You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the reading passage below. IS PHOTOGRAPHY ART? This may seem a pointless question today. Surrounded as we are by thousands of photographs, most of us take for granted that, in addition to supplying information and seducing customers, camera images also serve as decoration, afford spiritual …
Paragraph (i)At any given time, more than a million international students around the world are engaged in the study of the English language in a predominantly English-speaking country. The five most popular destinations, in order of popularity, are the U. S., Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. The reasons for choosing to study English abroad …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the reading passage below. The changing role of airports Airports continue to diversify their role in an effort to generate income. Are business meeting facilities the next step? Nigel Halpern, Anne Graham and Rob Davidson investigate. A. In recent times developing commercial revenues has become …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 28-40 which are based on Reading Passage below. The Pursuit of Happiness “New research uncovers some anti-intuitive insights into how many people are happy – and why.” _____________________________ Compared with misery, happiness is a relatively unexplored terrain for social scientists. Between 1967 and 1994, 46,380 articles indexed …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–14 which are based on Reading Passage below: Alarming Rate of Loss of Tropical Rainforests Adults and children are frequently confronted with statements about the alarming rate of loss of tropical rainforests. For example, one graphic illustration to which children might readily relate is the estimate that rainforests are being …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-27, which are based on the Reading Passage below. What’s so funny? John McCrone reviews recent research on humour The joke comes over the headphones: ‘Which side of a dog has the most hair? The left.’ No, not funny. Try again. ‘Which side of a dog has the …
The Creativity Myth A. It is a myth that creative people are born with their talents: gifts from God or nature. Creative genius is, in fact, latent within many of us, without our realising. But how far do we need to travel to find the path to creativity? For many people, a long way. In …
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the reading passage below. The Dover Bronze-Age Boat A beautifully preserved boat, made around 3,000 years ago and discovered by chance in a muddy hole, has had a profound impact on archaeological research. It was 1992. In England, workmen were building a new road through …
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1- 13, which are based on Passage below. Going Bananas The world’s favourite fruit could disappear forever in 10 years’ time The banana is among the world’s oldest crops. Agricultural scientists believe that the first edible banana was discovered around ten thousand years ago. It has been at …
You should spend no more than 20 minutes on Questions 27-40 which are based on Reading Passage 2 below. Visual Symbols and the Blind Part 1 From a number of recent studies, it has become clear that blind people can appreciate the use of outlines and perspectives to describe the arrangement of objects and other …
