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This reading practice simulates one part of the IELTS General Reading test. You should spend about twenty minutes on it. Read the passage and answer questions 1-13.

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Henry Moore (1898-1986)Henry Moore was born at Castleford, a small town close to Leeds in northern England. He was the seventh child of Raymond Moore and Mary Baker. From 1909 until 1915 he attended Castleford Grammar School, where the teacher Alice Gostick encouraged his early enthusiasm for art. W...
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Questions 1-7
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage? In boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE   if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE   if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN   if there is no information on this.

1. After leaving school, Moore did what his father wanted him to do.

2. Moore started studying sculpture in his first term at the Leeds School of Art.

3. When Moore started at the Royal College of Art, its standing for teaching sculpture was excellent.

4. Moore became conscious of ancient sculpture as a result of visiting London museums.

5. The Trocadero Museum's Mayan sculpture drew a lot of public interest.

6. Moore thought the Mayan sculpture was similar in some respects to other stone sculptures.

7. The artists who were members of Unit One wanted to make modern art and architecture more popular.

The answer is TRUE because the statement agrees with the passage. The key evidence is: "When he left school, Moore wanted to become a sculptor, but instead he followed his father's wish that he train as a schoolteacher.". This evidence says the same thing as the question statement, so the statement is supported.

Associated Text:
When he left school, Moore wanted to become a sculptor, but instead he followed his father's wish that he train as a schoolteacher.

The answer is FALSE because the statement contradicts the passage. The key evidence is: "Although sculpture was the subject he hoped to study, no sculpture teacher was appointed until his second year.". This evidence gives a different meaning from the question statement, so the statement is not correct.

Associated Text:
Although sculpture was the subject he hoped to study, no sculpture teacher was appointed until his second year.

The answer is NOT GIVEN because the passage does not give enough information to confirm the statement. The closest relevant evidence is: "By the end of that year he had passed the sculpture examination and won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London.". This may discuss a related idea, but it does not prove the statement in the question.

Associated Text:
By the end of that year he had passed the sculpture examination and won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London.

The answer is TRUE because the statement agrees with the passage. The key evidence is: "In September 1921 he moved to London for three years of advanced sculpture study.". This evidence says the same thing as the question statement, so the statement is supported.

Associated Text:
In September 1921 he moved to London for three years of advanced sculpture study.

The answer is NOT GIVEN because the passage does not give enough information to confirm the statement. The closest relevant evidence is: "At the Trocadero Museum in Paris, he was struck by a cast of a Mayan sculpture representing the rain spirit.". This may discuss a related idea, but it does not prove the statement in the question.

Associated Text:
At the Trocadero Museum in Paris, he was struck by a cast of a Mayan sculpture representing the rain spirit.

The answer is FALSE because the statement contradicts the passage. The key evidence is: "Moore became fascinated with this stone sculpture, which he thought had a power and originality that no other stone sculpture possessed.". This evidence gives a different meaning from the question statement, so the statement is not correct.

Associated Text:
Moore became fascinated with this stone sculpture, which he thought had a power and originality that no other stone sculpture possessed.

The answer is TRUE because the statement agrees with the passage. The key evidence is: "In 1933 he joined Unit One, a group of young artists whose aim was to convince the English public of the value of the emerging international movement in modern art and architecture.". This evidence says the same thing as the question statement, so the statement is supported.

Associated Text:
In 1933 he joined Unit One, a group of young artists whose aim was to convince the English public of the value of the emerging international movement in modern art and architecture.

Questions 8-13
Complete the notes below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in 8-13 on your answer sheet.

Moore's career as an artist

1930s

Newspaper reviews criticise Moore's Leicester Galleries show.

Moore is encouraged to submit his (8) from his teaching post.

1940s

Moore concentrates on drawing because sculpting (9) are scarce.

During a return to his hometown, Moore sketches (10).

Moore receives a commission for a sculpture showing a (11).

(12) begin purchasing Moore's work.

Higher (13) enables Moore to attempt larger sculptural projects.

Use "Resignation" because critics called for Moore to resign from the Royal College.

Associated Text:
There were calls for his resignation from the Royal College, and when his contract ended the following year, he left to establish a sculpture department at the Chelsea School of Art in London.

Use "Materials" because a shortage of sculpting materials made Moore concentrate on drawing.

Associated Text:
A shortage of materials forced him to focus on drawing.

Use "Miners" because Moore sketched miners when he returned to Castleford.

Associated Text:
In 1942 he returned to Castleford to make a series of sketches of the miners who worked there.

Use "Family" because Harlow commissioned a sculpture depicting a family.

Associated Text:
In 1942 he returned to Castleford to make a series of sketches of the miners who worked there.

Use "Collectors" because bronze editions made Moore's work available to collectors.

Associated Text:
In this way, Moore's work became available to collectors all over the world.

Use "Income" because the rise in income enabled more ambitious work.

