Academic Reading Passage

IELTS Academic Reading test has three reading texts or passages that come with 40 or 41 questions in total. Each reading passage has around 13 questions. You need to answer these questions within an hour. Some useful techniques like skimming, scanning, understanding suggested meaning, guessing, eliminating wrong options etc. help you answer these questions within the stipulated time. IELTS Mentor website has a really large collection of Academic IELTS Reading passages that you can practice to prepare well for your original test.

Title Modified Date
IELTS Academic Reading # 4 - A Workaholic Economy 16 March 2025
IELTS Academic Reading # 6 - A Remarkable Beetle 16 March 2025
IELTS Academic Reading # 7 - Alarming Rate of Loss of Tropical Rainforests 16 March 2025
IELTS Academic Reading # 8 - Changing Our Understanding of Health 16 March 2025
Reading Test 117: Passage 1 - The White Horse of Uffington 25 March 2025
Academic Reading # 341 - The importance of children’s play 25 March 2025
Reading Test 119: Passage 1 - Nutmeg - a valuable spice 26 March 2025
Reading Test 115: Passage 3 - The future of work 30 March 2025
Reading Test 119: Passage 2 - Driverless Cars 29 May 2025
Nutmeg - a valuable spice - Answers Explanation 29 May 2025
The importance of children’s play - Answers Explanation 29 May 2025
The White Horse of Uffington - Answers Explanation 29 May 2025
Driverless Cars - Answers Explanation 29 May 2025
Academic Reading Passage 338 - Tickling and Laughter 26 July 2025
Academic IELTS Reading Sample 282 - Twist in the Tale 01 August 2025
Academic IELTS Reading Sample 280 - Measures to combat infectious disease in tsarist Russia 01 August 2025
Academic IELTS Reading Sample 276 - Indoor Pollution 01 August 2025
Academic IELTS Reading Sample 270 - In Praise of Amateurs 01 August 2025
Academic Reading # 205 - Beyond the blue horizon 01 August 2025
Academic Reading # 204 - Autumn leaves 01 August 2025