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Time Travel IELTS Reading Passage with Answers

READING PASSAGE 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 28-40 which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.

Time Travel

Time travel took a small step away from science fiction and toward science recently when physicists discovered that sub-atomic particles known as neutrinos – progeny of the sun’s radioactive debris – can exceed the speed of light. The unassuming particle – it is electrically neutral, small but with a “non-zero mass” and able to penetrate the human form undetected – is on its way to becoming a rock star of the scientific world.

Researchers from the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva sent the neutrinos hurtling through an underground corridor toward their colleagues at the Oscillation Project with Emulsion-Tracing Apparatus (OPERA) team 730 kilometres away in Gran Sasso, Italy. The neutrinos arrived promptly – so promptly, in fact, that they triggered what scientists are calling the unthinkable – that everything they have learnt, known or taught stemming from the last one hundred years of the physics discipline may need to be reconsidered.

The issue at stake is a tiny segment of time – precisely sixty nanoseconds (which is sixty billionths of a second). This is how much faster than the speed of light the neutrinos managed to go in their underground travels and at a consistent rate (15,000 neutrinos were sent over three years). Even allowing for a margin of error of ten billionths of a second, this stands as proof that it is possible to race against light and win. The duration of the experiment also accounted for and ruled out any possible lunar effects or tidal bulges in the earth’s crust.

Nevertheless, there’s plenty of reason to remain sceptical. According to Harvard University science historian Peter Galison, Einstein’s relativity theory has been “pushed harder than any theory in the history of the physical sciences”. Yet each prior challenge has come to no avail, and relativity has so far refused to buckle.

So is time travel just around the corner? The prospect has certainly been wrenched much closer to the realm of possibility now that a major physical hurdle – the speed of light – has been cleared. If particles can travel faster than light, in theory travelling back in time is possible. How anyone harnesses that to some kind of helpful end is far beyond the scope of any modern technologies, however, and will be left to future generations to explore.

Certainly, any prospective time travellers may have to overcome more physical and logical hurdles than merely overtaking the speed of light. One such problem, posited by René Barjavel in his 1943 text Le Voyageur Imprudent is the so-called grandfather paradox. Barjavel theorised that, if it were possible to go back in time, a time traveller could potentially kill his own grandfather. If this were to happen, however, the time traveller himself would not be born, which is already known to be true. In other words, there is a paradox in circumventing an already known future; time travel is able to facilitate past actions that mean time travel itself cannot occur.

Other possible routes have been offered, though. For Igor Novikov, astrophysicist behind the 1980s’ theorem known as the self-consistency principle, time travel is possible within certain boundaries. Novikov argued that any event causing a paradox would have zero probability. It would be possible, however, to “affect” rather than “change” historical outcomes if travellers avoided all inconsistencies. Averting the sinking of the Titanic, for example, would revoke any future imperative to stop it from sinking – it would be impossible. Saving selected passengers from the water and replacing them with realistic corpses would not be impossible, however, as the historical record would not be altered in any way.

A further possibility is that of parallel universes. Popularised by Bryce Seligman DeWitt in the 1960s (from the seminal formulation of Hugh Everett), the many-worlds interpretation holds that an alternative pathway for every conceivable occurrence actually exists. If we were to send someone back in time, we might therefore expect never to see him again – any alterations would divert that person down a new historical trajectory.

Time Travel IELTS Reading Passage with Answers

A final hypothesis, one of unidentified provenance, reroutes itself quite efficiently around the grandfather paradox. Non-existence theory suggests exactly that – a person would quite simply never exist if they altered their ancestry in ways that obstructed their own birth. They would still exist in person upon returning to the present, but any chain reactions associated with their actions would not be registered. Their “historical identity” would be gone.

So, will humans one day step across the same boundary that the neutrinos have? World-renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking believes that once spaceships can exceed the speed of light, humans could feasibly travel millions of years into the future in order to repopulate earth in the event of a forthcoming apocalypse. This is because, as the spaceships accelerate into the future, time would slow down around them (Hawking concedes that bygone eras are off limits – this would violate the fundamental rule that cause comes before effect).

Hawking is therefore reserved yet optimistic. “Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a crank. These days I’m not so cautious.”

Questions 28-33 Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3? In boxes 28–33 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

28 It is unclear where neutrinos come from. 29 Neutrinos can pass through a person’s body without causing harm. 30 It took scientists between 50-70 nanoseconds to send the neutrinos from Geneva to Italy. 31 Researchers accounted for effects the moon might have had on the experiment. 32 The theory of relativity has often been called into question unsuccessfully. 33 This experiment could soon lead to some practical uses for time travel.

Questions 34–39 Complete the table below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 34–39 on your answer sheet.

Question 40 Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. Write the correct letter in box 40 on your answer sheet.

Stephen Hawking has stated that

A Human time travel is theoretically possible, but is unlikely to ever actually occur. B Human time travel might be possible, but only moving backward in time. C Human time travel might be possible, but only moving forward in time. D All time travel is impossible.

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35. inconsistencies

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READING PASSAGE 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

ELECTRORECEPTION

Open your eyes in sea water and it is difficult to see much more than a murky, bleary green colour. Sounds, too, are garbled and difficult to comprehend. Without specialised equipment humans would be lost in these deep sea habitats, so how do fish make it seem so easy? Much of this is due to a biological phenomenon known as electroreception – the ability to perceive and act upon electrical stimuli as part of the overall senses. This ability is only found in aquatic or amphibious species because water is an efficient conductor of electricity.

Electroreception comes in two variants. While all animals (including humans) generate electric signals, because they are emitted by the nervous system, some animals have the ability – known as passive electroreception – to receive and decode electric signals generated by other animals in order to sense their location.

Other creatures can go further still, however. Animals with active electroreception possess bodily organs that generate special electric signals on cue. These can be used for mating signals and territorial displays as well as locating objects in the water. Active electroreceptors can differentiate between the various resistances that their electrical currents encounter. This can help them identify whether another creature is prey, predator or something that is best left alone. Active electroreception has a range of about one body length – usually just enough to give its host time to get out of the way or go in for the kill.

One fascinating use of active electroreception – known as the Jamming Avoidance Response mechanism – has been observed between members of some species known as the weakly electric fish. When two such electric fish meet in the ocean using the same frequency, each fish will then shift the frequency of its discharge so that they are transmitting on different frequencies. Doing so prevents their electroreception faculties from becoming jammed. Long before citizens’ band radio users first had to yell “Get off my frequency!” at hapless novices cluttering the air waves, at least one species had found a way to peacefully and quickly resolve this type of dispute.

Electroreception can also play an important role in animal defences. Rays are one such example. Young ray embryos develop inside egg cases that are attached to the sea bed. The embryos keep their tails in constant motion so as to pump water and allow them to breathe through the egg’s casing. If the embryo’s electroreceptors detect the presence of a predatory fish in the vicinity, however, the embryo stops moving (and in so doing ceases transmitting electric currents) until the fish has moved on. Because marine life of various types is often travelling past, the embryo has evolved only to react to signals that are characteristic of the respiratory movements of potential predators such as sharks.

Many people fear swimming in the ocean because of sharks. In some respects, this concern is well grounded – humans are poorly equipped when it comes to electroreceptive defence mechanisms. Sharks, meanwhile, hunt with extraordinary precision. They initially lock onto their prey through a keen sense of smell (two thirds of a shark’s brain is devoted entirely to its olfactory organs). As the shark reaches proximity to its prey, it tunes into electric signals that ensure a precise strike on its target; this sense is so strong that the shark even attacks blind by letting its eyes recede for protection.

Normally, when humans are attacked it is purely by accident. Since sharks cannot detect from electroreception whether or not something will satisfy their tastes, they tend to “try before they buy”, taking one or two bites and then assessing the results (our sinewy muscle does not compare well with plumper, softer prey such as seals). Repeat attacks are highly likely once a human is bleeding, however; the force of the electric field is heightened by salt in the blood which creates the perfect setting for a feeding frenzy. In areas where shark attacks on humans are likely to occur, scientists are exploring ways to create artificial electroreceptors that would disorient the sharks and repel them from swimming beaches.

There is much that we do not yet know concerning how electroreception functions. Although researchers have documented how electroreception alters hunting, defence and communication systems through observation, the exact neurological processes that encode and decode this information are unclear. Scientists are also exploring the role electroreception plays in navigation. Some have proposed that salt water and magnetic fields from the Earth’s core may interact to form electrical currents that sharks use for migratory purposes.