Associated Text:
The boost to his income enabled him to take on ambitious projects and begin working at the scale he believed his sculpture required.

Answer Sheet
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Multiple Choice
Matching Sentence Endings
Note Completion
Table Completion
Flow Chart Completion
Summary Completion
Multiple Selection
Short Answer
Matching Headings
Matching Features
Matching Information
Identifying Information
Identifying Viewer Claims
Sentence Completion
Diagram Labelling
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Tips to improve your reading speed
To get a high score on the IELTS reading section, you need to have a fast reading speed. To have a fast reading speed, you need to improve your vocabulary and practice dissecting sentences. One strategy to dissect a sentence is to look for the subject and verb of the sentence. Finding the subject and verb will help you better understand the main idea of said sentence. Keep in mind, a common feature of a IELTS reading passage is to join strings of ideas to form long compound sentences. This produces large chunks that students have a hard time absorbing. Do not get overwhelmed by its length, just look for the subject and verb, the rest of the ideas will flow.

Keep in mind, having a slow reading speed makes skimming or scanning a reading passage more difficult. The process of quickly skimming through a reading passage for specific keywords or main ideas is a requirement for you to employ successful reading strategies to improve your IELTS reading score. In other words, skimming and scanning are critical skills to ensure you complete all questions in the allotted time frame.
IELTS Reading Strategies
Once you can read and comprehend a passage with a rate of, at least, 220 words per minute, you'll be ready to start implementing our strategies. All too often, students spend too much time reading the passages and not enough time answering the questions. Here is a step by step guide for tackling the reading section.

  1. Step 1: Read questions first

    One of the most common mistakes that candidates make when approaching the reading exam is reading every single word of the passages. Although you can practice for the exam by reading for pleasure, "reading blindly" (reading without any sense of what the questions will ask) will not do you any favors in the exam. Instead, it will hurt your chances for effectively managing your time and getting the best score.

    The main reason to read the questions first is because the type of question may determine what you read in the passage or how you read it. For example, some question types will call for the "skimming" technique, while others may call for the "scanning" technique.

    It is important to answer a set of questions that are of the same question type. You'll need to determine which question type you want to tackle first. A good strategy would be to start with the easier question type and move on to more difficult question types later. The Easiest question types are the ones where you spend less time reading. For example, the Matching Heading question type is an easier one because you only need to find the heading that best describes the main idea of a paragraph. An example of a difficult question type would be Identifying Information. For this question type, you'll need to read each paragraph to find out if each statement is TRUE, FALSE, or NOT GIVEN according to the passage.

    Here is a table that lists the difficulty levels for each question type. Use this table as a reference when choosing which question type you want to tackle first.

    Difficulty level Question Type
    Easy Sentence Completion
    Short answer
    Medium Matching Features
    Multiple choice
    Matching Headings
    Summary, Table, Flow-Chart Completion
    Difficult Matching Sentence Endings
    Matching Information
    Identifying Information (TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN)
    Identifying Viewer's claims (YES/NO/NOT GIVEN)

  2. Step 2: Read for an objective

    After you've read the questions for the passage, you will be able to read for an objective. What does this mean? For example, if you come across a question that includes the year "1896", you can make a note of when this year comes up in the text, using it to answer the question later on. There are two reading techniques that will help you stay on track with reading for an objective. The first one, skimming, is best defined as reading fast in order to get the "gist", or general idea, or a passage. With this technique, you are not stopping for any unfamiliar words or looking for specific details. The second technique, scanning, is best defined as reading for specific information. With this technique, you are not reading for the overall gist, but rather, specific information. Notice how each of these techniques has a specific objective in mind. This will help you find information more quickly.

  3. Step 3: Take notes

    As you're reading for an objective, you should also be making notes on the margins of the passage, placing stars next to key information, or underlining things that you believe will help you answer the various questions. This will make it easier for you to check back when you are asked certain things in the questions. Choose whichever note-taking system is right for you - just make sure you do it!

  4. Step 4: Answer wisely

    After you've read the questions, read the passage, and have taken any appropriate notes, you you should have located the part of the text where you where you need to read carefully. Then just read carefully and think critically to determine the correct answer.

IELTS Reading Question Types

The IELTS reading test contains many different question types:

Matching HeadingsIELTS Reading Lesson: Matching Headings
Matching InformationIELTS Reading Lesson: Matching Information
Matching FeaturesIELTS Reading Lesson: Matching Features
Summary CompletionIELTS Reading Lesson: Summary Completion
Identifying InformationIELTS Reading Lesson: Identifying Information
Identifying Writer's claimsIELTS Reading Lesson: Identifying Writer's claims
Multiple ChoiceIELTS Reading Lesson: Multiple Choice
Short AnswerIELTS Reading Lesson: Short Answer
Match Sentence EndingIELTS Reading Lesson: Match Sentence Ending
Sentence CompletionIELTS Reading Lesson: Sentence Completion
Table CompletionIELTS Reading Lesson: Table Completion
 
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