Reading test 10 – Next Level English VN

Welcome to your Reading test 10

The Reading test takes place in 60 minutes including the time of answer checking. There are 3 sections (3 passages) and you will need to answer 40 questions for this test. The test will be automatically submitted when the time ends.

Questions 1-5

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1. In boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet, write

YES if the statement is true

NO if the statement is false

NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage

1. Mind Gym coach instructed employees to imagine that they are the building.

2. Mind Gym uses the similar marketing theory that is used all round

3. Susan Greenfield is the founder of Mind Gym.

4. All business and industries are using Mind Gym’s session globally.

5. According to Mind Gym, extensive scientific background supports their mental training sessions.

Questions 6-13

Use the information in the passage to match the people (listed A-D) with opinions or deeds below. Write the appropriate letters A-D in boxes 6-13 on your answer sheet.

A. Guy Claxton

B. Sebastian Bailey

C. Susan Greenfield

D. Lawrence Katz

NB You may use any letter more than once

6. We do not have enough inspiration to keep our brain fit.

7. The more you exercise your brain like exercise in the gym, the more brain will grow.

8. Exercise can keep your brain health instead of improving someone’s IQ.

9. It is valuable for schools to teach students about creative skills besides basic known knowledge.

10. We can develop new neuron connections when we lose old connections via certain treatment.

11. People usually mark themselves as not creative before figuring out there are approaches for each person.

12. An instructor in Mind Gym who guided the employees to exercise.

13. Majority of people don’t have appropriate skills-training for brain.

1 out of 3

Questions 14-18

Use the information in the passage to match the category of each navigation method (listed A-C) with correct statement. Write the appropriate letters A-C in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.

NB you may use any letter more than once

A. Guidance

B. Path integration

C. Route following

14. Using basic direction from starting point and light intensity to move on.

15. Using combination of place and direction heading for destination.

16. Using an iconic building near your destination as orientation.

17. Using a retrace method from a known place if a mistake happens.

18. Using a passed spot as reference for a new integration.

Questions 19-21

Choose the correct letter, A, B, c or D.

Write your answers in boxes 19-21 on your answer sheet.

19. What does the ant of Cataglyphis respond if it has been taken to another location according to the passage?

A. Improves the orientation sensors.

B. Releases biological scent for help from others.

C. Continues to move by the original orientation.

D. Totally gets lost once disturbed.

20. Which of the followings is true about “cognitive map” in this passage?

A. There is not obvious difference contrast by real map.

B. It exists in our head and is always correct.

C. It only exists under some cultures.

D. It was managed by brain memory.

21. Which of following description of way findings correctly reflects the function of cognitive map?

A. It visualizes a virtual route in a large scope.

B. It reproduces an exact details of every landmark.

C. Observation plays a more important role.

D. Store or supermarket is a must in file map.

Questions 22-26

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2? In boxes 22-26 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement is true

FALSE if the statement is false

NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage

22. Biological navigation has a state of flexibility.

23. You will always receive good reaction when you ask direction.

24. When someone follows a route, he or she collects comprehensive perceptional information in mind on the way.

25. Path integration requires more thought from brain compared with route-following.

26. In a familiar surrounding, an exact map of where you are will automatically emerge in your head.

2 out of 3

Questions 27-30

The reading passage has seven paragraphs, A-G

Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A-G from the list below. Write the correct number, i-xi, in boxes 27-31 on your answer sheet.

NB There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use them

List of Headings

i The famous Moai

ii The status represented symbols of combined purposes

iii The ancient spots which indicates scientific application

iv The story of the name

v Early immigrants, rise and prosperity

vi The geology of Easter Island

vii The begin of Thor Heyerdahl’s discovery

viii The countering explanation to the misconceptions politically manipulated

ix Symbols of authority and power

x The Navel of the World

xi The Norwegian Invaders’ legacy

Example Answer: Paragraph A iv

27. Paragraph B

28. Paragraph D

29. Paragraph E

30. Paragraph G

Questions 31-36

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3? In boxes 31 – 36 on your answer sheet write

TRUE if the statement is true

FALSE if the statement is false

NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage

31. The first inhabitants of Easter Island are Polynesian, from the Marquesas or Society islands.

32. Construction of some moai statues on the island was not finished.

33. The Moai can be found not only on Easter Island but also elsewhere in Polynesia.

34. Most archeologists recognised the religious and astronomical functions for an ancient society

35. The structures on Easter Island work as an astronomical outpost for extraterrestrial visitors.

36. The theory that depleted natural resources leading to the fail of Easter Island actual has a distorted perspective

Questions 37-40

Complete the following summary of the paragraphs of Reading Passage, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the Reading Passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet.

Many theories speculated that Easter Island’s fall around the era of the initial European contact. Some say the resources are depleted by a 37………………………..The erroneous theories began with a root of the 38 ……………………….. advanced by some scholars. Early writers did not have adequate 39……………………….. understandings to comprehend the true result of 40……………………….. nature of events on the island. The social devastation was in fact a direct of the first European settlers.

37.

38.

39.

40.

3 out of 3