101 IELTS reading past papers with answers 2019 by IELTSMaterial publishing

Table of Contents Reading Test 1 Section 1 Andrea Palladio: Italian architect Section 2 The future never dies? Section 3 Pottery production in ancient Akrotiri Reading Test 2 Section 1 Save the Turtles Section 2 Corporate Social Responsibility Section 3 TV Addiction 2 Reading Test 3 Section 1 Timekeeper 2 Invention of Marine Chronometer Section 2 Father of modern management Section 3 Extinct: the Giant Deer Reading Test 4 Section 1 New Agriculture in Oregon, US Section 2 Intelligence and Giftedness Section 3 Paper or Computer? Reading Test 5 Section 1 Terminated Dinosaur Era Section 2 Detection of a meteorite Lake Section 3 Internal and External Marketing Reading Test 6 Section 1 OTTER Section 2 BIRD MIGRATION 2 Section 3 Talc Powder Reading Test 7 Section 1 The Dinosaurs Footprints and Extinction Section 2 WHAT COOKBOOKS REALLY TEACH US Section 3 Learning lessons from the past Reading Test 8 Section 1 Finches on Islands Section 2 Flight from reality? Section 3 Communicating Conflict! Reading Test 9 Section 1 Agriculture and Tourism Section 2 Cosmetics in Ancient Past Section 3 Asian Space 2 Satellite Technology Reading Test 10 Section 1 Koalas Section 2 Antarctica - in from the cold? Section 3 Language strategy In Multinational Company Reading Test 11 Section 1 THE ORIGIN OF WRITING Section 2 Aqua product: New Zealand’s Igae Biodiesel Section 3 British Architecture 2 Reading Test 12 Section 1 Radio Automation forerunner of the integrated circuit Section 2 Bestcom CONSIPERATE COMPUTING Section 3 Environmentally-friendly! Vihicles Reading Test 13 Section 1 Bondi Beach Section 2 Hunting Perfume in Madagascar! Section 3 The Exploration of Mars Reading Test 14 Section 1 Traditional Farming System in Africa Section 2 Griffith and American films Section 3 The Persuaders Reading Test 15 Section 1 Tea and Industrial Revolution Section 2 Fossil files: "The Paleobiology Database" Section 3 Communication in science Reading Test 16 Section 1 Can We Hold Back the Flood? Section 2 When the Tulip Bubble Burst Section 3 The Secrets of Persuasion Reading Test 17 Section 1 MENTAL GYMNASTICS Section 2 Finding Our Way Section 3 Mystery in Easter Reading Test 18 Section 1 The Mozart Effect Section 2 London Swaying Footbridge Section 3 Book review on Musiccophilia Reading Test 19 Section 1 The coming back of the “Extinct” Grass in Britain Section 2 CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Section 3 Beyond the Blue Line Reading Test 20 Section 1 world Ecotourism in the developing courtiers Section 2 Memory and age Section 3 The secret of the Yawn Reading Test 21 Section 1 Consecutive and Simultaneous Translation Section 2 Water Filter Section 3 Music: Language We All Speak Reading Test 22 Section 1 Voyage of going: beyond the blue line 2 Section 2 European Heat Wave Section 3 the concept of childhood in the western countries Reading Test 23 Section 1 Have Teenagers Always Existed Section 2 Numeracy: can animals tell numbers? Section 3 Elephant communication Reading Test 24 Section 1 Ambergris Section 2 global warming: Prevent poles from melting Section 3 Sunset for the Oil Business Reading Test 25 Section 1 Build a Medieval Castle Section 2 Smell and Memory: SMELLS LIKE YESTERDAY Section 3 Memory Decoding Reading Test 26 Section 1 Origin of Species & Continent Formation Section 2 Chinese Yellow Citrus Ant for BIOLOGICAL CONTROL Section 3 Mechanisms of Linguistic Change Reading Test 27 