Cambridge 13 Reading — Full Solution in Bangla

Test 1 — 40 questions (Q1–40)

• Passage 1 — Tourism in New Zealand — a travel website (Q1–13)
  Sentence completion (Q1–7) · True / False / Not Given (Q8–13)
• Passage 2 — Boredom — why we get bored (Q14–26)
  Sentence completion (Q24–26 shown in the book)
• Passage 3 — Computer art — can machines be creative? (Q27–40)
  Multiple choice (Q27–31) · Matching (Q32–37) · Yes / No / Not Given (Q38–40)

Test 2 — 40 questions (Q1–40)

• Passage 1 — Cinnamon — the spice trade in Ceylon (Q1–13)
  True / False / Not Given (Q10–13 shown in the book)
• Passage 2 — Oxytocin — the 'love hormone' (Q14–26)
  Matching information (Q14–17) · Matching people (Q18–20) · Sentence completion (Q21–26)
• Passage 3 — Brands and innovation — managing trends (Q27–40)
  Multiple choice (Q27–31) · Matching (Q32–37) · Matching sentence endings (Q38–40)

Test 3 — 40 questions (Q1–40)

• Passage 1 — The coconut palm — a tree of many uses (Q1–13)
  Table completion (Q1–8 shown in the book)
• Passage 2 — Baby talk — how babies learn language (Q14–26)
  Matching information (Q14–17) · Sentence completion (Q18–23) · Matching (Q24–26)
• Passage 3 — The Indus Valley civilisation — why it declined (Q27–40)
  Matching information (Q27–31) · Sentence completion (Q33–36) · Matching people (Q37–40)

Test 4 — 40 questions (Q1–40)

• Passage 1 — The Cutty Sark — a famous clipper ship (Q1–13)
  Sentence completion (Q9–13 shown in the book)
• Passage 2 — Soil — the living earth (Q14–26)
  Sentence completion (Q14–17) · Matching information (Q18–21) · Matching headings (Q22–26)
• Passage 3 — The Happiness Industry — a book review (Q27–40)
  Multiple choice (Q27–29) · Matching (Q30–34) · Yes / No / Not Given (Q35–40)

Test 1 — sample answers

Q1. Allowed businesses to ___ information regularly.
Answer: update

Q24. ...the central feature of boredom is that people cannot ___, due to a failure in... the ‘attention system’...
Answer: focus

Q27. What is the writer suggesting about computer-produced works in the first paragraph?
Answer: B — a great deal of progress has already been attained in this field

Full explanations for all 40 questions — keywords, passage match, synonyms, English + Bangla — are in the book.

Test 2 — sample answers

Q10. The Portuguese had control over the cinnamon trade in Ceylon throughout the 16th century.
Answer: TRUE

Q14. Reference to research showing the beneficial effects of oxytocin on people.
Answer: B

Q27. In the first paragraph, the writer says that most managers...
Answer: D

Full explanations for all 40 questions — keywords, passage match, synonyms, English + Bangla — are in the book.

Test 3 — sample answers

Q1. Timber for houses and the making of ___.
Answer: furniture

Q14. The importance of adults giving babies individual attention when talking to them.
Answer: B

Q33. ...they discovered evidence of a change in water levels in a ___ in the region.
Answer: lake

Full explanations for all 40 questions — keywords, passage match, synonyms, English + Bangla — are in the book.

Test 4 — sample answers

Q9. After 1880, Cutty Sark carried ___ as its main cargo during its most successful time.
Answer: wool

Q14. Healthy soil contains a large variety of bacteria and other microorganisms, as well as plant remains and ___.
Answer: minerals

Q27. What is the reviewer’s attitude to advocates of positive psychology?
Answer: D

Full explanations for all 40 questions — keywords, passage match, synonyms, English + Bangla — are in the book.