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IELTS Reading Practice Test: Electroreception
Practice your IELTS reading skills with this comprehensive 13-question test. Time limit: 20 minutes.
Reading Passage Content Summary
## Electroreception **(A)** Open your eyes in sea water and it is difficult to see much more than a murky, bleary green colour. Sounds, too, are garbled and difficult to comprehend. Without specialised equipment humans would be lost in these deep sea habitats, so how do fish make it seem so easy? ...
Question Types Included
- matching-information (6 questions)
- sentence-completion (3 questions)
- sentence-completion (4 questions)
Test Information
- Total Questions: 13
- Time Limit: 20 minutes
- Level: Intermediate to Advanced
- Format: IELTS Academic Reading
Reading Comprehension Questions
Questions 1–6: Matching Information
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A–H, in boxes 1–6.
1. How electroreception can be used to help fish reproduce
2. A possible use for electroreception that will benefit humans
3. The term for the capacity which enables an animal to pick up but not send out electrical signals
4. Why only creatures that live in or near water have electroreceptive abilities
5. How electroreception might help creatures find their way over long distances
6. A description of how some fish can avoid disrupting each other's electric signals
Questions 7–9: Label the diagram
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 7–9 on your answer sheet.
Shark's 7. alert the young ray to its presence
Embryo moves its 8. in order to breathe
Embryo stops sending 9. when predator close by
Questions 10–13: Summary Completion
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 10–13.
A shark uses its 10. to smell its target.
When close to its prey, the shark uses 11. to guide it toward an accurate attack.
Humans are not preferred by sharks as food due to their 12. .
Salt from human blood increases the intensity of the 13. .
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Electroreception
Reading Passage Content
This page contains IELTS reading practice materials with comprehensive questions and explanations.
Reading Comprehension Questions
Questions 1–6: Matching Information
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A–H, in boxes 1–6.
1. How electroreception can be used to help fish reproduce
2. A possible use for electroreception that will benefit humans
3. The term for the capacity which enables an animal to pick up but not send out electrical signals
4. Why only creatures that live in or near water have electroreceptive abilities
5. How electroreception might help creatures find their way over long distances
6. A description of how some fish can avoid disrupting each other's electric signals
Questions 7–9: Label the diagram
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 7–9 on your answer sheet.
Shark's 7. alert the young ray to its presence
Embryo moves its 8. in order to breathe
Embryo stops sending 9. when predator close by
Questions 10–13: Summary Completion
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 10–13.
A shark uses its 10. to smell its target.
When close to its prey, the shark uses 11. to guide it toward an accurate attack.
Humans are not preferred by sharks as food due to their 12. .
Salt from human blood increases the intensity of the 13. .
Ready to Start?
Click to begin your 20-minute reading test
20 min
13 questions