Test Tip
In IELTS Reading texts, each paragraph usually has one main idea supported by details, examples or evidence. Identifying the main idea of each paragraph will help you understand the text better. In IELTS, this skill is tested in the heading-matching task.
- Reading paper for this section
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on IELTS Reading Passage 1.
Questions 1-7
Reading Passage 1 has seven sections, A-G.
Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below.
Write the correct number, i-x, in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet.
1Paragraph A
2Paragraph B
3Paragraph C
4Paragraph D
5Paragraph E
6Paragraph F
7Paragraph G
Questions 8-13
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 8-13 on your answer sheet write
TRUEif the statement agrees with the information
FALSEif the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVENif there is no information on this
8 In the nineteenth century, water was brought into the desert to tát create productive farming land.
9 Women were often the strongest campaigners for environmental reform.
10 Reducing urban air and water pollution in the early twentieth century was extremely expensive.
11 The introduction of the siêu xe led to tát increased suburban development.
12 Suburban lifestyles in many western nations fail to tát take tài khoản of environmental protection.
13 Many governments in the developed world are trying to tát halt the spread of the suburbs.
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