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 […]
IELTS READING – This Marvellous Invention S4AT3
IELTS READING This Marvellous Invention A. Of all mankind manifold creations, language must take pride of place. Other inventions – the wheel, agriculture, sliced bread – may have transformed our Q33 material existence, but the advent of language is what made us human. Q27 Compared to language, all other inventions pale in significance, since Q34 […]