Questions 1-6

Reading Passage 1 has eight paragraphs, A–H .

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter, A–H , in boxes 1–6 on your answer sheet.

1 How electroreception can be used to help fish reproduce

2 A possible use for electroreception that will benefit humans

3 The term for the capacity which enables an animal to pick up but not send out electrical signals

4 Why only creatures that live in or near water have electroreceptive abilities

5 How electroreception might help creatures find their way over long distances

6 A description of how some fish can avoid disrupting each other’s electric signals

Questions 7–9

Label the diagram.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 7–9 on your answer sheet.

Shark’s 7 ………………… alert the young ray to its presence

Embryo moves its 8 ………………… in order to breathe

Embryo stops sending 9 ………………… when predator close by

Questions 10–13

Complete the summary below.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE words from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 10–13 on your answer sheet.

Shark Attack

A shark is a very effective hunter. Firstly, it uses its 10 ……………….. to smell its target. When the shark gets close, it uses 11 ……………….. to guide it toward an accurate attack. Within the final few feet the shark rolls its eyes back into its head. Humans are not popular food sources for most sharks due to their 12 ………………… Nevertheless, once a shark has bitten a human, a repeat attack is highly possible as salt from the blood increases the intensity of the 13 …………………

READING PASSAGE 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-27 which are based on Reading Passage 2 below.

FAIR GAMES?

For seventeen days every four years the world is briefly arrested by the captivating, dizzying spectacle of athleticism, ambition, pride and celebration on display at the Summer Olympic Games. After the last weary spectators and competitors have returned home, however, host cities are often left awash in high debts and costly infrastructure maintenance. The staggering expenses involved in a successful Olympic bid are often assumed to be easily mitigated by tourist revenues and an increase in local employment, but more often than not host cities are short changed and their taxpayers for generations to come are left settling the debt.

Olympic extravagances begin with the application process. Bidding alone will set most cities back about $20 million, and while officially bidding only takes two years (for cities that make the shortlist), most cities can expect to exhaust a decade working on their bid from the moment it is initiated to the announcement of voting results from International Olympic Committee members. Aside from the financial costs of the bid alone, the process ties up real estate in prized urban locations until the outcome is known. This can cost local economies millions of dollars of lost revenue from private developers who could have made use of the land, and can also mean that particular urban quarters lose their vitality due to the vacant lots. All of this can be for nothing if a bidding city does not appease the whims of IOC members – private connections and opinions on government conduct often hold sway (Chicago’s 2012 bid is thought to have been undercut by tensions over U.S. foreign policy).

Bidding costs do not compare, however, to the exorbitant bills that come with hosting the Olympic Games themselves. As is typical with large-scale, one-off projects, budgeting for the Olympics is a notoriously formidable task. Los Angelinos have only recently finished paying off their budget-breaking 1984 Olympics; Montreal is still in debt for its 1976 Games (to add insult to injury, Canada is the only host country to have failed to win a single gold medal during its own Olympics). The tradition of runaway expenses has persisted in recent years. London Olympics managers have admitted that their 2012 costs may increase ten times over their initial projections, leaving tax payers 20 billion pounds in the red.

Hosting the Olympics is often understood to be an excellent way to update a city’s sporting infrastructure. The extensive demands of Olympic sports include aquatic complexes, equestrian circuits, shooting ranges, beach volleyball courts, and, of course, an 80,000 seat athletic stadium. Yet these demands are typically only necessary to accommodate a brief influx of athletes from around the world. Despite the enthusiasm many populations initially have for the development of world-class sporting complexes in their home towns, these complexes typically fall into disuse after the Olympic fervour has waned. Even Australia, home to one of the world’s most sportive populations, has left its taxpayers footing a $32 million-a-year bill for the maintenance of vacant facilities.

Another major concern is that when civic infrastructure developments are undertaken in preparation for hosting the Olympics, these benefits accrue to a single metropolitan centre (with the exception of some outlying areas that may get some revamped sports facilities). In countries with an expansive land mass, this means vast swathes of the population miss out entirely. Furthermore, since the International Olympic Committee favours prosperous “global” centres (the United Kingdom was told, after three failed bids from its provincial cities, that only London stood any real chance at winning), the improvement of public transport, roads and communication links tends to concentrate in places already well-equipped with world-class infrastructures. Perpetually by-passing minor cities create a cycle of disenfranchisement: these cities never get an injection of capital, they fail to become first-rate candidates, and they are constantly passed over in favour of more secure choices.

Finally, there is no guarantee that the Olympics will be a popular success. The “feel good” factor that most proponents of Olympic bids extol (and that was no doubt driving the 90 to 100 per cent approval rates of Parisians and Londoners for their cities’ respective 2012 bids) can be an elusive phenomenon, and one that is tied to that nation’s standing on the medal tables. This ephemeral thrill cannot compare to the years of disruptive construction projects and security fears that go into preparing for an Olympic Games, nor the decades of debt repayment that follow (Greece’s preparation for Athens 2004 famously deterred tourists from visiting the country due to widespread unease about congestion and disruption).

There are feasible alternatives to the bloat, extravagance and wasteful spending that comes with a modern Olympic Games. One option is to designate a permanent host city that would be re-designed or built from scratch especially for the task. Another is to extend the duration of the Olympics so that it becomes a festival of several months. Local businesses would enjoy the extra spending and congestion would ease substantially as competitors and spectators come and go according to their specific interests. Neither the “Olympic City” nor the extended length options really get to the heart of the issue, however. Stripping away ritual and decorum in favour of concentrating on athletic rivalry would be preferable.

Failing that, the Olympics could simply be scrapped altogether. International competition could still be maintained through world championships in each discipline. Most of these events are already held on non-Olympic years anyway – the International Association of Athletics Federations, for example, has run a biennial World Athletics Championship since 1983 after members decided that using the Olympics for their championship was no longer sufficient. Events of this nature keep world-class competition alive without requiring Olympic-sized expenses.

Questions 14-18

Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A–K , below.

Write the correct letter, A–K , in boxes 14–18 on your answer sheet.

14 Bids to become a host city

15 Personal relationships and political tensions

16 Cost estimates for the Olympic Games

17 Purpose-built sporting venues

18 Urban developments associated with the Olympics

A often help smaller cities to develop basic infrastructure.

B tend to occur in areas where they are least needed.

C require profitable companies to be put out of business.

D are often never used again once the Games are over.

E can take up to ten years to complete.

F also satisfy needs of local citizens for first-rate sports facilities.

G is usually only successful when it is from a capital city.

H are closely related to how people feel emotionally about the Olympics.

I are known for being very inaccurate.

J often underlie the decisions of International Olympic Committee members.

K are holding back efforts to reform the Olympics.

Questions 19–25

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?

In boxes 19–25 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

19 Residents of host cities have little use for the full range of Olympic facilities.

20 Australians have still not paid for the construction of Olympic sports facilities.

21 People far beyond the host city can expect to benefit from improved infrastructure.

22 It is difficult for small cities to win an Olympic bid.

23 When a city makes an Olympic bid, a majority of its citizens usually want it to win.

24 Whether or not people enjoy hosting the Olympics in their city depends on how athletes from their country perform in Olympic events.

25 Fewer people than normal visited Greece during the run up to the Athens Olympics.

Questions 26 and 27

Choose TWO letters, A–E .

Write the correct letters in boxes 26 and 27 on your answer sheet.

Which TWO of the following does the author propose as alternatives to the current Olympics?

A The Olympics should be cancelled in favour of individual competitions for each sport.

B The Olympics should focus on ceremony rather than competition.

C The Olympics should be held in the same city every time.

D The Olympics should be held over a month rather than seventeen days.

E The Olympics should be made smaller by getting rid of unnecessary and unpopular sports.

READING PASSAGE 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 28-40 which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.

Time Travel

Questions 28-33

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3?

In boxes 28–33 on your answer sheet, write

28 It is unclear where neutrinos come from.

29 Neutrinos can pass through a person’s body without causing harm.

30 It took scientists between 50-70 nanoseconds to send the neutrinos from Geneva to Italy.

31 Researchers accounted for effects the moon might have had on the experiment.

32 The theory of relativity has often been called into question unsuccessfully.

33 This experiment could soon lead to some practical uses for time travel.

Questions 34–39

Complete the table below.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 34–39 on your answer sheet.

