IELTS Reading Practice Test 20 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 What are you laughing at? A) We like to think that laughing is the height of human sophistication. Our big brains let us see the humour in a strategically positioned pun, an unexpected plot twist or a clever piece of wordplay. But while joking and wit are uniquely human inventions, laughter certainly […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 19 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 California’s age of Megafires A) There’s a reason fire squads now battling more than a dozen blazes in southern California are having such difficulty containing the flames, despite better preparedness than ever and decades of experience fighting fires fanned by the notorious Santa Ana winds. The wildfires themselves, experts say, generally are […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 18 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 LONGAEVA: Ancient Bristlecone Pine A) To understand more about the earth’s history, humans have often looked to the natural environment for insight into the past. The bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva), of the White Mountains in California, has served this purpose greater than any other species of tree on the planet. Conditions here […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 17 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 LEISURE TIME IN AMERICA A) As most Americans will tell you if you can stop them long enough to ask, working people in the United States are as busy as ever. Sure, technology and competition are boosting the economy; but nearly everyone thinks they have increased the demands on people at home […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 16 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Bamboo, A Wonder Plant The wonder plant with an uncertain future: more than a billion people rely on bamboo for either their shelter or income, while many endangered species depend on it for their survival. Despite its apparent abundance, a new report says that species of bamboo may be under serious threat. […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 15 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Dirty river but clean water Floods can occur in rivers when the flow rate exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders in the waterway. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While riverine flood damage can […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 14 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Learning By Examples A) Learning theory is rooted in the work of Ivan Pavlov, the famous scientist who discovered and documented the principles governing how animals (humans included) learn in the 1900s. two basic kinds of learning or conditioning occur, one of which is famously known as the classical condition. Classical conditioning […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 13 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Food for thought 2 A) There are not enough classrooms at the Msekeni primary school, so half the lessons take place in the shade of yellow-blossomed acacia trees. Given this shortage, it might seem odd that one of the school’s purpose-built classrooms has been emptied of pupils and turned into a storeroom […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 12 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Section A decibel Hell: It’s not difficult for a person to encounter sound at levels that can cause adverse health effects. During a single day, people living in a typical urban environment can experience a wide range of sounds in many locations, even once-quiet locales have become polluted with noise. In fact, it’s difficult […]
IELTS Reading Practice Test 11 | Real Exam Level Questions
READING PASSAGE 1 Copy your neighbour A) THERE’S no animal that symbolises rainforest diversity quite as spectacularly as the tropical butterfly. Anyone lucky enough to see these creatures flitting between patches of sunlight cannot fail to be impressed by the variety of their patterns. But why do they display such colourful exuberance? Until recently, this […]