IELTS Reading

READING PASSAGE 1 Voyage of Going: beyond the blue line 2 A One feels a certain sympathy for Captain James Cook on the day...

READING PASSAGE 1 Andrea Palladio: Italian Architect Vicenza is a pleasant, prosperous city in the Veneto, 60 km west of Venice. Its grand...

READING PASSAGE 1 Ancient Chinese Chariots A The Shang Dynasty or Yin Dynasty, according to traditional historiography, ruled in the Yellow River valley in...

READING PASSAGE 1 History of Refrigeration Refrigeration is a process of removing heat, which means cooling an area or a substance below the...

READING PASSAGE 1 The Pearl A The pearl has always had a special status in the rich and powerful all through the history. For...

READING PASSAGE 1 Education Philosophy A Although we lack accurate statistics about child mortality in the pre-industrial period, we do have evidence that in...

READING PASSAGE 1 Timekeeper: Invention of Marine Chronometer A Up to the middle of the 18th century, the navigators were still unable to exactly...

READING PASSAGE 1 The Innovation of Grocery Stores A At the very beginning of the 20th century, the American grocery stores offered comprehensive services:...

READING PASSAGE 1 The Concept of Childhood in Western Countries The history of childhood has been a heated topic in social history since...

READING PASSAGE 1 A Americans today choose among more options in more parts of life than has ever been pos­sible before. To an extent,...