by Navita Thakur | Sep 10, 2020 | online Reading practice
READING PASSAGE 1 – Voyage of Going: beyond the blue line 2 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. A One feels a certain sympathy for Captain James Cook on the day in 1778 that he “discovered”...
by Navita Thakur | Aug 24, 2020 | online Reading practice
Reading Passage 1 – Ancient Chinese Chariots You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. A The Shang Dynasty or Yin Dynasty, according to traditional historiography, ruled in the Yellow River valley in the...
by Navita Thakur | Aug 20, 2020 | online Reading practice
Reading Passage 1 – Ant Intelligence You should spend about 30 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage below. When we think of intelligent members of the animal kingdom, the creatures that spring immediately to mind are apes and monkeys. But in...
by Navita Thakur | Aug 19, 2020 | online Reading practice
Reading Passage 1-Crop-growing Skyscrapers You should spend about 30 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage below. By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the Earth’s population will live in urban centres. Applying the most conservative estimates to...
by Navita Thakur | Aug 19, 2020 | online Reading practice
Reading Passage 1 – The story of silk You should spend about 30 minutes on Questions 1 – 13, which are based on Passage below. The history of the world’s most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the...
by Navita Thakur | Aug 18, 2020 | online Reading practice
Reading Passage 1 – Radiocarbon Dating – The Profile of Nancy Athfield You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. Have you ever picked up a small stone off the ground and wondered how old it was?...
