IELTS READING – The meaning and power of smell S42AT3
IELTS READING S42AT3 The meaning and power of smell The sense of smell, or olfaction, is powerful. Odours affect us on a physical, psychological and social level. For the most part, however, we breathe in the aromas which surround us without being consciously aware of their importance to us. Q33 It is only when the faculty […]
IELTS READING – AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE USA S41AT2
IELTS READING S41AT2 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE USA A. An accident that occurred in the skies over the Grand Canyon in 1956 resulted in the establishment of Q14 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to regulate and oversee the operation of aircraft in the skies over the United States, which were becoming quite congested. The resulting structure […]
IELTS READING – Endless Harvest S40AT2
IELTS READING S40AT1 Endless Harvest More than two hundred years ago, Russian explorers and fur hunters landed on the Aleutian Islands, a volcanic archipelago in the North Pacific, and learned of a land mass that lay farther to the north. Q14 The islands’ native inhabitants called this land mass Aleyska – the ‘Great Land’; today, we […]
IELTS READING – A Chronicle of Timekeeping S41AT1
IELTS READING S41AT1 A Chronicle of Timekeeping Our conception of time depends on the way we measure it A. According to archaeological evidence, at least 5, 000 years ago, and long before the advent of the Roman Empire, Q8 the Babylonians began to measure time, introducing calendars to coordinate communal activities, to plan the shipment of […]