IELTS familiarisation test
Reading test answers
Part 1: Questions 1–13
The life and work of Marie Curie
Q1 False
Q2 Not given
Q3 True
Q4 False
Q5 True
Q6 Not Given
Q7 thorium
Q8 pitchblende
Q9 radium
Q10 soldiers
Q11 illness
Q12 neutron
Q13 leukemia
Part 2: Questions 14-26
The Physics of Traffic Behavior
Q14) How a concept from one field of study was applied in another
Q15) A proposal to take control away from the driver
Q16) Areas of doubt and disagreement between experts
Q17) The impact of driver behavior on traffic speed
Q18) Drawing parallels between the behaviour of clouds and traffic
Q19) Clarifying Helbing and Kerner’s conclusions about traffic behaviour
Q20) They may have little to do with everyday traffic behaviour
Q21) They do not really describe anything new
Q22) To discuss contrasting approaches to understanding congestion
Q23) To give details of some of the behaviours shown by traffic
Q24) equations
Q25) collisions
Q26) density
Part 3: Questions 27-40
Plain English
Q27) True
Q28) Not Given
Q29) False
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Reading test answers
Part 1: Questions 1–13
The life and work of Marie Curie
Q1 False
Q2 Not given
Q3 True
Q4 False
Q5 True
Q6 Not Given
Q7 thorium
Q8 pitchblende
Q9 radium
Q10 soldiers
Q11 illness
Q12 neutron
Q13 leukemia
Part 2: Questions 14-26
The Physics of Traffic Behavior
Q14) How a concept from one field of study was applied in another
Q15) A proposal to take control away from the driver
Q16) Areas of doubt and disagreement between experts
Q17) The impact of driver behavior on traffic speed
Q18) Drawing parallels between the behaviour of clouds and traffic
Q19) Clarifying Helbing and Kerner’s conclusions about traffic behaviour
Q20) They may have little to do with everyday traffic behaviour
Q21) They do not really describe anything new
Q22) To discuss contrasting approaches to understanding congestion
Q23) To give details of some of the behaviours shown by traffic
Q24) equations
Q25) collisions
Q26) density
Part 3: Questions 27-40
Plain English
Q27) True
Q28) Not Given
Q29) False
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