IELTS READING – The growth of bike-sharing schemes around the world S16AT2
IELTS READING The growth of bike-sharing schemes around the world How Dutch engineer Luud Schimmelpennink helped to devise urban bike-sharing schemes A. The original idea for an urban bike-sharing scheme dates back to a summer’s day in Amsterdam in 1965. Provo, the organisation that came up with the idea, was a group of Dutch Q23 […]
IELTS READING – Gifted children and learning S15AT2
IELTS READING Gifted children and learning A. Internationally, ‘giftedness’ is most frequently determined by a score on a general intelligence test, known as an IQ test, which is above a chosen cutoff point, usually at around the top 2-5%. Children’s educational environment contributes to the IQ score and the way intelligence is used. For example, […]
IELTS READING – The Megafires of California S17AT1
IELTS READING The Megafires of California Wildfires are becoming an increasing menace in the western United States, with Southern California being the hardest hit area. There’s a reason fire squads battling more frequent blazes in Southern California are having such difficulty containing the flames, despite better preparedness than ever and decades of experience fighting fires […]
IELTS READING – So you think humans are unique S13AT3
IELTS READING So you think humans are unique There was a time when we thought humans were special in so many ways. Now we know better. We are not the only species that feels emotions, empathises with others, or abides by a moral code. Neither are we the only ones with personalities, cultures, and the […]