3 original academic passages, 40 questions, 60 minutes total, the same single continuous timer the real test uses across all three passages.
Before mechanical refrigeration existed, people relied on ice harvested from frozen lakes and rivers to preserve food, a practice that stretched back centuries in colder regions. Ice was cut into blocks during winter, stored in insulated ice houses packed with sawdust or straw, and sold throughout the warmer months.
Before mechanical refrigeration, ice was the primary method used to preserve food in warmer months.
The full test has 3 original passages and 40 questions like this, one continuous 60 minute timer.
These are original passages and questions written by Digiwiz Academy in the style of real IELTS Reading. They are not copied from any real test, and this is not an official band score. It is a free preview of the kind of diagnostic we run in a real demo class.