Academic IELTS Reading Test 129 – Passage 1: Urban farming. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “Urban farming”
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 128: Passage 3 – The persistence and peril of misinformation
Academic IELTS Reading Test 128 – Passage 3: The persistence and peril of misinformation. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “The persistence and peril of misinformation”
Reading Test 128: Passage 2 – The pirates of the ancient Mediterranean
Academic IELTS Reading Test 128 – Passage 2: The pirates of the ancient Mediterranean. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “The pirates of the ancient Mediterranean”
Reading Test 128: Passage 1 – How tennis rackets have changed
Academic IELTS Reading Test 128 – Passage 1: How tennis rackets have changed. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “How tennis rackets have changed”
Reading Test 127: Passage 3 – Marine Debris
Academic IELTS Reading Test 127 – Passage 3: Marine Debris. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “Marine Debris”
Reading Test 127: Passage 2 – Why zoos are good
Academic IELTS Reading Test 127 – Passage 2: Why zoos are good. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “Why zoos are good”
Reading Test 127: Passage 1 – The secret of staying young
Academic IELTS Reading Test 127 – Passage 1: The secret of staying young. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “The secret of staying young”
Reading Test 126: Passage 3 – To catch a king
Academic IELTS Reading Test 126 – Passage 3: To catch a king. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “To catch a king”
Reading Test 126: Passage 2 – Stadiums: past, present and future
Academic IELTS Reading Test 126 – Passage 2: Stadiums: past, present and future. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “Stadiums: past, present and future”
Reading Test 126: Passage 1 – The development of the London underground railway
Academic IELTS Reading Test 126 – Passage 1: The development of the London underground railway. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “The development of the London underground railway”