Question 40

Choose the correct letter, A , B , C or D .

Write the correct letter in box 40 on your answer sheet.

Stephen Hawking has stated that

A Human time travel is theoretically possible, but is unlikely to ever actually occur.

B Human time travel might be possible, but only moving backward in time.

C Human time travel might be possible, but only moving forward in time.

D All time travel is impossible.

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9. electric currents

10. olfactory organs

11. electric signals

12. sinewy muscle

13. electric field

20. NOT GIVEN

23. NOT GIVEN

26&27. A, C

30. NOT GIVEN

34. past actions

35. inconsistencies

36. Hugh Everett

37. alternative pathway

38. non-existence theory

39. historical identity

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Reading passage 3.

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 28-40 which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.

So, is time travel just around the corner? The prospect has certainly been wrenched much closer to the realm of possibility now that a major physical hurdle – the speed of light – has been cleared. If particles can travel faster than light, in theory travelling back in time is possible. How anyone harnesses that to some kind of helpful end is far beyond the scope of any modern technologies, however, and will be left to future generations to explore.

Questions 28-33

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3?

In boxes 28–33 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

28 It is unclear where neutrinos come from.

29 Neutrinos can pass through a person’s body without causing harm.

30 It took scientists between 50-70 nanoseconds to send the neutrinos from Geneva to Italy.

31 Researchers accounted for effects the moon might have had on the experiment.

32 The theory of relativity has often been called into question unsuccessfully.

33 This experiment could soon lead to some practical uses for time travel.

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Questions 34–39.

Complete the table below.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 34–39 on your answer sheet.

Question 40

Choose the correct letter, A , B , C or D .

Write the correct letter in box 40 on your answer sheet.

Stephen Hawking has stated that

A Human time travel is theoretically possible, but is unlikely to ever actually occur.

B Human time travel might be possible, but only moving backward in time.

C Human time travel might be possible, but only moving forward in time.

D All time travel is impossible.

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This is the third section of your IELTS Academic Reading test. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.

A In the early days of mountaineering, questions of safety, standards of practice, and environmental impact were not widely considered. The sport gained traction following the successful 1786 ascent of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Western Europe, by two French mountaineers, Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard. This event established the beginning of modern mountaineering, but the sole consideration over the next hundred years was the success or failure of climbers in reaching the summit and claiming the prestige of having made the first ascent.

B Toward the end of the nineteenth century, however, developments in technology spurred debate regarding climbing practices. Of particular concern in this era was the introduction of pitons (metal spikes that climbers hammer into the rock face for leverage) and the use of belaying techniques. A few, such as Italian climber Guido Ray, supported these methods as ways to render climbing less burdensome and more ‘acrobatic’. Others felt that they were only of value as a safety net if all else failed. Austrian Paul Preuss went so far as to eschew all artificial aids, scaling astonishing heights using only his shoes and his bare hands. Albert Mummery, a well known British mountaineer and author who climbed the European Alps, and, more famously, the Himalayas, where he died at the age of 39 attempting a notoriously difficult ascent, developed the notion of ‘fair means’ as a kind of informal protocol by which the use of ‘walk-through’ guidebooks and equipment such as ladders and grappling hooks were discouraged.

C By the 1940s, bolts had begun to replace pitons as the climber’s choice of equipment, and criticism surrounding their use was no less fierce. In 1948, when two American climbers scaled Mount Brussels in the Canadian Rockies using a small number of pitons and bolts, climber Frank Smythe wrote of their efforts: ‘I still regard Mount Brussels as unclimbed, and my feelings are no different from those I should have were I to hear that a helicopter had deposited its passenger on the summit of that mountain just so that he could boast that he had trodden an untrodden mountain top.’

D Climbing purists aside, it was not until the 1970s that the general tide began to turn against bolting and pitons. The USA, and much of the western world, was waking up to the damage it had been causing to the planet, and environmentalist campaigns and new government policies were becoming widespread. This new awareness and sensitivity to environmental issues spilled over into the rock climbing community. As a result, a stripped-down style of rock climbing known as ‘clean climbing’ became widely adopted. Clean climbing helped preserve rock faces and, compared with older approaches, it was much simpler to practise. This was partly due to the hallmark of clean climbing – the use of nuts – which were favoured over bolts because they could be placed into the rock wall with one hand while climbers maintained their grip on the rock with the other.

E Not everyone embraced the clean climbing movement, however. A decade later, debates over two more developments were erupting. The first related to the practice of chipping, in which climbers chip away pieces of rock in order to create tiny cracks in which to insert their fingers. The other major point of contention was a process that involves setting bolts in reverse from the top of the climb down. Rappel bolting makes almost any rock face climbable with relative ease, and as a result of this new technique, the sport has lost much of its risk factor and sense of pioneering spirit; indeed, it has become more about muscle power and technical mastery than a psychological trial of fearlessness under pressure. Because of this shift in focus, many amateur climbers have flocked to indoor climbing gyms, where the risk of serious harm is negligible.

F Given the environmental damage rock climbing can cause, this may be a positive outcome. It is ironic that most rock climbers and mountaineers love the outdoors and have great respect for the majesty of nature and the impressive challenges she poses, but that in the pursuit of their goals they inevitably trample sensitive vegetation, damaging and disturbing delicate flora and lichens which grow on ledges and cliff faces. Two researchers from a Canadian university, Doug Larson and Michelle McMillan, have found that rock faces that are regularly climbed have lost up to 80% of the coverage and diversity of native plant species. If that were not bad enough, non-native species have also been inadvertently introduced, having been carried in on climbers’ boots.

G This leaves rock climbing with an uncertain future. Climbers are not the only user group that wishes to enjoy the wilderness – hikers, mountain bikers and horseback riders visit the same areas, and more importantly, they are much better organised, with long-established lobby groups protecting their interests. With increased pressure on limited natural resources, it has been suggested that climbers put aside their differences over the ethics of various climbing techniques, and focus on the effect of their practices on the environment and their relationship with other users and landowners.

H In any event, there can be no doubt that the era of the rock climber as a lone wolf or intrepid pioneer is over. Like many other forms of recreation, rock climbing has increasingly come under the fold of institutional efforts to curb dangerous behaviour and properly manage our natural environments. This may have spoiled the magic, but it has also made the sport safer and more sustainable, and governing bodies would do well to consider heightening such efforts in the future.

Questions 27–32

Reading Passage 3 has eight paragraphs, A–H.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter, A–H, in boxes 27–32 on your answer sheet.

Questions 33–39

Complete the flow chart below.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 33–39 on your answer sheet.

A rock climbing time line

Question 40

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter in box 40 on your answer sheet.

Choose the most appropriate title for the reading passage.

A. A history of rock climbing

B. Ethics and issues in rock climbing

C. Current trends in rock climbing

D. Sport climbers versus traditional climbers

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A. There are numerous reasons why people have ventured outside of their own societies. Some travellers might have just wanted to quench their curiosity about the rest of the world. However, until recently, travellers did set out on their journeys for factors other than piqued curiosity. The traveler’s accounts offer a wealth of insightful information about these foreign places and open a window to a better understanding of the local cultures and histories, but they also serve as a mirror for the travellers themselves because they give them a better understanding of who they are.

B. Fragmented travel accounts first appeared in Mesopotamia and Egypt in ancient times, and records of foreign travel started to appear soon after writing was invented. Travel accounts became a popular literary genre after the formation of large, imperial states in the classical world, and they held an especially strong appeal for rulers desiring useful knowledge about their realms. In order to learn more about the history of the Persian wars, the Greek historian Herodotus wrote about his travels to Egypt and Anatolia. Based on journeys made in the first century BCE in search of allies for the Han dynasty, the Chinese envoy Zhang Qian described much of central Asia as far west as Bactria (modern-day Afghanistan). The vast compendia of geographic knowledge that Hellenistic and Roman geographers like Ptolemy, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder compiled were based on their own travels through most of the Mediterranean region as well as the accounts of other travellers.

