Cambridge IELTS 19 Academic Reading Test 3

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• Answer all 40 questions. Move freely between parts using the question palette.
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Cambridge 19 Test 3 covers prehistoric archaeology, ecosystem science and language tech. Passage 1 reports Dr Ceri Shipton's 2019 expedition to Obi in Indonesia's Maluku Utara, finding evidence of prehistoric island settlement. Passage 2 surveys the global importance of wetlands and their alarming decline. Passage 3 asks whether the era of artificial speech translation has truly arrived.

Passage 1 opens with seven True/False/Not Given and six note completions on the dig — sequential narrative, so move in order. Passage 2 brings four matching information items, five sentence completions and four matching items linking statements to wetlands experts; the second matching task is where distinctive names help you finish faster. Passage 3 closes with four multiple choice, four sentence endings and six Yes/No/Not Given on the writer's clearly hedged stance.

Plan sixteen minutes on Obi, twenty on wetlands, twenty-one on speech translation, with three minutes to transfer. The wetlands passage is rich in ecosystem terminology, so a quick first read for structure pays off before the matching tasks begin. The Obi team paddled through tidal mudflats to reach their cave — keep moving across forty answers even when the going is slow.

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