IELTS Reading Practice – Authentic
IELTS Reading Practice – Authentic
To get a higher band in the IELTS Reading exam entails you to read a lot of variety of text well before the exam. The more you read, the more you become used to the text that will appear in real IELTS exam situation.
The articles below are taken from a variety of English-language media and reflect the type of content tested in the Reading portion of the IELTS. They also involve many common Task 2 Writing topics.
A Neglected Protein-Rich Superfood
Source: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210420-the-protein-rich-superfood-most-europeans-wont-eat
BBC, 20 April 2021
A Therapeutic Beat
Source: University of Melbourne Magazine, 2022https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210420-the-protein-rich-superfood-most-europeans-wont-eat
University of Melbourne Magazine, 2022
Airports are Embracing Facial Recognition Software: Should We Be Worried?
Source: https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/airports-are-embracing-facial-recognition-should-we-be-worried
Discover Magazine, 20 November 2021
An Ancient Ocean Floor, Found in Baltimore
Source: https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2021/fall/baltimore-rocks-mantle-ocean-floor/
Johns Hopkins Magazine, Fall 2021
Are There Enough Remote Jobs for Everyone Who Wants One?
Source: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220421-are-there-enough-remote-jobs-for-everyone-who-wants-one
BBC, 26 May 2022
Birds in Ancient Egypt
Source: https://mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanities/bird-bird
University of Chicago Magazine, Nov/Dec 2012
Chile’s Desert Town Built on Mummies
Source: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220519-chiles-desert-town-built-on-mummies
BBC, 26 May 2022
Classifying Animals by Anatomy Might Not Be Best System, Study Says
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/06/11/animals-evolution-tree/
Washington Post, 11 June 2022
Climate Friendly Diets Could Make a Huge Difference
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/04/meat-diets-climate-emissions-plant-based-vegan
The Guardian, 4 June 2022
Could Ants, Termites, and Fishes Make Humans Better Farmers?
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/could-ants-termites-and-fishes-carry-lessons-to-make-humans-better-farmers-180980085/
Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2022
Digitising the Natural World
Source: https://www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/article/digitising-the-natural-world
Oxford Alumni Magazine, 9 May 2022
First Light in the Universe
Source: https://mag.uchicago.edu/science-medicine/enlightened
University of Chicago Magazine, Spring 2022
Harvard Study: Just 1 to 2 Days in Office Per Week Is Most Effective
Source: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/04/15/hybrid-work-study-harvard/
Boston.com, 15 April 2022
Have a Green Flight!
Source: https://magazine.alumni.cam.ac.uk/have-a-green-flight/
Cambridge Alumni Magazine, 24 November 2020
Have Scientists Designed the Perfect Chocolate?
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/have-scientists-designed-the-perfect-chocolate-180980062/
Smithsonian Magazine, 11 May 2022
Have We Detected Dark Energy? Scientists Say It’s a Possibility
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210915135120.htm
Science Daily/University of Cambridge, 15 September 2021
Hidden in Plain Sight (Machine learning, bots, and fake news)
Source: https://magazine.alumni.cam.ac.uk/hidden-in-plain-sight/
University of Cambridge, 10 July 2020
How Driverless Cars Will Change Our World
Source: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211126-how-driverless-cars-will-change-our-world
BBC, 29 November 2021
Human or Seal? Who Has the Best Underwater Hearing?
