by iVenzu Technologies | Jan 30, 2024 | General Reading Passages
Early occupations around the river Thames IELTS Academic Reading Passage A In her pioneering survey, Sources of London English, Laura Wright has listed the variety of medieval workers who took their livings from the river Thames. The baillies of Queenhithe and...
by iVenzu Technologies | Jan 29, 2024 | General Reading Passages
Examining the placebo effect IELTS Academic Reading Passage Examining the placebo effect The fact that taking a fake drug can powerfully improve some people’s health – the so- called placebo effect – was long considered an embarrassment to the...
by iVenzu Technologies | Jan 29, 2024 | General Reading Passages
Facial Expression 1 IELTS Academic Reading Passage A A facial expression is one or more motions or positions of the muscles in the skin. These movements convey the emotional state of the individual to observers. Facial expressions are a form of nonverbal...
by iVenzu Technologies | Jan 29, 2024 | General Reading Passages
Doctoring sales IELTS Academic Reading Passage Pharmaceuticals is one of the most profitable industries in North America. But do the drugs industry’s sales and marketing strategies go too far? A A few months ago Kim Schaefer, sales representative of a major...
by iVenzu Technologies | Jan 29, 2024 | General Reading Passages
Do literate women make better mothers? IELTS Academic Reading Passage Children in developing countries are healthier and more likely to survive past the age of five when their mothers can read and write. Experts In public health accepted this idea decades ago, but...
by iVenzu Technologies | Jan 27, 2024 | General Reading Passages
Does An IQ Test Prove Creativity? IELTS Academic Reading Passage Does An IQ Test Prove Creativity? PASSAGE A In the early 1970s, creativity was still seen as a type of intelligence. But when more subtle tests of IQ and creative skills were developed in the...