Cambridge IELTS 9 Academic Reading Test 1 Answer Key

Book 9 Reading Test 1 answers
Reading Passage - 1 William Henry Perkin

Answer keys for William Henry Perkin reading passage

  1. False
  2. Not Given
  3. False
  4. True
  5. Not Given
  6. True
  7. Not Given
  8. (the/only) rich
  9. Commercial (possibilities)
  10. Mauve(was/is)
  11. (Robert) Pullar
  12. (in) France
  13. Malaria(is)
Reading passage 2- Is there anybody out there?

Answer keys for Is there anybody out there? reading passage

14. iv
15. vii
16. i
17. ii
18. Several billion years
19. Radio(waves/ signals)
20. 1000(stars)
21. Yes
22. Yes
23. Not Given
24. No
25. Not Given
26.  No

Reading passage 3- The history of the tortoise

Answer keys for The history of the tortoise reading passage

27. Plants
28. In either order; Both required
Breathing     Reproduction

29. Gills
30. Dolphins
31. Not Given
32. False
33. True
34. 3 Measurements
35. (triangular) graph
36. Cluster
37. Amphibious
38. Half way
39. Dry-land tortoises
40. D

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