Category: IELTS Reading
Growing of the Aging Society Passage A. American scientists say that the elderly are now healthier, happier and more independent. The results of a study that has taken place …
Passage A. What counts as knowledge? What do we mean when we say that we know something? What is the status of different kinds of knowledge? In order to …
Passage A. Sometimes ideas just pop up out of the blue. Or in Charlie Paton’s case, out of the rain. “I was in a bus in Morocco travelling through …
Passage Norman M. Weinberger reviews the latest work of Oliver Sacks on music. A. Music and the brain are both endlessly fascinating subjects, and as a neuroscientist specializing in …
Passage A. Thomas Young (1773-1829) contributed 63 articles to the Encyclopedia Britannica, including 46 biographical entries (mostly on scientists and classicists) and substantial essays on “Bridge,” “Chromatics,” “Egypt,” “Languages” …
Passage A. Since cosmetics and perfumes are still in wide use today, it is interesting to compare the attitudes, customs and beliefs related to them in ancient times to …
Passage Can native pollinators fill the gap? A. Recently, ominous headlines have described a mysterious ailment, colony collapse disorder, which is wiping out the honeybees that pollinate many crops. …
Passage A. Ingenuity, as I define it here, consists not only of ideas for new technologies like computers or drought-resistant crops but, more fundamentally, of ideas for better institutions …
Passage A Ever since the unguentari plied their trade in ancient Rome, perfumers have had to keep abreast of changing fashions. These days they have several thousand ingredients to …
Passage A With quarter of the world’s plants set to vanish within the next 50 years, Dough Alexander reports on the scientists working against the clock the preserve the …
