Ielts /toefl/det Practice Exams

INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM ACADEMIC READING TIME ALLOWED 1 Hour NUMBER OF QUESTIONS 38 Instructions ALL ANSWERS MUST BE WRITTEN ON THE ANSWER SHEET The test is divided as follows - Reading Passage 1 Question 1-11 - Reading Passage 2 Question 12-25 - Reading Passage 3 Question 26-38 Start at the beginning of the test and work through it. You should answer all the questions. If you cannot do a parricular question leave it and go on to the next. You can return to it later. READING PASSAGE 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-11 which are based on Reading Passage 1 on pages 2 and 3. The Spectacular Eruption of Mount St. Helens A The eruption in May 1980 of Mount St. Helens, Washington State, astounded the world with its violence. A gigantic explosion tore much of the volcanos summit to fragments the energy released was equal to that of 500 of the nuclear bombs that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945. B The event occurred along the boundary of two of the moving plates that make up the Earths crust. They meet at the junction of the North American continent and the Pacific Ocean. One edge