Cambridge 8 Reading Test 1-2-3-4 Answers

Cambridge IELTS 8 Reading Test 1-2-3-4 Answers from Academic and General Training practice booklets.

Reading Test 1 Answers

Following are the Cambridge IELTS 8 Reading Test 1 answers for ‘A Chronicle of Timekeeping‘, ‘Air Traffic Control in the USA‘ and ‘Telepathy‘ passages:

1. D 2. B 3. F 4. E 5. B 6. F 7. D 8. A 9. (ships’s) anchor 10. (escape) wheel 11. tooth 12. (long) pendulum 13. second 14. ii 15. iii 16. v 17. iv 18. viii 19. vii 20. false 21. false 22. not given 23. true 24. true 25. false 26. true 27. E 28. B 29. A 30. F 31. sender 32. picture/ image 33. receiver 34. sensory leakage 35. fraud 36. computers 37. human involvement 38. meta-analysis 39. lack of consistency 40. big/ large enough

Reading Test 2 Answers

Following are the Cambridge 8 Reading Test 2 answers for ‘Sheet glass manufacture: the float process‘, ‘The little ice age‘ and ‘The meaning and power of smell‘ passages:

1. Spinning 2. (perfectly) unblemished 3. labour intensive 4. thickness 5. marked 6. (molten) glass 7. (molten) tin/ metal 8. rolles 9. true 10. not given 11. false 12. true 13. true 14. ii 15. vii 16. ix 17. iv 18. c 19. B 20. A 21. H 22. G 23. C 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. viii 28. ii 29. vi 30. i 31. iii 32. v 33. C 34. A 35. C 36. D 37. clothing 38. vocabulary 39. chemicals 40. cultures

Reading Test 3 Answers

Following are the Cambridge IELTS 8 Reading Test 3 answers for ‘Striking back at lightning with lasers‘, ‘The nature of genius‘ and ‘How does the biological clock tick?‘ passages:

1. D 2. A 3. A 4. power companies 5. safely 6. size 7. B 8. C 9. G 10. D 11. NO 12. YES 13. NOT GIVEN 14. B 15. C 16. F 17. H 18. J 19. TRUE 20. TRUE 21. FALSE 22. TRUE 23. TRUE 24. NOT GIVEN 25. TRUE 26. NOT GIVEN 27. ix 28. ii 29. vii 30. i 31. viii 32. iv 33. physical chemistry/thermodynamics 34. physical chemistry/thermodynamics 35. adapt 36. immortality 37. NO 38. YES 39. NOT GIVEN 40. YES

Reading Test 4 Answers

Following are the Cambridge IELTS 8 Reading Test 4 answers for ‘Land of the rising sum‘, ‘Biological control of pests‘ and ‘Collecting Ant Specimens‘ passages:

1. vii 2. i 3. v 4. ii 5. viii 6. YES 7. NO 8. NOT GIVEN 9. NO 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. A 16. D 17. D 18. NOT GIVEN 19. YES 20. NO 21. YES 22. D 23. H 24. C 25. E 26. B 27. TRUE 28. NOT GIVEN 29. TRUE 30. FALSE 31. A 32. C 33. B 34. D 35. A 36. D 37. heat 38. leaf litter 39. screen 40. alcohol

General Reading Test Answers

1. Talking point
2. How to answer any interview question
3. Recycling at work
4. Lost Cards
5. Consumer advice on buying shoes
6. Snake Oil
7. Is everyone entitled to paid holidays?
8. Kenichi Software
9. Sydney Travel College
10. Holiday Plus

About Cambridge IELTS 8

Cambridge 8 booklet contains four authentic IELTS previous year papers from Cambridge English Language Assessment, providing excellent practice for the examination. This booklet with answers allows students to familiarise themselves with IELTS format and to practise examination techniques using real test structures.

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