Mock Test # 7 Reading passage 1

Questions 1-7

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
For Statements, 1-7, 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

1. The Hidden Histories of Exploration exhibition aims to show the wide range of people involved in expeditions.

2. The common belief about how Park and Livingstone travelled is accurate.

3. The RGS has organised a number of exhibitions since it was founded.

4. Some of the records in the RGS archives are more useful than others.

5. Materials owned by the RGS can be used in ways that were not originally intended.

6. In their publications, European explorers often describe their dependence on their helpers.

7. Local helpers refused to accompany William Smyth during parts of his journey.

Questions 8-13

Reading Passage 1 has seven paragraphs, A-G. Which paragraph contains the following information?

8. reference to the distances that some non-European helpers travelled

9. description of a wide range of different types of documents

10. belief about the effect of an exhibition on people seeing it

11. examples of risks explorers might have been unaware of without local help

12. reference to various approaches to assessing data from local helpers

13. reference to people whose long-term occupation was to organise local assistance for European explorers

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