This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Ielts > Ielts Reading – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ielts Reading Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many parts are there in the IELTS Reading section? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 2. Based on the evidence found at the crime scene, the detective was able to ..... that the suspect had entered the house through the back door. A) Deduce. B) Produce. C) Induce. D) Reduce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deduce. 3. In the title 'Helium's future up in the air'. What does 'up in the air' mean? A) Burning. B) Certain. C) Flying. D) In doubt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In doubt. 4. The number of steps above the water level in a stepwell altered during the course of a year. A) True. B) False. C) Not given. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What is a bathtub used for? A) Taking a bath. B) Drying your hair. C) Washing clothes. D) Cooking food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taking a bath. 6. There are 3 different passages in the IELTS Reading test. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 7. How many questions types are there in the Ielts reading test? A) 13. B) 12. C) 20. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13. 8. For tables, you the keywords you should highlight are ..... A) Name and dates. B) Locations and places. C) Theories and ideas. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. Two types of tests are commonly used in modern schools. The first type is sometimes called an "objective" test. A) Not influenced by personal feelings. B) Not particular. C) Targeted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not influenced by personal feelings. 10. Many rich countries are concerned about a significant imbalance in old and young people by 2025. A) True. B) False. C) Not given. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. How can skimming and scanning improve overall reading comprehension? A) By reading every word in a text. B) By quickly identifying key information in a text. C) By ignoring important details in a text. D) By taking extensive notes while reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By quickly identifying key information in a text. 12. For the Ielts reading (yes, no not given) is a good idea to A) Read and understand the whole text. B) Read and understand the statement. C) Read and understand paragraph by paragraph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read and understand the statement. 13. What does the moving-gas model of traffic aim to reproduce? A) Vehicle speed. B) Traffic congestion. C) Pedestrian behavior. D) Weather patternsTagsUnderstanding word meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pedestrian behavior. 14. "Most termites do not inhabit the upper part of the mounds."What is the meaning of "inhabit" ? A) To reduce. B) To crush. C) To live in. D) To remove an unwanted covering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To live in. 15. 'Instead of making people busier and more tired, taking part in voluntary activities may actually help decrease people's stress levels, ' comments Clara Coleman, a researcher at Princeford University. A) Opinion. B) Fact. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opinion. 16. LEGO's strategy post-2004 focused exclusively on incremental innovations for driving the majority of its annual sales. A) True. B) FALSE. C) NOT GIVEN. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 17. In a summary question, it doesn't matter if you change the order of the words in the paragraph A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. What is the (near) antonym of the word "forgotten" ? A) Found. B) Future. C) Commemorated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commemorated. 19. How many minutes do you have for the reading test? A) 20. B) 40. C) 60. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 60. 20. What did theoretical physicists Dirk Helbing and Boris Kerner notice when simulating traffic flow using gas movement equations? A) Unpredictable results. B) Smooth traffic flow. C) Increased efficiency. D) Reduced congestionTagsMain ideas and supporting details. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth traffic flow. 21. It's a good idea to spend roughly an equal amount of time on each section. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Is it possible to predict what word or type of word may be the answer? A) Yes, always. B) Sometimes it is possible as the words surrounding the space may help you. C) Never. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sometimes it is possible as the words surrounding the space may help you. 23. Which of the following means 'to avoid'? A) Enable. B) Keep safe from. C) Impact. D) Assist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keep safe from. 24. Don't pay attention to A) Lamdscapes. B) Prentended. C) Ignore. D) Income. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ignore. 25. What does the phrase "the key to success" mean? A) A door key. B) The most important part of being successful. C) A lucky number. D) A favorite hobby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The most important part of being successful. 26. What does 'Adjacent' mean? A) Far away from something else. B) Above something else. C) Beneath something else. D) Next to or adjoining something else. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Next to or adjoining something else. 27. "It can also lead to erroneously showing relationships between organisms with similar primitive traits."What is the meaning of "trait" ? A) Similarity. B) Classification. C) Characteristic. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characteristic. 28. Ants are ..... creatures. A) Social. B) Sociable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social. 29. You are ..... to see the words in the headinds repeated in the passage. A) Likely. B) Unlikely. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unlikely. 30. Which paragraph contains the following information?a reason why Paul Wickens thought he was qualified to start his own games company A) B. B) E. C) J. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 31. The world is becoming overcrowded as the world population continues to grow fast. A) Too many people. B) Too many things. C) Too dangerous. D) Too much. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Too many people. 32. How is the passage organized? (a) Chronologically (b) Cause and effect (c) Problem and solution (d) Compare and contrast A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 33. The media is more inclined to focus on and report ..... rather than ..... environmental news. A) Promising stories-impartial or hopeful. B) Bleak narratives-skewed or objective. C) Bad news-positive or neutral. D) Optimistic events-distorted or unbiased. