Cambridge IELTS 16 Academic Reading Test 4

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• Answer all 40 questions. Move freely between parts using the question palette.
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Cambridge 16 Test 4 takes in tunnelling, the digital reading shift and AI attitudes. Passage 1 examines Roman tunnel construction, drawing on Persian and other earlier civilisations. Passage 2, Changes in reading habits, asks how screens have altered the way we read. Passage 3, Attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence, surveys the spread of AI prediction in policing, medicine and beyond.

Passage 1 is diagram-heavy with six diagram-labelling questions, four True/False/Not Given and three short-answer items — diagram labelling here works on cross-section views, so sketch the layout as you read. Passage 2 mixes four multiple choice, a five-gap summary and four Yes/No/Not Given items on the writer's clear views about modern reading. Passage 3 closes with six headings, three multiple choice and five Yes/No/Not Given.

Plan eighteen minutes on Roman tunnels, twenty on reading habits, twenty-one on AI, with one minute to transfer. The reading habits passage takes a clear position on screens, so the Yes/No/Not Given items hinge on tone. The Romans built tunnels by working from both ends and meeting in the middle — apply the same idea to long passages, hooking on familiar terms wherever they appear.

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