IELTS READING – The Truth about the Environment S29AT3

IELTS READING The Truth about the Environment Q27 For many environmentalists, the world seems to be getting worse. They have developed a hit-list of our main fears: that natural resources are running out; that the population is ever growing, leaving less and less to eat; that species are becoming extinct in vast numbers, and that the […]

IELTS READING – Nature or Nurture? S29AT2

IELTS READING Nature or Nurture? A. A few years ago, in one of the most fascinating and disturbing experiments in behavioural psychology, Stanley Milgram of Yale University tested 40 subjects from all walks of life for their willingness to obey instructions given by a ‘leader’ in a situation in which the subjects might feel a […]

IELTS READING – Johnson’s Dictionary S29AT1

IELTS READING Johnson’s Dictionary For the century before Johnson’s Dictionary was published in 1775. there had been concern about the state of the English language. There was no standard way of speaking or writing and no agreement as to the best way of bringing some order to the chaos of English spelling. Dr. Johnson provided […]

IELTS READING – Alternative Medicine in Australia S26AT2

IELTS READING Alternative Medicine in Australia The first students to study alternative medicine at university level in Australia began their four-year, full-time course at the University of Technology, Sydney, in early 1994. Their course covered, among other therapies, acupuncture. The theory they learnt is based on the traditional Chinese explanation of this ancient healing art: […]