by IELTS Achieve Academy | Dec 11, 2022 | GT Reading Test, IELTS Reading
A. In Thailand, elephants are revered as a national symbol, but even there, the survival of great mammals is at risk. A century ago, more than 100,000 elephants worked in the Thai timber industry or roamed the forests. Today the number of elephants in captivity is...
by IELTS Achieve Academy | Dec 10, 2022 | Academic Reading Test, GT Reading Test, IELTS Reading
A new study conducted for the World Bank by Murdoch University’s Institute for Science and Technology Policy (ISTP) has demonstrated that public transport is more efficient than cars. The study compared the proportion of wealth poured into transport by...
by IELTS Achieve Academy | Dec 6, 2022 | Academic Reading Test, GT Reading Test, IELTS Reading
PASSAGE A. John Franklin (1786-1847) was the most famous vanisher of the Victorian era. He joined the Navy as a midshipman at the age of 14, and fought in the battles of Copenhagen and Trafalgar. When peace with the French broke out, he turned his attention to Arctic...
by IELTS Achieve Academy | Dec 4, 2022 | Academic Reading Test, GT Reading Test, IELTS Reading
A. Three striking facts highlight the dramatic shift in recent years in the relative economic balance of “first-world” and “third-world” economies. Last year, according to our estimates, emerging economies produced slightly more than half of world output measured at...
by IELTS Achieve Academy | Dec 4, 2022 | Academic Reading Test, GT Reading Test, IELTS Reading
Mobiles are barred, but passengers can lap away on their laptops to their hearts’ content. Is one really safer than the other? In the US, a Congressional subcommittee grilled airline representatives and regulators about the issue last month. But the committee heard...
by IELTS Achieve Academy | Sep 5, 2020 | Academic Reading Test, Grammar, GT Reading Test, IELTS Reading, Worksheet
An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world’s...