C. Travel to foreign countries was greatly influenced by trade and pilgrimage during the post-classical era (roughly 500 to 1500 CE). Many parts of the eastern hemisphere were sought after by Muslim traders. They provided the first written accounts of societies in sub-Saharan West Africa and described the lands, peoples, and commercial goods of the Indian Ocean basin from East Africa to Indonesia. Devout Muslims travelled as pilgrims to Mecca to perform the hajj and visit the Islamic holy sites, while traders set out in search of trade and financial gain. Millions of Muslims have followed the prophet Muhammad’s example since his first pilgrimage to Mecca, and thousands of hajj accounts have detailed their experiences. East Asian travellers followed many of the roads and sea lanes in the eastern hemisphere during the post-classical era, though they were not quite as well-known as Muslims. Devout East Asian Buddhists travelled great distances on pilgrimages, and Chinese traders frequently travelled to South-East Asia and India. On occasion, they even ventured to East Africa. Numerous Chinese Buddhists travelled to India between the fifth and ninth centuries CE to study with Buddhist teachers, gather sacred texts, and visit sacred sites. Many pilgrims’ experiences, including those of Faxian, Xuanzang, and Yijing, were chronicled in written accounts. Buddhists from Japan, Korea, and other countries also travelled to other countries in search of spiritual enlightenment, although their numbers were not as great as those of the Chinese pilgrims.

D. Early in the post-classical era, medieval Europeans did not travel as extensively as their Muslim and East Asian contemporaries, despite the fact that ever-increasing numbers of Christian pilgrims travelled to Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago de Compostela (in northern Spain), and other holy sites. However, after the 12th century, numerous merchants, pilgrims, and missionaries from medieval Europe travelled widely and left behind travel diaries; the best-known of these is Marco Polo’s account of his journeys and stay in China. Europeans searched for new and more direct routes to Asian and African markets as they became more familiar with the larger eastern hemisphere and the lucrative commercial opportunities it offered. Their efforts eventually led them to the Americas and Oceania in addition to travelling to every region of the eastern hemisphere.

E. In contrast to Muslim and Chinese travellers and travel writers in post-classical times, European explorers, conquistadors, traders, and missionaries dominated the early modern era (roughly 1500–1800 CE). In early modern times, Muslim and Chinese travel was by no means stopped. However, Europeans travelled to remote regions of the world, and European printing presses produced thousands of travelogues that described distant places and peoples for an audience that seemed to have an insatiable appetite for news about the rest of the world. A number of editors, including Giambattista Ramusio, Richard Hakluyt, Theodore de Biy, and Samuel Purchas, compiled a large number of travel accounts and made them available in sizable published collections due to the volume of travel literature at the time.

F. European travellers explored the interior regions of Africa and the Americas during the 19th century, sparking a new wave of travel writing. While this was going on, European colonial administrators wrote extensively about the societies of their colonial subjects, particularly in the colonies they founded in Asia and Africa. By the middle of the 20th century, attention was also shifting the other way. Travellers from Asia, in particular, visited Europe and the United States in an effort to learn organisational principles that would be helpful for their own societies, despite being painfully aware of the military and technological prowess of European and Euro-American societies. The Japanese reformer Fukuzawa Yu-kichi and the Chinese revolutionary San Yat-senauthor were two of the most notable of these travellers who heavily drew on their overseas observations and experiences in their own writings.

G. Explosions in both the frequency of long distance travel and the volume of travel writing were seen in the 20th century as a result of the development of affordable and dependable modes of transportation. While there was still a lot of travel for the same reasons as in the past—business, administration, diplomacy, pilgrimage, and missionary work—more efficient mass transportation methods allowed for the growth of new types of travel. Mass tourism emerged as a significant form of consumption for people living in the world’s wealthy societies, making it the most distinctive of them. Travelling allowed people to experience new places like Rome’s landmarks, a Caribbean cruise, a Great Wall of China hike, some Bordeaux wineries, or a Kenyan safari. To accommodate these travellers, a peculiar variation of the travelogue emerged: the guidebook, which provided recommendations on where to eat, stay, shop, observe local customs, and see all the important sights. The global economy has been greatly impacted by tourism, but other recent forms of travel have also had a significant impact.

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Travel books Reading Questions

Questions 1-2

Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D. Write your answers in boxes 1-2 on your answer sheet.

1. When it first started, why did the majority of people travel?

A. Researching one’s own culture B. Business C. Better familiarity with other people and places D. Publishing travelogues

2. Why did the author say writing travel books is also “a mirror” for travellers themselves?

A. Travellers keep journals of their own experiences. B. Because travellers consider their own culture and way of life. C. Because it broadens our understanding of world cultures. D. As a result of its relevance to the evolution of human society.

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Questions 3-5

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Write your answers in boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet.

3. Why were the imperial rulers especially interested in these travel stories?

A. Reading travel stories was a popular pastime. B. The accounts are often truthful rather than fictional. C. Travel books played an important role in literature. D. They desired knowledge of their empire.

4. Who were the largest group to record their spiritual trips during the post-classical era?

A. Muslim traders B. Muslim pilgrims C. Chinese Buddhists D. Indian Buddhist teachers

5. During the early modern era, a large number of travel books were published to

A. meet the public’s interest. B. explore new business opportunities. C. encourage trips to the new world. D. record the larger world.

Questions 6-13

Complete the table on the next page.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from Reading Passage 234 for each answer.

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1. C 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. Persian wars 7. Allies 8. Geographical Knowledge 9. Pilgrimage 10. India 11. Colonies 12. Principles 13. Wealthy

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Travel books.

Questions 27-28

Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.

Write your answers in boxes 27-28 on your answer sheet.

27 What were most people traveling for in the early days?

A Studying their own cultures

C knowing other people and places better

D Writing travel books

28 Why did the author say writing travel books is also “a mirror” for travelers themselves?

A Because travelers record their own experiences.

B Because travelers reflect upon their own society and life.

C Because it increases knowledge of foreign cultures.

D Because it is related to the development of human society.

Questions 29-36

Complete the table on the next page.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from Reading Passage 3 for each answer.

Write your answer in boxes 29-36 on your answer sheet.

Questions 37-40

Write your answers in boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet.

37 Why were the imperial rulers especially interested in these travel stories?

A Reading travel stories was a popular pastime.

B The accounts are often truthful rather than fictional.

C Travel books played an important role in literature.

D They desired knowledge of their empire.

38 Who was the largest group to record their spiritual trips during the post-classical era?

A Muslim traders

B Muslim pilgrims

C Chinese Buddhists

D Indian Buddhist teachers

39 During the early modern era, a large number of travel books were published to

A meet the public’s interest.

B explore new business opportunities.

C encourage trips to the new world.

D record the larger world.

40 What’s the main theme of the passage?

A The production of travel books

B The literary status of travel books

C The historical significance of travel books

D The development of travel books

Reading Answer

27 Answer: C

Question type: Multiple Choice Question

Answer location: Paragraph 1, line 2

Answer explanation: The 2nd line of the first paragraph states that Some travelers may have simply desired to satisfy curiosity about the larger world. Until recent times, however, travelers did start their journey for reasons other than mere curiosity. While the travelers’ accounts give much valuable information on these foreign lands and provide a window for the understanding of the local cultures and histories, they are also a mirror to the travelers themselves, for these accounts help them to have a better understanding of themselves. We can deduce from these lines that travelers simply desire to satisfy the curiosity of the outside world. Most people travel as they want to understand and get acquainted with new people and places. Thus, the answer is C.

28 Answer: B

Answer location: Paragraph 1, line 3

Answer explanation: The 3rd line of the first paragraph states, “ While the travelers’ accounts give much valuable information on these foreign lands and provide a window for the understanding of the local cultures and histories, they are also a mirror to the travelers themselves, for these accounts help them to have a better understanding of themselves.” These lines suggest that traveling provides information on cities abroad and a window to better understand the local cultures and histories. They’re also a mirror to the travelers themselves for these accounts help them to gain a better understanding of themselves. Thus, the author says writing travel books are a mirror for travelers themselves because travelers reflect upon their society and life. Thus, the answer is B.

29 Answer: Persian wars

Question type: Table Completion

Answer location: Paragraph 2, line 5

Answer explanation: The 5th line of the 2nd paragraph states that the Greek historian Herodotus reported on his travels in Egypt and Anatolia in researching the history of the Persian wars. These lines suggest that during the time of classical Greece, travelers Herodotus reported on his travels in Egypt and Anatolia to gather information for the study of Persian wars. Thus, the answer is the Persian wars.

