IELTS READING – The Hollywood Film Industry S12AT2
IELTS READING The Hollywood Film Industry A. This chapter examines Q14 the ‘Golden Age’ of the Hollywood film studio system and explores how a particular kind of filmmaking developed during this period in US film history. It also focuses on the two key elements which influenced the emergence of the classic Hollywood studio system: the […]
IELTS READING – THE SWIFTER S10AT3
IELTS READING THE SWIFTER For a fascinating tale about creativity, look at a cleaning product called the Swiffer and how it came about, urges writer Jonah Lehrer. In the story of the Swiffer, he argues, we have the key elements in producing breakthrough ideas: frustration, moments of insight and sheer hard work. The story starts […]
IELTS READING – Australia’s Lost Giants S10AT2
IELTS READING Australia’s Lost Giants What happened to Australia’s megafauna, the giant animals that once existed across this enormous continent? A. In 1969, a fossil hunter named Rod Wells came to Naracoorte in South Australia to explore what was then known as Victoria Cave. Wells clawed through narrow passages, and eventually into a huge chamber. […]
IELTS READING – The Phoenicians: an almost forgotten people S12AT1
IELTS READING The Phoenicians: an almost forgotten people The Phoenicians inhabited the region of modern Lebanon and Syria from about 3000 BC. They became the greatest traders of the pre-classical world, and were the first people to establish a large colonial network. Both of these activities were based on Q1 seafaring, an ability the Phoenicians […]