Assessing The Risk Reading Answer IELTS Academic Reading Passage A As a title for a supposedly unprejudiced debate on scientific progress, “Panic attack: interrogating our obsession with risk” did not bode well. Held last week at the Royal Institution in London, the...
Asian Space 2 Satellite Technology Reading Answer IELTS Academic Reading Passage The space-age began with the launch of the Russian artificial satellite Sputnik in 1957 and developed further with the race to the moon between the United States and Russia. This rivalry...
A Workaholic Economy Reading Answer IELTS Academic Reading Passage FOR THE first century or so of the industrial revolution, increased productivity led to decreases in working hours. Employees who had been putting in 12-hour days, six days a week, found their time on...
A Wonder Plant Reading Answer IELTS Academic Reading Passage 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...
A Theory Of Shopping Reading Answer IELTS Academic Reading Passage For a one-year period I attempted to conduct an ethnography of shopping on and around a street in North London. This was carried out in association with Alison Clarke. I say ‘attempted’ because, given...
Antarctic Research IELTS Academic Reading Passage A A little over a century ago, men of the ilk of Scott, Shackleton and Mawson battled against Antarctica’s blizzards, cold and deprivation. In the name of Empire and in an age of heroic deeds they created an image of...
