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IELTS Reading Practice Test: Pine Trees
Practice your IELTS reading skills with this comprehensive 13-question test. Time limit: 20 minutes.
Reading Passage Content Summary
## Pine Trees I am looking at a very thick twisted trunk, rising to medium height, at which point appears a stumpy canopy of spiky needles. It's a tree, but a very special one. Ron Simonson, a park ranger explains. "It's a bristlecone pine, and it's been given the name, Methuselah". I ask the obvi...
Question Types Included
- sentence-completion (4 questions)
- true-false-not-given (4 questions)
- multiple-choice-with-multiple-answer (3 questions)
- multiple-choice (2 questions)
Test Information
- Total Questions: 13
- Time Limit: 20 minutes
- Level: Intermediate to Advanced
- Format: IELTS Academic Reading
Reading Comprehension Questions
Questions 1–4: Sentence Completion
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 1–4.
1. Every year, pine trees gain another .
2. The pyramids were built hundreds of years after .
3. Typical of all pines are their .
4. The wood from pines is not very .
Questions 5–8: True/False/Not Given
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
Write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
Write FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
Write NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
5 Ponderosa pines are the largest.
6 Pines are familiar to most people.
7 Birds usually spread pine seeds.
8 Lightning storms benefit pine barrens.
Questions 9–11: Multiple Choice
9–11: Choose THREE answers from the list, and write the correct letter, A-F, next to the questions.
Which THREE groups of people, A-F, particularly like pine trees?
Questions 12–13: Multiple Choice
Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.
12. Pine cones are
13. Methuselah is
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Exam Duration:
min
Standard test • Range: 5-180 minutes
20 min
13 questions
Pine Trees
Reading Passage Content
This page contains IELTS reading practice materials with comprehensive questions and explanations.
Reading Comprehension Questions
Questions 1–4: Sentence Completion
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 1–4.
1. Every year, pine trees gain another .
2. The pyramids were built hundreds of years after .
3. Typical of all pines are their .
4. The wood from pines is not very .
Questions 5–8: True/False/Not Given
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
Write TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
Write FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
Write NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
5 Ponderosa pines are the largest.
6 Pines are familiar to most people.
7 Birds usually spread pine seeds.
8 Lightning storms benefit pine barrens.
Questions 9–11: Multiple Choice
9–11: Choose THREE answers from the list, and write the correct letter, A-F, next to the questions.
Which THREE groups of people, A-F, particularly like pine trees?
Questions 12–13: Multiple Choice
Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.
12. Pine cones are
13. Methuselah is
Ready to Start?
Customize your exam settings and begin your reading test
Exam Duration:
min
Standard test • Range: 5-180 minutes
20 min
13 questions