IELTS Reading Practice: Google’s Self Drive Car

This is a practice lesson for TFNG questions in IELTS reading.

Google’s Self Driving Car

google-car

Google has finally built its own car from scratch. And it looks similar to a gondola with wheels. The two-seater prototype vehicle is Google’s idea of what the modern automobile should look and feel like if you took the human out of the transportation equation and designed something solely to chauffeur passengers from point A to B.

The car — which was conceived and designed by Google, unlike the ones it previously modified — lacks many of the trappings of a normal car, and that includes three of the most essential parts. It has no steering wheel, no accelerator pedal and no brake pedal. The company that designed the world’s simplest home page also decided to lose the mirrors, the backseat, the glove compartment and the stereo. What’s left are lots of sensors, and a transplant of the self-driving software system Google has built to use on the Toyota Priuses and Lexus SUVs it has trained to drive on highways and city streets over the past five years.

Passage from recode.net

Questions 1-3

Decide if the statements below are true, false or not given according to the information in the passage above.

  1. The Italian gondola was used as a design model for the new car.
  2. The new car is aimed at transporting passengers from one place to another using a chauffeur.
  3. The new car has more features than the modern car.

 

Answers

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Answers
  1. Not Given
    1. There is no mention of what Google used as a  design model. It does mention that it likes like a gondola but not that this was a design model.  So, the answer is NG.
  2. False
    1. The answer comes from “designed something solely to chauffeur passengers from point A to B“. The questions says “The new car is aimed at transporting passengers from one place to another…” this part of the sentence is the same as the passage. The word “chauffer” in the passage is a verb = to transport. So, this part of the sentence is correct.
    2. However, the second part of the question sentence “using a chauffer” is wrong. In the question statement, the word “chauffeur” is a noun and it means a person who is paid to drive the car. The passage clearly contradicts this because the new car has no human driver. Therefore the answer is FALSE.
    3. This question is really testing your vocabulary. Do you know the difference between “chauffer” and “chauffeur” = one is a verb = transport / one is a noun = a person who is a paid driver
    4. A false answer means that part of the question statement is contradicted in the passage. The passage shows that it the statement is written incorrectly.
  3. NG
    1. The passage says that the new car doesn’t have many of the features of the modern car – steering wheel, mirror etc. The passage also says that the new car has many new features such as a lot of new sensors and new software. But the passage does not compare the number of features. The passage does not clearly state that the new car has more features than the modern car. There is plenty of information about the features but no clear comparison of the number of features. This means the answer is NG
    2. Always look out for comparison statements in TFNG questions.

 

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Comments

  1. Shreeti says

    Hi Liz,
    I am following your website, which is very useful for IELTS test takers. Thank you for such an effort. I have one question from reading section. The given answer is relocation committee; will my answer be marked wrong if I write Relocation Committe, which is how written in the text, even if I meet the word count limit?

    Your response will be highly appreciated.

    Regards,
    Shreeti

    • Capital letters are not marked in IELTS listening or reading – so don’t worry.

      • Shreeti says

        Thank you Liz. My test is in a weeks time and I’m really very nervous.

  2. Vashisht says

    First time I recognised the not given clearly otherwise I always mark as false as I am not able to understand between false and not given
    Just watch your videos and felt like I need to be more focus and improve my concentration while doing practice.
    I need to ask you one think I joined ielts classes last month but there is no improvement I see earlier I used to scor 6,6.5 and m still consistent on that I wonder where I am not giving my 100%
    Please suggest I should continue with my tuitions or else just do practicing with you in enough?

    Thanks to you 😊

    • Doing training for IELTS will not improve your level of English. IELTS is an English language test. To get a high score, you must have a high level of English. This means students should work on their level of English at the same time as developing exam skills.