Section 1 Museum Blockbuster Section 2 Stress of Workplace Section 3 Company Innovation Reading Test 28 Section 1 The Beginning of Football Section 2 A New Ice Age Section 3 Soviet’s New Working Week Reading Test 29 Section 1 Density and Crowding Section 2 The reconstruction of community in Talbot Park, Auckland Section 3 Video Game’s Unexpected Benefits to Human Brain Reading Test 30 Section 1 Lie Detector Section 2 Leaf-Cutting Ants and Fungus Section3 Save Endangered Language Reading Test 31 Section 1 Food for thought 2 Section 2 Saving the British Bitterns Section 3 E- training Reading Test 32 Section 1 Animal minds: Parrot Alex Section 2 stealth Forces in weight Loss Section 3 Bright Children Reading Test 33 Section 1 Section 2 Is Graffiti Art or Crime? Section 3 Serendipity: The Accidental Scientists Reading Test 34 Section 1 LONGAEVA: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Section 2 Monkeys and Forests Section 3 Answer Keys Reading Test 1 Reading Test 2 Reading Test 3 Reading Test 4 Reading Test 5 Reading Test 6 Reading Test 7 Reading Test 8 Reading Test 9 Reading Test 10 Reading Test 11 Reading Test 12 Reading Test 13 Reading Test 14 Reading Test 15 Reading Test 16 Reading Test 17 Reading Test 18 Reading Test 19 Reading Test 20 Reading Test 21 Reading Test 22 Reading Test 23 Reading Test 24 Reading Test 25 Reading Test 26 Reading Test 27 Reading Test 28 Reading Test 29 Reading Test 30 Reading Test 31 Reading Test 32 Reading Test 33 Reading Test 34 Reading Test 20 Section 1 10 13 Section 2 14 17 20 23 26 Section 3 27 30 33 36 39 FALSE TRUE TRUE FALSE Not Given E A 11 D A stories 15 America fairy-stories 18 adventure A 21 E TRUE 24 Not Given TRUE B 28 L C 32 F C 34 A TRUE 37 FALSE FALSE 40 Not Given 12 16 19 22 25 29 32 35 38 Not Given TRUE C F folklore C FALSE TRUE A D B TRUE Reading Test 21 Section 1 10 13 Section 2 14 17 20 23 26 Section 3 27 30 33 36 39 vi iv vii FALSE TRUE 11 clay 15 cow manure 18 FALSE 21 Not Given 24 A vi 28 vi 32 B 34 G 37 B 40 v viii Not Given FALSE 12 water 16 950 degress 19 TRUE 22 C 25 iv 29 vii 32 E 35 A 38 C ix iii TRUE Not Given straw 60 minutes Not Given D ii F D C Reading Test 22 Section 1 10 13 Yes Not Given No descendants seabirds and turtles Section 14 17 20 23 26 TRUE Not Given 1976 and 1995 1856 500 34 37 40 11 No Yes rock canoes 12 15 FALSE 18 TRUE 21 2000 floods 24 1988 and 2002 27 D 16 19 22 25 FALSE Not Given 29 32 30 33 TRUE (with the) industrialization classroom 35 Section 28 31 FALSE FALSE history of childhood 36 No Not Given teeth trade winds TRUE Not Given France 1990 TRUE Not Given (as) miniature adults 38 The factory Act 39 play and education Reading Test 23 Section 1 10 13 A D No Not Given B Section 15 18 21 24 27 C Yes Yes B No Not Given 11 14 G E 12 A balls of paper Count/ caculate 17 eggs indentical 16 fruits flies 19 mosquitofish 20 surface area sugar water 22 TRUE 23 FALSE Not Given 25 TRUE 26 Not Given TRUE Section 28 hammer 29 body 30 cavities/ sinus trunks and 31 cavities 32 feet 33 34 37 40 ecology 35 mate 38 C seismic messages ground pad infrasonic acoustic communication/ 36 communications 39 A Reading Test 24 Section 1 C B beaks 10 13 TRUE Not Give Section 14 E 17 F 20 Russian rivers volcanic 23 explosions 26 A Section 27 30 33 36 39 Yes No tapped/ (new) E A 11 A D A A vomiting harderns Not Given 12 FALSE 15 B 18 A 21 pumps 16 E 19 birch trees 22 cables 24 25 C D 28 31 34 37 40 Not Given 29 No Yes 32 controverial expensive 35 competitive D 38 B C Reading Test 25 Section 