Tag: IELTS Reading Passage 1

Museum Blockbuster Passage A. Since the 1980s, the term “blockbuster” has become the fashionable word for special spectacular museum, art gallery or science centre exhibitions. These exhibitions have the …

Origin of Species & Continent Formation Passage A. The fact that there was once a Pangean supercontinent, a Panthalassa Ocean, and a Tethys Ocean, has profound implications for the …

Build a Medieval Castle Passage A. Michel Guyot, owner and restorer of Saint Fargeau castle in France, first had the idea of building a 13th-century style fortress following the …

Ambergris What is it and where does it come from? Passage A. Ambergris was used to perfume cosmetics in the days of ancient Mesopotamia and almost every civilization on …

Have Teenagers Always Existed Passage A. Our ancestor. Homo erectus, may not have had culture or even language, but did they have teenagers? That question has been contested in the past …

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 …

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 …

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 …

MENTAL GYMNASTICS Passage A. THE working day has just started at the head office of Barclays Bank in London. Seventeen staff are helping themselves to a buffet breakfast as …

Can We Hold Back the Flood? Passage A. LAST winter’s floods on the rivers of central Europe were among the worst since the Middle Ages, and as winter storms …