practice Tests, Academic Set 2 ets 5 TEST 9 READING READING READING PASSAGE 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1 - 13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. The Rosetta Stone Paragraph A The Rosetta Stone is 45 inches high at its tallest point, 28.5 inches wide, and 11 inches thick The stone is inscribed with a decree setting up the cult of the pharaoh for Ptolemy V, who was the fifth ruler of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Dynasty. Ptolemy V began his rule when he was five years old, and thus much of the ruling of Egypt during his reign was done by regents and royal priests. With the Rosetta Stone, these priests continued the precedent set by Ptolemy/ll of issuing decrees to the populace, instead of the pharaoh himself. They had the decrees inscribed on stone and erected throughout Egypt. The Rosetta Stone is a copy of a decree issued in the city of Memphis. Paragraph B Afterthe downfall of Cleopatra, Egypt fell under Roman rule. Within one hundred years, the Romans lost ll knowledge of Egyptian hieroglyphics, as most Romans did not value them or even consider them a language at all. When the Roman Empire fell, the Middle Ages began and Egypt experienced anera of relative chaos. Some knowledge of hieroglyphics continued, however, because of the idea that the bitumen used in the preparation of Egyptian mummies had healing properties. The trade in mummies allowed examples of hieroglyphs to reach Europe. In 1633, a Jesuit priest named ‘Anthanasius Kircher made some minor translations of the hieroglyphs by substituting ideas for images one correct use of the hieroglyphs. However, any progressin translation was very slow. Paragraph C When Napoleon reached Egypt in 1798, he brought many scientists and archaeologists to the region. Napoleon originally expected to take Egypt quickly, but, due to British naval opposition, they were forced to stay for three years. This allowed the 167 scientists, technicians, mathematicians, and artists the army had brought with them much time for study of Egyptian culture and artifacts. French Army engineer, Pierre-Francois Bouchard, found the stone onJuly 15, 1799, while he was guiding construction works near the Egyptian port city of Rosetta (present-day Rashid), He recognised its importance and sentit to Cairo. After the French surrender, a dispute arose over the fate of French archaeological and scientific discoveries in Egypt. Finally, the British took the stone as one of the spoils ofwarto the UK in February 1802. It was first presented to the Society of Antiquities and later it was taken to the British Museum, where it has almost permanently remained. Scanned with CamScanneryy the local i ou tian it sipts so that It as EOYP wing vote te Puna. The econ es fai ; sand her i ‘greek whichwasthe ee sglyohs, the script used for" gious document ima was Ge d a ae ea wihich was the common script i fe secret of 196 BCE ee st : i e tan ul langua‘ of the court. The stone displaysthe sem eranunders : el nguticvalve ‘the stone liesinthe fact ‘at someone wh he french Jeera idetothe ater 0 UT i = ravieroglyphsand Demotc thereforehavea guide tothe othe eel yond Dera Champollion,w! Prt the Roset® Egyptian. althoughithas not 9 ui ven discovered: Together, ffected its financial at id cul resin e unique, as othe fragments of dec rreesin the same languages found at ‘archaeological sitesall the stones have unlocked the previously indeciP over Egypt Paragraph D : ‘The Rosetta Stone Was inscribed populace, butalsoby visitng pri erable languagt Paragraph E one has been exhibited in Except when on temporary Joans for the Brith Museum since 2802 with only OM breal World War, in 1917, when the Museum wasconcern Stone was moved to safetyalong withothe! portable, ext two yearsin a stationon the Postal Tube Railway mi ts. The Rosetti Paragraph F . — | InJuly 2003, Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general ofthe Supreme Council of Antiquities in Caio, aooeaded the return ofthe Rosetta Stone. After a ‘od of negotiations, Dr. Hawass ‘stone if the British Museum proposed to drop his claim forthe permanent return of the Rosetta ‘ whe forthe opening ofthe Grand Egyptian ‘Museum at Giza in Toaned the stone to Egypt for three mort 