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IELTS Academic Reading Passage – The Risks of Cigarette Smoke

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 15-28 which are based on the Reading Passage below. The Risks of Cigarette Smoke Discovered in the early 1800s and named nicotianine, the oily essence now called nicotine is the main active ingredient of tobacco. Nicotine, however, is only a small component of cigarette smoke, which contains more than 4,700 chemical …

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IELTS Academic Reading Passage – A Remarkable Beetle

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on the Reading Passage below.  A Remarkable Beetle Some of the most remarkable beetles are the dung beetles, which spend almost their whole lives eating and breeding in dung. More than 4,000 species of these remarkable creatures have evolved and adapted to the world’s different climates and …

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Zoo Conservation Programmes – IELTS Academic Reading Passage

IELTS Academic, Multiple Choice Question, Reading, Yes No Not Given / By

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 16-28 which are based on Reading Passage below. Zoo Conservation Programmes One of London Zoo’s recent advertisements caused me some irritation, so patently did it distort reality. Headlined “Without zoos, you might as well tell these animals to get stuffed”, it was bordered with illustrations of several endangered species …

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Cleaning up the Thames – IELTS Academic Reading Passage

IELTS Academic, Reading, Yes No Not Given / By

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1 – 14 which are based on Reading Passage below. Cleaning up the Thames The River Thames, which was biologically “dead” as recently as the 1960s, is now the cleanest metropolitan river in the world, according to the Thames Water Company. The company says that thanks to …

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Changing Our Understanding of Health – IELTS Academic Reading Passage

IELTS Academic, Matching headings, Reading, Yes No Not Given / By

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-27 which are based on the Reading Passage sample below. Changing Our Understanding of Health A  The concept of health holds different meanings for different people and groups. These meanings of health have also changed over time. This change is no more evident than in Western society today, when notions of …

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The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

IELTS Academic, Matching headings, Reading, Yes No Not Given / By

The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence The question of whether we are alone in the Universe has haunted humanity for centuries, but we may now stand poised on the brink of the answer to that question, as we search for radio signals from other intelligent civilizations. This search is often known by the acronym SETI [search for …

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Population Viability Analysis

IELTS Academic, Reading, Sentence completion, Yes No Not Given / By

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-12 which are based on Reading Passage below: Population Viability Analysis Part ATo make political decisions about the extent and type of forestry in a region it is important to understand the consequences of those decisions. One tool for assessing the impact of forestry on the ecosystem is population viability analysis (PVA). …

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Pronunciation and physiognomy | IELTS Academic Reading Sample Question

Matching information, Reading, Yes No Not Given / By

The passage contains the following question types from IELTS Reading Question Types: Matching information Yes No Not Given Pronunciation and physiognomy You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage below. Imagine the scene: you are sitting on the tube anti on guts someone you instinctively feel Is American, …

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Language | IELTS Academic Reading Sample Question

Identifying information, Multiple Choice Question, Reading, Summary Completion, Yes No Not Given / By

The passage contains the following question types from IELTS Reading Question Types: Identifying information Multiple Choice Question Summary Completion Yes No Not Given Language You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-14 which are based on Reading Passage.  It is no small intellectual task that a child learns a language. In order to begin …

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