Mock Test # 14 Reading Passage 1

Questions 1–6

Reading Passage 1 has seven paragraphs, A-G.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

1 reference to an appealing way of using dance that the writer is not proposing

2 an example of a contrast between past and present approaches to building

3 mention of an objective of both dance and engineering

4 reference to an unforeseen problem arising from ignoring the climate

5 why some measures intended to help people are being reversed

6 reference to how transport has an impact on human lives

Questions 7–13

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 7-13.

Guard rails were introduced on British roads to improve the 7 of pedestrians,

while ensuring that the movement of 8 is not disrupted.

Pedestrians are led to access points, and encouraged to cross one 9 at a time.

An unintended effect is to create psychological difficulties in crossing the road, particularly for less 10 people.

Another result is that some people cross the road in a 11 way.

The guard rails separate 12 , and make it more difficult to introduce forms of transport that are