KEY TO IELTS READING EXERCISES :

READING EXERCISE-1 :

1. D

2. B

3. C

4. E

5. B

6. D

7. A

8. B

9. D

10. C

11. TRUE

12. FALSE

13. NOT GIVEN

14. D

15. A

16. E

17. G

18. TRUE

19. NOT GIVEN

20. NO

21. TRUE

22. NOT GIVEN

23. TRUE

24. Pollutants

25. Artificial floods

26. Desalination

27. E

28. B

29. A

30. F

31. B

32. NOT GIVEN

33. FALSE

34. NOT GIVEN

35. TRUE

36. FALSE

37. TRUE

38. B

39. A

40. D

READING EXERCISE – 2:

1. Candle wax

2. Synthetic

3. Chemistry

4. Novalak

5. fillers

6. hexa

7. raw

8. pressure

9. B

10. C

11. TRUE

12. FALSE

13. FALSE

14. FALSE

15. NOT GIVEN

16. TRUE

17. FALSE

18. TRUE

19. NOT GIVEN

20. TRUE

21. Problem solving

22. Temporal lobes

23. Evaluating information

24. C

25. A

26. F

27. D

28. Latin

29. Doctors

30. Technical vocabulary

31. Grammatical resources

32. Royal society

33. German

34. Industrial revolution

35. NOT GIVEN

36. FALSE

37. TRUE

38. Popular

39. Principia/the principia/Newton’s principia/mathematical treatise

40. Local/more local/local audience

READING EXERCISE – 3:

1.A 2.D 3.C 4.C 5. sudan, india 6. bicycle 7. shoe shine 8. life skills 9. no 10. not given 11. no 12. yes 13. A 14. iii 15. i 16. iv 17. vi 18. (the tectonic plates ) 19. magma 20. ring of fire 21. 600 (years) 22. water/oceans 23. lava/magma/molten rock 24. (western) India 25. explodes 26. (trapped) gases 27. D 28. E 29. C 30. D 31. F 32. (the) linguist (acts) 33. foreign language 34. (the poor ) quality 35. non-verbal behavior/ facial expressions 36. (video) camera / (video) recording 37. frequency of usage 38. particular linguistic feature 39. size 40. intuitions

READING EXERCISE – 4: 1.B 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. E 8. 15-20% 9. 40% 10. 6% 11. D 12. B 13. prepare 14. full 15. smoke 16. charge 17. machines 18. supers 19. split 20. bees 21. supers 22. screen 23. brood chamber 24. NOT GIVEN 25. yes 26. yes 27. No 28.C 29. E 30.D 31. G 32. H 33. yes 34. yes 35. not given 36. yes 37. not given 38. D 39. B 40. F 41. H

READING EXERCISE – 5 :

1. preserve 2. unaware 3. chance

4. friction 5. rotating 6. percussion 7. Eskimos 8. despite 9. f 10. d 11. e 12. c 13. g 14. a 15. c 16. yes 17. yes 18. not given 19. NO 20. no 21. not given 22. yes 23. b 24. c 25. a 26. a 27. d 28. e 29. timber and stone 30. modernism 31. international style 32. badly designed buildings/multistorey housing 33. preservation 34. high-tech 35. co-existence of styles 36. c 37. d 38. g 39. f 40. h READING EXERCISE – 6: 1. C 2. D 3. G 4. Clerks/copying clerks 5. library 6. stability 7. pension 8. TRUE

9. FALSE 10. NOT GIVEN 11. FALSE 12. FALSE 13.TRUE 14. F 15. A 16. B 17. D 18. I 19. C 20. B 21. D 22. C 23. NOT GIVEN 24. TRUE 25. FALSE 26. FALSE 27. YES 28. NOT GIVEN 29. NO 30. NOT GIVEN 31. YES 32. NO 33. C 34.D 35. C 36. B 37.B 38. long term 39. right 40. urgent READING EXERCISE – 7 : 1. C 2. E 3. B 4. YES 5. YES 6. NO 7. YES 8. NO 9. NOT GIVEN 10. Cheese 11. Tourism/tourist/tour 12. pottery

