Academic IELTS Reading Test 139 – Passage 1: Bats to the rescue. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “Bats to the rescue”
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 138: Passage 3 – Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan’s Skyscrapers
Academic IELTS Reading Test 138 – Passage 3: Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan’s Skyscrapers. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan’s Skyscrapers”
Reading Test 138: Passage 2 – Palm oil
Academic IELTS Reading Test 138 – Passage 2: Palm oil. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “Palm oil”
Reading Test 138: Passage 1 – The thylacine
Academic IELTS Reading Test 138 – Passage 1: The thylacine. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “The thylacine”
Reading Test 137: Passage 3 – The Unselfish Gene
Academic IELTS Reading Test 137 – Passage 3: The Unselfish Gene. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “The Unselfish Gene”
Reading Test 137: Passage 2 – Deep-sea mining
Academic IELTS Reading Test 137 – Passage 2: Deep-sea mining. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “Deep-sea mining”
Reading Test 137: Passage 1 – The impact of climate change on butterflies in Britain
Academic IELTS Reading Test 137 – Passage 1: The impact of climate change on butterflies in Britain. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “The impact of climate change on butterflies in Britain”
Reading Test 136: Passage 3 – An ideal city
Academic IELTS Reading Test 136 – Passage 3: An ideal city. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “An ideal city”
Reading Test 136: Passage 2 – Living with artificial intelligence
Academic IELTS Reading Test 136 – Passage 2: Living with artificial intelligence. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “Living with artificial intelligence”
Reading Test 136: Passage 1 – Stonehenge
Academic IELTS Reading Test 136 – Passage 1: Stonehenge. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “Stonehenge”