30 Answer: allies

Answer location: Paragraph 2, lines 6 – 7

Answer explanation: The 6th line of paragraph 2 illustrates that the Chinese envoy Zhang Qian described much of central Asia as far west as Bacteria (modern-day Afghanistan) based on travels undertaken in the first century BCE while searching for allies for the Han dynasty. We can deduce from these lines that during the Hans dynasty, traveler, Zhang Qian traveled Central Asia in search of allies. Thus, the answer is allied.

31 Answer: geographical knowledge

Answer location: Paragraph 2, last line

Answer explanation: The last line of the 2nd paragraph is that Hellenistic and Roman geographers such as Ptolemy, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder relied on their travels through much of the Mediterranean world as well as reports of other travelers to compile vast compendia of geographical knowledge. These lines indicate that during the time of the Roman empire, Roman travelers and Geographers like Ptolemy, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder depended on their travels through the Mediterranean to acquire a vast compendium of geographical information/ knowledge. Thus, the answer is geographical knowledge.

32 Answer: pilgrimage

Answer location: Paragraph 3

Answer explanation: The initial lines of the 3rd paragraph reveals that during the post-classical era (about 500 to 1500 CE), trade and pilgrimage emerged as major incentives for travel to foreign lands. These lines indicate that after the post-classical period, Muslim travelers traveled from East Africa to Indonesia Mecca for trading and pilgrimage. Thus, the answer is a pilgrimage.

33 Answer: India

Answer location: Paragraph 3, line 13

Answer explanation: The 13th line of the 3rd paragraph illustrates that between the 5th and 9th centuries CE, hundreds and possibly even thousands of Chinese Buddhists traveled to India to study with Buddhist teachers, collect sacred texts, and visit holy sites. Written accounts recorded the experiences of many pilgrims. We can deduce from these lines that during the 5th and 9th centuries, the Chinese Buddhists traveled to India to collect Buddhist texts and for spiritual enlightenment. Thus, the answer is India.

34 Answer: colonies

Answer location: Paragraph 6, line 2

Answer explanation: The 2nd line of the 6th paragraph states that European colonial administrators devoted numerous writings to the societies of their colonial subjects, particularly in the Asian and African colonies they established. These lines indicate that during the 19th century, the colonial administrator traveled to Asia and Africa to provide information for the colonies they set up. Thus, the answer is colonies.

35 Answer: principles

Answer location: Paragraph 6, line 5

Answer explanation: The 5th line of the 6th paragraph illustrates, “ Painfully aware of the military and technological prowess of European and Euro-American societies, Asian travelers, in particular, visited Europe and the United States in hopes of discovering principles useful for the organization of their societies.” We can deduce from these lines that by the mid-century of the 1900s, Sun Yat-sen Fukuzawa Yukichi traveled to Europe and US, to study the principles for the reorganization of their societies. Hence, the answer is principles.

36 Answer: wealthy

Answer location: Paragraph 8, line 5

Answer explanation: The 5th line of the 8th paragraph states that the most distinctive of them was mass tourism, which emerged as a major form of consumption for individuals living in the world’s wealthy societies. These lines indicate that by the 20th century, people from wealthy countries traveled mass tourism for entertainment and pleasure. Thus, the answer is wealth.

37 Answer: D

Answer location: Paragraph 2, line 2

Answer explanation: The 2nd line of 2nd paragraph states that after the formation of large, imperial states in the classical world, travel accounts emerged as a prominent literary genre in many lands, and they held especially strong appeal for rulers desiring useful knowledge about their realms. We can understand from these lines that post the formation of huge imperial states in the classical period, the imperial rulers were especially interested in the travel stories as they desired knowledge of their kingdoms (realm). Hence, the answer is D.

38 Answer: B

Question type: Multiple Choice Question

Answer location: Paragraph 3, lines 5 & 15

Answer explanation: In the 5th line of the 3rd paragraph, it is mentioned that while merchants set out in search of trade and profit, devout Muslims traveled as pilgrims to Mecca to make their hajj and visit the holy sites of Islam. The 15th line states that written accounts recorded the experiences of many pilgrims . It is a well-known fact that during the post-classical era (about 500 to 1500 CE), Muslims traveled from East Africa to Indonesia and Mecca for trading and pilgrimage. Therefore, it is evident that Muslim pilgrims were the largest group to record their spiritual trips during the post-classical era. Thus, the answer is B.

39 Answer: A

Answer location: Paragraph 5, line 3

Answer explanation: Paragraph 5 states the fact that the Muslim and Chinese dominated travel and travel writing in post-classical times . The 3rd line states that by no means did Muslim and Chinese travel come to a halt in early modern times. But European peoples ventured to the distant corners of the globe, and European printing presses churned out thousands of travel accounts that described foreign lands and peoples for a reading public with an insatiable appetite for news about the larger world. The volume of travel literature was so great that several editors, including Giambattista Ramusio, Richard Hakluyt, Theodore de Biy, and Samuel Purchas, assembled numerous travel accounts and made them available in enormous published collections. These lines demonstrate that Europeans ventured to distant places churning out thousands of travel accounts that describe foreign and public interest in reading those books. Therefore, it is clear that during the early modern era, a large number of travel books were published to meet the public’s interests. Thus, the answer is A.

40 Answer: D

Answer location: Paragraph 1 – 8

Answer explanation: The 8th line of the first paragraph states that there are many reasons why individuals have traveled beyond their societies. Some travelers may have simply desired to satisfy curiosity about the larger world. We can understand from these lines that the main theme of the passage is the development of travel books. Thus, the answer is D.

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A - The history of travel

Travel has existed since the beginning of time , when primitive man set out, often traversing great distances in search of game, which provided the food and clothing necessary for his survival. Throughout the course of history, people have travelled for purposes of trade, religious conviction, economic gain, war, migration and other equally compelling motivations. In the Roman era, wealthy aristocrats and high government officials also travelled for pleasure. Seaside resorts located at Pompeii and Herculaneum afforded citizens the opportunity to escape to their vacation villas in order to avoid the summer heat of Rome. Travel, except during the Dark Ages, has continued to grow and, throughout recorded history, has played a vital role in the development of civilisations and their economies.

B - The development of mass tourism

Tourism in the mass form as we know it today is a distinctly twentieth-century phenomenon . Historians suggest that the advent of mass tourism began in England during the industrial revolution with the rise of the middle class and the availability of relatively inexpensive transportation. The creation of the commercial airline industry following the Second World War and the subsequent development of the jet aircraft in the 1950s signalled the rapid growth and expansion of international travel. This growth led to the development of a major new industry: tourism. In turn, international tourism became the concern of a number of world governments since it not only provided new employment opportunities but also produced a means of earning foreign exchange.

C - Economic and social significance of tourism

Tourism today has grown significantly in both economic and social importance. In most industrialised countries over the past few years the fastest growth has been seen in the area of services. One of the largest segments of the service industry, although largely unrecognised as an entity in some of these countries, is travel and tourism. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (1992), travel and tourism is the largest industry in the world on virtually any economic measure including value-added capital investment, employment and tax contributions,. In 1992’ the industry’s gross output was estimated to be $3.5 trillion, over 12 per cent of all consumer spending. The travel and tourism industry is the world’s largest employer the almost 130 million jobs, or almost 7 per cent of all employees. This industry is the world’s leading industrial contributor, producing over 6 per cent of the world’s national product and accounting for capital investment in excess of $422 billion m direct indirect and personal taxes each year. Thus, tourism has a profound impact both on the world economy and, because of the educative effect of travel and the effects on employment, on society itself.

D - Difficulty in recognising the economic effects of tourism

However, the major problems of the travel and tourism industry that have hidden, or obscured, its economic impact are the diversity and fragmentation of the industry itself . The travel industry includes: hotels, motels and other types of accommodation; restaurants and other food services; transportation services and facilities; amusements, attractions and other leisure facilities; gift shops and a large number of other enterprises. Since many of these businesses also serve local residents, the impact of spending by visitors can easily be overlooked or underestimated. In addition, Meis (1992) points out that the tourism industry involves concepts that have remained amorphous to both analysts and decision makers. Moreover, in all nations this problem has made it difficult for the industry to develop any type of reliable or credible tourism information base in order to estimate the contribution it makes to regional, national and global economies. However, the nature of this very diversity makes travel and tourism ideal vehicles for economic development in a wide variety of countries, regions or communities.

