Tag: History (IELTS)
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Cambridge IELTS 6 Academic Reading Test 3
Reading Passage 1 The power of the big screen Questions 1-5 Reading Passage 1has ten paragraphs, A-J. Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter, A-J. in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet. Questions 6-9 Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 1? In boxes 6-9…
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Cambridge IELTS 9 Academic Reading Test 4
Reading Passage 1 The Life and Work of Marie Curie Marie Curie is probably the most famous woman scientist who has ever lived. Born Maria Sklodowska in Poland in 1867, she is famous for her work on radioactivity, and was twice a winner of the Nobel Prize. With her husband, Pierre Curie and Henri Raeqiierel,…
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Cambridge IELTS 9 Academic Reading Test 2
Reading Passage 1 Children With Auditory Problems Questions 1-6 Reading Passage 1 has nine sections, A-I. Which section contains the following information? Write the correct letter A-l, in boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet. Questions 7-10 Answer the questions below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 7-10 on…
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Cambridge IELTS 9 Academic Reading Test 1
Reading Passage 1 William Henry Perkin The man who invented synthetic dyes William Henry Perkin was born on March 12, 1838, in London, England. As a boy, Perkin’s curiosity prompted early interests in the arts, sciences, photography, and engineering. But it was a chance stumbling upon a run-down, yet functional, laboratory in his late grandfather’s home…
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Cambridge IELTS 8 Academic Reading Test 4
Reading Passage 1 Land of the rising sum A Japan has a significantly better record in terms of average mathematical attainment than England and Wales. Large sample international comparisons of pupils’ attainments since the 1960s have established that not only did Japanese pupils at age 13 have better scores of average attainment, but there was also…
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Cambridge IELTS 8 Academic Reading Test 3
Reading Passage 1 Striking Back at Lightning With Lasers Seldom is the weather more dramatic than when thunderstorms strike. Their electrical fury inflicts death or serious injury on around 500 people each year in the United States alone. As the clouds roll in, a leisurely round of golf can become a terrifying dice with death…
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Cambridge IELTS 8 Academic Reading Test 2
Reading Passage 1 Sheet glass manufacture: the float process Glass, which has been made since the time of the Mesopotamians and Egyptians, is little more than a mixture of sand, soda ash and lime. When heated to about 1500 degrees Celsius (°C) this becomes a molten mass that hardens when slowly cooled. The first successful…