2013, and would providea compromise lifesize replica of the Rosetta Stone to put on display inthe nevily opened Rashid National Museum, ‘and this was agreed. Like many museums around the world that have treasures from other counties. the British Museum has been unwilling to relinquishits claim to the Rosetta Stone and one commentator Was reported to ave said that the Rosetta Stone will soon have spent longer in the British Museum than it ever did in Rosetta. The British Museum |S also under turn the Elgin Marbles, whichwere taken from the Parthenon in Athens in pressure from Greece to ret re eariyrineteenth century. Te legal situations slightly different as the British Museum claims that the Eiginmarbles wer taken with permisionof the then ‘Greek government and that anyway statute i ir prtations would apply th removal being so fong ago. The disputes over both archaeolog treasures continue. Glossary Pharaoh: the politcal and religiusleader of ancient Egypt. Bitumen - a dark and thick mixture of hydrocarbons. Mummies preserved dead bodies. Page 80 Toppight © Simone Braverian Rober Nholson + Al rights reserved red + Web: wwwlELTS-BLOG.com Scanned with CamScannereh Ts b Practice Tests, Avarterric Set 7 questions 16 he text on the previous pages has 6 paragraph (A~ Fy Choose the correct heading for each paragraph frorn the list of headings below, write the correct number (L~ vill) In boxes 1 = 6 on your ansinver sheet, Unlocking the Code ‘The Language is Lost Bought and Sold Re-discovery Life at the Museurn Tragedy Follons What is it? Controversy 1 Paragraph A 2 Paragraph B 3 Paragraph C 4 Paragraph D 5 Paragraph E 6 Paragraph F Page 81 Toray wnnnJELTS-BLOG-CO™ Scanned with CamScannerurs 5 Practice Tests, cadets, Tet USTENING a Questions 33 - 40 ssert. Complete the notes below on the rest of the lecture on the Atacama De: Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the listening for each answer The Atacama Desert Thea A Because the Atacama Deserts so high and the sky overhead so clear the ASTANA AA Millimetre Array (ALMA) has been placed there. Made up of 66 antennas, its high a lution images will allow study of the earliest galaxies and the (33) ____ of our galaxy's planets. The ALMA is 100 times more powerful than previous similar telescopes. ar, the Atacama Large The Atacama Desert Northern ¥% of Chile - 1000 km up to the border of Peru. Barrier of (34) inthe west and the Andes in the east. Average elevation is 4000m (the highest desert in the world). Temperatures average between 0 and -25°C. Flora and Faun: ‘Some life exists - local populations use some plants for (35) Animal life is rare, but there are some reptiles, mice and foxes, Natural Resources and Agriculture The Atacama was Chile's main source of income pre-World War 1. Chile possessed a (36) onthe nitrate trade. Mines abandoned after synthetic nitrate was invented in Germany, Other minerals are mined in the Atacama - 30% of world's (37) ismined in the Atacama and sulphur is also extracted; these resources caused conflict with Bolivia. Very little agriculture because of the lack of water. Some lemons, potatoes and alfclfa. Tourism Now a major income source, Voleanoes, geysers, lagoons etc. attract holiday-makers and (38) Visitors need education to understand the (39) Urbanisation and mining have caused problems, Some farming of natural plants of the Atacama is done, i of the environment. terrupting their (40) Page 78 Copyright © Simone fraverman,RobertNiblson + Alighsresened + Webi wiIEUSHLOG : ww IELTS-BLOG.com Scanned with CamScannerTs 5 Pree TES, Adoni 2 TESTS READING Questions 7-10 Choose the correct etter A, B, Cor D- Writ the correct letter in boxes 7 - 10 on youra™ swersheet. 7 The Rosetta Stone was originally used aS A atranslation tool. B a method of propaganda. Jers C_asystem for informing citizens of new oe ce D to show duties for different goods being Pr continued to understan' ight into port .d some hieroglyphics, 8 After the ancient Egyptians, people only because A itwasakey to understanding history. B _ it was taught in some schools. they were so easy to understand. people wanted to learn some medical knowledge. 