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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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Questions 1-6
The reading passage has seven paragraphs labelled A-G.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter A-G in boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet.

NB You may use any letter more than once.

1. mention of an appealing way of using dance that the writer is not proposing

2. an example of a difference between past and present approaches to building

3. reference to an objective of both dance and engineering

4. mention of an unforeseen problem arising from ignoring the climate

5. why several measures intended to help people are being reversed

6. mention of how transport has an impact on human lives

Choose paragraph B because this paragraph contains the information requested in "mention of an appealing way of using dance that the writer is not proposing". The supporting sentence is: "This does not mean that everyone should dance their way to work, however healthy and happy it might make us.". This sentence matches the meaning of the prompt, so paragraph B is the best location.

Associated Text:
This does not mean that everyone should dance their way to work, however healthy and happy it might make us.

Choose paragraph C because this paragraph contains the information requested in "an example of a difference between past and present approaches to building". The supporting sentence is: "Richard Sennett, a major urbanist and sociologist who has reshaped thinking about city-making, argues that since the arrival of the architectural blueprint, urban design has increasingly separated the mind from the body.". This sentence matches the meaning of the prompt, so paragraph C is the best location.

Associated Text:
Richard Sennett, a major urbanist and sociologist who has reshaped thinking about city-making, argues that since the arrival of the architectural blueprint, urban design has increasingly separated the mind from the body.

Choose paragraph F because this paragraph contains the information requested in "reference to an objective of both dance and engineering". The supporting sentence is: "Choreography may seem an unlikely source for this challenge, but it shares with engineering the aim of designing patterns of movement within limitations of space.". This sentence matches the meaning of the prompt, so paragraph F is the best location.

Associated Text:
Choreography may seem an unlikely source for this challenge, but it shares with engineering the aim of designing patterns of movement within limitations of space.

Choose paragraph D because this paragraph contains the information requested in "mention of an unforeseen problem arising from ignoring the climate". The supporting sentence is: "They did not realise that purpose-built street cafes could not operate in the hot sun without the protective awnings found on older buildings, and would therefore require energy-consuming air conditioning.". This sentence matches the meaning of the prompt, so paragraph D is the best location.

Associated Text:
They did not realise that purpose-built street cafes could not operate in the hot sun without the protective awnings found on older buildings, and would therefore require energy-consuming air conditioning.

Choose paragraph E because this paragraph contains the information requested in "why several measures intended to help people are being reversed". The supporting sentence is: "Consequently, many are now being taken out, bringing disruption, cost and waste.". This sentence matches the meaning of the prompt, so paragraph E is the best location.

Associated Text:
Consequently, many are now being taken out, bringing disruption, cost and waste.

Choose paragraph A because this paragraph contains the information requested in "mention of how transport has an impact on human lives". The supporting sentence is: "The ways we travel affect our physical and mental health, our social lives, our access to work and culture, and the air we breathe.". This sentence matches the meaning of the prompt, so paragraph A is the best location.

Associated Text:
The ways we travel affect our physical and mental health, our social lives, our access to work and culture, and the air we breathe.

Questions 7-13
Complete the summary below.

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

Write your answers in 7-13 on your answer sheet.

Guard rails

Guard rails were introduced on British roads to improve the (7) of pedestrians, while ensuring that the movement of (8) Is not disrupted. Pedestrians are led to access points, and encouraged to cross one (9) at a time. An unintended effect is to create psychological difficulties in crossing the road, particularly for less (10). people. Another result is that some people cross the road in a (11). way. The guard rails separate (12) and make it more difficult to introduce forms of transport that are (13)

Use "Safety" because guard rails were introduced as a pedestrian safety measure.

Associated Text:
The guard rails familiar to anyone who has tried to cross a British road, for instance, were an engineering answer to pedestrian safety based on models that prioritise the smooth flow of traffic.

Use "Traffic" because the models prioritised smooth traffic flow.

Associated Text:
The guard rails familiar to anyone who has tried to cross a British road, for instance, were an engineering answer to pedestrian safety based on models that prioritise the smooth flow of traffic.

Use "Carriageway" because staggered crossings divide the road into two carriageways.

Associated Text:
On wide major roads, they often guide walkers to fixed crossing points and delay progress by using staggered access points to split the crossing into two, one for each carriageway.

Use "Mobile" because the passage says the least mobile are especially affected.

Associated Text:
In practice, this can make crossings seem longer, creating psychological barriers that particularly affect the least mobile, while encouraging others to make dangerous crossings in order to avoid the rails.

Use "Dangerous" because some people make dangerous crossings to avoid the rails.

Associated Text:
In practice, this can make crossings seem longer, creating psychological barriers that particularly affect the least mobile, while encouraging others to make dangerous crossings in order to avoid the rails.

Use "Communities" because the barriers divide communities.

Associated Text:
These barriers do more than make roads harder to cross: they divide communities and reduce opportunities for healthy transport.

Use "Healthy" because the barriers reduce opportunities for healthy transport.

Associated Text:
These barriers do more than make roads harder to cross: they divide communities and reduce opportunities for healthy transport.

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Résumé des scores
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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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