Cambridge 16 Reading — Full Solution in Bangla

Test 1 — 40 questions (Q1–40)

• Passage 1 — Polar bears — intelligence and play (Q1–13)
  Sentence completion (Q8–13 shown in the book)
• Passage 2 — The pyramids of Giza (Q14–26)
  Sentence completion (Q21–24 shown in the book)
• Passage 3 — AI and jobs — the future of work (Q27–40)
  Multiple choice (Q27–30) · Summary completion (Q31–34) · Multiple choice (Q35–40)

Test 2 — 40 questions (Q1–40)

• Passage 1 — The White Horse of Uffington (Q1–13)
  Sentence completion (Q9–13 shown in the book)
• Passage 2 — Microbes — the tiny world inside us (Q14–26)
  Multiple choice (Q14–16) · Summary completion (Q17–20) · Yes / No / Not Given (Q21–26)
• Passage 3 — Wisdom — what makes a wise decision? (Q27–40)
  Multiple choice (Q27–30) · Summary completion (Q31–35) · True / False / Not Given (Q36–40)

Test 3 — 40 questions (Q1–40)

• Passage 1 — Roman ships — building and sailing (Q1–13)
  True / False / Not Given (Q1–5) · Sentence completion (Q6–13)
• Passage 2 — Ice patches — ancient finds in the mountains (Q14–26)
  Sentence completion (Q20–22 shown in the book)
• Passage 3 — Plants and the seasons — predicting weather (Q27–40)
  True / False / Not Given (Q27–32) · Matching (Q33–37) · Sentence completion (Q38–40)

Test 4 — 40 questions (Q1–40)

• Passage 1 — Tunnels — qanats and aqueducts (Q1–13)
  Diagram labelling (Q1–6) · True / False / Not Given (Q7–10) · Short answers (Q11–13)
• Passage 2 — Reading on screens — how technology changes reading (Q14–26)
  Multiple choice (Q14–17) · Summary completion (Q18–22) · True / False / Not Given (Q23–26)
• Passage 3 — Trusting AI — can we rely on predictions? (Q27–40)
  Multiple choice (Q33–35) · Yes / No / Not Given (Q36–40)

Test 1 — sample answers

Q8. People think of bears as unintelligent and ___.
Answer: violent

Q21. The complex... is considered to be as big as an Egyptian ___ of the past.
Answer: city

Q31. Jobs which rely not on production but on ___.
Answer: G — information

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

Test 2 — sample answers

Q9. near an ancient road known as the ___.
Answer: Ridgeway

Q14. What point does the writer make about microbes in the first paragraph?
Answer: D

Q27. What point does the writer make in the first paragraph?
Answer: B

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

Test 3 — sample answers

Q1. The Romans’ shipbuilding skills were passed on to the Greeks and the Egyptians.
Answer: FALSE

Q20. They have little protection against ___, which means that they decay relatively quickly.
Answer: microorganisms

Q33. Mention of specialists who can make use of the research findings.
Answer: H

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

Test 4 — sample answers

Q1. ___ to direct the tunnelling.
Answer: POSTS

Q14. What is the writer’s main point in the first paragraph?
Answer: A — our use of technology is having a hidden effect on us

Q33. What is the writer doing in Section A?
Answer: C

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