E - The world impact of tourism

Once the exclusive province of the wealthy, travel and tourism have become an institutionalised way of life for most of the population. In fact, McIntosh and Goeldner (1990) suggest that tourism has become the largest commodity in international trade for many nations and, for a significant number of other countries, it ranks second or third . For example, tourism is the major source of income in Bermuda, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and most Caribbean countries. In addition, Hawkins and Ritchie, quoting from data published by the American Express Company, suggest that the travel and tourism industry is the number one ranked employer in the Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, France, (the former) West Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. However, because of problems of definition, which directly affect statistical measurement, it is not possible with any degree of certainty to provide precise, valid or reliable data about the extent of world-wide tourism participation or its economic impact . In many cases, similar difficulties arise when attempts are made to measure domestic tourism .

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Reading Passage has five paragraphs, A-E .

Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B-E from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number, i-vii ,in boxes 1-4 on your answer sheet

List of Headings

i. Economic and social significance of tourism ii. The development of mass tourism iii. Travel for the wealthy iv. Earning foreign exchange through tourism v. Difficulty in recognising the economic effects of tourism vi. The contribution of air travel to tourism vii. The world impact of tourism viii. The history of travel

1 i ii iii iv v vi vii viii Paragraph B Answer: ii Locate 2 i ii iii iv v vi vii viii Paragraph C Answer: i Locate 3 i ii iii iv v vi vii viii Paragraph D Answer: v Locate 4 i ii iii iv v vi vii viii Paragraph E Answer: vii Locate

Questions 5-10

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage?

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TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

5 TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN The largest employment figures in the world are found in the travel and tourism industry. Answer: TRUE Locate 6 TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN Tourism contributes over six per cent of the Australian gross national product. Answer: NOT GIVEN 7 TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN Tourism has a social impact because it promotes recreation. Answer: NOT GIVEN 8 TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN Two main features of the travel and tourism industry make its economic significance difficult to ascertain. Answer: TRUE Locate 9 TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN Visitor spending is always greater than the spending of residents in tourist areas. Answer: NOT GIVEN 10 TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN It is easy to show statistically how tourism affects individual economies. Answer: FALSE Locate

Questions 11-13

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Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 11-13 on your answer sheet.

11. In Greece, tourism the most important Answer: source of income / industry Locate

12. The travel and tourism industry in Jamaica is the major Answer: employer Locate

13. The problems associated with measuring international tourism are often reflected in the measurement of Answer: domestic tourism Locate

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B Lifeventure Mini Travel Document Wallet

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The black wallet features seven slip-in card compartments, two small interior zip pockets and a load of other slip-in compartments. It can fit at least four passports.

G Gotravel Glo Travel Wallet

This is a simple, very reasonably priced wallet. It is made of PVC plastic and will suit those who like a wallet that is easy to spot. It comes in a range of bright colours with a white holiday-related design on the front. It has five compartments that can fit a passport with other cards/tickets.

Questions 1-8

Look at the seven reviews of travel wallets, A-G .

For which travel wallet are the following statements true?

Write the correct letter, A-G , in boxes 1-8 on your answer sheet.

NB You may use any letter more than once .

1. This wallet will suit people who prefer natural materials.

2. Users of this wallet do not need to worry about taking it out in the rain.

3. Parts of the inside of this wallet have categories printed on them in one colour.

4. This wallet would suit someone who needs to keep several passports together.

5. Something is provided for writing.

6. This will suit people who want to be able to find their document wallet easily in their luggage.

7. Something to keep this wallet in is provided.

8. This wallet has been specially made to prevent people detecting the numbers on any bank cards, etc. inside it.

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DỊCH VÀ GIẢI THÍCH ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ THI IELTS READING:

Time travel.

Du hành thời gian đã tiến một bước nhỏ ra khỏi khoa học viễn tưởng và gần đây hướng tới khoa học khi các nhà vật lý phát hiện ra rằng các hạt hạ nguyên tử được gọi là neutrino - dòng dõi của các mảnh vụn phóng xạ của mặt trời - có thể vượt quá tốc độ ánh sáng. Loại hạt khiêm tốn - nó trung hòa về điện, nhỏ nhưng có "khối lượng khác không" và có thể xuyên qua cơ thể con người mà không bị phát hiện - đang trên đường trở thành một ngôi sao nhạc rock của thế giới khoa học.

Các nhà nghiên cứu từ Tổ chức Nghiên cứu Hạt nhân Châu Âu (CERN) ở Geneva đã gửi các hạt neutrino lao vút qua một hành lang ngầm về phía các đồng nghiệp của họ tại nhóm Dự án Dao động với Thiết bị Truy tìm Nhũ tương (OPERA) cách đó 730 km ở Gran Sasso, Ý. Các hạt neutrino đến nhanh chóng - thực tế là nhanh đến mức chúng kích hoạt cái mà các nhà khoa học gọi là điều không thể tưởng tượng được - đến nỗi mọi thứ họ đã học, đã biết hoặc đã dạy bắt nguồn từ một trăm năm qua của ngành vật lý có thể cần phải được xem xét lại.

Vấn đề đang bị đe dọa là một khoảng thời gian rất nhỏ - chính xác là sáu mươi nano giây (tức là sáu mươi phần tỷ giây). Đây là mức độ nhanh hơn so với tốc độ ánh sáng mà các neutrino dùng để di chuyển trong các chuyến đi dưới lòng đất và với một tốc độ nhất quán (15.000 neutrino đã được gửi đi trong ba năm). Ngay cả khi cho phép sai số là mười phần tỷ giây, tốc độ này vẫn là bằng chứng cho thấy có thể chạy đua với ánh sáng và giành chiến thắng. Thời gian của thí nghiệm cũng tính đến và loại trừ bất kỳ tác động nào có thể có của mặt trăng hoặc sự tăng lên của thủy triều trong lớp vỏ trái đất.

"to be at stake" : "đang lâm nguy, đang bị đe doạ"

Tuy nhiên, có rất nhiều lý do để vẫn hoài nghi. Theo nhà sử học khoa học Peter Galison của Đại học Harvard, thuyết tương đối của Einstein đã được "thúc đẩy mạnh mẽ hơn bất kỳ lý thuyết nào trong lịch sử khoa học vật lý". Tuy nhiên, mọi thử thách trước đây đều vô ích, và thuyết tương đối cho đến nay vẫn không chịu khuất phục.

Vì vậy, du hành thời gian chỉ quanh quẩn? Hiện tại chắc chắn viễn cảnh đó đã tiến gần hơn đến vùng khả thi khi một rào cản vật lý lớn – tốc độ ánh sáng – đã được giải quyết. Nếu các hạt có thể di chuyển nhanh hơn ánh sáng, thì về lý thuyết, việc du hành ngược thời gian là có thể. Tuy nhiên, làm thế nào bất kỳ ai khai thác điều đó vì một mục đích hữu ích nào đó đều vượt xa phạm vi của bất kỳ công nghệ hiện đại nào và sẽ để lại cho các thế hệ tương lai khám phá.

just around the corner =about to happen.

1. Mua bộ đề gần 400 bài ietls reading - Dịch và giải chi tiết Chỉ 199k bao gồm toàn bộ đề trong bộ Cambridge ( từ bộ 1 -18) và nhiều đề thi thực tế ( xem danh sách 400 đề ielts reading tại đây ). Xem bài mẫu tại đây, Bài mẫu 1 , bài mẫu 2 , bài mẫu 3 . Giải đề bao gồm phần dịch bài đọc, dịch phần câu hỏi, giải thích chi tiết. Để mua bộ đề .Vui lòng điền thông tin theo form tại đây và thanh toán theo thông tin CK trong form.

2. Mua bộ đề Ielts listening từ Cam 10-18 - Dịch và giải chi tiết Chỉ 99k bao gồm phần dịch transcript, dịch câu hỏi, giải đề. Xem bài mẫu tại đây . Để mua bộ đề Vui lòng điền thông tin theo form tại đây và thanh toán theo thông tin CK trong form.

3. Đặc biệt dành tặng 100 bạn hoàn thành buổi học thử miễn phí khóa học Ielts Speaking online 1 kèm 1, các bạn sẽ được tặng bộ đề 400k bài Ielts reading và bộ đề Ielts Listening bộ Cam từ 10-18 gồm bài dịch và giải chi tiết, giải thích từ vựng khó ( thời hạn sử dụng trong vòng 2 tháng). Xem thông tin khóa học Ielts Speaking online 1 kèm 1 và đăng ký học thử tại đây.