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220524100521.htm
Science Daily/University of Southern Denmark, 24 May 2022
Megalodons vs. Great White Sharks? We Know Who Won
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/science/megalodon-great-white-sharks.html
New York Times, 31 May 2022
Modern Zoos Are Not Worth the Cost
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/opinion/zoos-animal-cruelty.html
New York Times, 11 June 2021
More Than a Feeling
Source: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/alumni/stories/magazine/more-than-a-feeling/
Nonesuch (University of Bristol Alumni Magazine), Summer 2022
One Heart-Stopping Moment
Source: https://magazine.alumni.cam.ac.uk/heart/
Cambridge Alumni Magazine, 1 April 2018
1 Trillion Trees Are Great—Except When They’re Not
Source: https://magazine.alumni.cam.ac.uk/heart/
Oxford Alumni Magazine, 30 January 2020
Phage Therapy Boosts Fight Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/may/13/phage-therapy-fight-against-drug-resistant-infections-antibiotics
The Guardian, 13 May 2022
Protected Areas Don’t Always Benefit Wildlife
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/20/protected-areas-dont-always-benefit-wildlife-global-study-finds-aoe
The Guardian, 20 April 2022
Plants May Help Make Your Surroundings Quieter
Source: https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/plants-may-help-make-your-surroundings-quieter
Discover Magazine, 26 October 2021
Researchers Use Music to Make Protein Songs More Pleasant to Listen to
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210929112814.htm
Science Daily/Cell Press, 29 September 2021
Scientists See “Puzzling” Features Deep in Earth’s Interior
Source: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-see-puzzling-features-deep-in-earths-interior
University of Cambridge/Nature Communications, 2022
Spain’s Ingenious Water Mazes
Source: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220220-valencias-la-huerta-spains-ingenious-water-mazehttps://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220220-valencias-la-huerta-spains-ingenious-water-maze
BBC, 21 February 2022
Spiders’ Web Secrets Unraveled
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211101105356.htm
Science Daily/Johns Hopkins, 1 November 2021
The Far-Reaching Benefits of Tiger Sharks
Source: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211007-why-sharks-help-fight-climate-change-in-the-oceans
BBC, 7 October 2021
Rechargeable Molten Salt Battery
Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rechargeable-molten-salt-battery-freezes-energy-in-place-for-long-term-storage/
Scientific American, 6 May 2022
Soft Robotics
Source: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/magazine/issue-51/soft-robotics/
Imperial College Magazine, Winter 2021/22
Sun King
Source: https://magazine.alumni.cam.ac.uk/king-akhenaten/
Cambridge Alumni Magazine, 30 March 2022
The E-Sports Generation
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/sports/esports-fans-leagues-games.html
New York Time, 22 December 2021
The Fruit that Once Fed Mastodons
Source: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220425-the-revival-of-a-forgotten-american-fruit
BBC, 26 April 2022
The Humble Battery Could Be the Key to Solving the Climate Emergency
Source: https://magazine.alumni.cam.ac.uk/of-greatest-benefit-to-humankind/
Cambridge Alumni Magazine, Issue 90, 10 July 2020
The Magical Miniature World of Terrariums
Source: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211130-the-magical-miniature-worlds-of-terrariums
BBC, 1 December 2021
The Performing Brain
Source: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/magazine/issue-44/the-performing-brain/
Imperial Magazine, Issue 44: Spring 2018
The Route to Carbon Neutral
Source: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/stories/turning-convention-on-its-head/
Imperial Magazine, Issue 48, Summer 2020
The Smoke and Mirrors of Unlimited Paid Time Off
Source: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220520-the-smoke-and-mirrors-of-unlimited-paid-time-off
BBC, 23 May 2022
The Secret Accent Bias
Source: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220505-the-regional-accentism-that-secretly-affects-job-prospects
BBC, 8 May 2022
The Shocking Gap in Our Knowledge of Deep-Sea Life
Source: https://www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/quad/article/shocking-gap-our-knowledge-deep-sea-life
Oxford Alumni Magazine, 30 August 2017
The Sky-High Cost of Returning to the Office
Source: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220420-the-sky-high-cost-of-returning-to-the-office
BBC, 20 April 2022
Tiny Robotic Crab Is Smallest-Ever Remote-Controlled Walking Robot
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220525151741.htm
Science Daily, 25 May 2022
Tracking Driftwood
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20190524083821/https://blogs.agu.org/geospace/2017/09/20/tracking-driftwood-gives-researchers-insight-into-past-arctic-ocean-changes/
GeoSpace Blog, 20 September 2017
We Are Democratising the Right to Laziness’: the Rise of On-Demand Grocery Deliveries
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/12/the-rise-of-on-demand-grocery-deliveries
The Guardian, 12 June 2021
We Need a Radical Approach to Address the Sustainability of Food Production
Source: https://magazine.alumni.cam.ac.uk/we-need-a-radical-approach-to-address-the-sustainability-of-food-production/
Cambridge Alumni Magazine, Issue 93, 14 July 2021
When Did Humans Domesticate the Horse?
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-did-humans-domesticate-the-horse-180980097/
Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2022
Why Diamonds Are a Geologist’s Best Friend
Source: https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/why-diamonds-are-geologists-best-friend
Columbia Magazine, Fall 2021
Why Scientists are Turning Molecules into Music
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-scientists-are-turning-molecules-into-music-180980022/
Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2022
World Population Exposed to Deadly City Heat
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/04/nearly-25-of-world-population-exposed-to-deadly-city-heat
The Guardian, 4 October 2021
IELTS Reading Practice – Authentic