| TEST 1 ACADEMIC READING ANSWERS | BOOK CAMBRIDGE IELTS 15 ANSWERS | ||
| READING PASSAGE 1, QUESTIONS 1-13 | 20 | car (-) sharing | |
| 21 | ownership | ||
| 1 | oval | 22 | mileage |
| 2 | husk | 23 | C |
| 3 | seed | 24 | D |
| 4 | mace | 25 | A |
| 5 | FALSE | 26 | E |
| 6 | NOT GIVEN | ||
| 7 | TRUE | READING PASSAGE 3, QUESTIONS 27-40 | |
| 8 | Arabs | ||
| 9 | plague | 27 | A |
| 10 | lime | 28 | C |
| 11 | Run | 29 | C |
| 12 | Mauritius | 30 | D |
| 13 | tsunami | 31 | A |
| 32 | B | ||
| READING PASSAGE 2, QUESTIONS 14-26 | 33 | E | |
| 34 | A | ||
| 14 | C | 35 | D |
| 15 | B | 36 | E |
| 16 | E | 37 | B |
| 17 | G | 38 | (unique) expeditions |
| 18 | D | 39 | uncontacted/isolated |
| 19 | human error | 40 | (land) surface |
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