by Manpreet | Feb 10, 2022 | online Reading practice
Reading Passage 1 – South pole adventurer FOR a few weeks in January 1912, Antarctica was full of explorers. Norwegian Roald Amundsen had reached the South Pole on 14 December and was speeding back to the coast. On 17 January, Robert Scott and the men of the...
by Manpreet | Feb 10, 2022 | online Reading practice
Reading Passage 1 – The Flavour of Pleasure No matter how much we talk about tasting our favorite flavors, relishing them really depends on a combined input from our senses that we experience through mouth, tongue and nose. The taste, texture, and feel of food...
by Manpreet | Feb 9, 2022 | online Reading practice
Reading Passage 1 – The Phoenicians: an almost forgotten people The Phoenicians inhabited the region of modern Lebanon and Syria from about 3000 BC. They became the greatest traders of the pre-classical world, and were the first people to establish a large...
by Manpreet | Feb 8, 2022 | online Reading practice
Reading Passage 1 – The Dover Bronze-Age Boat You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on the reading passage below. A beautifully preserved boat, made around 3,000 years ago and discovered by chance in a muddy hole, has had a...
by Manpreet | Feb 5, 2022 | online Reading practice
READING PASSAGE 1 – Ants Could Teach Ants You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below The ants are tiny and usually nest between rocks in the south coast of England. Transformed into research subjects at the...
by Manpreet | Jan 19, 2022 | online Reading practice
READING PASSAGE 1 – Roman tunnels You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. The Romans, who once controlled areas of Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor, adopted the construction techniques of other...
