IELTS General Training · Computer-Based Reading Test 8

IELTS General Reading
Practice Test 8

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

Duration60 Minutes

Sections3 Texts

Questions40 Total

FormatComputer-Based

Band Score0 – 9

📚 About This Test

Section 1 — Eastern Energy & Microwave Oven Instructions: A customer information text from Eastern Energy utility company, followed by a safety guide for using a new microwave oven. Questions 1–14 cover True/False/Not Given and matching headings to sections.

Section 2 — Choosing Premises & California State College: An advisory text on finding the right business premises, followed by the working conditions and employee benefits at California State College. Questions 15–27 cover sentence completion using words from the passage.

Section 3 — A Very Special Dog: A long article about Florence, a drug-detecting labrador whose remarkable powers of concentration may help neurobiologists understand attention disorders in humans. Questions 28–40 cover multiple choice, selecting multiple qualities, and True/False/Not Given.

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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 Sections

Q1–14
Eastern Energy & Microwave

Q15–27
Business Premises & College

Q28–40
A Very Special Dog

📌 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 Section tabs at the top to switch between sections.

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 General Reading Practice Test 8

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Test Candidate, here are your Reading results

IELTS General Reading Practice Test 8 · Completed on —

Estimated IELTS General Training Reading Band Score

Correct

Incorrect

Skipped

Score %

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Raw Score

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Time Used

📊 IELTS Band Score Conversion Table (General Training Reading)

9.0

Expert User

8.5

Very Good User

37–38

8.0

Very Good User

7.5

Good User

34–35

7.0

Good User

32–33

6.5

Competent User

30–31

6.0

Competent User

27–29

5.5

Modest User

23–26

5.0

Modest User

19–22

4.5

Limited User

15–18

4.0

Limited User

12–14

3.5

Extremely Limited

0–11

3.0