Academic IELTS Reading Test 125 – Passage 3: The power of play. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “The power of play”
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 125: Passage 2 – Saving bugs to find new drugs
Academic IELTS Reading Test 124 – Passage 1: Saving bugs to find new drugs. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “Saving bugs to find new drugs”
Reading Test 125: Passage 1 – The concept of intelligence
Academic IELTS Reading Test 125 – Passage 1: The concept of intelligence. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “The concept of intelligence”
Reading Test 124: Passage 3 – Book Review
Academic IELTS Reading Test 124 – Passage 3: Book Review. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “Book Review”
Reading Test 124: Passage 2 – Saving the soil
Academic IELTS Reading Test 124 – Passage 2: Saving the soil. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “Saving the soil”
Reading Test 124: Passage 1 – Cutty Sark: the fastest sailing ship of all time
Academic IELTS Reading Test 124 – Passage 1: Cutty Sark: the fastest sailing ship of all time. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “Cutty Sark: the fastest sailing ship of all time”
Reading Test 123: Passage 3 – Whatever happened to the Harappan Civilisation?
Academic IELTS Reading Test 123 – Reading Passage 3: Whatever happened to the Harappan Civilisation?. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “Whatever happened to the Harappan Civilisation?”
Reading Test 123: Passage 2 – How baby talk gives infant brains a boost
Academic IELTS Reading Test 123 – Reading Passage 2: How baby talk gives infant brains a boost. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the Reading Passage “How baby talk gives infant brains a boost”.
Reading Test 123: Passage 1 – The coconut palm
Academic IELTS Reading Test 123 – Reading Passage 1: The coconut palm. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the Reading Passage “The coconut palm”.
Reading Test 122: Passage 3 – Why companies should welcome disorder
Academic IELTS Reading Test 122 – Reading Passage 3: Why companies should welcome disorder. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the Reading Passage “Why companies should welcome disorder”.