IELTS Academic Reading Practice Test 13

IELTS Academic Module · Computer-Based Reading Test 13

IELTS Academic Reading
Practice Test 13

Three full-length Academic Reading passages in authentic IELTS CBT format. 60-minute countdown, split-screen, text highlighting and instant estimated band score.

Duration60 Minutes

Passages3 Texts

Questions40 Total

FormatComputer-Based

Band Score0 – 9

📚 About This Test

Passage 1 — The Impact of Wilderness Tourism: Explores how tourism in fragile environments such as deserts, mountains and Arctic regions affects local communities and the strategies some communities have used to benefit from it. Questions 1–13 cover heading matching, Yes/No/Not Given and table completion.

Passage 2 — Flawed Beauty: the problem with toughened glass: Investigates the rare but serious phenomenon of spontaneous toughened-glass failure caused by nickel sulphide impurities, and how experts disagree on how common it really is. Questions 14–26 cover matching people to statements, summary completion and True/False/Not Given.

Passage 3 — The effects of light on plant and animal species: Examines how day length acts as a cue for breeding in animals and flowering in plants, and how light intensity affects photosynthesis and growth strategies. Questions 27–40 cover True/False/Not Given and sentence completion.

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Text Highlighting

Select any text in the passage to highlight in yellow, green or blue.

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60-Minute Timer

Live countdown with colour warnings at 10 and 5 minutes.

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Instant Band Score

IELTS Reading band score calculated the moment you submit.

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Full Answer Review

All 40 answers reviewed with correct answers shown clearly.

Test Passages

Q1–13
The Impact of Wilderness Tourism

Q14–26
Flawed Beauty: Toughened Glass

Q27–40
Effects of Light on Plants & Animals

📌 Test Instructions

Read each passage in the left panel. Answer all questions in the right panel.

To highlight text, select it with your mouse — a colour toolbar appears. Click to mark.

Use the Passage tabs at the top to switch between passages.

For fill-in-blank answers write no more than the word limit stated. Spelling counts.

The timer auto-submits at 60 minutes. Use Submit Test to submit early.

Use the numbered dot bar at the bottom to jump to any question.

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Results — IELTS Academic Reading Practice Test 13

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Test Candidate, here are your Reading results

IELTS Academic Reading Practice Test 13 · Completed on —

Estimated IELTS Academic Reading Band Score

Correct

Incorrect

Skipped

Score %

0/40

Raw Score

0:00

Time Used

📊 IELTS Band Score Conversion Table (Academic Reading)

39–40

9.0

Expert User

37–38

8.5

Very Good User

35–36

8.0

Very Good User

33–34

7.5

Good User

30–32

7.0

Good User

27–29

6.5

Competent User

23–26

6.0

Competent User

19–22

5.5

Modest User

15–18

5.0

Modest User

13–14

4.5

Limited User

10–12

4.0