IELTS Reading

IELTS Reading Practice 44: IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence The question of whether we are alone in the Universe has haunted humanity...

IELTS Reading Practice 43: The man who invented synthetic dyes William Henry Perkin was born on March 12, 1838, in London, England. As a boy,...

IELTS Reading Practice 42: Fierce, fabulous and fantastic A new exhibition traces the history of animal painting in Europe from the anatomically inaccurate to the highly...

IELTS Reading Practice 41: A Revolution in Knowledge Sharing You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-9 which are based on IELTS Reading Passage below: The pressure to transform our...

Glossary Words and PhrasesDefinitionIn the textartificialman-madeArtificial artiststrick intofool sb into doing sth… and even tricked them intobelieving a human was behind the score.sophisticatedcomplicatedHuman beings are...

Glossary Words and PhrasesDefinitionIn the text1. stretch outmake something continue for a longer period that was plannedtime stretches out2. apathylack of interest in somethingFor a...

Glossary Words and PhrasesDefinitionIn the text1inhabitant (n)a person that lives in a particular placeNew Zealand is a small country of four million inhabitants.2long-haul (adj)travelling a...

Here's a useful question that a student asked me: Many students complain that they don’t get a high enough score in IELTS reading, and many...

Wind Power in the US Prompted by the oil crises of the 1970s, a wind-power industry flourished briefly in the United States. But then world...

Arctic Haze In the 1950’s, pilots traveling on weather reconnaissance flights in the Canadian high Arctic reported seeing bands of haze in the springtime in...