Five animated demo candidates for the Reading accordion panel. Click a variant to play it — click again to replay.
Each variant is a self-playing animation designed to slot into the landing preview window.
Reading trap guides — live preview
❓ When did the museum purchase the sculpture?
Visitors purchased tickets for the sculpture hall at the west entrancethe trap ✕, which stayed open late on Fridays.
The bronze piece itself was acquired by the museum in 1998the answer ✓, after a decade of negotiations with the artist’s family.
Answer: 1998
The exam plants the question’s own words in the wrong sentence. Stop matching words — start matching meaning.
📋 “The factory reduced its water use by half.” — True / False / Not Given?
The plant’s annual report praises its new recycling programme and calls sustainability “a core value” — no figures are given for water consumption.
True ✕
False
Not Given ✓
TF/NG accuracy
52%
“Sounds true” is not “stated true.” If the passage never says it, it’s Not Given — learn the reasoning once, stop guessing forever.
⏳ Plan your 60 Reading minutes across three passages.
20 min15 minPassage 1 · easy
20 minPassage 2 · medium
20 min25 minPassage 3 · hardest
🕐 60 min left
✕ time ran out — Q27–40 unanswered
The fix: 15 min20 min25 min — bank time where the test gets hard.
Most candidates split evenly — and run out exactly where the hardest questions live. Easy passages don’t deserve equal time.
❓ What happened to the company after the merger?
B Its growth became more rapid ✕
D Its expansion lost pace ✓
“…the firm’s celebrated rapid growth of the 2010s slowed noticeably once the merger closed…”
Why B is wrong:
Most tools only check answers. This one teaches the reasoning — so the next trap doesn’t work on you.
📈 Your accuracy by question type — from real attempts
True / False / NG
0%
Matching headings
0%
Detail questions
0%
weakest: TF/NG→ tonight: 10 TF/NG practice questions
55% → 82% after practice
You do not need more reading practice. You need to practice the one question type that is costing you the most points. Check it, practice it, then check it again.