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bad news-positive or neutral. 34. Where in the reading passage can the answer to each question usually be found? A) In the same paragraph as the previous answer. B) After the previous answer. C) In more than one paragraph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After the previous answer. 35. Choose an option fill in the blank:"The opposition leader accused government ministers of ..... the statistics to suit themselves." A) Taking. B) Manipulating. C) Ordering. D) Analyzing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manipulating. 36. What is the mark that you will get if you answer correctly in both IELTS Reading and Listening tests? A) 2.5 points for all sections. B) 1 point for all sections. C) 2 points for all sections. D) 1 point for the easy sections, and 2 points for the hard sections. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1 point for all sections. 37. "These historic buildings now coexist with contemporary shops and offices."What is the meaning of "contemporary" ? A) Huilty. B) Modern. C) Jealous. D) Empathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modern. 38. Your plans are crucial to our success so you have to think carefully. A) Important. B) Does not matter. C) Opinion. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Important. 39. The number of animals increased ..... 2004 and 2008. A) BY. B) BETWEEN. C) IN. D) OVER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BETWEEN. 40. The way a person lives their life A) Tropical. B) Income. C) Satisfy. D) Lifestyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lifestyle. 41. "Symptoms of the illness include a high temperature and a persistent dry cough."What is the synonym for "persistent" ? A) Temporary. B) Short. C) Short-lived. D) Lasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lasting. 42. Read the following question. What kind of word is missing?In the 1980s, Eastern European countries were communist, and this was a barrier to the international trading of players. However, after communism's ..... , there was much more freedom of movement. A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 43. A well-known phrase or sentence that gives advice A) Proverb. B) Pronoun. C) Provenance. D) Property. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proverb. 44. How many steps are there to do Summary Completion tasks? A) 6. B) 7. C) 5. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 45. Environmental regulations require the manufacturing plants to implement pollution control measures and reduce their carbon footprint. "plant" is ..... A) A process. B) A factory. C) A species. D) A living organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A factory. 46. The main idea of the passage can be found in the first 3 sentences of the introduction and restated in the concluding paragraph. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 47. If you want to migrate to Australia, which type of IELTS you should take? A) Academic. B) None. C) General training. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) General training. 48. The non-managerial staff should be given more ..... to resolve customer complaints. A) Discretion. B) Disruption. C) Distinction. D) Dismissal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discretion. 49. How many sections are there in the IELTS Listening test? A) 4. B) 2. C) 6. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 50. Palladio designed both wealthy and poor people A) True. B) False. C) Not Given. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. An emergency is: A) A holiday. B) A dangerous or serious situation. C) A normal situation. D) A weekend trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dangerous or serious situation. 52. When writing the essay for the Ielts I need to bear in mind that: A) I should make a plan, structure well the essay using synomyms and conectors making sure I answered the questions. B) I should answer the questions right away by providing several examples using connectors. C) I should not plan, I should answer the questions in the intro and then develop arguments using connectors. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I should make a plan, structure well the essay using synomyms and conectors making sure I answered the questions. 53. Questions 1-3Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.Write the correct letter in boxes 1-3 on your answer sheet. 1. What does the writer say about the performance of older typists on the test? A) They used different motor skills from younger typists. B) They used different motor skills from younger typists. C) They used different motor skills from younger typists. D) They used different motor skills from younger typists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They used different motor skills from younger typists. 54. The library staff will issue a list to academics about A) The resources they have in their possession. B) The resources they must return. C) The resources they may borrow. D) The resource they have problems with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The resources they have in their possession. 55. If the instruction says "NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER", then which answer is INCORRECT? A) Father-in-law. B) Computer science department. C) Three reading pages. D) Five minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Computer science department. 56. Paraphrase are phrases which have a ..... meaning to words in the passage). A) Similar. B) Different. C) Opposite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similar. 57. Keeping something the same for a long period of time A) Income. B) Consumes. C) Satisfy. D) Preserving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preserving. 58. Purpose of Matching-Heading task in IELTS Reading? A) Test your ability to recognize the paragraph's main idea and identify supporting ideas. B) Checking your understanding main points of text. C) Test your ability to identify information assesses. D) Test your ability to summarize the main ideas of a given text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Test your ability to recognize the paragraph's main idea and identify supporting ideas. 59. The presence of impurities in the pharmaceutical drug can have serious consequences for patient safety. "impurities" =? A) Permeated substances. B) Damaged elements. C) Desirable components. D) Unwanted substances. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unwanted substances. 60. You need to understand every word in order to answer a question A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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