Keep a Watchful Eye on the Bridges, Activities for Children, Roller coaster Reading Answers

The IELTS Reading passage, Keep a Watchful Eye on the Bridges, along with the other two Academic passages – Activities for Children and Roller coaster makes this a complete Reading practice test. 

The Academic Reading test has three sections with all long passages and consists of different types of questions. You will have 60 minutes to complete the whole test, which consists of 40 questions in total. Ideally, you should only take 20 minutes for each sections.

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Here are the question types in this reading test

Reading Passage 1 (Keep a Watchful Eye on the Bridges)

• Multiple Choice Questions (Q.1 – Q.4)
• Diagram completion (Q.5 – Q.8)
• Matching information (Q.9 – Q.13)

Reading Passage 2 (Activities for Children)

• Matching information (Q.14 – Q.17)
• True or False / Not Given (Q.18 – Q.21)
• Multiple Choice Questions (Q.22 – Q.26)

Reading Passage 3 ( Roller coaster)

• Diagram completion (Q.27 – Q.30)
• Summary completion (Q.31 – Q.36)
• Yes/No or Not Given (Q.37 – Q.40)

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Reading Passage 1

Keep a Watchful Eye on the Bridges

Questions 1-4

1 How did the traditional way to prevent damage to the bridges before the invention of the new monitoring system?

A Bridges have to be tested in every movement on two points.

B Bridges have to be closely monitored by microwave devices.

C Bridges have already been monitored by sensors.

D Bridges have to be frequently inspected by professional workers with naked eyes.

2 How does the new microwave monitors find out the problems of bridges?

A by changeling the distance between the positions of devices

B by controlling the traffic flow on the bridges

C by monitoring the distance caused by traffic between two points

D by displacement of the several critical parts in the bridges

3 Why did the expert believe there is a problem for the design called “fracture critical”?

A Engineers failed to apply the newly developed construction materials.

B There was not enough finance to repair the bridges.

C The supporting parts of the bridges may crack and cause the bridge to fail.

D There were bigger traffic load conditions than the designers had anticipated.

4 The defect was not recognized by a basic method in the beginning?

A until the mid of faces of bridges has fractured.

B until the damage appears along and down to the flanges.

C until the points on the road have been punched.

D until the frequency of resonates appears disordered.

Questions 5-8

Questions 9-13

9 how is the pressure that they have many a great chance to test bridges.

10 a ten-year positive change for microwave device.

11 the chance they get an honourable contract.

12 explanation of the mechanism for the new microwave monitoring to work.

13 how is the damage deliberately created by the researchers.

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Reading Passage 2

Activities for Children

Questions 14-17

14 health and living condition of children.

15 health organization monitored physical activity.

16 comparison of exercise time between the UK and other countries.

17 wrong approach for school activity.

Questions 18-21

18 According to the American Heart Foundation, cholesterol levels of boys are higher than girls’.

19 British children generally do less exercise than some other European countries.

20 Skipping becomes more and more popular in schools in the UK.

21 According to Healthy Kids, the first task is for parents to encourage their children to keep the same healthy body weight.

Questions 22-26

22 According to paragraph A, what does Professor Neil Armstrong concern about?

A Spending more time on TV affect the academic level

B Parents have less time to stay with their children

C The future health of British children

D Increasing speed of property’s development

23 What does Armstrong indicate in Paragraph B?

A We need to take a 10-minute walk every day.

B We should do more activity to exercise heart.

C Girls’ situation is better than boys.

D Exercise can cure many diseases.

24 What is the aim of First Kids’ training?

A Make profit by running several sessions.

B Only concentrate on one activity for each child.

C To guide parents on how to organize activities for children.

D Spread the idea that team sport is better.

25 What did Lifshitz suggest at the end of this passage?

A Create opportunities to exercise your body.

B Taking the elevator saves your time.

C Kids should spend more than 200 calories each day.

D We should never drive but walk.

26 What is the main idea of this passage?

A health of the children who are overweight is at risk in the future

B children in the UK need proper exercises

C government mistaken approach for children

D parents play the most important role in children’s activity

Reading Passage 3

Roller coaster

Questions 27-30

Answer the questions below.

Traditional lifting mechanism

Questions 31-36

The first roller coaster was perhaps originated from Russia which is wrapped up by 31……………………, which was introduced into France, and it was modified to 32…………………… because the temperature there would 33……………………the ice. This time 34…………………… were installed on the board. In America, the first roller
the coaster was said to appear in Pennsylvania, it was actually a railroad that was designed to send
35…………………… between two mountains. Josiah White turned it into a thrill ride, it was also called switch backtrack and a 36…………………… there allowed riders to slide down back again.

Questions 37-40 

37 The most exciting roller coaster in the world is in New Jersey.

38 French added more innovation on Russian ice slide including both cars and trucks.

39 Switch Back Railways began to gain popularity since its first construction in New York.

40 The Great Depression affected amusement parks yet did not shake the significant role of US roller coasters in the world.

Answers

Keep a Watchful Eye on the Bridges Reading Answers (Passage 1)

Activities for Children Reading Answers (Passage 2)

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