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.

Question-type drills need no account. Starting a passage needs a free one, so the attempt lands in your history.

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35 passages

  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 4

    Copy your neighbour

    Passage 1
    13 questionsTropical butterfly mimicry
    • Matching information · 5
    • True false not given · 6
    • Multiple choice single · 2
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 1 · Reading Mock Test 5

    Asian Space Satellite Technology

    Passage 3
    13 questionsAsian space technology
    • Matching headings · 5
    • Matching features · 4
    • True false not given · 4
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 7

    Passage 1

    Passage 1
    13 questionsHousing market economics
    • Note completion · 7
    • True false not given · 5
    • Multiple choice single · 1
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 2 · Reading Mock Test 9

    How should reading be taught?

    Passage 3
    14 questionsReading instruction research
    • Matching headings · 5
    • True false not given · 5
    • Matching features · 4
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 3 · Reading Mock Test 11

    Putting the brakes on climate change

    Passage 3
    14 questionsHydrogen fuel cell vehicles
    • Matching headings · 6
    • Sentence completion · 4
    • True false not given · 4
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 16

    What are you laughing at?

    Passage 1
    13 questionsEvolution of laughter
    • Matching features · 6
    • Summary completion word bank · 4
    • True false not given · 3
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 16

    Assessing the risk

    Passage 3
    14 questionsScience risk policy
    • True false not given · 6
    • Summary completion · 7
    • Multiple choice single · 1
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 20

    Voyage of Going: beyond the blue line

    Passage 1
    13 questionsPacific seafaring archaeology
    • True false not given · 7
    • Summary completion · 3
    • Short answer · 3
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 4 · Reading Mock Test 20

    Communicating Conflict!

    Passage 3
    14 questionsWorkplace communication styles
    • Matching headings · 8
    • True false not given · 5
    • Multiple choice single · 1
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 21

    California's age of Megafires

    Passage 1
    13 questionsCalifornia wildfire management
    • Summary completion · 6
    • Multiple choice single · 3
    • True false not given · 4
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 22

    SOSUS: Listening to the Ocean

    Passage 1
    13 questionsUnderwater acoustics ocean monitoring
    • True false not given · 4
    • Matching information · 4
    • Multiple choice single · 5
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 22

    Communication in science

    Passage 3
    14 questionsScience communication
    • Multiple choice single · 5
    • True false not given · 4
    • Summary completion · 5
  • 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
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 24

    Beyond the Blue Line

    Passage 3
    14 questionsLapita pacific seafaring archaeology
    • Summary completion word bank · 5
    • Multiple choice single · 4
    • True false not given · 5
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 25

    The Extraordinary Watkin Tench

    Passage 1
    13 questionsFirst fleet australian colonisation
    • True false not given · 6
    • Short answer · 7
  • 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
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 5 · Reading Mock Test 25

    Communicating Styles and Conflict

    Passage 3
    14 questionsWorkplace communication styles
    • Matching headings · 8
    • True false not given · 5
    • Multiple choice single · 1
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 26

    The Last March of the Emperor Penguins

    Passage 1
    13 questionsEmperor penguin sea ice decline
    • Matching features · 6
    • True false not given · 4
    • Summary completion · 3
  • 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
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 27

    The Forgotten Forest

    Passage 1
    13 questionsLongleaf pine forest restoration
    • Note completion · 5
    • Flow chart completion · 4
    • True false not given · 4
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 28

    Soap

    Passage 1
    13 questionsSoap manufacture and history
    • True false not given · 4
    • Flow chart completion · 6
    • Sentence completion · 3
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 28

    The Exploration of Mars

    Passage 3
    14 questionsMars exploration and astrobiology
    • Matching information · 6
    • Multiple choice single · 4
    • True false not given · 4
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 29

    Blue-footed Boobies

    Passage 1
    13 questionsBlue footed booby biology
    • Matching headings · 6
    • True false not given · 3
    • Summary completion · 4
  • 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
  • Cambridge Mock Tests · Volume 6 · Reading Mock Test 30

    The Culture of Chimpanzee!

    Passage 1
    13 questionsChimpanzee culture research
    • Matching information · 5
    • True false not given · 5
    • Short answer · 3