You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on the reading passage below. I contain multitudes Wendy Moore reviews Ed Yong’s book about microbes Microbes, most of them bacteria, have populated this planet since long before animal life developed and they will outlive us. Invisible to the naked eye, they are ubiquitous. …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-27. which are based on the Reading Passage below. THE NATURE AND AIMS OF ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeology is partly the discovery of treasures of the past, partly the work of the scientific analyst, partly the exercise of the creative imagination. It is toiling in the sun on an excavation …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on IELTS Reading Passage below: Wind Power in the US Prompted by the oil crises of the 1970s, a wind-power industry flourished briefly in the United States. But then world oil prices dropped, and funding for research into renewable energy was cut. By the mid-1980s, …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 28-40, which are based on the Reading Passage below. The Search for the Anti-aging Pill In government laboratories and elsewhere, scientists are seeking a drug able to prolonglife and youthful vigor. Studies of caloric restriction are showing the way As researchers on aging noted recently, no treatment on …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Biological Control of Pests The continuous and reckless use of synthetic chemicals for the control of pests which pose a threat to agricultural crops and human health is proving to be counter-productive. Apart from engendering widespread ecological disorders, pesticides …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on the Reading Passage below. Questions 1-7:The Reading Passage has seven paragraphs, A-G.Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.Write the correct number, i-x, in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet. List of Headingsi Nat all doctors are persuadedii Choosing the best offersiii Who is responsible …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 29-40 which are based on Reading Passage below. THE CONCEPT OF ROLE THEORY Role set:Any individual in any situation occupies a role in relation to other people. The particular individual with whom one is concerned in the analysis of any situation is usually given the name of focal …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40 which are based on Reading Passage on the following pages. Questions 27-30Reading Passage has seven paragraphs A-G.From the list of headings below choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B-E.Write the appropriate numbers (i-viii) in boxes 27-30 on your answer sheet. NB There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use …
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on the Reading Passage below: Questions 14-17The Reading Passage has six paragraphs, A-F.Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B and D-F from the list of headings below..Write the correct number i-viii in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet. List of Headings i Effects of irrigation on sedimentationii The danger of flooding the Cairo …
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The Guggenheim Art Gallery, New York. In one corner of the room is a mass of tangled rope suspended from the ceiling with some sections dangling to the floor; the first of three encountered pieces of work that have a resounding impact on the viewing public. It stops one in one’s tracks: how dare it …
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