The psychology in Happiness, Biomimetic Design, Bright children Reading Answers

The IELTS Reading passage, The Psychology in Happiness, along with the other two Academic passages – Biomimetic Design and Bright Children makes this a complete Reading practice test. 

You will have 60 minutes to complete the whole test, which consists of 40 questions in total.  

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Reading Passage 1 (The psychology in Happiness)

• Matching information
• Multiple Choice Questions
• Sentence completion

Reading Passage 2 ( Biomimetic Design)

• True or False / Not Given
• Sentence completion

Reading Passage 3 ( Bright children)

• Yes/No or Not Given
• Multiple Choice Questions
• Matching information

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Reading Passage 1

The psychology in Happiness

Questions 1-6

Reading Passage has six paragraphs, A–F.

1 the need for individuals to understand what really matters to them

2 tension resulting from a wide variety of alternatives

3 the hope of success as a means of overcoming unhappy feelings

4 people who call themselves specialists

5 human beings’ capacity for coping with change

6 doing things which are interesting in themselves

Questions 7-8

Which TWO of the following people argue against aiming for constant happiness?

A Martin Seligman

B Eric Wilson

C Sonja Lyubomirsky

D Russ Harris

E Barry Schwartz

Questions 9-10

A Inherited wealth brings less happiness than earned wealth.

B Social status affects our perception of how happy we are.

C An optimistic outlook ensures success.

D Unhappiness can and should be avoided.

E Extremes of emotion are normal in the young.

Questions 11-13

11 In order to have a complete understanding of how people’s minds work, Martin Seligman suggested that research should examine our most positive …………………. as closely as it does our psychological problems.

12 Soon after arriving at a …………………… in their lives, people become accustomed to what they have achieved and have a sense that they are lacking something.

13 People who are …………………… by nature are more likely to succeed if they make a thorough preparation for a presentation.

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Reading Passage 2

Biomimetic Design

Questions 14-20

14 Andrew Parker failed to make an effective water device that can be used in the desert.

15 The skin of lizard is easy to get wet when it contacts water.

16 Scientists apply inspiration from nature into many artificial engineering.

17 Tiny and thin hair under gecko’s feet allows it to stick to the surface of the object.

18 When gecko climbs downward, its feet release a certain kind of chemical to make them adhesive.

19 Famous cases stimulate a large number of successful products of biomimetics in real life.

20 Velcro is well-known for its bionics design.

Questions 21-23

21 Ronald Fearing was required to fabricate tiny components for his robotic fly ……………………by specialized techniques.

22 The robotic fly’s main structure outside is made of …………………… and long and thin wires which make it unlike fly at all.

23 Cutkosky applied an artificial material in Stickybot’s …………………… as a tendon to split pressure as a lizard does.

Questions 24-26

24 Stickybot’s feet don’t have …………………… function which makes it only be able to walk on a smooth surface.

25 DARPA is planning to use Stickybot for ……………………..

26 Cutkosky assumes that Stickybot finally has potential in …………………… or other human-related activities.

Reading Passage 3

Bright children

Questions 27-32

27 America has a long history of selecting talented students into different categories.

28 Teachers and schools in Britain held a welcome attitude towards the government’s selection of gifted students.

29 Some parents agree to move to reputable schools in Britain.

30 Middle-class parents participate in their children’s education.

31 Japan and Finland comply with selected student’s policies.

32 Avoiding-selection-policy only works in a specific environment.

Questions 33-34

33 What’s Laszlo Polgar’s point of view towards geniuses of children?

A Chess is the best way to train geniuses.

B Genius tends to happen on the first child.

C Geniuses can be educated later on.

D Geniuses are born naturally.

34 What is the purpose of citing Zsofia’s example in the last paragraph?

A Practice makes a genius.

B Girls are not good at chess.

C She was an adopted child.

D A Middle child is always the most talented.

Questions 35-39

35 Less gifted children get help from other classmates

36 Attending extra teaching is open to anyone

37 People are reluctant to favour gifted children due to social characteristics

38 Both views of innate and egalitarian co-existed

39 The craze of audio and video teaching for pregnant women.

Answers

The psychology in Happiness Reading Answers (Passage 1)

Biomimetic Design Reading Answers (Passage 2)

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