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3 Skim reading/Reading for gist and the IELTS exam
In the IELTS Reading Paper, it is very important to read in the right way for the right purpose. In this
Paper, you are fighting against time. If you read in the wrong ways you will lose time.
4 Read the text on the next page to find the answers to these questions. Write the number of the text or
letter of the paragraph in the spaces.
In IELTS Reading you need to skim
when you read each text for the first time in
order to ...
• understand the general meaning of the whole text.
• understand how the text develops.
• find out where in the text specific pieces of information are
likely to be.
when you read each task for the first time in
order to ...
• understand the kind of information that the task requires
you to find (e.g. numbers, details, general information).
when you do the IELTS matching tasks:
‘Matching information’ and ‘Matching
headings’ in order to ...
• read each paragraph in a general, not a detailed, way. This is
the quickest and most efficient way to see in which
paragraph(s) the general information you need can be found.
1 Which text is about the reasons
for differing heights in children? ..........
2 Which text is about the reasons
why more girls than boys are
born in some countries? ..........
3 Which paragraph in text 1 is
about doing further research? ..........
4 Which paragraph in text 1
is about the study ’s general
findings? ..........
5 Which paragraph in text 1 is
about the data from
two specific places? ..........
6 Which paragraph in text 2
is about the study ’s general
findings? ..........
7 Which paragraph in text 2
suggests specific reasons for
the findings? ..........
8 Which paragraph in text 2 is
about the study’s conclusion? ..........
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