  3. hey liz, i’ve been studying for 2 weeks and my progress is way beyond that i would of think in the first place , one of the main reasons is you and also any other instructor so keep do what are you doing me and thousonds of people thanks to you

  4. Anshuman Sehgal says

    Thanks Liz for all the effort you are putting in helping out us…God bless you! 🙂

  5. Benedetta says

    Dear Liz. I would like to thank you for all your useful advices. I would also like to ask you some informations. I was practicing my listening skills thanks to some listening tests I’ve found online. The exercise said clearly “no more than one word and/or a number”. The answers were “forests, plants, winter and 25 years”. As I was checking the answers I had no doubt about the last one because 25 years it’s one number and one word. But according to test the answers were “forested areas, plant foods, the winter and obviously 25 years ” . Do you think it’s a mistake of the test maker? I really hope so. Otherwise I didn’t get anything

    • Never do tests online. If you want to do full tests, do the tests published by IELTS: IELTS Cambridge books from 1 to 12.

  6. Rasika says

    Thank you Liz, following the your questions on TFNG , i have improved a lot.
    I scored 3/3 on this test.

    Cheers
    Rasola

  7. Pinky Pawar says

    where are written exact answers ?

  8. Brinda Patni says

    Ye he got two correct answers

  9. Aditya says

    This was really challenging Liz! Would it make sense to practice academic reading even if im going to appear for general so that it will be more challenging ?

    Thanks a lot !

    • The questions and skills are the same for both GT and Academic Test. So, you can definitely learn from doing AC practice. But you also need to get used to the GT topics and passage layout – they are different. See these pages:
      https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-general-training-reading-information/
      https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-gt-academic-writing-differences/

      • bhavin says

        Hi Liz,

        Thank you for helping us in our IELTS venture.
        I am still not convinced about the answer of first question. To me, the question seems about whether italian gondola was used as a model or not.
        In Passage, it says that new car is similar to gondola, and that inferred that gondola was not used as a model. It is also not mentioned that weather any model was used or not. So I still feel that answer should be false (Italian gondola was not used as a model). Please help me to understand better. Thank you

        • It was a comparison of how it looked by the writer of the article. It doesn’t say anything about Google’s model. NG doesn’t mean that no words are given. It means that the full meaning can’t be corrected. We don’t know that Google didn’t use the gondola as a design model – we can’t say because the passage gives no information about it. It is possible that Google did use it as a design model and the writer has guessed the look-a-like correctly. But again, the passage doesn’t say.

  10. Anchal says

    Hi mam
    Was a little confused in writing task 2
    If a question says discuss both the views and give ur opinion ,can I state, I opine both are important or do I necessarily have to take a stand ,can I’d not agree with both

    Thanks and regards
    Anchal

  11. 1. NG
    2. T
    3.F

  12. NG, true, false

  13. Uttam pun says

    1. Not Given
    2. False
    3. False

  14. Uttam pun says

    1.Not Given
    2.False
    3.False

  15. Willie says

    1.NG
    2.F
    3.F

  16. Mahnaz says

    1- Not Given (we can’t find anything about the gondola was used as a design model , it said it looks similar to a gondola)
    2- False ( using a chauffeur means a person who drives, but in the text it said the new car designed to chauffeur passengers )
    3- False ( the new car lacks many of the trappings of a normal car / It has NO steering wheel, NO accelerator pedal and NO brake pedal.)
    thank you so much dear Liz

  17. Ishita says

    1 not given
    2.false
    3.false

  18. Ishita says

    1.not given
    2.false
    3.false

  19. Not given

    True

    false

  20. K M Muzeddid Inam says

    1. False
    2. True
    3. Not given

  21. Jekyll says

    Not given
    TRUE
    False

  22. Sumit Gupta says

    1. NG
    2. T
    3. F

  23. Novian says

    Your lessons helps me very much, tomorow i’m going to take IELTS exam hope all of the lessons that i learnt from you will be useful…

