IELTS General Reading Mock Test 2

1. Visitors can help to make one particular event a success at this festival. Fill in the blank 1 of 8
2. People can listen to local musicians here. Fill in the blank 2 of 8
3. At this festival, people can listen to music in lots of different places. Fill in the blank 3 of 8
4. It is not necessary to pay for one of the events here. Fill in the blank 4 of 8
5. It is possible to stay overnight at this festival. Fill in the blank 5 of 8
6. Children will enjoy this festival. Fill in the blank 6 of 8
7. Visitors can get advice here. Fill in the blank 7 of 8
8. People can which craftspeople at work here. Fill in the blank 8 of 8

15. Some Fill in the blank 1 of 6 will help you to discover the most effective places to advertise.

16. A Fill in the blank 2 of 6 of your customers will show you how they feel about your company.

17. A Fill in the blank 3 of 6 of forms of advertising will make it more likely that potential customers will find out about you.

18. If you can, provide customers with useful Fill in the blank 4 of 6 about your business.

19. Measuring the effects of your advertising can give you Fill in the blank 5 of 6 that will improve your business.

20. Success in finding new customers largely depends on your Fill in the blank 6 of 6 .

Working Time Regulations for Mobile Workers

These apply to people working on lorries, buses, etc.
They don’t apply to 21. Fill in the blank 1 of 7 workers.
Maximum working hours: 60 hours a week, provided the 22. Fill in the blank 2 of 7 is no more than 48 hours.
Night work can be more than 10 hours with the 23. Fill in the blank 3 of 7 of the workers.
Work includes driving, loading and unloading, and carrying out various 24. Fill in the blank 4 of 7 of the vehicle.

Periods of availability include:
going on a 25. Fill in the blank 5 of 7 or other form of transport with a vehicle
a period at the workstation when the driver has some 26. Fill in the blank 6 of 7 might count as a period of availability

Periods of availability exclude:
time spent stopping and starting the vehicle when 27. Fill in the blank 7 of 7 causes delays being in a queue, e.g. in order to load or unload.

Automata and the ancient Greeks

The ancient Greeks had a number of 28. Fill in the blank 1 of 3 concerning automata. According to one, the god Hephaestus created two assistants made of gold. The Greeks probably also created real automata; it seems most likely that the mechanism which controlled them consisted of 29. Fill in the blank 2 of 3 which were worked by human operators. Some automata were designed to be 30. Fill in the blank 3 of 3 with an educational purpose.

List of Descriptions

31. created an automaton that represented a bird in water, interacting with its surroundings Fill in the blank 1 of 5
32. created an automaton that performed on a musical instrument Fill in the blank 2 of 5
33. produced documents about how to create automata Fill in the blank 3 of 5
34. created automata which required a human being to operate the mechanism Fill in the blank 4 of 5
35. used air and water power Fill in the blank 5 of 5

36. The Mechanical Theatre shows court life inside a Fill in the blank 1 of 5 .
37. In the Mechanical Theatre, building workers, butchers and a barber represent various Fill in the blank 2 of 5 of the time.
38. Fill in the blank 3 of 5 provides the power that operates the Mechanical Theatre.
39. New Fill in the blank 4 of 5 that developed in the nineteenth century reduced the cost of the production of automata.
40. During the nineteenth century, most automata were intended for use by Fill in the blank 5 of 5 .