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IELTS Reading Practice Test: Does education fuel economic growth?

Practice your IELTS reading skills with this comprehensive 13-question test. Time limit: 20 minutes.

Reading Passage Content Summary

## Does education fuel economic growth? **A** Over the last decade, a huge database about the lives of southwest German villagers between 1600 and 1900 has been compiled by a team led by Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie at Cambridge University’s Faculty of Economics. It includes court records, guild led...

Question Types Included

  • matching-information (5 questions)
  • summary-completion (4 questions)
  • multiple-choice-with-multiple-answer (4 questions)

Test Information

  • Total Questions: 13
  • Time Limit: 20 minutes
  • Level: Intermediate to Advanced
  • Format: IELTS Academic Reading

Does education fuel economic growth?

Reading Passage Content

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Reading Comprehension Questions

Questions 1–5: Matching Information

Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A–F, in boxes 1–5.

1. an explanation of the need for research to focus on individuals with a fairly consistent
2. examples of the sources the database has been compiled from
3. an account of one individual’s refusal to obey an order
4. a reference to a region being particularly suited to research into the link between education and economic growth
5. examples of the items included in a list of personal possessions

Questions 6–9: Summary Completion

Complete the summary below.
Write the answer in ONE WORD for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 6–9.

Demographic reconstruction of two German communities

The database that Ogilvie and her team has compiled sheds light on the lives of a range of individuals, as well as those of their 6. , over a 300-year period. For example, Ana Regina and Magdalena Riethmüllerin were reprimanded for reading while they should have been paying attention to a 7. .

There was also Juliana Schweickherdt, who came to the notice of the weavers’ guild in the year 1752 for breaking guild rules. As a punishmet, she was later given a 8. . Cases like this illustrate how the guilds could prevent 9. and stop skilled people from working.

Questions 10–13: Multiple Choice

10–11: Which TWO of the following statements does the writer make about literacy rates in Section B?







12–13: Which TWO of the following statements does the writer make in Section F about guilds in German-speaking Central Europe between 1600 and 1900?






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