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Part I Reading Exercises
Listing of Headings
Matching
Summary
Short Snswer Questions&Sentence Completion
Multiple Choice Questions
True/False/Not Given
Pictre Naming,Flow Chat&Table Completion
Part II Test Yourself
Academic Reading
General Training Reading
Pare III Answer Key
IELTS Band Sores

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