Cambridge IELTS 12 – Test 1 – Passage 1

The question	Words in the question	Words in the text	Meaning
2	Synthetic	Replicate	made from rtificial substances,often copying a natural product
3	between	Gap	The period between 2 harvests
4	atmospheric conditions	The air	the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth and that we breathe
5	Remove	Strip	To take the bark off the tree
6	affect	spoil	To cause a change to the taste of bottle contents
6	Bottle contents	the product contained in the bottle	Which inside the bottles
7	produce	Manufacture	to make something or bring something into existence
9	products	goods	Something is made to be sold
9	In keeping with	suit	To match with the quality
11	easily	Without difficulty	Needing little effort
12	aid	support	To make a contribution to local biodiversity
13	stop	Prevent	To pause desertification

Cambridge IELTS 12 – Test 1 – Passage 2

The question	Words in the question	Words in the text	Meaning
14	Because	In order to	The reason for doing something
15+26	A feeling of	A sense of	An emotional feelingabout something
16	Club	A group of	a number of people that meet together because they have the same interests
16	Share	Exchange	To give and receive things between people in order that everyone can use those things
17	Similar	Like-minded	People who have the same way of thinking
18	Whole life	Life- long	lasting for the whole of a person's life
19	Searching for	In a hunt for	Looking for something which is difficult for you to find
21	Male	Boys and men
25	Unusual	Unexpected	different from others of the same type in a way that is surprising, interesting, or attractive
26	Inspire	Fulfil	To make somebody have a particular emotion about something – in this case, satisfaction about collecting things

Cambridge IELTS 12 – Test 1 – Passage 3

The question	Words in the question	Words in the text	Meaning
32	different	divergent	Developing or moving in different directions
32	outcomes	ends	Results of an action or event
34	expectation	prospective	Expect or believe something will happen
35	find	detect	Discover something which is difficult to see, hear…..
36	successful	effective	To bring the results you want
39	to be good at the job of	professionalization	The process of making people more expert at the job that they do
40	provide a detailed definition of	articulate	To express clearly in words your thoughts or feelings about something