Academic IELTS Reading Test 135 – Passage 3: Is the era of artificial speech translation upon us?. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “Is the era of artificial speech translation upon us?”
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 135: Passage 2 – The global importance of wetlands
Academic IELTS Reading Test 135 – Passage 2: The global importance of wetlands. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “The global importance of wetlands”
Reading Test 135: Passage 1 – Archaeologists discover evidence of prehistoric island settlers
Academic IELTS Reading Test 135 – Passage 1: Archaeologists discover evidence of prehistoric island settlers. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “Archaeologists discover evidence of prehistoric island settlers”
Reading Test 134: Passage 3 – Environmental practices of big businesses
Academic IELTS Reading Test 134 – Passage 3: Environmental practices of big businesses. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “Environmental practices of big businesses”
Reading Test 134: Passage 2 – Silbo Gomero — the whistle ‘language’
Academic IELTS Reading Test 134 – Passage 2: Silbo Gomero — the whistle ‘language’ of the Canary Islands. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “Silbo Gomero — the whistle ‘language’ of the Canary Islands”
Reading Test 134: Passage 1 – The return of the huarango
Academic IELTS Reading Test 134 – Passage 1: The return of the huarango. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “The return of the huarango”
Reading Test 133: Passage 3 – Why fairy tales are really scary tales
Academic IELTS Reading Test 133 – Passage 3: Why fairy tales are really scary tales. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “Why fairy tales are really scary tales”
Reading Test 133: Passage 2 – The Desolenator: producing clean water
Academic IELTS Reading Test 133 – Passage 2: The Desolenator: producing clean water. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “The Desolenator: producing clean water”
Reading Test 133: Passage 1 – Henry Moore
Academic IELTS Reading Test 133 – Passage 1: Henry Moore (1898-1986). You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “Henry Moore (1898-1986)”
Reading Test 132: Passage 3 – Alfred Wegener: science, exploration and continental drift
Academic IELTS Reading Test 132 – Passage 3: Alfred Wegener: science, exploration and the theory of continental drift. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “Alfred Wegener: science, exploration and the theory of continental drift”