Category: Reading

Motivating Employees under Adverse Condition THE CHALLENGE It is a great deal easier to motivate employees in a growing organisation than a declining one. When organisations are expanding and adding personnel, promotional opportunities, pay...

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage below. A The Lumière Brothers opened their Cinematographe, at 14 Boulevard des Capucines in Paris, to 100 paying customers over...

Numeration One of the first great intellectual feats of a young child is learning how to talk, closely followed by learning how to count. From earliest childhood, we are so bound up with our...

GREYING POPULATION STAYS IN THE PINK Elderly people are growing healthier, happier and more independent, say American scientists. The results of a 14-year study to be announced later this month reveal that the diseases...

Advantages of public transport 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...

Climate change and the Inuit The threat posed by climate change in the Arctic and the problems faced by Canada’s Inuit people A     Unusual incidents are being reported across the Arctic. Inuit families going...

DELIVERING THE GOODS The vast expansion in international trade owes much to a revolution in the business of moving freight A     International trade is growing at a startling pace. While the global economy has...

AUSTRALIA’S SPORTING SUCCESS A They play hard, they play often, and they play to win. Australian sports teams win more than their fair share of titles, demolishing rivals with seeming ease. How do they...

The effects of light on plant and animal species Light is important to organisms for two different reasons. Firstly, it is used as a cue for the timing of daily and seasonal rhythms in...