Category: IELTS Reading Practice Test
European Heat Wave Passage A. IT WAS the summer, scientists now realise, when felt. We knew that summer 2003 was remarkable: global warming at last made itself unmistakably Britain …
Voyage of going: beyond the blue line 2 Passage A. One feels a certain sympathy for Captain James Cook on the day in 1778 that he “discovered” Hawaii. Then …
Music: Language We All Speak Passage Section A: Music is one of the human specie’s relatively few universal abilities. Without formal training, any individual, from Stone Age tribesman to suburban …
Water Filter Passage A. An ingenious invention is set to bring clean water to the third world, and while the science may be cutting edge, the materials are extremely …
The secret of the Yawn Passage A. When a scientist began to study yawning in the 1980s, it was difficult to convince some of his research students of the …
world Ecotourism in the developing courtiers Passage A. The Ecotourism Society defines ecotourism as “a responsible travel to natural areas which conserves the environment and improves the welfare of …
Beyond the Blue Line Passage A. Much of the thrill of venturing to the far side of the world rests on the romance of difference. So one feels certain …
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Passage A. Stories and poems aimed at children have an exceedingly long history: lullabies, for example, were sung in Roman times, and a few nursery games and …
The coming back of the “Extinct” Grass in Britain Passage A. It’s Britain’s dodo, called interrupted brome because of its gappy seed-head, this unprepossessing grass was found nowhere else in the …
Book review on Musiccophilia Passage Norman M. Weinberger reviews the latest work of Oliver Sacks A. Music and the brain are both endlessly fascinating subjects, and as a neuroscientist …