  24. Ali al-Fatlawi says

    1-N.G
    2- T
    3-F

  25. Kunduz says

    1. NG
    2. False
    3. True

  26. 1. Not Given
    2. True
    3. False

  27. Amar Lal Lohano says

    1. F
    2. F
    3. NG

  28. Chintu says

    not given
    false
    not given

  29. Aziza Rasouli says:
    June,01,2017
    1- NG
    2-True
    3- True

  30. Aziza Rsouli says:
    June ,01,2017
    1- NG
    2-True
    3- TRUE

  31. rohit daal says

    false
    true
    false

  32. Abdulmajeed says

    N G
    F
    T

  33. Chau says

    1. F
    2. T
    3. NG

  34. Marzuki says

    1. Not given
    2. False
    3. True

  35. Oluwafemi says

    1. NOT GIVEN

    2. FALSE

    3.FALSE

  36. Nguyen The Hoang says

    1. Not given
    2. True
    3. Not given

  37. Preeti Sood says

    1) NG
    2) False
    3) False

  38. Parvez says

    1. NG
    2. False
    3. False

  39. Nguyen says

    1: NG
    2: T
    3: F

  40. sangeeta padte says

    Ng
    False
    True

  41. Ranjit kumar says

    1.NG
    2.FALSE
    3TRUE

  42. Priya says

    not given
    false
    true

  43. Dorji Rinzin says

    1.NG
    2. T
    3. F

  44. Ritti Mattoo says

    N G
    F
    F

  45. Emmy Lyn says

    Not GIven
    False
    False

  46. huan le says

    1. Not Given
    2.True
    3. False

  47. Ashu says

    1 ng
    2 t
    3 ng

  48. Dimuthu says

    Dimuthu says
    1. F
    2.T
    3. N G

  49. Hevar Palani says

    1. NG
    2. T
    3. F

  50. Belle says

    1. NG
    2. F
    3. F

  51. Yogi says

    NG
    T
    F

  52. 1- NG
    2-T
    3-F

  53. 1. F
    2. F
    3. T

    Thanks!

  54. Hardeep says

    1. Not Given
    2. True
    3. False

  55. Mohammad says

    false
    true
    not given

  56. Anitha says

    Not given
    False
    False

  57. Not given
    False
    False

  58. Jons m says

    NG
    FALSE
    NG

  59. Princy says

    Not given
    True
    True

  60. juana castillo says

    1. Not Given.
    2. True
    3. False

  61. Tetyana says

    1. False
    2.True
    3.Not given

  62. 1. Not given
    2. False
    3. False

  63. Mennat-Allah says

    NG, False, True

  64. Bassey says

    1.Not given
    2.True
    3.False

  65. Indra Kusyanti says

    1. NG
    2. F
    3. F

  66. Karshigul says

    1.n.g
    2.false
    3.false

  67. Minya says

    1. false ( The Italian was USED as a design model for the new car.
    In the original text: “And it LOOKS similar to a gondola with wheels”).
    2. false ( The new car is AIMED for transporting passngers …
    In the original text “… modern automobile SHOULD look and feel like ….
    3.not given

    • huan le says

      1. Not Given (no where to be found, did not say the opposite with the original text)
      2. True (the main idea is to transport passenger from A to B)
      3. False (it lacks of essential parts compared to normal cars, how can it compares to modern car, so it means the opposite)

  68. Habideen Bello says

    The answers are
    1. NG
    2. F
    3. F

  69. Abdul Rahman says

    1. not given
    2. false
    3.false

  70. Ramesh N says

    1.Not given
    2.True
    3.false

  71. Sandeep Deol says

    1-NG
    2-FALSE
    3- TRUE

  72. deepthi says

    false
    true
    not given

  73. Aleeza says

    1. True
    2.false
    3.Not Given

  74. halim says

    NG
    T
    NG

  75. manpreet says

    1.NG
    2.TRUE
    3.FALSE

    Mam i have one query in writing task 2
    Most people accept that we now live in a globalised world but not everyone agrees that it is beneficial.
    To what extent is globalisation a positive or negative development.

