Reading Test 2 (Academic) – Passage 2

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  • •Passage 2: questions 14–26. Time allowed: 20 minutes.
  • •The passage is on the left and the questions are on the right. Each side scrolls separately.
  • •Select words in the passage to highlight them; click a highlight to remove it.
  • •There is no extra time to transfer answers. The test is submitted automatically when time runs out.
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Passage 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the reading passage below.

Rebuilding the Reef

Questions 14–18

Reading Passage 2 has seven paragraphs, A–G. Which paragraph contains the following information? You may use any letter more than once.

Paragraphs

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
14a technique that was found by chance
15a criticism of the way success is measured
16an explanation of why corals turn white
17the benefits reefs give to people
18the view that restoration alone is not enough

Questions 19–23

Complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Corals get most of their food from algae through .
In coral gardening, fragments grow in underwater before being moved to the reef.
Micro-fragmentation uses pieces of only one or two .
Mass spawning takes place a few nights after a .
Some teams choose corals that survived earlier to breed tougher populations.

Questions 24–26

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

24What happens to bleached corals?

25Coral fragments in nurseries are often attached to

26Most scientists think reef restoration