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Cambridge IELTS 8 Reading Test 4
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Cambridge IELTS 8 Reading Test 4 is 40 questions in 60 minutes. You can sit it here free, on the same screen and clock as the computer-delivered test, and it is marked against the answer key the moment you hand in. 30 correct answers out of 40 is an indicative band 7 in Academic Reading, and a band 6 in General Training.
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What this paper covers
- Passage 1Questions 1–13
- LAND OF THE RISING SUM
- Matching headings (5) · Yes / No / Not Given (4) · Multiple choice (4)
- Passage 2Questions 14–26
- Biological control of pests
- Multiple choice (4) · Yes / No / Not Given (4) · Matching sentence endings (5)
- Passage 3Questions 27–40
- Collecting Ant Specimens
- True / False / Not Given (4) · Matching (6) · Diagram labelling (4)
Read from the paper itself. The passages and questions are inside it, behind the sign-in.
What is in this paper
| Questions | Question type |
|---|---|
| 1–5 | Matching headings |
| 6–9 | Yes / No / Not Given |
| 10–17 | Choice from a list |
| 18–21 | Yes / No / Not Given |
| 22–26 | Choice from a list |
| 27–30 | True / False / Not Given |
| 31–36 | Choice from a list |
| 37–40 | Completion — write the word |
From the book’s published key, not its text — which types fall where.
What a score is worth
| 5.0 | 15 / 40 |
|---|---|
| 6.0 | 23 / 40 |
| 7.0 | 30 / 40 |
| 8.0 | 35 / 40 |
IELTS publishes these four points per module and describes them as indicative — the marks needed vary slightly between test versions. Any site showing you all forty rows invented the other thirty-six.
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The rest of this book
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Listening Test 1
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Reading Test 1
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Writing Test 1
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Speaking Test 1
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Listening Test 2
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Reading Test 2
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Writing Test 2
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Speaking Test 2
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Listening Test 3
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Reading Test 3
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Writing Test 3
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Speaking Test 3
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Listening Test 4
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Writing Test 4
- Cambridge IELTS 8 Speaking Test 4
Before you sit it
Three things worth knowing about this module, written out properly rather than listed as tips.
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