Practice test reading # 2.12 passage 2

Questions 14–20

Reading Passage 2 has seven paragraphs, A-G.
Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.

List of headings

i Different accounts of the same journey

ii Bingham gains support

iii A common belief

iv The aim of the trip

v A dramatic description

vi A new route

vii Bingham publishes his theory

viii Bingham’s lack of enthusiasm

14 Paragraph A

15 Paragraph B

16 Paragraph C

17 Paragraph D

18 Paragraph E

19 Paragraph F

20 Paragraph G

Questions 21–24

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

21 Bingham went to South America in search of an Inca city.

22 Bingham chose a particular route down the Urubamba valley because it was the most common route used by travellers.

23 Bingham understood the significance of Machu Picchu as soon as he saw it.

24 Bingham returned to Machu Picchu in order to find evidence to support his theory.

Questions 25–26

Complete the sentences below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

25 The track that took Bingham down the Urubamba valley had been created for the transportation of

26 Bingham found out about the ruins of Machu Picchu from a it the Urubamba valley.