Reading Practice Test # 1.10 Passage 2

Questions 14–21

Reading Passage 2 has nine paragraphs, A-I.

Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A-E and G-I from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number, i-xi, in boxes 14-21.

List of Headings

i. A fresh and important long-term goal

ii. Charging for roads and improving other transport methods

iii. Changes affecting the distances goods may be transported

iv. Taking all the steps necessary to change transport patterns

v. The environmental costs of road transport

vi. The escalating cost of rail transport

vii. The need to achieve transport rebalance

viii. The rapid growth of private transport

ix. Plans to develop major road networks

x. Restricting road use through charging policies alone

xi. Transport trends in countries awaiting EU admission

14. Paragraph A

15. Paragraph B

16. Paragraph C

17. Paragraph D

18. Paragraph E

Example Answer

Paragraph F vii

19. Paragraph G

20. Paragraph H

21. Paragraph I

Questions 22–26

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

22 The need for transport is growing, despite technological developments.

23 To reduce production costs, some industries have been moved closer to their relevant consumers.

24 Cars are prohibitively expensive in some EU candidate countries.

25 The Gothenburg European Council was set up 30 years ago.

26 By the end of this decade, CO2 emissions from transport are predicted to reach 739 billion tonnes.