9 Napoleon's French archaeologists were able to study ancient Egypt for so long, because A Napoleon gave them the funds to do so. B British military opposition delayed Napoleon. C the archaeologists were also in Napoleon's army. D _ the main archaeological sites were near the coast. 10 The British were able to get possession of the Rosetta Stone, because ‘A they had defeated the French in battle. B the French did not want it. c the British Museum wanted it. D__ the French exchanged it for something else. Page 82 Copyright © Simone Braverman, RobertNicolon » Allighs resend * Web: vow IELTS-BLOG.com Scanned with CamScannerquestions H-13 cnoese THREE letters A - F. qhich THREE of the following happened to the Rosetta Stone whilst in British possession? y rite the correct letter, A - F, in any order in boxes 11 - 13 on your answer sheet. A it became less valuable, as other similar stones were found. it has been lent to other museums on short-term loans. ewes hidden underground at a time of conflict. twas painted white in order to hide what it was. ‘A copy was made of it to help please the Egyptians who wanted it back. f shares a display room in the British Museum with the Elgin Marbles. Rane 22 Scanned with CamScannerich are based on Reading Passage» READING PASSAGE 2 whic og 14-26 You should spend about 20 minutes 0” questions below. a Global warming The Giant pand aa : e world - bringing joy to found th fa os around ub in captivity ays beg ture attraction of z0 rain. being the feature @ a jespite the birt! «highly unce! Despite giant pandas millions of visitors each year - 2nd d be headline news, the survival of giant pandes in the cand st endangered bears in jes i of the rarest and mo: his charismatic and uriversaly loved species 08 te and No trem Burma, but now ile ve in Gansu, Shaanxi and spread throughout Chin vein f09 in the wild in just i 150 ated me ‘arite creature typically leedsa i kand China. This distinctive blac! v ical al a excellent tree climber, but it spends most of its time the world. It was once the giant panda is foun Sichuan Provinces in south-cent solitary life. Itis a good swimmer feeding. ure reserves, but, despite this, they are still lost between the early 1970's and the late . Habitat oss and fragmentation are stil example, roads and railways ae da populations and prevents them ‘hree-quarters ofall wild giant pandas no¥t live in nat endangered. Nearly haf ofall wild giant pandas were 1990's mainly owing to habitat destruction and poachin the moin threats today and this happens in a variety of ways. Fo! increasingly cutting through the forest hich isolates giant pan from breeding. ciant panda almost exclusively feeds 07 bamboo, in spite of its taxono Classification asa meat-eater. Because ofthis various scientists from Michigan State University “Fcomprehensive forecasts of how changing climate may affect the most anda habitat in north- have recently provide 10 that carpet the forest floors of prime giant pi western China. Even the most ‘ffs would effectively common species of bambo +t optimistic scenarios show that bamboo die-o cause this giant panda habitat to become inhospitable by the end of the 21st century. It is well known that the mic. ) died possible scenarios of cimate change in the Qinl ins i i Province. At the northern boundary of China's giant anda eee eee ‘ frees Mountains are home to about 275 wild giant pandas, which account for 17 ae aA et ! oar wld population. Te Qing giant pandas, which have been isk ape oat thousands of ears of haan habitation around the mountain range, v init dant podas. Te geogreptic ication of hese gant pandas male tee genetically from oth Sienation but suscpibl climate range, The stuy is meant jem pariculaty valuable tempat of inatecarge ail provide important forma fo help with understanding rr ing good decisions 2s looking atthe climate impact on th ation for science to assist in e future, Page 84 | The scientists stu Copyright © Sone Braverman Rober Nicholson + Al rights reserved + Web: ‘wwwIELTS-BLOG.co™ Scanned with CamScannerpuss 5 Practice Tests, Academic Set 2 TESTS READING pamboo is a vital part of forest ecosystems, being n it i pandas, but also providing essential food and eo cane es eter on endangered species, ike the ploughshare tortoise and purple-winged ‘ound dove c pamboo can be a risky crop to a studi od species only flower and