What is a port city? – IELTS Academic Reading Passage

Reading, Yes No Not Given / By

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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Antarctic Penguins – IELTS Academic Reading Passage

Multiple Choice Question, Reading / By

Antarctic Penguins Though penguins are assumed to be native to the South Pole, only four of the seventeen species have evolved the survival adaptations necessary to live and breed in the Antarctic year round. The physical features of the Adelie, Chinstrap, Gentoo, and Emperor penguins equip them to withstand the harshest living conditions in the …

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Disappearing Delta – IELTS Academic Reading Passage

Reading, Yes No Not Given / By

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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Play Is a Serious Business – IELTS Academic Reading Passage

Multiple Choice Question, Reading / By

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40 which are based on the Reading Passage below. PLAY IS A SERIOUS BUSINESS Does play help develop bigger, better brains? Bryant Furlow investigates  A.     Playing is a serious business. Children engrossed in a make-believe world, fox cubs play-fighting or kittens teaming a ball of string aren’t just …

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Green Wave Washes Over Mainstream Shopping – IELTS Academic Reading Passage

Reading, Yes No Not Given / By

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 40 below. Green Wave Washes Over Mainstream Shopping Research in Britain has shown that green consumers’ continue to flourish as a significant group amongst shoppers. This suggests that politicians who claim environmentalism is yesterday’s issue may be seriously misjudging the …

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The Little Ice Age – IELTS Academic Reading Passage

Reading / By

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-ix, in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet. List of Headings i  Predicting climatic changesii The relevance of the Little Ice Age todayiii …

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Nature or Nurture? – IELTS Academic Reading Passage

Reading, True False Not Given / By

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on the Reading Passage below.   Nature or Nurture? A  A few years ago, in one of the most fascinating and disturbing experiments in behavioural psychology, Stanley Milgram of Yale University tested 40 subjects from all walks of life for their willingness to obey instructions …

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Obtaining Linguistic Data – IELTS Academic Reading Passage

Multiple Choice Question, Reading / By

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40 which are based on Reading Passage 163 below. ObtainingLinguisticData A.    Many procedures are available for obtaining data about a language. They range from a carefully planned, intensive field investigation in a foreign country to a casual introspection about one’s mother tongue carried out in an armchair …

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