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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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Georgia O'KeeffeFor seventy years Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) occupied a central place in American art. What was striking about her career was that she did not attach herself to changing art fashions; instead, she continued to follow a personal vision that sought the essential abstract forms found ...
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Questions 1-7
Complete the notes below.

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

Write your answers in 1-7 on your answer sheet.

An American artist: life and work

Studied art, then worked as a (1) in several US locations.

Made drawings using (2) that were later shown in a major US city.

After relocating to a major US city, became known for paintings of city (3).

Created a series of original close-up paintings of (4).

Her first New Mexico paintings were inspired by the many (5) scattered there.

For more than forty years, she kept painting different elements of New Mexico's dramatic (6).

In later years she travelled often by plane and painted clouds and (7) seen from above.

Use "Teacher" because the passage says O'Keeffe worked as an art teacher in several types of school and college.

Associated Text:
After university and training college, she worked as an art teacher in elementary schools, high schools and colleges in Virginia, Texas and South Carolina from 1911 to 1918.

Use "Charcoal" because the passage says O'Keeffe experimented with abstract compositions in charcoal.

Associated Text:
After university and training college, she worked as an art teacher in elementary schools, high schools and colleges in Virginia, Texas and South Carolina from 1911 to 1918.

Use "Skyscrapers" because the passage identifies New York skyscrapers as the subject of her architectural pictures.

Associated Text:
They married in 1924, and the changing course of their private and professional relationship was recorded in Stieglitz's famous black-and-white portraits of O'Keeffe, made over a period of twenty years from 1917 to 1937.

Use "Flowers" because the passage says her enlarged images of flowers began in 1924.

Associated Text:
In the enlarged images of flowers that she began in 1924, O'Keeffe drew the viewer into the picture's space.

Use "Bones" because the passage says sun-bleached bones in New Mexico first stirred her imagination there.

Associated Text:
At first, the numerous sun-bleached bones scattered across the rugged landscape stirred her imagination.

Use "Landscape" because the passage says the region's spectacular landscape held her attention for more than four decades.

Associated Text:
Later she returned to similar ideas in a large group of Pelvis paintings, exploring contrasts between curved outward and inward surfaces and between solid areas and open spaces.

Use "Rivers" because the passage says air travel inspired aerial views of rivers.

Associated Text:
Air travel inspired her final two major series: aerial views of rivers and large paintings of the sky as seen just above the clouds.

Questions 8-13
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage? In boxes 8-13 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.

8. Georgia O'Keeffe's style was greatly influenced by the shifting fashions in art over the seven decades of her career.

9. When O'Keeffe finished high school, she had already decided about the career that she wanted.

10. Alfred Stieglitz first found O'Keeffe's work when she sent some abstract drawings to his gallery in New York City.

11. O'Keeffe was the subject of Stieglitz's photography for many years.

12. O'Keeffe's paintings of the patio of her house in Abiquiu were among the artist's preferred works.

13. O'Keeffe produced a larger quantity of work during the 1950s to 1970s than at any other time in her life.

The answer is FALSE because the statement contradicts the passage. The key evidence is: "What was striking about her career was that she did not attach herself to changing art fashions; instead, she continued to follow a personal vision that sought the essential abstract forms found in nature.". This evidence gives a different meaning from the question statement, so the statement is not correct.

Associated Text:
What was striking about her career was that she did not attach herself to changing art fashions; instead, she continued to follow a personal vision that sought the essential abstract forms found in nature.

The answer is TRUE because the statement agrees with the passage. The key evidence is: "She grew up on the family farm with six brothers and sisters, and by the time she left high school in 1905, she had decided to become an artist.". This evidence says the same thing as the question statement, so the statement is supported.

Associated Text:
She grew up on the family farm with six brothers and sisters, and by the time she left high school in 1905, she had decided to become an artist.

The answer is FALSE because the statement contradicts the passage. The key evidence is: "She sent some of the drawings to a friend in New York, who then showed them to the art collector and photographer Alfred Stieglitz in January 1916.". This evidence gives a different meaning from the question statement, so the statement is not correct.

Associated Text:
She sent some of the drawings to a friend in New York, who then showed them to the art collector and photographer Alfred Stieglitz in January 1916.

The answer is TRUE because the statement agrees with the passage. The key evidence is: "They married in 1924, and the changing course of their private and professional relationship was recorded in Stieglitz's famous black-and-white portraits of O'Keeffe, made over a period of twenty years from 1917 to 1937.". This evidence says the same thing as the question statement, so the statement is supported.

Associated Text:
They married in 1924, and the changing course of their private and professional relationship was recorded in Stieglitz's famous black-and-white portraits of O'Keeffe, made over a period of twenty years from 1917 to 1937.

The answer is NOT GIVEN because the passage does not give enough information to confirm the statement. The closest relevant evidence is: "Both places supplied rich imagery for her paintings, but the Abiquiu house's walled patio and black door proved especially important.". This may discuss a related idea, but it does not prove the statement in the question.

Associated Text:
Both places supplied rich imagery for her paintings, but the Abiquiu house's walled patio and black door proved especially important.

The answer is NOT GIVEN because the passage does not give enough information to confirm the statement. The closest relevant evidence is: "From the 1950s to the 1970s, O'Keeffe travelled widely through Asia, the Middle East and Europe.". This may discuss a related idea, but it does not prove the statement in the question.

Associated Text:
From the 1950s to the 1970s, O'Keeffe travelled widely through Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

Answer Sheet
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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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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.
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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:

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Identifying InformationIELTS Reading Lesson: Identifying Information
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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
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