reproduce every 30 to 35 years, which limits the plant's eee tto d can spell disaster for a food supply. Bamboo naturally dies off every ae n the type. Before people dominated their landscape, giant pandas could die-offs had occurred to areas with healthy bamboo. But as the human ‘are no longer able to. changing climate an 4120 years, depending 0} move from areas where population has expanded and fragmented giant pands habitats the animals ‘follow the bamboo, and so can get stuck in areas without enough food. constructed unique models, using field data on bamboo locality, multiple of precipitation, temperature ranges and greenhouse gas fhe three dominant bamboo species would fare in the Qinling fave studied bamboo, but there is limited dicate that bamboo development has followed ‘The Michigan scientists c climate projections and historic data ‘emission scenarios to evaluate how tl Mountains of China. Not many scientists to date hi historical proof found in fossil records that does in« the benefits and devastation of climate change over time. but by humans as well. If, as the the fate of giant pandas will not only be determined by natures ilable because of human-caused study's models predict, large swathes ‘of bamboo become unavail land use changes, giant pandas will be deprived of clear, accessible paths between meal sources. The models can point the way for authorities to develop proactive planning to protect areas where the climate increases their potential for providing adequate food sources or to begin making natural bridges to allow giant pandas to escape from bamboo famine. ve shown that giant panda habitat and the effectiveness of ly affected by climate change and their models predict habitat by nearly 60:per cent over the next 70 years. The he need to increase protected area development in bution. Independent conservationists have ivity between currently existing and Michigan study does not refer to it itis these links between areas of good es, The key element is haste, before The results of the Michigan study ha protecting this habitat will be severe! climate change could reduce giant panda research provides compelling evidence of t many of the ranges of the current giant panda dist also advised that China needs to ensure increased connecti potential future suitable territories However, although the intaining lear that more time is needed to decide about mail giant panda habitats and conserving habitats for other species numbers become too low and gene diversity becomes too limited. Scanned with CamScannerjeLTS 5 Practice Tests, Acadeny “Se TEST READING Questions 14 ~ 18 i ‘below. Complete the summary using the wordsin the box: het. Write your answers in boxes 14 - 18 on your answers anda is critically habitats. Preferring usually animal likes to swim, limb ant panda is trees and, for most ofits time, feed on bamboo. The giant ps f habitat low on numbers, because of (16) —_———4 loss of from the 1970's to the 1980's. Although officially a (17) ___—~ bamboo is its preferred food. Arecent study has shown that global warming will have (18) effects on bamboo in giant panda habitat over the next hundred years. Despite its (14) __ the dient endangered and is only found in six wil to be alone, this easily (15) forager hunting negative found size carnivore pollution popularity identifiable encouraging Page 86 Se Scanned with CamScannerELTS 5 Practice Tests, Academie Set 2 Qu Answer the questions below, in the climate? Where did scientists find evider nce that bamboo growth line mit sve any positive climate change? Growth and decline mirrors negative ar B What can authorities create to let giant pandas move to different habitats in order to avoid starvation? Questions 24 - 26 Complete each sentence with the correct ending (A 6) below. White the correct letter (A - E) in answer boxes 24 - 26 on your answer sheet 24 The Michigan study has revealed climate change will lead to 25 The Michigan study has advised those responsible to 26 — More time is needed in order to agree on how to A heavier rainfall in giant panda habitats. B allow giant pandas to move between different population habitats. + major changes in giant panda habitats. > increase the number of breeding programs in zoos. . ted status. increase the amount of areas where the giant panda can have protect Page 87 Scanned with CamScannersed on Reading Passage 5 i ES READING PASSAG! 