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Academic Reading practice paper 1

SECTION 1 SECTION 3
1. FALSE 27. C
2. TRUE 28. D
3. NOT GIVEN 29. B
4. FALSE 30. E
5. TRUE 31. A
6. FALSE 32. Yes
7. TRUE 33. Not given
8. C 34. Not given
9. C 35. No
10. B 36. prudent practice
11. A 37. privatisation policy
12. D 38. incentives
13. C 39. permit
40. regulatory agency

SECTION 2
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. C
21. B
22. A
23. brain dead
24. sociopathic behaviour
25. neocortex
26. animal propensities

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Academic Reading practice paper 3

SECTION 1
1. C SECTION 3
2. G 28. FALSE
3. B 29. TRUE
4. A 30. NOT GIVEN
5. H 31. TRUE
6. D 32. TRUE
7. respiratory movements/signals 33. FALSE
8. tail 34. past actions
9. electric currents 35. inconsistencies
10. olfactory organs 36. Hugh Everett
11. electric signals 37. alternative pathway
12. sinewy muscle 38. non-existence theory
13. electric field 39. historical identity
40. C
SECTION 2
14. E
15. J
16. I
17. D
18. B
19. TRUE
20. NOT GIVEN
21. FALSE
22. TRUE
23. NOT GIVEN
24. TRUE
25. TRUE
26.&27.A
C (in either order)

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Academic Reading practice test 4

SECTION 1
1 B
2 D
3 A
4 C
5 B
6 C
7 FALSE
8 TRUE
9 NOT GIVEN
10 TRUE
11 FALSE
12 TRUE
13 NOT GIVEN

SECTION 2
14 F
15 D
16 G
17 B
18 A
19 C
20 maladaptation
21 environment and health/health and environment
22 expand their range
23 domesticated animals
24 outbreaks
25 climate change
26 (government) funds

SECTION 3
27 ix
28 ii
29 viii
30 xi
31 vi
32 i
33 iii
34 NO
35 NO
36 YES
37 NOT GIVEN
38 short programme/program
39 image problem
40 male demographic/men

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Academic Reading practice test 9

SECTION 1
1. vi
2. viii
3. vii
4. i
5. ii
6. iv
7. royal society
8. niece / his niece
9. telescope
10. optics
11. particles
12. motion
13. calculus

SECTION 2
14. remote
15. native population
16. single
17. ice shelves
18. NOT GIVEN
19. FALSE
20. TRUE
21. FALSE
22. E
23. C
24. A
25. G
26. D

SECTION 3
27. D
28. B
29. A
30. B
31. B
32. NOT GIVEN
33. TRUE
34. NO
35. NOT GIVEN
36. NO
37. D
38. C
39. A
40. B

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Academic Reading practice paper 2

SECTION 1 SECTION 3
1. viii 27. D
2. iii 28. E
3. vii 29. A
4. i 30. C
5. vi 31. B
6. ix 32. E
7. ii 33. B
8. cauliflower rosettes 34. F
9. periodic unsettling 35. YES
10. milk sugars 36. YES
11. liquefied yoghurt 37. YES
12.&13.C 38. NO
E (in either order) 39. NOT GIVEN
40. NO

SECTION 2
14. vi
15. ix
16. v
17. iv
18. x
19. ii
20. vii
21. iii
22. energy
23. subsistence needs
24. rural, impoverished /
rural/impoverished
25. pesticide use
26. protein deficiency
(syndrome)/kwashiorkor

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Academic Reading practice test 5

SECTION 1
1 D
2 G
3 E
4 H
5 F
6 B
7 holiday
8 mycologist
9 (pathogenic) bacteria
10 non-toxic
11 (eventually) died
12 American scientists
13 Nobel Prize

SECTION 2
14 FALSE
15 TRUE
16 NOT GIVEN
17 FALSE
18 FALSE
19 TRUE
20 (outdoor) recreational activities
21 peak hours
22 tourism (and) hospitality/hospitality (and) tourism
23 milking schedules
24 pedestrians
25 mood swings
26 (street) crime/incidents of crime

SECTION 3
27 TRUE
28 FALSE
29 FALSE
30 TRUE
31 NOT GIVEN
32 TRUE
33 NOT GIVEN
34 E
35 D
36 A
37 C
38 C
39 B
40 C

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Academic Reading practice test 7

SECTION 1
1. xi
2. v
3. iii
4. vi
5. viii
6. x
7. ii
8. ix
9. vii
10. Stepfather
11. Scholarship
12. Commonwealth games
13. 400 meters/ metres/ m
14. gold medal

SECTION 2
15. FALSE (As serious as climate change)
16. TRUE
17. FALSE (Just over half, other put in rubbish dump, burnt or leaked into the environment)
18. NOT GIVEN
19. TRUE (6.6%)
20. NOT GIVEN
21. B
22. C
23. B
24. C
25. D
26. D

SECTION 3
27. NO (Lycaon pictus, painted wolf and cape hunting dog)
28. NOT GIVEN
29. YES
30. YES
31. NO (difficult/ poorly researched)
32. NO (currently help track wild dogs)
33. B/D/G
34. B/D/G
35. B/D/G
36. A
37. A
38. B
39. C
40. A

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Academic Reading practice test 8

SECTION 1
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. FALSE
6. TRUE
7. NOT GIVEN
8. TRUE
9. ice-free
10. agriculture
11. greenhouse gases
12. garbage

SECTION 2
13. TRUE
14. FALSE
15. NOT GIVEN
16. TRUE
17. TRUE
18. FALSE
19. C
20. A
21. B
22. A
23. C
24. speed record
25. add amenities
26. still in place
27. bread and butter

SECTION 3
28. ii
29. i
30. vii
31. vi
32. authentic
33. elegant
34. honeymoon
35. widespread
36. NOT GIVEN
37. TRUE
38. TRUE
39. FALSE
40. C

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