IELTS plus 3 TEST 3 Reading passage 3

IELTS Plus 3 TEST 3 Reading passage 3

Multiple Choice

Furthermore, it was ........ that some of the relevant statistics had been ......... from publication.

• withheld, alleged

• alleged, withheld

• diminished, withheld

• withheld, diminished

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an official process to discover the facts about something bad that has happened

• scrutiny

• inquiry

• integrity

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happening after something and because of it

• preceding

• latter

• ensuing

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to reduce or be reduced in size or importance

• to flare up

• to rage

• to amplify

• to diminish

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................ and hoping for the best makes it almost impossible. It is much better to learn from the successes and failures.

• To start rolling

• Hunkering down

• Knuckling down

• To get off the ground

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to go down in amount or value very quickly and suddenly

• to diminish

• to ascend

• to soar

• to plummet

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... it can be almost impossible to convince critics that a new direction can be charted with that same person .............

• irresponsible

• at the charge

• at the helm

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(of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended

• to backfire

• to flourish

• to prosper

• to thrive

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the careful and detailed examination of something

• oversight

• scrutiny

• misobservation

Multiple Choice

That doesn't mean .............. to unfounded arguments which are based on prejudice rather than evidence, ......

• disclaiming

• conceding

• denying

Multiple Choice

Public opinion has moved toward the view that scientists of ten try to ............ alternative hypotheses and ideas and that scientists will withhold data and try to manipulate some aspects of peer review to prevent ............

• diminish, dissent

• diminish, scrutiny

• suppress, dissent

• suppress, scrutiny