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 […]
IELTS READING – EFFECTS OF NOISE S40AT3
IELTS READING S40AT3 EFFECTS OF NOISE In general, it is plausible to suppose that we should prefer peace and quiet to noise. Q27 And yet most of us have had the experience of having to adjust to sleeping in the mountains or the countryside because it was initially ‘too quiet’, an experience that suggests that humans […]
IELTS READING – Pulling strings to build pyramids S40AT1
IELTS READING S40AT1 Pulling strings to build pyramids No one knows exactly how the pyramids were built. Marcus Chown reckons the answer could be ‘hanging in the air’. The pyramids of Egypt were built more than three thousand years ago, and no one knows how. Q1 The conventional picture is that tens of thousands of slaves […]
IELTS READING – Saving European Forests S39AT3
IELTS READING S39AT3 Saving European Forests Forests are one of the main elements of our natural heritage. The decline of Europe’s forests over the last decade and a half has led to an increasing awareness and understanding of the serious imbalances which threaten them. European countries are becoming increasingly concerned by major threats to European […]