Academic IELTS Reading Test 142 – Passage 1: Reintroducing elms to Britain. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “Reintroducing elms to Britain”
The IELTS Academic Reading Test has three sections (or three reading passages) that you’ll have to answer within an hour. Each reading passage will come with 13-14 questions, and three reading passages will have 40 questions (sometimes 41) in total. Each question carries 1 mark. For each correct answer, you will get one mark.
You can’t read the whole reading passage and then answer the questions – this way, you will soon run out of time! You need to use the “scanning, skimming, guessing, eliminating wrong answer”, etc, techniques to find the answers to these questions and answer them within an hour. You are allowed to mark and make notes in your reading question booklet, but you will have to write your answers on the answer sheet. No extra time will be given to transfer the answer. Each section of the Academic Reading Test contains one long text or reading passage. These texts/passages are taken from books, journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Reading Test 142: Passage 1 – The kākāpō
Academic IELTS Reading Test 142 – Passage 1: The kākāpō. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “The kākāpō”
Reading Test 141: Passage 3 – Insight or evolution?
Academic IELTS Reading Test 141 – Passage 3: Insight or evolution?. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “Insight or evolution?”
Reading Test 141: Passage 2 – A second attempt at domesticating the tomato
Academic IELTS Reading Test 141 – Passage 2: A second attempt at domesticating the tomato. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “A second attempt at domesticating the tomato”
Reading Test 141: Passage 1 – The Dead Sea Scrolls
Academic IELTS Reading Test 141 – Passage 1: The Dead Sea Scrolls. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “The Dead Sea Scrolls”
Reading Test 140: Passage 3 – The case for mixed-ability classes
Academic IELTS Reading Test 140 – Passage 3: The case for mixed-ability classes. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “The case for mixed-ability classes”
Reading Test 140: Passage 2 – The stream car
Academic IELTS Reading Test 140 – Passage 2: The stream car. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “The stream car”
Reading Test 140: Passage 1 – Materials to take us beyond concrete
Academic IELTS Reading Test 140 – Passage 1: Materials to take us beyond concrete. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “Materials to take us beyond concrete”
Reading Test 139: Passage 3 – Timur Gareyev — blindfold chess champion
Academic IELTS Reading Test 139 – Passage 3: Timur Gareyev — blindfold chess champion. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “Timur Gareyev — blindfold chess champion”
Reading Test 139: Passage 2 – Does education fuel economic growth?
Academic IELTS Reading Test 139 – Passage 2: Does education fuel economic growth?. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “Does education fuel economic growth?”