13. jewellery/jewelry 14. G 15. A 16. H 17. C 18. Sharp 19. Unexpectedly 20. Quickly 21. Contracts 22. Warm 23. Disputed 24. TRUE 25. NOT GIVEN 26. FALSE 27. TRUE 28. TRUE 29. NOT GIVEN 30. FALSE 31. FALSE 32. TRUE 33. FALSE 34. Temperatures 35. Day- neutral/day neutral plants 36. Food/food resources/adequate food resources 37. Insects/fertilization by insects 38. Rainfall/suitable rain fall 39. Sugarcane 40. classification READING EXERCISE – 8: 1. FALSE 2. FALSE 3. TRUE 4. TRUE 5. FALSE 6. NOT GIVEN 7. TRUE 8. NOT GIVEN 9. M 10. E 11. G 12. P 13. J 14. B 15. Taste buds 16. Baleen/the baleen whales 17. Forward and downward

18. Fresh water dolphins 19. Water/the water 20. Lower frequencies 21. Bow head, humpback 22. Touch/sense of touch 23. Fresh water dolphin(s) 24. Airborne flying fish 25. Clear water/ clear pen water(s) 26. Acoustic sense/ the acoustic sense 27. C 28. C 29. A 30. E 31. C 32. A 33. Pairs 34. Shapes 35. Sighted 36. Sighted 37. Deep 38. Blind 39. Similar 40. B READING EXERCISE – 9: 1. isolation 2. economic globalization/globalization/socio-economic pressures 3. cultural identity 4. traditional skill 5. E 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. NO 11. YES 12. NOT GIVEN 13. YES 14. C 15. B 16. YES 17. NO 18. YES 19. YES 20. YES 21. NOT GIVEN

22. NO 23. YES 24. emotional/emotional problems 25. headache 26. general ill health 27. H 28. F 29. A 30. H 31. I 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. F 36. B 37. G 38. E 39. D 40. A READING EXERCISE – 10: 1. True 2. Not Given 3. False 4. False 5. Not Given 6. True 7. genetics 8. power 9. injuries 10. training 11. A 12. D 13. B 14. Yes 15. Not Given 16. No 17. Yes 18. Not Given 19. No 20-21. D, E 22-23. C, D 24. oral histories 25-26. humanistic study, historical discipline

27. scientist 28. iv 29. i 30. iii 31. v 32. B 33. B 34. A 35. B 36. No 37. Yes 38. Yes 39. Not Given 40. Not Given READING EXERCISE – 11 : 1. FALSE 2. TRUE 3. NOT GIVEN 4. FALSE 5. TRUE 6. FALSE 7. TRUE 8. C 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. D 13. C 14. C 15. A 16. B 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. C 21. B 22. A 23. Brain dead 24. Sociopathic behavior 25. Neocortex 26. Animal propensities 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. E 31. A

32. Yes 33. NOT GIVEN 34. NOT GIVEN 35. NO 36. Prudent practice 37. Privatization policy 38. Incentives 39. Permit 40. Regulatory agency

READING EXERCISE – 12: 1. Send a messenger 2. Short bell rings 3. Nearest stair case/stairs 4. (paved) quadrangle (area) /quad 5. (all) support staff/ personnel 6. The (class) roll 7. All clear/ signal 8. (their) home-room groups 9. TRUE 10. FALSE 11. NOT GIVEN 12. NOT GIVEN 13. FALSE 14. TRUE 15. F 16. H 17. E 18. J 19. B 20. A 21. C 22. Final written warning 23. Formal appeal hearing 24. B 25. E 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. C 30. E 31. B 32. H 33. A 34. F

35. D 36. Functional strength 37. Mass monsters 38. Injuries 39. Weight training 40. Cardiovascular health