completion · 3
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 24
Beyond the Blue Line
14 questionsLapita pacific seafaring archaeology- Summary completion word bank · 5
- Multiple choice single · 4
- True false not given · 5
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 25
The Extraordinary Watkin Tench
13 questionsFirst fleet australian colonisation- True false not given · 6
- Short answer · 7
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 25
Mrs. Carlill and the Carbolic Smoke Ball
13 questionsCarbolic smoke ball contract law- True false not given · 4
- Summary completion · 4
- Matching features · 4
- Multiple choice single · 1
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 25
Communicating Styles and Conflict
14 questionsWorkplace communication styles- Matching headings · 8
- True false not given · 5
- Multiple choice single · 1
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 26
The Last March of the Emperor Penguins
13 questionsEmperor penguin sea ice decline- Matching features · 6
- True false not given · 4
- Summary completion · 3
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 26
Water Filter
13 questionsLow cost ceramic water filters- Flow chart completion · 6
- True false not given · 4
- Multiple choice single · 3
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 26
High Speed Photography
14 questionsHigh speed and time lapse photography- Matching features · 4
- Summary completion · 5
- Matching headings · 5
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 27
The Forgotten Forest
13 questionsLongleaf pine forest restoration- Note completion · 5
- Flow chart completion · 4
- True false not given · 4
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 27
Wealth in A Cold Climate
13 questionsClimate and national wealth- Matching headings · 7
- Summary completion · 6
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 27
Motivating Drives
12 questionsEmployee motivation drives- Multiple choice single · 5
- Multiple choice multi · 1
- Yes no not given · 6
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 28
Soap
13 questionsSoap manufacture and history- True false not given · 4
- Flow chart completion · 6
- Sentence completion · 3
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 28
The Sun: Our Nearest Star
13 questionsSolar structure and lifecycle- Note completion · 6
- Sentence completion · 4
- Short answer · 3
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 28
The Exploration of Mars
14 questionsMars exploration and astrobiology- Matching information · 6
- Multiple choice single · 4
- True false not given · 4
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 29
Blue-footed Boobies
13 questionsBlue footed booby biology- Matching headings · 6
- True false not given · 3
- Summary completion · 4
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 29
Hunting Perfume in Madagascar!
13 questionsPerfume ingredient bioprospecting- Summary completion · 8
- True false not given · 5
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 29
Using Mathematics to Secure Our Money
14 questionsCryptography and payment security- Matching headings · 6
- Note completion · 4
- Yes no not given · 4
- Passage 1
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 30
The Culture of Chimpanzee!
13 questionsChimpanzee culture research- Matching information · 5
- True false not given · 5
- Short answer · 3
- Passage 2
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 30
The Rise of Agritourism
13 questionsAgritourism rural economy- Multiple choice single · 6
- Note completion · 7
- Passage 3
Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 30
Sunset for the Oil Business
14 questionsOil depletion forecasting- Yes no not given · 5
- Note completion · 4
- Matching features · 5