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  • Cambridge IELTS 14 Academic Reading Test 3

    Reading passage 1 The concept of intelligence A Looked at in one way, everyone knows what intelligence is; looked at in another way, no one does. In other words, people all have unconscious notions – known as ‘implicit theories’ – of intelligence, but no one knows for certain what it actually is. This chapter addresses how…

  • Cambridge IELTS 14 Academic Reading Test 1

    Reading Passage 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN’S PLAY Brick by brick, six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom. Imagining fairy-tale turrets and fire-breathing dragons, wicked witches and gallant heroes, she’s creating an enchanting world. Although she isn’t aware…

  • Cambridge IELTS 11 Academic Reading Test 4

    Reading Passage 1 You should spend 20 minutes on questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 on the following pages. Research using twins To biomedical researchers all over the world, twins offer a precious opportunity to untangle the influence of genes and the environment – of nature and nurture. Because identical twins come…

  • Cambridge IELTS 11 Academic Reading Test 3

    Reading Passage 1 You should spend 20 minutes on questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 on the following pages. The Story of Silk Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons – soft protective shells – that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae). Legend has it that it was…

  • Cambridge IELTS 11 Academic Reading Test 2

    Reading Passage 1 You should spend 20 minutes on questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 on the following pages. Raising the Mary Rose On 19 July 1545, English and French fleets were engaged in a sea battle off the coast of southern England in the area of water called the Solent, between…

  • Cambridge IELTS 11 Academic Reading Test 1

    Reading Passage 1 Crop-Growing Skyscrapers By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the Earth’s population will live in urban centres. Applying the most conservative estimates to current demographic trends, the human population will increase by about three billion people by then. An estimated 109 hectares of new land (about 20% larger than Brazil) will be…

  • Cambridge IELTS 10 Academic Reading Test 4

    Reading Passge 1 The Megafires of California Wildfires are becoming an increasing menace in the western United States, with Southern California being the hardest hit area. There’s a reason fire squads battling more frequent blazes in Southern California are having such difficulty containing the flames, despite better preparedness than ever and decades of experience fighting…

  • Cambridge IELTS 10 Academic Reading Test 3

    Reading Passge 1 The context, meaning and scope of tourism A Travel has existed since the beginning of time, when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, religious…

  • Cambridge IELTS 10 Academic Reading Test 2

    Reading Passge 1 Tea and the Industrial Revolution A Alan Macfarlane, professor of anthropological science at King’s College, Cambridge, has, like other historians, spent decades wrestling with the enigma of the Industrial Revolution. Why did this particular Big Bang – the world-changing birth of industry – happen in Britain? And why did it strike at…

  • Cambridge IELTS 4 Academic Reading Test 2

    Reading Passage 1 Lost for Words In the Native American Navajo nation, which sprawls across four states in the American south-west, the native language is dying. Most of its speakers are middle-aged or elderly. Although many students take classes in Navajo, the schools are run in English. Street signs’, supermarket goods and even their own…

  • Cambridge IELTS 6 Academic Reading Test 2

    Reading Passage 1 Advantages of public transport A New study conducted for the World Bank by Murdoch University’s Institute for Science and Technology Policy (ISTP) has demonstrated that public transport is more efficient than cars. The study compared the proportion of wealth poured into transport by thirty-seven cities around the world. This included both the…

  • Cambridge IELTS 5 Academic Reading Test 4

    Reading Passage 1 The Impact of Wilderness Tourism A The market for tourism in remote areas is booming as never before. Countries all across the world are actively promoting their ‘wilderness’ regions – such as mountains, Arctic lands, deserts, small islands and wetlands – to high-spending tourists. The attraction of these areas is obvious: by…