IELTS Academic · Reading

Full-Length Reading Mock Tests

Sit a complete IELTS Academic Reading test under real conditions: three original passages, 40 questions, a 60-minute countdown. Submit to get your raw score out of 40, an estimated band, and a full answer key that explains every question — so you learn from the ones you miss.

⏱️ 60-minute timer ✅ Auto-scored 🎯 Estimated band 📖 Full answer key Original passages
How scoring works: your raw score (correct answers out of 40) is converted to an approximate IELTS Academic band. The passages and questions are original, written to Band 7.5–9.0 difficulty. New to a question type? Brush up in the Reading lessons first.
01Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 1
The history of beekeeping · The second-hand clothing economy · Theories of consciousness
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02Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 2
The history and technology of lighthouses · The four-day working week debate · Linguistic relativity
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03Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 3
The science and history of adhesives · Rewilding and its critics · The psychology of flow and expertise
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04Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 4
The history and social role of public libraries · Vertical farming · Game theory and the evolution of cooperation
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05Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 5
How coral reefs form and why they matter · The gig economy · Why we find things beautiful
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06Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 6
The printing press and the spread of information · Nudge theory in public policy · Dark matter and the limits of scientific models
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07Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 7
How migratory birds navigate · The ethics of self-driving vehicles · The reconstructive nature of memory
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08Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 8
The history of the global tea trade · Microplastics and the limits of what we know · The economics of attention
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09Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 9
Ancient Roman concrete and its longevity · Bilingualism and the brain · Emergence and complex systems
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10Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 10
The domestication of dogs · Storing renewable energy · Moral intuition and reasoning
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11Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 11
The history of cartography · Urban heat islands · The placebo effect
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12Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 12
Predicting volcanic eruptions · The sharing economy and cities · The problem of induction
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13Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 13
The history of the bicycle · Deforestation and carbon accounting · Animal cognition and tool use
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14Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 14
Salt and the shaping of civilisation · Genome editing and its governance · Trust in institutions
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15Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 15
The science of lightning · Museums and the repatriation debate · The economics of wellbeing
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16Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 16
The history of vaccination · Smart cities and urban data · Free will and neuroscience
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17Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 17
How whales communicate across the ocean · The circular economy and the obstacles to it · How history is written and why interpretations change
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18Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 18
The history of timekeeping · Antibiotic resistance · The evolution of culture
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19Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 19
The early history of photography · Water scarcity and desalination · The philosophy of artificial general intelligence
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20Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 20
How songbirds learn their songs · The behavioural economics of saving · Chaos theory and the limits of prediction
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21Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 21
The history of paper and papermaking · Overtourism: benefits and costs of mass tourism · Personal identity over a lifetime
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22Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 22
The domestication of maize · Traffic congestion and road pricing · Infinity in mathematics
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23Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 23
The remarkable intelligence of the octopus · Planned obsolescence: are products designed not to last? · Thomas Kuhn and the structure of scientific revolutions
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24Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 24
The history and craft of glassmaking · Urban green spaces and health · Theories of humour
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25Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 25
The migration of the monarch butterfly · The economics of higher education · The philosophy of time
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26Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 26
The engineering of bridges and tunnels · Plastic recycling: promise and reality · The wisdom of crowds
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27Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 27
How animals survive winter through hibernation · The rise of remote work · Metacognition and learning
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28Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 28
The invention and development of writing systems · Food security and the future of agriculture · The economics of inequality
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29Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 29
Bioluminescence · Social media and public discourse · Entropy and the arrow of time
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30Band 7.5–9.0
Practice Test 30
The history of chocolate · Carbon capture technology · The philosophy of mathematics
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