IELTS Reading

READING PASSAGE 1 The politics of pessimism Newspaper headlines and TV or radio news bulletins would have us believe erroneously that a new...

READING PASSAGE 1 Thomas Young The Last True Know-It-All Thomas Young (1773-1829) contributed 63 articles to the Encyclopedia Britannica, including 46 biographical entries...

READING PASSAGE 1 Morse Code Morse code is being replaced by a new satellite-based system for sending dis-tress calls at sea. Its dots...

READING PASSAGE 1 Otters A Otters are semiaquatic (or in the case of the sea otter, aquatic) mammals. They are members of the Mustelid...

READING PASSAGE 1 CLASSIFYING SOCIETIES Although humans have established many types of societies throughout history, sociologists and anthropologists tend to classify different societies...

READING PASSAGE 1 The Forgotten Forest Found only in the Deep South of America, longleaf pine woodlands have dwindled to about 3 percent...

READING PASSAGE 1 REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF FOOD PROMOTION TO CHILDREN This review was commissioned by the Food Standards Agency...

READING PASSAGE 1 Computer games for Preschoolers Nintendo’s Research and Design Process Designing computer games for young children is a daunting task for...

READING PASSAGE 1 Ants Could Teach Ants The ants are tiny and usually nest between rocks in the south coast of England. Transformed...

READING PASSAGE 1 T-Rex: Hunter or Scavenger? Jack Homer is an unlikely academic: his dyslexia is so bad that he has trouble reading...