Academic reading papers
200 full papers — 3 passages and 40 questions each, in the real IELTS format. Pick a paper and sit the whole thing. Sitting General Training? GT papers are here.
These papers use the complete official question-type set — matching headings, True/False/Not Given, Yes/No/Not Given, summary completion and more — for the most exam-realistic practice.
All-Types Test 1
The domestication of the horse · The economics of the spice trade · Can a machine be creative?
All-Types Test 2
The History of the Umbrella · The Psychology of Decision-Making · How Memory Shapes Identity
All-Types Test 3
The Overheated City · Rewiring the Grid · The Final Frontier and Its Conscience
All-Types Test 4
The Science of Birdsong · The Social History of Coffee Houses · The Future of Food Production
All-Types Test 5
Passage 1: The Origins of Writing Systems · Passage 2: How Museums Preserve Artefacts · Passage 3: Why Some Species Thrive in Cities
All-Types Test 6
How Vaccines Were Discovered · The Science of Earthquake Prediction · The Philosophy of Time
All-Types Test 7
The Archaeology of Ancient Roads · The History of Cartography · How Trust Is Built in Societies
All-Types Test 8
The Biology of Sleep · How Forests Regulate the Climate · The Limits of Economic Growth
All-Types Test 9
The History of Tea Cultivation · The Invention of Photography · The Science of Happiness
All-Types Test 10
How Glass Is Made · The Biology of Ageing · Technology and the Reshaping of Attention
All-Types Test 11
The Great Journey of the Monarch · When a Language Falls Silent · Whose Heritage? The Contested Politics of the World Heritage List
All-Types Test 12
The Coming of the Printed Book · How Suspension Bridges Stand Up · The Making of an Expert
All-Types Test 13
How Plants Survive the Desert · A Short History of Vaccination · The Paradox of Choice
All-Types Test 14
The Acoustics of Concert Halls · The Ecology of Wetlands · How Narratives Shape History
All-Types Test 15
The Domestication of the Horse · The Economics of the Spice Trade · Machines, Minds and the Meaning of Creativity
All-Types Test 16
How Coral Reefs Build Themselves · How Cities Manage Drinking Water · The Changing Nature of Work
All-Types Test 17
The History of the Umbrella · The Psychology of Decision-Making · How Memory Shapes Identity
All-Types Test 18
Why Cities Run Hot: The Urban Heat Island · Rewiring the Grid for Renewable Power · The Ethics of Reaching Outward
All-Types Test 19
The Science of Birdsong · The Social History of Coffee Houses · The Future of Food Production
All-Types Test 20
The Origins of Writing Systems · Keeping the Past: How Museums Preserve Their Collections · The Urban Winners: Why Some Species Flourish Among Us
All-Types Test 21
The Discovery of Vaccines · Forecasting the Ground Beneath Us · Does Time Really Flow?
All-Types Test 22
The archaeology of ancient roads · The history of cartography · How trust is built in societies
All-Types Test 23
The Biology of Sleep · How Forests Regulate Climate · The Limits of Economic Growth
All-Types Test 24
The history of tea cultivation · The invention of photography · The science of happiness
All-Types Test 25
How glass is made · The biology of ageing · How technology reshapes attention
All-Types Test 26
The migration of the monarch butterfly · How languages become extinct · The politics of world heritage sites
All-Types Test 27
The development of the printing press · The engineering of suspension bridges · The psychology of expertise
All-Types Test 28
Surviving the Desert: How Plants Cope with a Shortage of Water · From Folk Remedy to Global Programme: A History of Vaccination · The Paradox of Choice: When More Options Stop Helping
All-Types Test 29
The acoustics of concert halls · The ecology of wetlands · How narratives shape history