    Mam is this question asking for my opinion also or just pro and cons????

    • It doesn;t say positive AND negative – it says positive OR negative. “Or” means that you choose. Just read the instructions.

  76. Jannatul Nime says

    1.not given
    2.True
    3.false

  77. Richie T says

    Hi Liz,

    I’m confused with what to write for Writing Task 2 if I get a topic like “what do you prefer?” I know this is about my opinion. But can I write something that is not biased like both positive and negative reasons and have a moderate opinion.

    Please share your thoughts on how to tackle this kind of essay question.

    Thanks in advance.

  78. Rebecca Dashe Rimbut says

    Not given
    True
    False

  79. Tukul Bhattacharya says

    1. Not Given
    2. False
    3. False

  80. Pratik says

    NOT GIVEN
    TRUE
    NOT GIVEN

  81. Frank Frytol says

    1.NG
    2.F
    3.F

  82. Dhanalakshmi says

    NG
    True
    True

  83. lakshmi prasad says

    NG
    T
    F

  84. not given
    false
    false

  85. Ali
    1. NG
    2. NG
    3.FASE

  86. Rinzin says

    Not given
    True
    Not given

  87. mukesh says

    1.not given
    2.false
    3.false

  88. KIRTI says

    1. NG
    2. F
    3. F

  89. 1:NG
    2:T
    3:F

  90. FARSHAD says

    1:NG
    2:T
    3:F

  91. clementina says

    1 Not given
    2. True
    3.False

  92. Thazin says

    1. Not given
    2. True
    3. True

  93. NG .T. F

  94. gurpertap singh says

    ng
    f
    ng

  95. jshn says

    1. NG
    2. True
    3. Not given

  96. Nitesh maharjan says

    NG
    T
    T

  97. Papy Mukadi says

    Papy Mukadi
    1.NG
    2.T
    3.F

  98. rupinder kaur says

    NG
    True
    False

  99. Nadia says

    1-NG
    2-T
    3-F

  100. M Aktaruzzaman Hasan says

    Hi Liz
    I am going to participate in IELTS on 24 th of upcoming month. I get your suggestion and get a better position but as a proffesional I have less opportunity for practice. In the year 2009 I had first attempted for the test and my band score was 6.5 (ac) but this time I am going to take part in GT.
    Is there any preparation time for the test.
    I found that 600 hour comprehensive time required for the exam. Is this true?
    Your early response will be highly appreciated.

    • You take the test when your practice test scores are repeatedly at the band score you want. The number of hours required depend on each student.

      • Tshering says

        Hi Liz, wat is the answer for yesterdays reading practise u sent? Please post itm

        • I just posted it – check the page above and you’ll see the answers are now there 🙂

  101. NG
    F
    T

  102. Julia says

    NG
    F
    F

  103. Divya says

    1. NG
    2.NG
    3.F

  104. Ganu says

    1.F
    2.T
    3.NG

  105. Mahesh says

    1.false
    2.true
    3.not given

  106. RAVI says

    1.NG
    2.F
    3.F

  107. RAFI ULLAH says

    1.NG
    2.T
    3.F

  108. Suhaila says

    False
    False
    False

  109. Enaam says

    1. NG
    2. FAlSE
    3. FALSE

  110. kamal says

    1. F
    2. NG
    3. T

  111. NG,F,NG

  112. sandeep bhusal says

    NOT GIVEN
    FALSE
    TRUE

  113. Euphemia says

    1. NG
    2. T
    3. F

  114. Kate says

    1.NG
    2.F
    3.F

  115. Lenilson says

    NG
    T
    T*

    * “lots of sensors and a software”. It means more features than the normal car.

    • gary says

      What about all of the “features” that have been stripped out such as the glove compartment and back seat?

