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IELTS Academic Reading — Test 13, Passage 1

Tulip mania

Questions 1–13 of Reading Test 13. Do it online and every answer is marked the moment you finish, with your band score and the exact line of the passage each answer came from.

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Where are the answers to “Tulip mania”?

Do the passage here and every answer is marked the moment you finish — the correct answer beside each one you got wrong, your raw score out of 13, and your band. It takes about 20 minutes. Vertex does not post a bare list of answers, because a list tells you nothing about why you missed a question, which is the only part that changes your score.

How many questions is it?

Questions 1–13 — 13 questions, in these types: Matching information, Sentence completion, TFNG.

Is it free?

Yes. The whole of Vertex is free — every reading passage, every listening section, and the band score at the end.

How the passage begins

Centuries before anyone ever heard of high-tech stocks such as Qualcomm, CMGI, or Cisco Systems, a tulip in 17th century Holland caused quite the stir. The Semper Augustus was a tulip of extraordinary grandeur, with midnight blue petals topped by a pure white band and…

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