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Study one passage at a time. Every published Cambridge-style Reading passage, browsable by its position in the test or by the question types it uses.

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33 passages

Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 1
Children's comprehension of television advertising
Passage 2
13 questionsTelevision advertising and children
- Matching information · 5
- Matching features · 4
- Summary completion · 4
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 2
The Myth of the Eight-hour Sleep
Passage 2
13 questionsSleep science history
- Matching headings · 5
- Matching features · 5
- Summary completion · 3
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 3
MAMMOTH KILL
Passage 2
13 questionsPrehistoric megafauna extinction
- Summary completion · 7
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 4
Tasmanian Tiger
Passage 2
13 questionsWildlife conservation
- Summary completion · 4
- Matching features · 6
- Multiple choice single · 3
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 5
Researcher on the Tree Crown
Passage 2
14 questionsForest canopy research
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- Matching features · 5
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 10
Reclaiming the Night
Passage 2
13 questionsUrban nightlife regeneration
- Matching information · 5
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 10
Paper or Computer?
Passage 3
14 questionsWorkplace document technology
- Matching headings · 6
- Summary completion · 4
- Multiple choice single · 4
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 6
The Efficacy of Hypnotherapy
Passage 2
14 questionsClinical hypnotherapy research
- Multiple choice single · 3
- Summary completion · 5
- Short answer · 2
- Matching features · 4
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 6
Movie of Metropolis
Passage 3
13 questionsScience fiction cinema
- Yes no not given · 3
- Summary completion · 6
- Multiple choice single · 4
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 7
The Eﬀects of Deforestation
Passage 2
13 questionsForest conservation
- Matching headings · 7
- Summary completion · 6
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 8
T-Rex Hunter
Passage 1
13 questionsDinosaur palaeontology
- True false not given · 7
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 9
Can We Hold Back the Flood?
Passage 1
12 questionsRiver flood management
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- Summary completion · 5
- Multiple choice multi · 1
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 11
Space Flight Tourism
Passage 2
13 questionsCommercial spaceflight safety
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 12
Dirty river but clean water
Passage 1
13 questionsRiver flood ecology
- True false not given · 7
- Summary completion · 6
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 12
Memory and Age
Passage 2
13 questionsMemory and aging
- Multiple choice single · 4
- Summary completion · 6
- Matching features · 3
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 13
Bondi Beach
Passage 1
13 questionsAustralian coastal history
- True false not given · 5
- Short answer · 4
- Summary completion · 4
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 13
Talc Powder
Passage 3
14 questionsIndustrial mineral applications
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 15
The reconstruction of community in Talbot Park, Auckland
Passage 2
13 questionsUrban housing renewal
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 16
Assessing the risk
Passage 3
14 questionsScience risk policy
- True false not given · 6
- Summary completion · 7
- Multiple choice single · 1
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 17
The evolutional mystery: Crocodile survives
Passage 2
13 questionsCrocodilian evolutionary biology
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 19
LONGAEVA: Ancient Bristlecone Pine
Passage 1
13 questionsAncient tree dendrochronology
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- Multiple choice single · 3
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 20
Voyage of Going: beyond the blue line
Passage 1
13 questionsPacific seafaring archaeology
- True false not given · 7
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 21
California's age of Megafires
Passage 1
13 questionsCalifornia wildfire management
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- Multiple choice single · 3
- True false not given · 4
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 22
Western Immigration of Canada
Passage 2
13 questionsCanadian prairie settlement history
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 22
Communication in science
Passage 3
14 questionsScience communication
- Multiple choice single · 5
- True false not given · 4
- Summary completion · 5
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 24
The Dinosaurs Footprints and Extinction
Passage 1
13 questionsDinosaur rise and asteroid impacts
- Yes no not given · 6
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 24
Art in Iron and Steel
Passage 2
13 questionsEngineering and industry in art
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 25
Mrs. Carlill and the Carbolic Smoke Ball
Passage 2
13 questionsCarbolic smoke ball contract law
- True false not given · 4
- Summary completion · 4
- Matching features · 4
- Multiple choice single · 1
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 26
The Last March of the Emperor Penguins
Passage 1
13 questionsEmperor penguin sea ice decline
- Matching features · 6
- True false not given · 4
- Summary completion · 3
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 26
High Speed Photography
Passage 3
14 questionsHigh speed and time lapse photography
- Matching features · 4
- Summary completion · 5
- Matching headings · 5
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 27
Wealth in A Cold Climate
Passage 2
13 questionsClimate and national wealth
- Matching headings · 7
- Summary completion · 6
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 29
Blue-footed Boobies
Passage 1
13 questionsBlue footed booby biology
- Matching headings · 6
- True false not given · 3
- Summary completion · 4
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Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 29
Hunting Perfume in Madagascar!
Passage 2
13 questionsPerfume ingredient bioprospecting
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- True false not given · 5
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Children's comprehension of television advertising

The Myth of the Eight-hour Sleep

MAMMOTH KILL

Tasmanian Tiger

Researcher on the Tree Crown

Reclaiming the Night

Paper or Computer?

The Efficacy of Hypnotherapy

Movie of Metropolis

The Eﬀects of Deforestation

T-Rex Hunter

Can We Hold Back the Flood?

Space Flight Tourism

Dirty river but clean water

Memory and Age

Bondi Beach

Talc Powder

The reconstruction of community in Talbot Park, Auckland

Assessing the risk

The evolutional mystery: Crocodile survives

LONGAEVA: Ancient Bristlecone Pine

Voyage of Going: beyond the blue line

California's age of Megafires

Western Immigration of Canada

Communication in science

The Dinosaurs Footprints and Extinction

Art in Iron and Steel

Mrs. Carlill and the Carbolic Smoke Ball

The Last March of the Emperor Penguins

High Speed Photography

Wealth in A Cold Climate

Blue-footed Boobies

Hunting Perfume in Madagascar!