IELTS Reading Multiple Choice Questions

 

IELTS Reading Multiple Choice Questions

One of the most famous works of art in the world is Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Nearly everyone who goes to see the original will already be familiar with it from reproductions, but they accept that fine art is more rewardingly viewed in its original form. However, if Mona Lisa was a famous novel, few people would bother to go to a museum to read the writer’s actual manuscript rather than a printed reproduction. This might be explained by the fact that the novel has evolved precisely because of technological developments that made it possible to print out huge numbers of texts, whereas oil paintings have always been produced as unique objects. In addition, it could be argued that the practice of interpreting or ‘reading’ each medium follows different conventions. With novels, the reader attends mainly to the meaning of words rather than the way they are printed on the page, whereas the ‘reader’ of a painting must attend just as closely to the material form of marks and shapes in the picture as to any ideas they may signify.

Questions:

1. According to the passage, Monalisa is :

1. Da Vinci’s masterpiece
2. One of the famous works of art 
3. Just another painting
4. The only work on art

2. Why do people want to view art in its original form?

1. They can appreciate art better in its original form.
2. They are tired of viewing duplicates.
3. both A & B
4. None of the above

3. According to the passage, what is the difference between a novel and a painting?

1. No difference
2. Novels are unique.
3. Paintings are unique objects.
4. None of the above

4. What is the difference between reading a novel and a painting?

1. No difference.
2. In a novel, they have to carefully observe the way they are printed and in a painting it is just reading the meaning.
3. In a painting, they have to carefully observe the way they are printed and in a novel it is just reading the meaning.
4. None of the above

Sample 2

The use of hot-air balloons can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history (220-280 AD). Zhuge Liang used these early incarnations, known as Kongming lanterns, as military signals. The first manned flight on record took place in France on October 15th, 1783. In a balloon constructed by Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, a Frenchman named Pilatre de Rozier was elevated eighty feet off the ground. Modern hot-air balloons, with their capacity to ascend or descend and occasionally ‘steer’ at the pilot’s will, were first developed by Ed Yost in the 1950s. The Bristol Belle is generally regarded as the first modern hot-air balloon and had its inaugural flight in 1967. Since then, balloon technology has become extremely sophisticated. Some hot-air balloons have reached altitudes of 21,000 metres, travelled over 7,500 kilometres, and reached speeds of up to 400 kilometres per hour. Questions:

 

Choose the correct letter A-D next to question 1-5 on the answer sheet.

1. According to the passage, In which era did the hot-air balloons come into use?

1. Six dynasties (220-589 AD) 
2. Three kingdoms era (220-280 AD) 
3. Shang dynasty (1600-1046 BC) 
4. Imperial China (221 BC – 1912 AD) 

2. Who used the early incarnation of the hot-air balloons? 

1. Liu Bei
2. Cao Cao
3. Sima Yi
4. Zhuge Liang

3. When did the first manned hot air balloon come into use? 

1. October 15,1783
2. September 19, 1783
3. November 21, 1783 
4. August 18, 1783

4. Who developed the Modern Day Hot-air Balloons? 

1. Zhuge Liang 
2. Pilatre de Rozier
3. Ed Yost
4. Joseph-Micheal Montgolfier

5.What was the name given to the first modern hot air balloon? 

1. Roziere Balloons
2. Aerostat Reveillon
3. Vijayapat Singhania 
4. Bristol Belle 

Sample 3

Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. He had an older sister, Willie Christine King, and a younger brother Alfred Daniel Williams King. Growing up in Atlanta, King attended Booker T. Washington High School. He skipped ninth and twelfth grades and entered Morehouse College at age fifteen without formally graduating from high school. From the time that Martin was born, he knew that black people and white people had different rights in certain parts of America.

 

Questions:

Choose the correct letter A-D from the question next to 1-5. 

1.When and where was Martin Luther King born? 

1. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee 
2. January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia 
3. November 21, 1933, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
4. March 23, 1925, Ulm, Germany 

2. How many siblings did Martin Luther King have? 

1. Three siblings 
2. One sibling
3. Two siblings
4. None of the above 

3. Which school did Martin Luther King attend? 

1. Booker T. Washington High School 
2. The Galloway School 
3. Carver High school 
4. Warren T. Jackson School 

4. Which grades did Martin Luther king skip to enter college? 

1. 6th & 11the grade
2. 10th & 7th grade 
3. 9th & 12th grade 
4. 8th and 12th grade 

5.What did Martin Luther King know from the beginning of his birth? 