  116. ruwan says

    ng
    t
    f

  117. Jyoti says

    NG
    T
    F

  118. Gian Luca says

    Gian Luca says:
    1. F
    2. F
    3. F

  119. Gobina says

    1. False
    2. Not given
    3. False

  120. SEYMA says

    NG / T / F

  121. Solomon says

    1- F
    2 – T
    3 – NG

  122. manish says

    1.NOT GIVEN
    2.TRUE
    3.NOT GIVEN

  123. Adwin says

    1. Not given
    2. True
    3. False

  124. sheebajoseph says

    Not given
    False
    False

  125. martha says

    1 Not Given
    2 True
    3 True

  126. martha says

    1 True
    2 Not Given
    3 False

  127. Anjumol says

    1 not given
    2true
    3true

  128. 1 NOT GIVEN
    2 TRUE
    3 FALSE

  129. Mohamed Ahmed says

    1-NG
    2-True
    3-Faulse

  130. Ingrid Maior says

    1. NG
    2. T
    3. F

  131. 1 NG. 2 T. 3 F

  132. Libin says

    Not given
    False
    True

  133. Felicitas OCHIBE says

    1. True
    2. False
    3.False

  134. Jigme says

    1. Not Given
    2. Not Given
    3. Not Given

  135. Zaher says

    1-not given
    2-tru
    3-false

  136. Pinal prajapati says

    1.not given
    2.false
    3.false

  137. ashish sharma says

    1. Not given
    2. True
    3. True or Not given. (confused )

  138. Vidhya says

    1)NG
    2)FALSE
    3)TRUE

  139. Rosalie says

    ROSALIE: smartexlinus
    1.NG.
    2.T
    3.F

  140. Naseeb says

    1 NG 2 false 3 false

  141. Rosalie says

    1.NG.
    2.T
    3.F

  142. Joko Heratmo says

    1. Not given
    2. False
    3. True

  143. sukh says

    Not given
    False
    True

  144. Vikas shrotriya says

    1. False
    2. Not given
    3. False

  145. lovette daniel says

    Not given
    True
    False

  146. Linda says

    1. not given
    2. true
    3. false

  147. lawal says

    NG, NG, False

  148. Lana says

    1-f
    2-t
    3-ng

  149. Vashisht says

    False
    true
    not given

  150. Lawrencia says

    NG
    F
    F

  151. Eduardo says

    Not given
    False
    Not given

  152. Orit Ilsar says

    1.false
    2.false
    3.not given

  153. Shipra says

    1. NO
    2.F
    3. T

  154. Smart says

    Ng f ng

  155. Purvam says

    1. Not given
    2.False
    3. True

  156. Bharani says

    Ng
    F
    T

  157. Kate says

    My answers are
    1- Not given
    2 – false
    3- false

  158. reet says

    1.NG
    2.T
    3.T

  159. Nenad says

    1. NG
    2. False
    3. False

  160. 1. not given
    2. false
    3. true

  161. Ranjit singh says

    1False 2True 3 Not given

  162. Lucy says

    1. NG
    2. F
    3. F

  163. 1-NG
    2-F
    3-F

  164. Vijay Kumar says

    1. False
    2.False
    3.Not GIVEN

  165. jamal says

    1-n.g
    2-f
    3-t

  166. Adegbaju morenikeji says

    The answers are
    1. Not given
    2. True
    3. False

  167. 1-not given
    2- true
    3- true

  168. Janaki Tilve says

    1) false
    2) True
    3) False

  169. Jihan says

    1. False
    2.true
    3.true

  170. I think I hsve guess the true answers

  171. gift says

    1 f, 2 f, 3 ng

  172. Fauzia says

    Not Given
    True
    False

  173. Shrlyn Aspera says

    Answers:
    1. True
    2. False
    3. Not Given

  174. Mojisola Nwankpa says

    1 true
    2N/G
    3false

  175. 1)NOT GIVEN
    2)TRUE
    3)TRUE

