一、 雅思閱覽A類的文章大部分選自國外人文類、經濟類和科學類的知名報紙、雜志或各政府、組織的研究報告。 例如: 1. New Scientist 這本雜志被用到的頻率,如劍四中的Lost for Words, Play is a Serious Business,劍五中的What's So Funny?, Flawed Beauty: the Problem with Toughened Glass,和劍六中的多篇文章 Australia's Sporting Success, Climate Change and the Inuit, Graying Population Stays in the Pink, Do Literate Women Make Better Mothers?
2. The Economist 列居其次,如劍五中的The Truth about the Environment, 劍六中的Delivering the Goods
3. 還有American Scientist和Scientific American這兩個首要的美國學術期刊,例如劍五的Disappearing Delta和劍六的The Search for Anti-aging Pills