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TopicAllInternational & current affairsScience & technologyEnvironment & climateHealth & medicineBusiness & economyCulture & educationSociety & psychology
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12 paywalled publications · read on their own sites

Most of these publications keep their full text behind their own subscriptions and are indexed here only; where a title is partly free, its open articles are collected in the library. Below are the titles exam papers draw on; the free originals are under Free full text.

The EconomistEditorials and analysis with tight logic and restrained prose; IELTS and postgraduate exams draw on Leaders and Science & technology.IELTS · CET6 · KAOYANVisit ↗Financial TimesGlobal finance and business reporting, term-dense; for IELTS 7+ readers and business backgrounds.IELTS · KAOYANVisit ↗National GeographicLong-form geography, environment, wildlife and culture, with outstanding photography.IELTS · CET6 · DSE · KAOYANVisit ↗The New YorkerCulture, society and profiles with long sentences and heavy rhetoric; good for tone and author stance.IELTS · DSE · KAOYANVisit ↗The AtlanticSocial issues and technology commentary with a clear position; the argumentative register DSE and IELTS test.IELTS · DSE · KAOYANVisit ↗New ScientistShort science and technology reports, technical but plainly structured; a steady TOEFL and IELTS source.TOEFL · IELTS · CET6 · KAOYANVisit ↗Scientific AmericanScientist-written popular science with dense long sentences; sentence-diagramming practice for TOEFL 100+.TOEFL · IELTS · KAOYANVisit ↗TIMENews and profiles of moderate length with clear narrative; a common source for CET and Gaokao passages.CET4 · CET6 · GAOKAO · KAOYANVisit ↗Harvard Business ReviewManagement and business analysis with abstract nouns; a store of arguments for business readers.IELTS · CET6 · KAOYANVisit ↗The GuardianA daily that asks for voluntary support and puts some sections behind registration or a subscription; its open reporting is collected here in full, the rest is read on its own site.CET6 · IELTS · GAOKAO · DSE · KAOYANVisit ↗BBC NewsShort news and explainers in standard sentences; the same stories work for listening.CET4 · GAOKAO · DSE · KAOYANVisit ↗Business InsiderShort business reports on Asia and consumer trends; an entry point into finance topics.CET4 · CET6 · KAOYANVisit ↗