Chắc chắn, bất kỳ nhà du hành thời gian nào trong tương lai có thể phải vượt qua nhiều rào cản vật lý và logic hơn là chỉ vượt qua tốc độ ánh sáng. Một trong những vấn đề như vậy, được đặt ra bởi René Barjavel trong văn bản năm 1943 của ông Le Voyageur Imprudent là cái gọi là nghịch lý ông nội. Barjavel đưa ra giả thuyết rằng, nếu có thể quay ngược thời gian, một người du hành thời gian có khả năng giết chết ông nội của mình. Tuy nhiên, nếu điều này xảy ra, bản thân người du hành thời gian sẽ không được sinh ra, điều này đã được biết là đúng. Nói cách khác, có một nghịch lý trong việc phá vỡ một tương lai đã biết trước; du hành thời gian có thể tạo điều kiện thuận lợi cho các hành động trong quá khứ, nghĩa là bản thân du hành thời gian không thể xảy ra.

Tuy nhiên, các lộ trình có thể khác đã được đưa ra. Đối với Igor Novikov, nhà vật lý thiên văn đứng sau định lý của những năm 1980 được gọi là nguyên lý tự thống nhất, du hành thời gian là có thể trong những ranh giới nhất định. Novikov lập luận rằng bất kỳ sự kiện nào gây ra nghịch lý sẽ có xác suất bằng không. Tuy nhiên, có thể “ảnh hưởng” kết quả lịch sử thay vì “thay đổi” nó nếu người du hành thời gian tránh được mọi mâu thuẫn. Ví dụ, ngăn chặn vụ chìm tàu Titanic sẽ thu hồi bất kỳ mệnh lệnh nào trong tương lai để ngăn chặn nó chìm - điều đó là không thể. Tuy nhiên, việc cứu những hành khách được chọn khỏi mặt nước và thay thế họ bằng những xác chết thực tế không phải là không thể, vì hồ sơ lịch sử sẽ không bị thay đổi theo bất kỳ cách nào.

Một khả năng nữa là của các vũ trụ song song. Được phổ biến bởi Bryce Seligman DeWitt vào những năm 1960 (từ công thức nổi tiếng của Hugh Everett), cách giải thích đa thế giới cho rằng một con đường thay thế khác cho mọi sự kiện có thể hình dung được thực sự tồn tại. Nếu chúng ta đưa ai đó quay ngược thời gian, do đó chúng ta có thể sẽ không bao giờ gặp lại anh ta nữa – bất kỳ sự thay đổi nào cũng sẽ chuyển hướng người đó sang một quỹ đạo lịch sử mới.

Một giả thuyết cuối cùng, một giả thuyết có nguồn gốc không xác định, tự định tuyến lại khá hiệu quả xung quanh nghịch lý ông nội. Thuyết không tồn tại gợi ý chính xác điều đó - một người đơn giản là sẽ không bao giờ tồn tại nếu họ thay đổi tổ tiên của mình theo cách cản trở sự ra đời của chính họ. Họ sẽ vẫn tồn tại khi trở về hiện tại, nhưng bất kỳ phản ứng dây chuyền nào liên quan đến hành động của họ sẽ không được ghi nhận. "Bản sắc lịch sử" của họ sẽ biến mất.

Vì vậy, một ngày nào đó con người sẽ bước qua cùng một ranh giới mà neutrino có? Nhà vật lý thiên văn nổi tiếng thế giới Stephen Hawking tin rằng một khi tàu vũ trụ có thể vượt qua tốc độ ánh sáng, con người có thể du hành hàng triệu năm tới tương lai một cách khả thi để tái tạo dân số trên trái đất trong trường hợp ngày tận thế sắp xảy ra. Điều này là do, khi các con tàu vũ trụ tăng tốc tiến vào tương lai, thời gian xung quanh chúng sẽ chậm lại (Hawking thừa nhận rằng các thời đại đã qua là vượt quá giới hạn – điều này sẽ vi phạm quy tắc cơ bản là nguyên nhân có trước kết quả).

off-limit: nằm ngoài khả năng, ngoài phạm vi, giới hạn

Hawking do đó dè dặt nhưng lạc quan. “Du hành thời gian từng bị coi là dị giáo khoa học, và tôi thường tránh nói về nó vì sợ bị coi là lập dị. Những ngày này tôi không quá thận trọng."

Questions 28-33

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3?

In boxes 28–33 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

28 It is unclear where neutrinos come from.

29 Neutrinos can pass through a person’s body without causing harm.

30 It took scientists between 50-70 nanoseconds to send the neutrinos from Geneva to Italy.

31 Researchers accounted for effects the moon might have had on the experiment.

32 The theory of relativity has often been called into question unsuccessfully.

33 This experiment could soon lead to some practical uses for time travel.

Questions 34–39

Complete the table below.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 34–39 on your answer sheet.

Question 40

Choose the correct letter, A , B , C or D .

Write the correct letter in box 40 on your answer sheet.

Stephen Hawking has stated that

A Human time travel is theoretically possible, but is unlikely to ever actually occur.

B Human time travel might be possible, but only moving backward in time.

C Human time travel might be possible, but only moving forward in time.

D All time travel is impossible.

ĐÁP ÁN

30. NOT GIVEN

34. past actions

35. inconsistencies

36. Hugh Everett

37. alternative pathway

38. non-existence theory

39. historical identity

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Glaciers are massive ice formed from compressed snow that moves slowly under their weight. They are critical freshwater reservoirs, storing about 69% of the world's fresh water. Glaciers shape the landscape through erosion and deposition, carving out valleys, creating lakes, and influencing weather patterns.

The topic of glaciers in IELTS reading passages typically covers various aspects such as their formation, movement, impact on the environment, and historical significance. These passages often describe how glaciers are formed from compacted snow, how they move due to gravity and internal pressure, and how they shape the landscape through erosion. Additionally, they might discuss the effects of climate change on glaciers and their role in global water resources.

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Glaciers Reading Passage

You should read the instructions for each question carefully and answer according to them.
The reading passages will increase in difficulty as you progress through the test.
Skimming and scanning of the passage is very important to score well in the reading section.
You should manage your time carefully to ensure enough time to answer all the questions.
You cannot bring any electronic devices, including mobile phones, into the test room.
Besides the earth’s oceans, glacier ice is the largest source of water on earth. A glacier is a massive stream or sheet of ice that moves underneath itself under the influence of gravity. Some glaciers travel down mountains or valleys, while others spread across a large expanse of land. Heavily glaciated regions such as Greenland and Antarctica are called continental glaciers. These two ice sheets encompass over 95 per cent of the earth’s glacial ice. The Greenland ice sheet is almost 10,000 feet thick in some areas, and the weight of this glacier is so heavy that much of the region has been depressed below sea level. Smaller glaciers that occur at higher elevations are called alpine or valley glaciers. Another way of classifying glaciers is in terms of their internal temperature. In temperate glaciers, the ice within the glacier is near its melting point. Polar glaciers, in contrast, always maintain temperatures far below melting.
Most of the earth’s glaciers are near the poles, though glaciers exist on all continents, including Africa and Oceania. Glaciers are generally formed in high alpine regions because they require cold temperatures throughout the year. In areas with little opportunity for summer ablation (loss of mass), snow changes to compacted fim and then crystallised ice. During periods in which melting and evaporation exceed the amount of snowfall, glaciers will retreat rather than progress. While glaciers rely heavily on snowfall, other climactic conditions, including freezing rain, avalanches, and wind, contribute to their growth. One year of below-average precipitation can stunt the growth of a glacier tremendously. With the rare exception of surging glaciers, a common glacier flows about 10 inches per day in the summer and 5 inches per day in the winter. The fastest glacial surge on record occurred in 1953 when the Kutiah Glacier in Pakistan grew more than 12 kilometres in three months.
The weight and pressure of ice accumulation cause glacier movement. Glaciers move out from under themselves via plastic deformation and basal slippage. First, the internal flow of ice crystals begins to spread outward and downward from the thickened snowpack, also known as the zone of accumulation. Next, the ice along the ground surface begins to slip in the same direction. Seasonal thawing at the base of the glacier helps to facilitate this slippage. The middle of a glacier moves faster than the sides and bottom because there is no rock to cause friction. The upper part of a glacier rides on the ice below. As a glacier moves, it carves out a U-shaped valley similar to a riverbed but with much steeper walls and a flatter bottom.
Besides the extraordinary rivers of ice, glacial erosion creates other unique physical features in the landscape, such as horns, fjords, hanging valleys, and cirques. Most of these landforms do not become visible until after a glacier has receded. Many are created by moraines at the sides and front of a glacier. Moraines are formed when material is picked up along the way and deposited in a new location. These moraines can create a horn when many alpine glaciers occur on the same mountain. The Matterhorn, in the Swiss Alps, is one of the most famous horns. Fjords, very common in Norway, are coastal valleys that fill with ocean water during a glacial retreat. Hanging valleys occur when two or more glacial valleys intersect at varying elevations. It is common for waterfalls to connect the higher and lower hanging valleys, such as in Vosemite National Park. A cirque is a large bowl-shaped valley that forms at the front of a glacier. Cirques often have a lip on their downslope that is deep enough to hold small lakes when the ice melts away.
Glacier movement and shape-shifting typically occur over hundreds of years. While about 10 per cent of the earth’s land is covered with glaciers, it is believed that during the last Ice Age, glaciers covered approximately 32 per cent of the earth’s surface. Most glaciers have been retreating rather than flowing forward in the past century. Whether this glacial activity is due to human impact or natural causes is unknown. Still, glaciologists can begin to understand environmental issues such as global warming by studying glacier movement and comparing climate and agricultural profiles over hundreds of years.