97-40, which are 5% jons P tie You should spend about 20 minutes on Ques! below, ic Resistance ‘antibiotic, coined by term ' teria, The ters bodies, inccont ; rowth of bactena. ting bodies, in contrast tg An antibioticisa drug tat kllsor prevents Hee sntibiotics ene antibiotic is also applied tp Samana gly eb ae ae erapeut : synthetic antimicrobials. Antibiot of antibiotic resistance inthe infecting insects. Doctor lain Nicholson tas close aS possible to 100 per cent of the ee ‘e.]fa small subset of the population fee susceptibility of this new populationto 7 since they have descended from Overuse or misuse of antibiotics may result in the developer organisms, similar to the development of pesticide resist explains. "The concept of genetic selection requires infecting organisms be killed off to avoid selection! survives the treatment and is allowed to multiply, the average “Y= the compound will be much ess than that of the original population, those few organisms that survived the original treatment. nd underdeveloped nations.In | ibiotic resi i inboth developed a Antibiotic resistance has become a serious problem in gh today that the normal, f . ; ibiotic resi: isso hit certain settings, such as hospitals, the rate of antibiotic resistance Is SO today t i low-cost antibiotics are virtually useless for the treatment of frequently seen infections. This leads to more commonuse of newer and more expensive compounds, whichin turn leads to the rise of resistance to those drugs. Drug company spokesperson, Emma Thompson, explains the challenge facing the drug industry. “A continuous race to discover new and different antibiotics results in an attempt to keep humanity from losing ground in the battle against infection. The fear is that we will eventually fail to keep up in this race, and that people may again face lifé-threatening bacterial infections.” | An example of antibiotic resistance is Staphylococcus aureus, which use with pericillinin the 1940's and 1950's At present, nearly all strains are resistant to penicillin, and Fe datenoseedby eer eno dsl fovea between bacteria, making it possible for bacera never o ‘comet Pere canoe noes ? ‘Xposed to an antibiotic to acquire resistance from those which have. d to be treated successfully i Microbial resistance to antibiotics isa natural conse , | ‘quence of selective i However, humans have greatly accelerated the evolution of resistant bacteiaby necna on baci | le OVeruse an ! 1 i misuse of antibiotics in the community, lealth official, Georgina Haynes, explains. “One of ia A ; ea Selection for resistance.” Similarly, in © used for a whole course and Copyright © Simone Braverman, Robert Nicholson yop Scanned with CamScannerguts 5 Practice Tests, Academic Set 2 1 STS READING not stopped just when symptoms ii ustwh improve. The di wamed the scientific ‘ity: . liscoverer of fee aire fb Community: "The administration of oo sald resi ‘of bacteria.” This can happend ‘too small doses leads to the prod Sections, usually in the developing worl ue to patientignorance and toimpropar ahameay 2 rnup. For example, loping wel. Indevloping counties antbote Ramee, i 4 in countries, it i ions are ofter as the patient can afford, whi its common for pharmaci 2 =a will only further ee only be two or three. Tisis an inufientdose oo oes Pr Wat arainasat el evolution of resistant tine ofbacteria Recomroourtons drug content that was in eeaerie! a some African countries sometimes conainoriy al the F 3 label, This may be due to i storage, but also tro} as ry be due to ‘counterfeit’ ficit = ee ee cr ue such as those often found in Africa, edipeneed Eater although local regulations a) a pharmaceutical wheleser desi the problem ation of \uire pharmacies to store drugsin air-conditi : “ iti undergo frequent power outages and warehouses are rarely kept cool ey Seine dealers rarely bother to follow official storage guidelines.” , eee Pericillin himself, Alexander Fleming, Another problem contributing to antibiotic resistances that antibiotics are widely used in food- roduc ng animals, which contributes to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria