IELTS General Training Reading Practice Test 05 with Answers

This post will furnish you with several passages for 3 IELTS Reading Sections:

Section 1: Creamy Carbonara Pasta and Sauce Mix
                   Find your Old School Friends
Section 2:  Tall Ship Experience
Section 3: Pioneer 10

Section 1:

Questions 1-5
Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS FROM THE PASSAGE.

[1] Which country does this recipe come from? ……………………..

[2] If you are cooking this meal on a stove, into what do you put your ingredients……………………….

[3] If you are cooking this meal on a stove, how many ingredients do you boil first? ……………………..

[4] When you cook this meal in a microwave oven, how many ingredients do you mix in the bowl or casserole before cooking?…………………………

[5] If you are using a microwave oven, should you put a lid on the bowl before cooking? ……………………..

Questions 6-8
Answer the questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS.

[6] If you cook this recipe using a microwave oven, ——————- which ingredient(s) should you leave out?

[7] For how long should you cook the snow peas? …………………………………

[8] This recipe will make enough food for how many people?……………………..

Section 2:

Questions 14-18
Do the following statements agree with the information in the passage?
Write:
YES                            if the answer is *yes’
NO                             if the answer is ‘no’
NOT GIVEN             if there is no information about this in the passage

[14] Are there exams at the end of the first part of the program?
[15] Will the sailing part of the program last for 6 weeks?
[16] Do I have to be enrolled in a science program to participate?
[17] Do I get to sail on the ship of my choice?
[18] Are international students eligible to apply?

Question 19
Answer the following using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS FROM THE PASSAGE

[19] What are the students expected to complete while at sea?………

Questions 20-22
Choose the correct answer A-D.

[20] How many staff and officers (including the captain) serve on each ship?

A three
B five
C seven
D ten

[21] How many students does each ship carry?

A 8
B 16
C 24
D 32

[22] When is the watch duty time reduced?

A every night
B every other afternoon
C on the weekend
D at night in port

Questions 23-27
Using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS FROM THE PASSAGE complete the following:

To qualify for the program, students have to be able to [23]…………………..
after completing a swim of one hundred metres.

There is not enough space even to bring framed backpacks or [24]…………………..

Students share sleeping quarters, so one group remains awake and [25] ……………..
at night while the others sleep.

Duties include climbing the rigging to set and change [26]………………….and as [27]………………….from the crow’s nest at the top of the mast.
Section 3:

Questions 28-31
Choose the correct answer A-D.

[28] The Pioneer 10 mission was supposed to last…

A less than 2 years.
B 25 years.
C 30 years.
D 2 million years.

[29] The experiments were stopped because of…

A a breakdown in the research equipment.
B problems with communication.
C excessive cost of the mission.
D power failure.

[30] The mission officially ended…

A when the last signal from the space craft reached Earth.
B when the experiments were terminated.
C when the money ran out.
D when the space craft left the solar system.

[31] The plaque on the spacecraft shows…

A two figures pointing to the Earth on a map.
B a man and a woman with raised hands.
C two figures, one with a raised hand.
D a man and a woman holding hands.

Questions 28-31
Choose the correct answer A-D.

[28] The Pioneer 10 mission was supposed to last…

A less than 2 years.
B 25 years.
C 30 years.
D 2 million years.

[29] The experiments were stopped because of…

A a breakdown in the research equipment.
B problems with communication.
C excessive cost of the mission.
D power failure.

[30] The mission officially ended…

A when the last signal from the space craft reached Earth.
B when the experiments were terminated.
C when the money ran out.
D when the space craft left the solar system.

[31] The plaque on the spacecraft shows…

A two figures pointing to the Earth on a map.
B a man and a woman with raised hands.
C two figures, one with a raised hand.
D a man and a woman holding hands.

Questions 37-39
Match each spacecraft with TWO achievements from the list (A-G) on the next page.

[37] Pioneer 10 …………………….                   ………………………………..
[38] Pioneer 11 …………………….                  ………………………………..
[39] Voyager 1……………………….                  ………………………………..

List of Phrases
A took close-up images of Saturn
B most distant man-made object in space
C first to leave the solar system
D still sending faint signals
E flight path re-programmed in mid-flight
F following the direction of the sun’s movement
G first to pass through the asteroid belt

Question 40
Answer the following question.

[40] The main purpose of the writer of the passage is to…

A compare Pioneer 10 with other spacecraft.
B describe Pioneer 10’s construction.
C list Pioneer 10’s journeys.
D outline the life and achievements of the Pioneer 10 mission.

ANSWER KEY FOR IELTS GENERAL READING PRACTICE TEST 05

Section 1
1. Italy
2. (in a) saucepan
3. 3
4. 4
5. No
6. butter / margarine
7. 1 minute
8. 2-3
9. nickname
10. year
11. password
12. notes
13. email

Section 2
14. Not Given
15. Yes
16. No
17. Not Given
18. Yes
19. research pioject
20. D
21. C
22. D
23. tread water
24. suitcase(s)
25. on watch/on deck
26. sails
27. lookout

Section 3
28. A
29. D
30. B
31. C
32. Not Given
33. No
34. No
35. Yes
36. Yes
37. C, G (both needed for 1 mark)
38. A, E (both needed for 1 mark)
39. B, F (both needed for 1 maik)
40. D