1. Different rights for black & white people in America 
2. Black people deprived of education rights in America
3. No rights for black people to vote in America 
4. Couldn’t understand why white people were treated better than the black people

Sample 4

As, over the last four hundred years, tea-leaves became available throughout much of Asia and Europe, the ways in which tea was drunk changed. The Chinese considered the quality of the leaves and the ways in which they were cured are essential. People in other cultures added new ingredients besides tea-leaves and hot water. They drank tea with milk, sugar, spices like cinnamon and cardamom, and herbs such as mint or sage. The variations are endless. For example, in Western Sudan, on the edge of the Sahara Desert, sesame oil is added to milky tea on cold mornings. In England, tea, unlike coffee, acquired a reputation as a therapeutic drink that promoted health. Indeed, in European and Arab countries as well as in Persia and Russia, tea was praised for its restorative and health-giving properties. One Dutch physician, Cornelius Blankaart, advised that to maintain health, a minimum of eight to ten cups a day should be drunk and that up to 50 to 100 daily cups could be consumed safely.

 

Questions:

Choose letters A-D from questions 1-5. 

1.According to the passage, in which countries did the tea leaves become available over the last 400 years? 

1. Russia & USA 
2. England & France 
3. Asia & Europe 
4. Persia & Russia 

2. What were the other ingredients added while making the tea? 

1. Sugar & Milk
2. Herbs (Mint & Sage) 
3. Spices (Cinnamon & Cardamom) 
4. All of the above 

3. In which place was sesame oil added to milky tea? 

1. On the edge of the Sahara Desert, Western Sudan
2. Japanese and Middle Eastern countries 
3. Southern Arab countries 
4. None of the above

4. Which countries have praised tea for its restorative and health-giving properties? 

1. Arab & Europe
2. Persia & Russia 
3. Both A & B 
4. England & France 

5.Which physician advised to consume eight to ten cups of tea a day? 

1. Al-zahrawi
2. Ibn Sina
3. Sushruta
4. Cornelius Blankaart 

Sample 5

One of the most evocative eras in the history of poetry must surely be that of the Romantic Movement. During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a group of poets created a new mood in literary objectives, casting off their predecessors’ styles in favor of a gripping and forceful art that endures with us to this day. Five poets emerged as the main constituents of this movement – William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats. The strength of their works lies undoubtedly in the power of their imagination. Indeed, imagination was the most critical attribute of the Romantic poets. Each poet had the ability to portray remarkable images and visions, although differing to a certain degree in their intensity and presentation. Nature, mythology, and emotion were of great importance and were used to explore the feelings of the poet himself.

Questions:

Choose letters A-D from questions 1-5. 

1.Which is considered to be the most evocative era in the history of poetry? 

1. Pastoralism
2. Metaphysical poets
3. Elizabethan & Shakespearean Era
4. Romantic Movement 

2. In which century did a group of poets create a new mood in literature? 

1. 15th & 16th century 
2. Late 18th century 
3. Late 18th & early 19th century 
4. None of the above 

3. How many poets were the main constituents of the Romantic Movement? 

1. Six poets
2. Five Poets
3. A group of 7 poets
4. Three poets

4.What is considered to be one of the most critical attributes of romantic poets? 

1. Descriptive imagery
2. Choice of meter
3. Imagination 
4. Emotions & Intentions 

5. What elements were important for poets to explore their feelings? 

1. Nature
2. Mythology 
3. Emotions
4. All of the above 

Sample 6

Humans can live about a month without food but only a few days without water. Because 70 percent of the human body is water, weight loss in some quick diets is dramatic due to water loss. Of all the water globally, only about 2.5 percent is fresh, and two-thirds of this is locked up in glaciers and ice caps. Nobody knows how much water is underground or in permafrost. All life on earth is sustained by a fraction of one percent of the world’s water. If a five-liter jug (about 1.3 gallons) represented the world’s water, the available freshwater would not fill a teaspoon.

Questions:

Choose answers from letter A-D from questions 1-5. 

1.What is the percentage of water available in the human body? 

1.  80%
2. 70%
3. 46% 
4. Between 45% and 60% 

2. How much fresh-water is locked up in glaciers? 

1.  Two-third 
2. One-fourth
3. Two-fourth 
4. One-third 

3. What percentage of the Earth’s water supports life? 

1. Fraction of one percent 
2. 2.5% 
3. 1.2%
4. None of the above 

4. What causes dramatic weight-loss? 

1. Water loss in the body. 
2. Intake of excess electrolytes. 
3. Excess workout. 
4. A balanced diet and regular exercise. 

5. How much of the world’s water is freshwater? 

1. 3.5% 
2. 0. 3%
3. 1.2%
4. None of the above