IELTS READING – Why pagodas don’t fall down S38AT1

IELTS READING S38AT1 Why pagodas don’t fall down In a land swept by typhoons and shaken by earthquakes, how have Japan’s tallest and seemingly flimsiest old buildings – 500 or so wooden pagodas – remained standing for centuries? Q1 Records show that only two have collapsed during the past 1400 years. Those that have disappeared were […]

MAKING EVERY DROP COUNT – S37AT2

IELTS READING S37AT2 MAKING EVERY DROP COUNT A. Q14 The history of human civilization is entwined with the history of ways we have learned to manipulate water resources. As towns gradually expanded, water was brought from increasingly remote sources, leading to sophisticated engineering efforts such as dams and aqueducts. Q14 At the height of the Roman Empire, […]

IELTS READING – Educating Psyche S37AT3

IELTS READING S37AT3 Educating Psyche Q27 Educating Psyche by Bernie Neville is a book which looks at radical new approaches to learning, describing the effects of emotion, imagination, and the unconscious on learning. One theory discussed in the book is that proposed by George Lozanov, which focuses on the power of suggestion. Attempt full reading test…

IELTS READING – Let’s Go Bats – S37AT1

IELTS READING S37AT1 Let’s Go Bats A. Bats have a problem: how to find their way around in the dark they hunt at flight, and cannot use light to help them find prey and avoid obstacles. You might say that this is a problem of their own making one that they could avoid simply by […]