inthem. These resistant bacteria can contaminate the foods that come from these. animals, and persons who consume these foods can develop antibiotic-resistant infections. This can be seen, for instance, in the fish farm industry. It is common to put upwards of 100,000 fish into each pen which creates cramped and 10 certain bacterial diseases, suchas stressful conditions. This increases the susceptibility of fish t ly transmitted through water and so is furunculosis. Furunculosis, an infection of the kidneys, is easi devastating to fish farms. To combat the disease, antibiotics were added to fish food pellets, but these iffering from loss of appetite due to their infections were unpalatable to the fish. They were already sul and so most of the antibiotics ended up at the bottom of the pens, allowing residual drugs to spread throughout the marine environment. Fiuh farmer, Jo Hardwick, explains that tists different now. “Today, vaccines are replacing the antibiotic pellets as @ treatment forthe disease, but unfortunately, most of the damage has already been done.” ust be used judiciously in humans and animals, es persistence, and spread of resistant bacteria. Resistant bacteria food- n.Food animals serve as@ reservoir of resistant pathogens ly result in antibiotic resistantinfections in ofall the diseases they thought they had ch to antibiotic use. because both uses Inconclusion, antibiotics ™ contribute to the emergence, producing animals are of particular concer oda and resistance mechanisms that can directly orindirect! do notwish to be faced with anattac humans. If people : f conquered in the twentieth century, society has to change its approa Glossary tor action to prevent sickness. Prophylaxis— Treatmen Counterfeit- Not real oran imitation. page 89 reserved * ‘web: qurwfELTs-BLOG.co™ Tanienn + All rights ‘Scanned with CamScannery yeLTts 20 } Test 9 READING yuestions 27 ~ 33 cues 7-33) and Look at the following statements (4 . nis initials: Match each statement with the correct perso! het eet. yur answer ‘sl ; Write the correct initials in boxes 27-33 ony! es prescribe enough an if doctors do not ji ere face infectious diseases that W i i lop i 27 Resistant bacteria can develoP previously thought 28 “Society may again have to treatable. factor in the development of isak 29 Using antibiotics as a preventative measure is a key antibiotic resistance. g with disease ig too late when it comes to the dealin: ish farms. 30 Better practice in fish farms when nments around fi spread of antibiotics in the enviro! 31 Drug companies may not be able to keep finding new antibiotics to fight lethal resistant infections. 32 Alla patient's infection must be destroyed by prescribed antibiotics in order to stop resistance growing. 33 Illicit antibiotic salesmen hardly ever follow the instructions for keeping antibiotics in th right way. lain Nicholson Emma Thompson Georgina Haynes Alexander Fleming Chenbo: Okonkwa Jo Hardwick Page 99 Copyright © Simone Braverman, Robert ——— Scanned with CamScannerIELTS 5 Practice Tests, Academic Set 2 TEST 9 READING Questions 34-38 po llowing statements agree with the informat ‘on given in the text? In 14 ~ 38 on you the followi e with the informati in the text? in boxes 34 ~ 3g ur answer sheet write: TRI if UE if the statement agrees with the informati FALSE if the state 7 fared 4 ‘atement contradicts the information if there is no information on this The curr it biotic only i - 34 current definition of an antibiotic only indudes drugs originating from live organisms, 35 Antibiotic resistance is a significant issue in both first and second world countries 36 | Somehospitals nowadays have to fund new antibiotic research themselves, 37 Climate conditions in some parts of Africa can damage antibiotics in their containers. 38 Resistant bacteria in food cannot be passed on to humans who eat it Questions 39 and 40 Label the diagram below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 39 and 40 on your answer sheet. \ The Misuse of Antibiotics in the Fish Farm Industry (39) with (39)___wit a antibiotics given to fish. Infections hinder the fish’s (40) . Antbitio spect ey i: wine JELTS-BLOS com the marine environm at aire q+ wel —_ “imran, Robert Nic Scanned with CamScanner