Cambridge IELTS 13 Reading Test 1-2-3-4 Answers from Academic and General Training practice booklets.
Academic Test 1 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 13 Academic Reading Test 1 answers for ‘Case Study: Tourism New Zealand website‘, ‘Why being bored is stimulating – and useful, too‘ and ‘Artificial artists‘ passages:
| 1. update 2. environment 3. captain 4. films 5. season 6. accommodation 7. blog 8. FALSE 9. NOT GIVEN 10. FALSE 11. TRUE 12. NOT GIVEN 13. TRUE 14. iv 15. vi 16. i 17. v 18. viii 19. iii 20. E 21. B 22. D 23. A 24. focus 25. pleasure 26. curiosity 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. D 31. A 32. D 33. A 34. E 35. C 36. G 37. B 38. YES 39. NOT GIVEN 40. NO |
Academic Test 2 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 13 Academic Reading Test 2 answers for ‘Bringing cinnamon to Europe‘, ‘Oxytocin‘ and ‘Making the most of trends‘ passages:
| 1. oils 2. friendship 3. funerals 4. wealth 5. indigestion 6. India 7. camels 8. Alexandria 9. Venice 10. TRUE 11. FALSE 12. NOT GIVEN 13. FALSE 14. B 15. F 16. B 17. E 18. A 19. B 20. C 21. animals 22. childbirth 23. placebo 24. game 25. strangers 26. names 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. D 32. D 33. C 34. B 35. A 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. D |
Academic Test 3 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 13 Academic Reading Test 3 answers for ‘The coconut palm‘, ‘How baby talk gives infant brains a boost‘ and ‘Whatever happened to the Harappan Civilisation?‘ passages:
| 1. furniture 2. sugar 3. ropes 4. charcoal 5. bowls 6. hormones 7. cosmetics 8. dynamite 9. FALSE 10. FALSE 11. NOT GIVEN 12. TRUE 13. NOT GIVEN 14. B 15. C 16. A 17. B 18. recording devices 19. fathers / dads 20. bridge hypothesis 21. repertoire 22. (audio-recording) vests 23. vocabulary 24. F 25. A 26. E 27. C 28. H 29. A 30. B 31. D 32. shells 33. lake 34. rainfall 35. grains 36. pottery 37. B 38. A 39. D 40. A |
Academic Test 4 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 13 Academic Reading Test 4 answers for ‘Cutty Sark: the fastest sailing ship of all time‘, ‘Saving the soil‘ and ‘Book review‘ passages:
| 1. FALSE 2. FALSE 3. TRUE 4. TRUE 5. FALSE 6. TRUE 7. NOT GIVEN 8. TRUE 9. wool 10. navigator 11. gale 12. training 13. fire 14. minerals 15. carbon 16. water 17. agriculture 18. C 19. E 20. A 21. D 22. E 23. C 24. F 25. G 26. F 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. F 31. B 32. G 33. E 34. A 35. YES 36. NOT GIVEN 37. NO 38. NOT GIVEN 39. YES 40. NO |
General Test 1 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 13 General Reading Test 1 answers for ‘The best suitcases‘, ‘The Oxford school of drama‘, ‘Border crossing for commercial vehicles‘, ‘Dealing with absence in workplace‘ and ‘A visit to Oymyakon‘ passages:
| 1. B 2. F 3. D 4. E 5. A 6. E 7. G 8. FALSE 9. TRUE 10. NOT GIVEN 11. FALSE 12. TRUE 13. NOT GIVEN 14. FALSE 15. shipment 16. photo ID 17. (cab) lights 18. sleeper areas 19. immigration 20. charge 21. chair 22. allergy 23. dependants 24. flexible 25. dismissal 26. doctor 27. stress 28. ix 29. iv 30. ii 31. iii 32. vi 33. x 34. vii 35. i 36. viii 37. ocean 38. valley 39. mountains 40. wind |
General Test 2 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 13 General Reading Test 2 answers for ‘Online roommate finder: Toronto‘, ‘Smartphone fitness apps‘, ‘Why you should delegate tasks to team members‘, ‘Choosing the right format for your CV‘ and ‘Dinosaurs and the secrets they still hold‘ passages:
| 1. FALSE 2. TRUE 3. FALSE 4. TRUE 5. TRUE 6. NOT GIVEN 7. NOT GIVEN 8. C 9. D 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. expectations 16. concerns 17. report 18. dull 19. targets 20. micromanage 21. flexibility 22. unemployment 23. direction 24. suspicion 25. experience 26. graphics 27. media 28. sheep 29. shellfish 30. beak 31. rock 32. school 33. D 34. B 35. C 36. A 37. D 38. D 39. D 40. C |
General Test 3 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 13 General Reading Test 3 answers for ‘New York late-starters string orchestra‘, ‘The 7 best running watches‘, ‘Employees’ health and safety responsibilities‘, ‘Our company notices‘, and ‘Vanilla – the most wonderful flavour in the world‘ passages:
| 1. TRUE 2. TRUE 3. TRUE 4. NOT GIVEN 5. FALSE 6. FALSE 7. NOT GIVEN 8. E 9. F 10. D 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. G 15. law 16. equipment 17. concerns 18. breaks 19. risk 20. training 21. injuries 22. medication 23. F 24. E 25. G 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. brown 36. sunlight 37. transpiration 38. weight 39. fingers 40. moisture |
General Test 4 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 13 General Reading Test 4 answers for ‘The Guardian newspaper’s travel photography competition‘, ‘Running headphones‘, ‘A case study of a risk assessment for general office cleaning‘, ‘Preparing for a virtual job interview‘ and ‘Tuning up your leadership skills‘ passages:
| 1. FALSE 2. FALSE 3. NOT GIVEN 4. TRUE 5. TRUE 6. TRUE 7. FALSE 8. TRUE 9. G 10. A 11. B 12. E 13. A 14. F 15. representatives 16. housekeeping 17. fire 18. storage 19. reporting 20. website 21. cupboard 22. costs 23. screening 24. topics 25. headset 26. software 27. rehearsal 28. B 29. E 30. B 31. D 32. A 33. D 34. FALSE 35. TRUE 36. TRUE 37. C 38. A 39. C 40. B |
About Cambridge IELTS 13
Cambridge 13 booklet contains four authentic IELTS previous year papers from Cambridge English Language Assessment, providing excellent practice for the examination. This booklet with answers allows students to familiarise themselves with IELTS format and to practise examination techniques using real test structures.
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