Academical Reading, text #1 about Alex the talking parrot (slightly modified version of this text:
http://ieltsmaterial.com/ielts-reading-practice-test-66-with-answer).
First section (T/F/NG):
Memory is considered a higher mental ability - T;
At the start of the experiment Alex was afraid of people - F (or NG, not sure, because it was not mentioned in the text that he dominated in his "flock" since the very beginning);
It took researchers some time to show how similar are the mental abilities of humans and animals (maybe different wording, but the same meaning) - T;
The researcher chose the bird by herself - F;
Alex has already new a lot of words when the experiment began - F (or NG?);
The aim of the experiment was to teach Alex human language - F (or maybe this question was in another section, not t/f/ng, then the answer would be - world, as he had to learn about world).
Choose words from the text:
What was too small that other researchers did not believe Alex would be able to talk - brain.
Some other questions:
How many words has Alex learned by now - one hundred;
Which animals are commonly used in language experiments - chimpanzees;
What was the same in two objects shown to Alex - color;
What mistake did Alex correct in younger birds - wrong pronunciation.
Will try to find the two other texts (about smells and literacy in australian rural areas).
