Category IELTS READING

Detection of a meteorite Lake A As the sun rose over picturesque Lake Bosumtwi, a team of Syracuse University researchers prepared for another day of using state-of-the-art equipment to help bottom. Nestled in the heart of Ghana, the lake holds…

ONKALO ielts reading Despite nuclear energy generally being considered an environmentally friendly source of electricity, the radioactive waste it leaves remains hazardous to life for at least 100,000 years. What to do with this unwanted by-product and how to protect…

Cleaning up the Thames – yes no not given exercise The River Thames, which was biologically “dead” as recently as the 1960s, is now the cleanest metropolitan river in the world, according to the Thames Water Company. The company says…

HOME SWEET HOME A Culture shock is not an uncommon phenomenon. Most of us, when travelling to unfamiliar shores would be shocked not to suffer some disorientation at being flung into a new time zone, operating under a different set of beliefs…

How to Grow Bananas A There are two main varieties of bananas, the fruit or sweet banana and the plantain. The fruit banana is eaten raw out of hand when it turns yellow and develops a succulent sweetness with a…

Insomnia the enemy of sleep – yes no not given ielts reading practice A It is not unusual to have sleep troubles from time to time. But, if you feel you do not get enough sleep, or satisfying sleep, you…

COD IN TROUBLE A In 1992, the devastating collapse of the cod stocks off the east coast of Newfoundland forced the Canadian government to take drastic measures and close the fishery. Over 40,000 people lost their jobs, communities are still…