Tag: IELTS Reading Passage 3

Sunset for the Oil Business The world is about to run out of oil. Or perhaps not. It depends whom you believe… Passage A. Members of the Department Analysis …

Elephant communication Passage A. A postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, O’Connell Rodwell has come to Namibia’s premiere wildlife sanctuary to explore the mysterious and complex world of elephant communication. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Mozart Effect Passage A. Music has been used for centuries to heal the body. In the Ebers Papyrs (one of the earliest medical documents, circa 1500 B.C.), it was recorded …

Mystery in Easter Passage A. One of the world’s most famous yet least visited archaeological sites, Easter Island is a small, hilly, now treeless island of volcanic origin. Located …

The Secrets of Persuasion Questions A. Our mother may have told you the secret to getting what you ask for was to say please. The reality is rather more …

Communication in science Passage A. Science plays an increasingly significant role in people’s lives, making the faithful communication of scientific developments more important than ever. Yet such communication is …