Mock Test # 7 Reading passage 2

Questions 14-18

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

How a Venus flytrap traps an insect
• Insect touches (14) on leaf of plant

Small (15) passes through leaf

(16) in cell membrane open

Outside cells of leaves fill with (17)

Leaves change so that they have a (18) shape and snap nut

Questions 19-22
Look at the following statements (Questions 19-22) and the list of plants. Match each statement with the correct plant, A. B. C, D or E. Write the correct letter, A, B, C, D or E, in boxes 19-22.

19. It uses other creatures to help it digest insects. 

20. It produces a slippery substance to make insects fall inside it. 

21. It creates an empty space into which insects are sucked. 

22. It produces a sticky substance which traps insects on its surface. 

List of plants
A Venus flytrap
B bladderwort
C Drosera sundew
D Raffles’ pitcher plant
E purple pitcher plant

Questions 23-26

Reading Passage 2 has nine paragraphs, A-l. Which paragraph contains the following information?

23. a mention of a disadvantage of the leaf shape of some carnivorous plants  

24. an example of an effort made to protect carnivorous plants

25. unexpected information about the origins of certain carnivorous plants

26. an example of environmental changes that shorten the life cycles of carnivorous plants

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