Contents

Contents

Introduction

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Acknowledgement

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DAY 1

Reading Passage 1: ¡°William Kamkwamba¡±

DAY 2

Reading Passage 2: ¡°White mountain, green tourism¡±

10

DAY 3

Reading Passage 3: ¡°Reading in a whole new way¡±

14

DAY 4

Reading Passage 1: ¡°The domestication of horses¡±

18

DAY 5

Reading Passage 2: ¡°Business case study:

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Rebranding Shopper¡¯s Stop¡±

22

DAY 6

Reading Passage 3

26

DAY 7

Reading Passage 1: ¡°The way the brain buys¡±

30

DAY 8

Reading Passage 2: ¡°The truth about lying¡±

34

DAY 9

Reading Passage 3

38

DAY 10

Reading Passage 1: ¡°Movers and Shakers¡±

42

DAY 11

Reading Passage 2: ¡°Establishing your birthrights¡±

46

DAY 12

Reading Passage 3: ¡°Making a loss is the height of

fashion¡±

50

DAY 13

Reading Passage 1: ¡°Meet the hedgehog¡±

54

DAY 14

Reading Passage 2: ¡°The house of the future, then

and now¡±

58

DAY 15

Reading Passage 3: ¡°First words¡±

62

DAY 16

Reading Passage 1: ¡°Going Nowhere Fast¡±

66

DAY 17

Reading Passage 2: ¡°Bird Migration¡±

70

DAY 18

Reading Passage 3

74

DAY 19

Reading Passage 1: ¡°The MIT factor: celebrating 150

years of maverick genius by Ed Pilkington¡±

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79

DAY 20

Reading Passage 2: ¡°Gold dusters¡±

83

DAY 21

Reading Passage 3: ¡°The Earth and Space Foundation¡±

87

DAY 22

Reading Passage 1: ¡°The environmental impact of the

clothing industry¡±

DAY 23

91

Reading Passage 2: ¡°Selling the health benefits of

enriched ¡°phoods¡±

95

DAY 24

Reading Passage 3: ¡°Swarm theory¡±

99

DAY 25

Reading Passage 1: ¡°The history of the posters¡±

103

DAY 26

Reading Passage 2: ¡°Last man standing¡±

107

DAY 27

Reading Passage 3: ¡°The new way to be a fifth grader¡±

111

DAY 28

Reading Passage 1: ¡°Andrea Palladio: Italian Architect¡±

115

DAY 29

Reading Passage 2: ¡°Corporate Social Responsibility¡±

118

DAY 30

Reading Passage 3: ¡°The significant role of mother

tongue in Education¡±

123

Supplementary materials

Answer keys with explanation

128

Word list

248

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Introduction

¡°30 ¨C Day Reading Challenge¡± has been prepared by a team of qualified teachers at

IELTS ZONE to help students overcome their difficulties with the IELTS Reading Test.

There are 30 Reading Passages which are designed to equip future IELTS candidates

with the necessary skills useful for this section. For each practice test, you will find the

answer keys with detailed explanations to help you understand your mistakes and find

the correct answer.

It is strongly recommended that you do the passages in the order they are presented

as they are sequenced in accordance with their level of difficulty. It is also vital that you

spend an adequate amount of time to analyze all the questions before you move on to

the next task. You will also find a list of useful vocabulary and phrases extracted from

each passage.

Please note that our most important goal is to help you face your fear of

IELTS READING.

Happy learning!

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