IELTS READING – The changing role of airports S5AT2
IELTS READING The changing role of airports Airports continue to diversify their role in an effort to generate income. Are business meeting facilities the next step? Nigel Halpern, Anne Graham, and Rob Davidson investigate. A. In recent times developing commercial revenues has become more challenging for airports due to a combination of factors, such as […]
IELTS READING – Dawn of the robots S6AT2
IELTS READING Dawn of the robots They’re already here – driving cars, vacuuming carpets and feeding hospital patients. They may not be walking, talking, human-like sentient beings, but they are clever… and a little creepy. A. Q14 At first sight it looked like a typical suburban road accident. A Land Rover approached a Chevy Tahoe […]
IELTS READING – TREES IN TROUBLE S9AT1
IELTS READING TREES IN TROUBLE What is causing the decline of the world’s giant forests? A. Big trees are incredibly important ecologically. For a start, they sustain countless other species. Q1 They provide shelter for many animals, and their trunks and branches can become gardens, hung with green ferns, orchids and bromeliads, coated with mosses, […]
IELTS READING – The Dover Bronze – Age Boat S5AT1
IELTS READING The Dover Bronze- Age Boat A beautifully preserved boat, made around 3,000 years ago and discovered by chance in a muddy hole, has had a profound impact on archaeological research. It was 1992. In England, workmen were building a new Q1 road through the heart of Dover, to connect the ancient port and […]