  176. 1T
    2NG
    3F

  177. Kit mylz says

    1. NG
    2. False
    3.False

  178. 1.false 2,true 3 false

  179. Ashis says

    1.NOT GIVEN
    2.FALSE
    3.TRUE

  180. Zahir says

    1. False
    2. Not Given
    3. False

  181. Pauline says

    1 NG
    2 F
    3 F

  182. sija s paul says

    Yes
    No
    Not given

  183. Nugraha says

    1. NG
    2. T
    3. F

  184. Harriet says

    1.false 2.true 3false

  185. Bamidele says

    My answers are
    1. False
    2. True
    3. False

  186. Harriet says

    1 not true 2true 3false

  187. Asmita says

    1. Not given
    2. True
    3. True

  188. kamesh says

    Hi Liz,

    A) False
    B) True
    C)Not Given

  189. Harjeet Kaur says

    1 false
    2 true
    3 not given

  190. gift says

    1=NG, 2=T, 3-F

  191. João Vieira says

    The answer is:

    1. Not given
    2. True
    3. False

  192. Gurmeet Singh says

    1. NG
    2. F
    3. F

  193. Manjit Dhaliwal says

    1. TRUE
    2.FALSE
    3.NOT GIVEN

  194. Rajesh Chilveri says

    1. NG
    2. T
    3. T

  195. arsalan says

    1.true
    2.false
    3.NG

  196. Linda says

    1 true
    2 NG
    3 false

  197. Juliet jeyapriya says

    1

  198. drelthmy says

    1)NG
    2) True
    3)False

  199. Cyprian ifada says

    1. Not given
    2. False
    3.True

  200. Geraldine says

    Answers:
    Q1. NG, didn’t mentioned about Italian gondola.
    Q2. F, didn’t mentioned “using a chauffeur”.
    Q3. F, this new car lacks many of the trapping s of a normal car.

  201. yala says

    Hi Liz,

    1- False
    2- True
    3- Not given

    Thanks
    YRK

  202. Robert says

    1. NG
    2.F
    3.F

  203. Shaheen says

    1.NG

    2.T

    3.F

  204. Sudip says

    1.NG
    2.F
    3.F

  205. Rania says

    1- NG
    2- T
    3- F

  206. Moona says

    1.true
    2.false
    3.NG

  207. Hatem says

    1- False . 2- NG 3- FALSE

  208. Chui says

    1. Not Given
    2. True
    3. False

  209. Taiwo says

    1. NOT GIVEN
    2. FALSE
    3. FALSE

  210. Simranpreet kaur says

    1. Not given
    2. True
    3. False

  211. 1.Not Given 2.True 3. Flase

  212. Tshering choki says

    1. NG.
    2.True
    3. False

  213. Claire says

    False
    True
    False

  214. Seena says

    1.not given ,2.true. 3.False

  215. jestina says

    1. Not Given
    2. False
    3. False

  216. 1.Not given
    2. False
    3.False

  217. Omotola says

    1. Not given
    2. False
    3. False

  218. Sazan says

    1- true
    2- not given
    3- false

  219. Manasa says

    1.True
    2.true
    3.false

  220. Tofaiel Alam says

    1.False
    2.True
    3.Not given

  221. Nisamurbey says

    Hy Liz..

    1. False
    2. Not Given
    3. True

  222. Lionel says

    1- Not Given
    2- False
    3- False

  223. Xenia says

    1 – true
    2 – false
    3 – Not given

  224. Chow Nguyen says

    1.Not given
    2.True
    3.False

  225. Anonymous says

    NG F F

  226. archan parajuli says

    true
    false
    true

  227. Youssef says

    1- Not given
    2- True
    3- False

  228. Shuvo says

    1. True
    2. False
    3. True

  229. mahdieh k. piri says

    1.not give 2.false 3.false

  230. nadhin says

    1. F
    2. T
    3.NG

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