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BEST Reading IELTS General Test 149
Reading IELTS General Test 149 – Passage – 1
Reading IELTS General Test 149
READING PASSAGE – 1
Read the text and answer Questions 1 – 7.
Science Museum
A guided tour of the Challenge of Materials gallery.
Starts: 14:00
Challenge of Materials – gallery tour
Discover the history of Flight in this free tour. From mankind’s earliest dreams of flight, through the Wright brothers to the jumbo jet.
Starts: 13:00
Flight Gallery Tour
A guided tour of our Making the Modern World gallery.
Starts: 15:00
Making the Modern World – gallery tour
Events for Schools
A fast-moving and entertaining demonstration that explores forces and motion.
Starts: 11:00, 12:15, 13:30
Feel the Force
Our popular Launchpad gallery is reserved for different age groups on different days. Find out when you can request places for your Key Stage 2 group.
Starts: 10:30
Launchpad open for Key Stage 2
IMAX Films
Dive into this magical 3D adventure and swim with some of the planet’s most colourful creatures.
Starts: 13:05
Deep Blue 3D
Journey through distant galaxies on this mission to service the Hubble Telescope.
Starts: 14:20
Hubble 3D
Special Exhibitions
Explore how astronomy has changed the way we see our universe – and ourselves – through this object-rich exhibition. How astronomy has shaped our world.
Until Friday 30 December 11
Cosmos and Culture
An exciting new exhibition exploring the role played by technology in creating post-war Britain.
Until Thursday 31 March 11
Hi-tech Britain
Explore the workings of the unconscious mind through a range of modern and historical objects and contemporary artworks.
Until Saturday 02 April 11
Mind Matter
Reading IELTS General Test
Questions 1 – 7
The text describes different tours, films and exhibitions.
Which of these would probably be of most interest to the following people?
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer.
1. someone interested in sea life
2. someone interested in films about outer space
3. someone interested in the human brain
4. someone interested in airplanes
5. someone interested in how a country developed since the war
6. someone interested in the way we live
7. someone interested in movement and energy
Reading IELTS General Test
Read the text and answer Questions 8 – 14.
General Safety Rules
1. No laboratory work shall be performed by a student without the direct supervision of the teacher. Under no circumstances is a student allowed to work in the laboratory alone.
2. You will be instructed at the beginning of each laboratory period, as to the potential dangers that may be encountered and the proper precautions that are required to eliminate or reduce such hazards.
3. You will become familiar with the instructions of laboratory procedure prior to the initiation of any related activity. Read all directions for the experiment at least two times. Ask questions if you don’t understand any part of the directions. No changes from the instructions will be allowed without permission from the teacher or instructor.
4. Never perform any activity that is not authorized or supervised by the teacher or instructor.
5. Do not operate equipment without operating instructions or specific permission from the teacher or instructor (i.e. Bunsen burner or centrifuge).
6. No eating, drinking or applications of cosmetics is allowed in the laboratory.
7. Always wash hands after handling chemicals, plants, animals, or dissection tools.
8. Careless behavior in a laboratory can cause accidents. Horseplay, teasing, loud talking or tossing objects are are not allowed in a laboratory.
9. All personal possessions such as books, coats, and papers, that are not related to the laboratory procedure should not be brought into the laboratory work area.
10. Each laboratory student will be made aware of the use and location of all safety equipment (i.e. goggles, gloves, apron, fume hood, eyewash, etc.)
11. Never reach over a Bunsen burner, chemical reagents or other laboratory equipment.
12. At the completion of the laboratory period or when an experiment is complete, return all equipment to proper storage and clean the work area.
Reading IELTS General Test
Questions 8 – 14
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text?
TRUE – if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE – if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN – if there is no information on this
8. Safety instructions are given at the start of each lab session.
9. It is not necessary to get a teacher’s permission for all experiments.
10. Ladies are not allowed to wear high heels in the laboratory.
11. You are not allowed to throw anything to another person in the laboratory.
12. All books should be left outside the laboratory work area.
13. You must never stretch across an experiment.
14. At the end of your session, you must clean all the equipment you have used.
Reading IELTS General Test
ANSWERS ARE BELOW
Reading IELTS General Test
ANSWERS
1. DEEP BLUE 3D
2. HUBBLE 3D
3. MIND MATTER
4. FLIGHT GALLERY TOUR
5. HI-TECH BRITAIN
6. COSMOS AND CULTURE
7. FEEL THE FORCE
8. TRUE
9. FALSE
10. NOT GIVEN
11. TRUE
12. FALSE
13. TRUE
14. FALSE