Glaciers Reading Questions & Answers

Questions and answers 1-5.

Write the correct A-E letter on your answer sheet in boxes 1-5.
There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use them all.
Glacial Continents
Formation and Growth of Glaciers
Glacial Movement
Glaciers in the Last Ice Age
Glaciers Through the Years
Types of Glaciers
Glacial Effects on Landscape
Glaciers in National Parks

1. Paragraph A

2. Paragraph B

3. Paragraph C

4. Paragraph D

5. Paragraph E

Glaciers Reading Answers with Explanations (1-5)

Type of question: Matching headings

These questions require you to match a paragraph with a heading that most accurately summarises it. The main intention behind this task is to check how well you can understand and recognise the subject of discussion in each paragraph.

How to best answer the questions

Read through the passage and mentally note the ongoing discussion in each paragraph.
Read the set of headings carefully, paying special attention to the keywords.
You can try using the process of elimination for each question and eliminate headings that absolutely cannot match the given paragraph.
Review the headings and paragraphs and confirm your answers.

From paragraph A: “ Besides the earth’s oceans, glacier ice is the largest source of water on earth. A glacier is a massive stream…..always maintain temperatures far below melting.”

Explanation

The first part of the paragraph discusses different kinds of glaciers, like ones on mountains or valleys. Big glaciers like those covering whole continents, like the one in Greenland, and smaller ones in valleys or mountains are mentioned. So, the answer is option six because it talks about the different types of glaciers.

From paragraph B: “ Most of the earth’s glaciers are near the poles, though glaciers exist on all continents, including Africa and Oceania. The…..Pakistan grew more than 12 kilometres in three months.”

The paragraph talks about how glaciers are created in high places where it's very cold throughout the year. It then explains that things like freezing rain, avalanches, and wind help them grow. So, the answer is option ii because it's about how glaciers are formed and get bigger.

From paragraph C: “ The weight and pressure of ice accumulation causes glacier movement. Glaciers move out from under themselves, via……similar to a riverbed, but with much steeper walls and a flatter bottom.”

The third paragraph discusses how glaciers move. It says they move because of the heavy weight of the ice pushing down. As we read more, it explains how they slide downhill and how melting ice helps them slip. So, the answer is option iii because it explains how glaciers move.

From paragraph D: “ Besides the extraordinary rivers of ice, glacial erosion creates other unique physical features in the landscape such as horns, fjords, hanging…..on their downslope that is deep enough to hold small lakes when the ice melts away.”

This paragraph discusses the environmental effects of glaciers. Glaciers can cause erosion, create ice rivers, and create special features like horns, fjords, hanging valleys, and cirques. Therefore, the answer is Glacial Effects on Landscape.

From paragraph E: “ Glacier movement and shape-shifting typically occur over hundreds of years. While presently about 10 per cent of the earth’s….glaciologists can now understand environmental issues such as global warming.”

This paragraph discusses glaciers from the past and explains how they have changed in size and shape over time. Scientists are still determining if these changes are due to natural causes or human actions. But after studying climate change and farming, they're sure global warming has caused these changes over many years.

Questions and Answers 6-10

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

6. Glaciers exist only near the north and south poles.

7. Glaciers are formed by a combination of snow and other weather conditions.

8. Glaciers normally move at a rate of about 5 to 10 inches a day.

9. All parts of the glacier move at the same speed.

10. During the last Ice Age, average temperatures were much lower than they are now.

Glaciers Answers with Explanations (6-10)

Type of question: TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN

In this task, you are given a set of statements. Based on your understanding of the passage, you should identify the nature of the given statement and write the correct answer.

You can assess whether the statement given in the question is:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

How to best answer the question

Read the given question statements carefully and note down the keywords
With the help of the keywords, locate them in the passage, which will help you decide whether the given statement is true or false .
Your answer will not be given if the information is not in the passage .

From paragraph B: “ Most of the earth’s glaciers are located near the poles, though glaciers exist on all continents, including Africa and Oceania. The…..Pakistan grew more than 12 kilometres in three months.”

"Glaciers exist only near the north and south poles" is false . The passage explicitly states that while most of the Earth's glaciers are near the poles, glaciers exist on all continents, including Africa and Oceania. Therefore, glaciers can be found in various regions beyond polar areas.

"Glaciers are formed by a combination of snow and other weather conditions" is true . The passage describes how glaciers are formed in high alpine regions where cold temperatures prevail throughout the year. It explains that snow undergoes compaction and crystallisation to form glaciers and mentions other weather conditions, such as freezing rain, avalanches, and wind, contributing to their growth.

"Glaciers normally move at a rate of about 5 to 10 inches a day" is true . The passage states that a common glacier flows about 10 inches per day in the summer and 5 inches per day in the winter. This indicates the typical rate of movement for glaciers.

"All glacier parts move at the same speed" is false . The passage explains that the middle of a glacier moves faster than the sides and bottom because there is less friction. Additionally, the upper part of a glacier rides on the ice below, suggesting varying movement speeds across different parts of the glacier.

The statement "During the last Ice Age, average temperatures were much lower than they are now" is not directly addressed in the passage. While the passage discusses the extent of glaciers during the last Ice Age and their subsequent retreat, it does not explicitly compare average temperatures then and now. Therefore, the passage does not provide information to confirm this statement.

Questions and Answers 11-15

Write the letters of the term, A-H , on your answer sheet.
There are more terms than definitions, so you will not use them all.

11. a glacier formed on a mountain

12. a glacier with temperatures well below freezing

13. a glacier that moves very quickly

14. a glacial valley formed near the ocean

15. a glacial valley that looks like a bowl

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Type of question: Multiple Choice Question

This is the typical MCQ type. You just need to select one answer out of the 8 options.

How to best answer the questions

Skim through the questions and identify the keywords
Use the elimination method and recognise options that include inaccurate or false information as per the given passage
Match each option with the passage and choose an answer most accurately supported by the information in the passage.
Cross-check your answers and finalise them.

Alpine Glacier: An alpine glacier is a glacier-formed on a mountain. This description matches the text's mention: "Smaller glaciers that occur at higher elevations are called alpine or valley glaciers."

From paragraph A: “ Besides the earth’s oceans, glacier ice is the largest source of water on earth. A glacier is a massive stream…..always maintain temperatures far below melting.”

Polar Glacier: A polar glacier has temperatures well below freezing. This corresponds to the description in the text, which states, " Polar glaciers , in contrast, always maintain temperatures far below melting."

Surging Glacier: A surging glacier moves very quickly. This aligns with the statement in the text, "With the rare exception of surging glaciers , a common glacier flows about 10 inches per day in the summer and 5 inches per day in the winter."

Explanation

Fjord: A fjord is a glacial valley formed near the ocean. This description matches the text: " Fjords , which are very common in Norway, are coastal valleys that fill with ocean water during a glacial retreat."

Cirque: A cirque is a glacial valley that looks like a bowl. This corresponds to the description in the text, which mentions, "A cirque is a large bowl-shaped valley that forms at the front of a glacier."

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