Animal Minds: Parrot Alex, Developing Courtiers, Classifying Societies Reading Answers
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Get ready to practice the IELTS Reading Practice Test 66 to boost preparations for your target band score of 9 on IELTS. Find the answers along with explanations and learn to handle different IELTS Reading questions types.
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In order to understand the IELTS test pattern and improve your IELTS Reading skills, you have to regularly practice IELTS Reading practice tests along with passages like ‘Animal Minds: Parrot Alex’, ‘Developing Courtiers’ and ‘Classifying Societies’.
In IELTS Academic Reading, you will be given to answer 40 questions in just 60 minutes. So, it is important to familiarise with the question types in the passages. The six IELTS question types given in this reading test are:
- True/False/Not Given IELTS Reading
- IELTS Reading Summary Completion
- Short Answer Questions IELTS Reading
- IELTS Reading Matching Features
- Matching Information IELTS Reading
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Reading Passage 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Find the practice test with the Animal Minds: Parrot Alex PDF here.
Animal Minds: Parrot Alex
Questions 1-6
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage?
In boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE, if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE, if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN, if there is no information on this
1 Firstly, Alex has grasped quite a lot of vocabulary.
2 At the beginning of the study, Alex felt frightened in the presence of humans.
3 Previously, many scientists realized that animals possess the ability of thinking.
4 It has taken a long time before people get to know cognition existing in animals.
5 As Alex could approximately imitate the sounds of English words, he was capable of roughly answering Irene’s questions regarding the world.
6 By breaking in other parrots as well as producing the incorrect answers, he tried to be focused.
Questions 7-10
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 the blank spaces from 7-10 on your answer sheet.
After the training of Irene, Parrot Alex can use his vocal tract to pronounce more than 7……………………, while other scientists believe that animals have no this advanced ability of thinking, they would rather teach 8…………………….. Pepperberg clarified that she wanted to conduct a study concerning 9…………………. but not to teach him to talk. The store’s assistant picked out a bird at random for her for the sake of avoiding other scientists saying that the bird is 10…………………… afterwards.
Questions 11-13
Answer the questions 11-13 below.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.
11 What did Alex reply regarding the similarity of the subjects showed to him?
12 What is the problem of the young parrots except for Alex?
13 To some extent, through the way, he behaved what we can call him?
Reading Passage 2
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Find the practice test with the Developing Courtiers PDF here.
Developing Courtiers
Questions 14-18
Use the information in the passage to match the place (listed A-D) with opinions or deeds below.
Write the appropriate letters, A-D, in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once.
14 a place to improve local education to help tourists.
15 a place suitable for both rich and poor travelers.
16 a place where could easily get fungus.
17 a place taking a method to stop unlawful poaching.
18 a place where the healthcare system is developed.
A Cuba
B East Africa
C South America
D Indonesia
Questions 19-22
Use the information in the passage to match the companies (listed A-C) with or deeds below.
Write the appropriate letters A, B, C, or D in boxes 19-22 answer sheet.
A Eating the local fruits at the same time
B find job opportunities in the community
Cwhich is situated in the heart of the jungle
Dwith private and comfortable service
19 Visiting the cheese factory
20 Enjoying the honeymoon
21 Having the picnic while
22 The residents in Cuba could
Questions 23-26
Complete the following summary of the paragraphs of Reading Passage, using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the Reading Passage for each answer.
Write your answers in the blank spaces next to 23-26 on your answer sheet.
Ecotourism is not nature 23 …………………… but a 24…………………… tour. The reason why South America promotes ecotourism is due to the destruction of 25……………………. In addition, East Africa also encourages this kind of tourism for cutting the 26…………………… in order to save wild animals.
Reading Passage 3
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Find the practice test with the Classifying Societies PDF here.
Classifying Societies
Questions 27-33
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage?
In boxes 27-33 on your answer sheet, write
| TRUE | if the statement agrees with the information |
| FALSE | if the statement contradicts the information |
| NOT GIVEN | if there is no information on this |
27 There’s little economic difference between members of a clan.
28 The farmers of a tribe grow a wide range of plants.
29 One settlement is more important than any other settlement in a tribe.
30 A member’s status in a chiefdom is determined by how much land he owns.
31 There are people who craft goods in chiefdoms.
32 The king keeps the order of a state by keeping a military.
33 Bureaucratic officers receive higher salaries than other members.
Questions 34-39
Answer the questions below.
34 What is made at the clan work sites?
35 What is the other way of life for tribes besides settled farming?
36 How are Catalhoyuk’s housing units arranged?
37 What does a chief give to his subjects as rewards besides crafted goods?
38 What is the largest possible population of a chiefdom?
39 Which group of people is at the bottom of an early state but higher than the farmers?
Answers
Check out the answer key for the IELTS Academic passages, ‘Animal Minds: Parrot Alex’, ‘Developing Courtiers’ and ‘Classifying Societies’ and plan to improve your skills for a better IELTS Reading band score.
Animal Minds: Parrot Alex Reading Answers (Passage 1)
| 1 | NOT GIVEN |
| 2 | NOT GIVEN |
| 3 | FALSE |
| 4 | TRUE |
| 5 | TRUE |
| 6 | FALSE |
| 7 | 100 English words |
| 8 | chimpanzees |
| 9 | avian cognition |
| 10 | particularly |
| 11 | colour |
| 12 | wrong pronunciation was chosen |
| 13 | teenager |
Developing Courtiers Reading Answers (Passage 2)
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| 14 | A |
| 15 | D |
| 16 | C |
| 17 | B |
| 18 | A |
| 19 | C |
| 20 | D |
| 21 | A |
| 22 | B |
| 23 | adventure |
| 24 | sustainable |
| 25 | tropical forest |
| 26 | illegal killing |
Classifying Societiesn Reading Answers (Passage 3)
| 27 | TRUE |
| 28 | NOT GIVEN |
| 29 | FALSE |
| 30 | FALSE |
| 31 | TRUE |
| 32 | TRUE |
| 33 | NOT GIVEN |
| 34 | Tools |
| 35 | Nomadic |
| 36 | grouped(together) |
| 37 | foodstuffs |
| 38 | 20,000 |
| 39 | craft specialists |
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