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This provides a complete walkthrough of strategies, question types, and essential reading skills to maximize your score.  \nIf you're preparing for the IELTS exam, this guide will equip you with all the tools and techniques needed to approach the reading section with confidence and achieve your desired score.  \nIntroduction: How This Will Help You  \nListening and reading are considered the 'easy' parts of the IELTS test, but this does not mean that they do not require preparation.  \nThis provides you with the means of preparing fully for the reading test. It is designed as a complete A-to-Z guide and should be read in its entirety.  \nIf you are reading this, you already have the required level of English to do well in both tests. What you are probably lacking is a sound knowledge of the strategies needed to get very high marks.  \nThis will take you step-by-step through the different sub-skills that are required and the different strategies I suggest for dealing with all of the different question types.  \nWhat This Guide Covers  \nTest Format  \nThe format of the test and what to expect on exam day  \n Question Types  \nStrategies for all 12 different question types you might encounter  \nReading Skills  \nThe reading sub-skills that are tested and how to improve them  \n Vocabulary Building  \nTechniques to expand your vocabulary and handle unfamiliar words  \nThe Reading Test: Key Features  \n3  \nReading Texts  \nThree separate reading passages of increasing difficulty  \n2000- &  \nTotal Words  \nThe combined length of all three passages  \n40  \nQuestions  \nTotal number of questions to  \nanswer  \n60  \nMinutes  \nTime allowed to complete all questions with no extra transfer time  \nAcademic vs . 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