Mock Test # 12 Reading Passage 1

Questions 1–6

Label the diagrams below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 1-6

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Questions 7-10

For Statements, 7-10, choose:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

7 The counter-excavation method completely replaced the qanat method in the 6th century BCE.

8 Only experienced builders were employed to construct a tunnel using the counter-excavation method.

9 The information about a problem that occurred during the construction of the Saldae aqueduct system was found in an ancient book. %BLANK%

10 The mistake made by the builders of the Saldae aqueduct system was that the two parts of the tunnel failed to meet.

Questions 11-13

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 11-13.

11 What type of mineral were the Dolaucothi mines in Wales built to extract?

12 In addition to the patron, whose name might be carved onto a tunnel?

13 What part of Seleuceia Pieria was the Çevlik tunnel built to protect?