Reading Passage Set 3 — 50 IELTS reading practice tests; an illustrative student in an academic library.

IELTS READING · 50 PASSAGE TESTS

Reading Passage Set 3

Build your reading skills one passage at a time. Explore 50 passage-based practice tests drawn from IELTS Reading Passages 1–3.

Passage 1

Read for key information

Passage 2

Follow ideas and arguments

Passage 3

Interpret detailed meaning

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Reading OG14-2.2 — Dawn of the robots — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-2.3 — It's your choice! - Or is it really? — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-3.1 — SECRETS OF THE SWARM — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-3.2 — High Speed, High Rise — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-3.3 — When conversations flow — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-4.1 — South Pole Adventurer — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-4.2 — The rise of the agribots — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-4.3 — Homer's Literary Legacy — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-5.1 — Trees in trouble — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-5.2 — Whale Strandings — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-5.3 — Science in Space — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-6.1 — Why Are Finland's Schools Successful? — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-6.2 — Australia's Lost Giants — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-6.3 — The Swiffer — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-7.1 — The Hidden Histories of Exploration Exhibition — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-7.2 — Fatal Attraction — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-7.3 — WANT TO BE FRIENDS? — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-8.1 — The Phoenicians: an almost forgotten people — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-8.2 — The Hollywood Film Industry — MKS Education cover

Reading OG14-8.3 — Left or right? — MKS Education cover

Reading 13-1.1 — Case Study: Tourism New Zealand website — MKS Education cover

Reading 13-1.2 — Why being bored is stimulating - and useful, too — MKS Education cover

Reading 13-1.3 — Artificial artists — MKS Education cover

Reading 13-2.1 — Bringing cinnamon to Europe — MKS Education cover

Reading 13-2.2 — Oxytocin — MKS Education cover

Reading 13-2.3 — MAKING THE MOST OF TRENDS — MKS Education cover

Reading 13-3.1 — The coconut palm — MKS Education cover

Reading 13-3.2 — How baby talk gives infant brains a boost — MKS Education cover

Reading 13-3.3 — Whatever happened to the Harappan Civilisation? — MKS Education cover

Reading 13-4.1 — Cutty Sark: the fastest sailing ship of all time — MKS Education cover

Reading 13-4.2 — SAVING THE SOIL — MKS Education cover

Reading 13-4.3 — Book Review — MKS Education cover

Reading 12-1.1 — Cork — MKS Education cover

Reading 12-1.2 — COLLECTING AS A HOBBY — MKS Education cover

Reading 12-1.3 — What's the purpose of gaining knowledge? — MKS Education cover

Reading 12-2.1 — The risks agriculture faces in developing countries — MKS Education cover

Reading 12-2.2 — The Lost City — MKS Education cover

Reading 12-2.3 — The Benefits of Being Bilingual — MKS Education cover

Reading 12-3.1 — Flying tortoises — MKS Education cover

Reading 12-3.2 — The Intersection of Health Sciences and Geography — MKS Education cover

Reading 12-3.3 — Music and the emotions — MKS Education cover

Reading 12-4.1 — The History of Glass — MKS Education cover

Reading 12-4.2 — Bring back the big cats — MKS Education cover

Reading 12-4.3 — UK companies need more effective boards of directors — MKS Education cover

Reading 11-1.1 — Crop-growing skyscrapers — MKS Education cover

Reading 11-1.2 — THE FALKIRK WHEEL — MKS Education cover

Reading 11-1.3 — Reducing the Effects of Climate Change — MKS Education cover

Reading 11-2.1 — Raising the Mary Rose — MKS Education cover

Reading 11-2.2 — What destroyed the civilisation of Easter Island? — MKS Education cover

Reading 11-2.3 — Neuroaesthetics — MKS Education cover