Cambridge IELTS 8 Academic Reading Test 1 Answer Key

Cambridge 8 Reading Test 1 answers
Reading Passage 1 - A Chronicle of Timekeeping

A Chronicle of Timekeeping Reading Answers

  1. D
  2. B
  3. F
  4. E
  5. B
  6. F
  7. D
  8. A
  9. (ship’s) anchor/(an/the) anchor 
  10. (escape) wheel
  11. tooth
  12. (long) pendulum
  13. second
Reading passage 2 - Air Traffic Control in the USA

Air Traffic Control in the USA Reading Answers

14. ii
15. iii
16. v
17. iv
18. viii
19. vii
20. FALSE
21. FALSE
22. NOT GIVEN
23. TRUE
24. TRUE
25. FALSE
26.  TRUE

Reading passage 3 - Telepathy

Telepathy Reading Answers

  1. E
  2. B
  3. A
  4. F
  5. sender
  6. picture/image
  7. receiver

34 & 35 IN EITHER ORDER

sensory leakage (or) (outright) fraud

  1. computers
  2. human involvement
  3. meta-analysis
  4. lack of consistency
  5. big/large enough

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