1 10 13 Not Given TRUE metal/ iron wedges heating F Section 14 17 20 A C B 23 26 Section 27 30 33 36 39 TRUE mason FALSE holes split 11 C bricks 12 E 15 18 21 16 19 22 create a story 24 spice E 28 G three cards/ 3 cards education B 31 B C C brain scans A A D C olfactory 25 cortex 29 C specific person F 32 mental 34 walk 35 loci method 37 A 38 D 40 E Reading Test 26 Section 1 10 13 E B F withering skin vicarisanism Section 14 F 17 G 20 FALSE 23 TRUE 26 Not Given Section 27 sound laws principle of 30 ease 33 Not Given 36 Not Given 39 B D B migrated 15 C 18 F 21 FALSE 24 TRUE 16 A 19 TRUE 22 TRUE 25 FALSE 28 fashion 29 imperfect 31 34 37 40 32 Not Given 35 TRUE 38 C A C G (tectonic) 11 plates 12 dispersalism FALSE TRUE TRUE A Reading Test 27 Section 1 10 13 Section 14 17 C A B customers museology/ (the tourist new) museology attractions D 11 B E A D 12 B public relation skills A C 15 18 D 16 B C 19 B workplace 21 A 22 injury 24 7% 25 golf 27 workloads 20 23 26 D 16.6 weeks massage Section 28 31 F B 29 32 34 37 40 Not Given TRUE D 35 38 C F Not Given C 30 33 G E 36 FALSE 39 A Reading Test 28 Section 1 10 13 Section 14 17 20 ix vii vi B A D D B 15 18 21 16 19 22 11 x iii I H 12 C A B A C heat Great ocean 24 Conveyor 25 freshwater 23 26 denser southward Section 27 30 33 iv x v 28 31 34 xii i vii 29 32 35 B Colourcoding/ colour 37 A 38 40 family 36 39 i viii D E ii ix C Yuri Larin Reading Test 29 Section 1 10 13 iv i vii vi x ii male prison viii privacy personal attraction/ space 11 attraction levels 12 help control Section 14 vi 17 iii 20 ii 23 C 26 budget Section 28 D 31 D 34 Not Given 37 D 40 A 15 18 21 24 27 29 32 35 38 viii ix D density garden C Not Given TRUE B 16 19 22 25 v vii B architects 30 B 33 FALSE 36 C 39 E Reading Test 30 Section 1 10 13 TRUE TRUE Not Given TRUE B A C 11 A C Section 2 14 B 15 A 17 C 18 B 20 F 21 H 23 J 24 G 26 C Section 3 27 v 28 x 30 i 31 vii 33 ii 34 C 36 E 37 A 39 C 40 D 12 16 19 22 25 29 32 35 38 FALSE D B B A A C A iii viii B D Reading Test 31 Section 1 iii ix 10 13 iv 85% C Section 14 17 20 ii viii iv 15 v 18 vi 21 1950s i vii A D E 29 ix 32 v 35 B 38 B 23 26 Section 28 31 34 37 40 x vi extra snacks 11 50% viii i 12 firewood A 16 i 19 iii 22 (being) shy/shyness patnership project/ network (of sites)/ (native) partnership project starvation 24 fish 25 network Otter and brownhare 27 B 30 33 36 39 iv iii F C Reading Test 32 Section 1 Not Given TRUE 100 English words particularly 10 chosen 13 teenager Section 14 E 17 B 20 F 23 A 26 Gene Section 28 Yes 31 Not Given 34 C 37 D 40 E 11 Not Given FALSE TRUE FALSE avian chimpanzees cognition wrong color 12 pronunciation 15 D 18 G 21 E 24 Chickens 27 vaccine 16 19 22 25 29 32 35 38 30 33 36 39 No No A A C C D AD-36 Yes Yes B C Reading Test 33 Section 1 85 dBA stomach (contractions) D 10 A 11 13 C Section 2 14 D 15 17 E 18 20 B/D 21 23 D/B 24 26 protective equiment 27 Section 3 28 iv 29 31 v 32 34 Horace Walpole 35 37 A 38 40 B hearing (impairement) noise map C C 12 G 16 C 19 B/D 22 social history 25 (lower pressure) water ix 30 iii 33 fairy tale 36 C 39 high-frequenncy B E D B B B/D tag i vii Sri Lanka B Reading Test 34 10 13 Section 14 17 20 I A D (bands of) bark distance G B C 23 26 fruit water Section 28 31 34 37 40 C G C A A C B energy (dry 11 moutain) air D A stratification 12 ground cover 15 18 21 16 19 22 29 32 35 38 30 33 36 39 A C H D A B plant reproduction/ 24 toxins/toxin 25 reproduce 27 drought D D G C F F B E ... 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