Question 1:

Look at the text below. In 40 seconds, you must read this text aloud as naturally and clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud.
The Sun exists in the outer part of the Milky Way Galaxy and was formed from material that had been processed inside a supernova. The Sun is not, as is often said, a small star. Although it falls midway between the biggest and smallest stars of its type, there are so many dwarf stars that the Sun falls in the top 5 per cent of stars in the neighbourhood that immediately surrounds it.

Question 2:

Look at the text below. In 40 seconds, you must read this text aloud as naturally and clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud.
Economists, who study happiness, have begun to entertain the notion that perhaps what matters isn’t the degree to which people get what they want but how much they like what they get. Good emotions may be more important than satiation of desires.

Question 3:

Look at the text below. In 40 seconds, you must read this text aloud as naturally and clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud.
Bears are most commonly associated with hibernation. They are not considered true hibernators as their body temperature does not lower significantly. But a variety of animals take advantage of this evolved adaptation, including the jumping mouse, little brown bat, eastern chipmunk, woodchuck, and certain species of ground squirrels.

Question 4:

Look at the text below. In 40 seconds, you must read this text aloud as naturally and clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud.
Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn’t exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some part of the world, you are writing science fiction. It is the art of the possible, never the impossible.

Question 5:

Look at the text below. In 40 seconds, you must read this text aloud as naturally and clearly as possible. You have 40 seconds to read aloud.
Experts acknowledge that it is possible that a spider could find its way into your mouth while you are sleeping, but the chances are so slim as to be negligible. If a spider were to climb onto your face while you slept, the sensation of eight tiny legs on your skin could wake you up very quickly.