Academic reading practice test 12

Academic reading practice test 12 (Passage 1 The way in which information is taught, Passage 2 The Flavor Industry, Passage 3 Austerity Measures)

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Passage 1 The way in which information is taught

The way in which information is taught can vary greatly across cultures and time periods. Entering a British primary school classroom from the early 1900s, for example, one gains a sense of austerity, discipline, and a rigid way of teaching. Desks are typically seated apart from one another, with straight-backed wooden chairs that face directly to the teacher and the chalkboard.

In the present day, British classrooms look very different. Desks are often grouped together so that students face each other rather than the teacher, and a large floor area is typically set aside for the class to come together for group discussion and learning.

A． Read through the nutritional information on the food in your freezer, refrigerator or kitchen pantry, and you are likely to find a simple, innocuous-looking ingredient recurring on a number of products:  “natural flavor”. The story of what natural flavor is, how it got into your food, and where it canto from, is the result of more complex processes than you might imagine.

Passage 3 Austerity Measures

Austerity measures are actions that a state undertakes in order to pay back its creditors. Those measures typically involve slashing government expenditure and hiking taxes, and most of the time, these are imposed on a country when its national deficit is believed to have become unsustainable. In this situation, banks may lose trust in the government’s ability or willingness to repay existing debts, and in return can refuse to roll over current loans and demand cripplingly excessive interest rates on new lending.

Governments frequently then turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an intergovernmental organization that functions as a lender of last resort. In return, the IMF typically demands austerity measures so that the indebted country is able to curtail its budget deficit and fulfill their loan obligations.

Academic reading practice test 12 ((Passage 1 The way in which information is taught, Passage 2 The Flavor Industry, Passage 3 Austerity Measures))