IELTS的阅读考试根据出国的目的分为两类。凡是计划出国留学，攻读学士、硕士和博士学位的考生应参加Academic类（简称A类）的考试，申请移民或参加短期交流式培训的考生要考General Training类（简称G类）。
《IELTS考试技能训练教程阅读（最新修订）》收集的文章，题材主要是针对A类的考试。但近来G类考试的阅读文章有两个趋势：1.难度和长度均有增加；2.广告和通知类的短小型文章的比例减小，长篇文章的比例加大。G类试题中第三部分的长篇文章的长度、题型与A类试题非常相近，因此，本书中的许多文章亦适用于准备参加G类考试的考生。
这本教程共收入八十余篇文章，在对IELTS试题进行细致分析之后，我们把这些文章按其阅读练习分成七个部分：标题与段落、填空、多项选择题、概括、（正、误、未做说明、速找答案和综合练习。在使用此书时无须按此顺序，但第七部分（综合练习）的题型更加多样化，因此建议读者的熟悉各类题型后再做此部分。
Unit One Match the Headings
Exercise 1．A Giant Step for Artificial Enzymes
Exercise 2．Population Growth and Food Supply
Exercise 3．More Than Sympathy
Exercise 4．Energy from Biological Sources
Exercise 5．Sleeping Secrets
Exercise 6．It Never Rains
Exercise 7．Farmers Harvest the Wind
Exercise 8．Germs and Sickness in a Shrinking World
Exercise 9．On the Wing
Unit Two Cloze
Exercise 1．Standards of Measurement
Exercise 2．The Function of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere
Exercise 3．The Properties of Systems in the Human Bodv
Exercise 4．Analysis and Synthesis
Exercise 5．The Properties of Elements．Compounds and Mixtures
Exercise 6．The Structure of the Earth
Exercise 7．The Carbon Cycle
Exercise 8．Vitamins
Exercise 9．Thermostats
Exercise 10．Pressure
Exercise 11．Importance of Nonverbal Communication
Exercise 12．Space and Distance
Exercise 13．Humour
Exercise 14．The Theory of Emotion
Exercise 15．Physical Characteristics
Exercise 16．Attitude Functions
Exercise 17．Contemporary Forms of Discussion
Exercise 18．Functions of Leadership
Unit There Cloze
Unit Four Multiple Choice
Unit five Summarizing
Unit Six Yes/No/Not Given
Unit Seven Scanning for Answers
Unit Eingt Integrated Exercises
Unit Nine Practice Tests
Answer Key
Appendices
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