IELTS preparation · Academic Reading

Reading study catalog

Study one passage at a time. Every published Cambridge-style Reading passage, browsable by its position in the test or by the question types it uses.

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28 passages

  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 1

    Children's comprehension of television advertising

    Passage 2
    13 questionsTelevision advertising and children
    • Matching information · 5
    • Matching features · 4
    • Summary completion · 4
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 2

    The Myth of the Eight-hour Sleep

    Passage 2
    13 questionsSleep science history
    • Matching headings · 5
    • Matching features · 5
    • Summary completion · 3
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 3

    MAMMOTH KILL

    Passage 2
    13 questionsPrehistoric megafauna extinction
    • Summary completion · 7
    • Matching features · 6
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 4

    Tasmanian Tiger

    Passage 2
    13 questionsWildlife conservation
    • Summary completion · 4
    • Matching features · 6
    • Multiple choice single · 3
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 5

    Researcher on the Tree Crown

    Passage 2
    14 questionsForest canopy research
    • Matching information · 5
    • Summary completion · 4
    • Matching features · 5
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 10

    Reclaiming the Night

    Passage 2
    13 questionsUrban nightlife regeneration
    • Matching information · 5
    • Summary completion · 8
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 6

    The Efficacy of Hypnotherapy

    Passage 2
    14 questionsClinical hypnotherapy research
    • Multiple choice single · 3
    • Summary completion · 5
    • Short answer · 2
    • Matching features · 4
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 7

    The Effects of Deforestation

    Passage 2
    13 questionsForest conservation
    • Matching headings · 7
    • Summary completion · 6
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 8

    Fossil files "The Paleobiology Database"

    Passage 2
    12 questionsFossil biodiversity research
    • Matching headings · 6
    • Matching features · 3
    • Multiple choice multi · 1
    • Multiple choice single · 2
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 9

    Life-Casting and Art

    Passage 2
    13 questionsArt history criticism
    • Matching information · 5
    • Yes no not given · 6
    • Multiple choice single · 2
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 11

    Space Flight Tourism

    Passage 2
    13 questionsCommercial spaceflight safety
    • Summary completion · 7
    • Matching sentence endings · 6
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 12

    Memory and Age

    Passage 2
    13 questionsMemory and aging
    • Multiple choice single · 4
    • Summary completion · 6
    • Matching features · 3
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 13

    Antarctica – in from the cold?

    Passage 2
    13 questionsPolar climate science
    • Matching information · 5
    • Matching features · 3
    • Multiple choice single · 5
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 15

    The reconstruction of community in Talbot Park, Auckland

    Passage 2
    13 questionsUrban housing renewal
    • Matching headings · 7
    • Matching features · 3
    • Summary completion · 3
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 16

    Leaf-Cutting Ants and Fungus

    Passage 2
    13 questionsAnt fungus symbiosis
    • Matching features · 6
    • Matching information · 5
    • Multiple choice single · 2
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 17

    The evolutional mystery: Crocodile survives

    Passage 2
    13 questionsCrocodilian evolutionary biology
    • Matching headings · 7
    • Summary completion · 6
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 19

    Ancient Storytelling

    Passage 2
    13 questionsHistory of storytelling
    • Matching information · 5
    • Matching features · 4
    • Sentence completion · 4
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 20

    Smell and Memory

    Passage 2
    13 questionsOlfactory memory research
    • Matching features · 5
    • Multiple choice single · 4
    • Note completion · 4
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 21

    Griffith and American films

    Passage 2
    13 questionsEarly american film industry
    • Matching headings · 6
    • Matching features · 4
    • Multiple choice single · 3
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 22

    Western Immigration of Canada

    Passage 2
    13 questionsCanadian prairie settlement history
    • Matching headings · 7
    • Summary completion · 6
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 23

    Finding Our Way

    Passage 2
    13 questionsHuman spatial navigation
    • Matching features · 5
    • Multiple choice single · 3
    • True false not given · 5
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 24

    Art in Iron and Steel

    Passage 2
    13 questionsEngineering and industry in art
    • Matching information · 5
    • Matching features · 5
    • Summary completion · 3
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 25

    Mrs. Carlill and the Carbolic Smoke Ball

    Passage 2
    13 questionsCarbolic smoke ball contract law
    • True false not given · 4
    • Summary completion · 4
    • Matching features · 4
    • Multiple choice single · 1
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 26

    Water Filter

    Passage 2
    13 questionsLow cost ceramic water filters
    • Flow chart completion · 6
    • True false not given · 4
    • Multiple choice single · 3
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 27

    Wealth in A Cold Climate

    Passage 2
    13 questionsClimate and national wealth
    • Matching headings · 7
    • Summary completion · 6
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 28

    The Sun: Our Nearest Star

    Passage 2
    13 questionsSolar structure and lifecycle
    • Note completion · 6
    • Sentence completion · 4
    • Short answer · 3
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 29

    Hunting Perfume in Madagascar!

    Passage 2
    13 questionsPerfume ingredient bioprospecting
    • Summary completion · 8
    • True false not given · 5
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  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 30

    The Rise of Agritourism

    Passage 2
    13 questionsAgritourism rural economy
    • Multiple choice single · 6
    • Note completion · 7
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