Category: IELTS Reading Practice Test

Passage For two years southern Sri Lanka suffered a prolonged drought, described by locals as “the worst in 50 years”. Some areas didn’t see a successful crop for four …

Passage A In today’s hypercompetitive marketplace, companies that successfully introduce new products are more likely to flourish than those that don’t. Businesses spend billions of dollars making better “mousetraps” …

Passage A The world’s population continues to climb. And despite the rise of high-tech agriculture, 800 million people don’t get enough to eat. Clearly it’s time to rethink the …

Passage A The amount of time people spend watching television is astonishing. On average, individuals in the industrialized world devote three hours a day to the pursuit —fully half …

Passage A Despite its obvious connection, mass production was not a corollary to the modern Industrial Revolution. Various mass production techniques had been practiced in ancient times, from ceramic …

Passage A Ingenuity is the process of applying ideas to solve problems or meet challenges which involves the changes in condition as well as in politics and in the …

Passage A The Carbolic Smoke Ball Company made a product called the “smoke ball”. It claimed to be a cure fo influenza and a number of other diseases, in …

Passage The word turtle is a tiresome example of Bernard Shaw’s observation: England and America are two countries divided by a common language. In British usage, turtles live in …

Passage Scientists are unlocking the medical potential of venom. A Michael decided to go for a swim. He was on vacation with his family in Guerrero, Mexico, and it …

Passage “Danger, “ says the sign on the door of a laboratory at the Australian Museum in Sydney: “Tasmanian Tiger, Trespassers will be eaten!” The joke is that the …