IELTS READING – Beyond the blue horizon S18AT3

IELTS READING Beyond the blue horizon Ancient voyagers who settled the far-flung islands of the Pacific Ocean. An important Q28 archaeological discovery on the island of Efate in the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu has revealed traces of an ancient seafaring people, the distant ancestors of today’s, Polynesians. The site came to light only by chance. […]

IELTS READING – Autumn leaves S18AT2

IELTS READING Autumn leaves Canadian writer Jay Ingram investigates the mystery of why leaves turn red in the fall. A. One of the most captivating natural events of the year in many areas throughout North America is the turning of the leaves in the fall. The colours are magnificent, but the question of exactly why […]

IELTS READING – When evolution runs backwards S17AT3

IELTS READING When evolution runs backwards Evolution isn’t supposed to run backward – yet an increasing number of examples show that it does and that it can sometimes represent the future of a species. The description of any animal as an ‘evolutionary throwback’ is controversial. Q32 For the better part of a century, most biologists […]

IELTS READING – Tea and the Industrial Revolution S15AT1

IELTS READING Tea and the Industrial Revolution A Cambridge professor says that a change in drinking Habits was the reason for the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Anjana Abuja reports A – The time and place of the Industrial Revolution Alan Macfarlane, professor of anthropological science at King’s College, Cambridge has, like other historians, spent decades […]