by Manpreet | Jan 8, 2022 | online Reading practice
READING PASSAGE 1 – Last man standing Some 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens beat other hominids to become the only surviving species. Kate Ravilious reveals how we did it. A Today, there are over seven billion people living on Earth. No other species has exerted...
by Manpreet | Jan 8, 2022 | online Reading practice
READING PASSAGE 1 – Cork You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. Cork – the thick bark of the cork oak tree (Quercus suber) – is a remarkable material. It is tough, elastic, buoyant, and fire-resistant, and...
by Navita Thakur | Jun 14, 2021 | online Reading practice
Reading Passage 1 – Build a Medieval Castle A. Michel Guyot, owner and restorer of Saint Fargeau castle in France, first had the idea of building a 13th-century style fortress following the discovery that the 15th-century red bricks of his castle obscured the...
by Navita Thakur | Jun 12, 2021 | online Reading practice
Reading Passage 1 – Food for thought 2 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. A There are not enough classrooms at the Msekeni primary school, so half the lessons take place in the shade of...
by Navita Thakur | Jun 11, 2021 | online Reading practice
READING PASSAGE 1 – Density and Crowding You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. A Of the great myriad of problems which man and the world face today, there are three significant trends which stand above...
by Navita Thakur | Jun 11, 2021 | online Reading practice
Reading Passage 1 – Finches on Islands You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. A Today, the quest continues. On Daphne Major-one of the most desolate of the Galápagos Islands, an uninhabited volcanic cone...
