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Exercise 50: IELTS Reading: true, false, not given
Read the text below about Issac Newton.
Sir Isaac Newton
was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer,
natural
philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia
Mathematica (Latin for "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"; usually
called the
Principia), published in 1687, is one of the
most important scientific
books ever written. It lays the groundwork for most of classical mechanics.
Newton is considered by many scholars and members of the general public to be
one of the most influential people in human history. French mathematician
Joseph-Louis Lagrange often said that Newton was the
greatest genius who ever
lived. Newton himself had been rather more modest of his own achievements,
famously writing in a letter to Robert Hooke in February 1676: “If I have seen
further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
Are the following statements TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN?
1. Newton's
Principia is recognised as a groundbreaking text in its field.
2. Many experts regard Newton as the greatest genius the world has seen.
3. Newton wrote that he had achieved everything without the help of others.
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Exercise 51: IELTS Reading: 'paragraph' questions
There are 2 types of questions that ask you about paragraphs:
1. Paragraph headings - match the sub-headings with the paragraphs.
2. Specific information - which paragraph contains the following information? Try
an example.
For 'paragraph headings' questions, you need to
find the main idea of each
paragraph. I usually recommend starting with the shortest paragraph first.
For 'specific information' questions, remember that one paragraph can contain
more than one piece of information (e.g. "paragraph A"
could be the answer for
questions 1 and 2). Some paragraphs may not contain any information, so it
doesn't help to start with the shortest one.
Both types of question are easier if you do the other question sections first (gap-fill,
true/false/not given etc.). You will then be
more familiar with the text, and you might
even remember where some of the 'paragraph' answers are.
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