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IELTS Academic Reading Sample 65 - Making Every Drop Count

Nhằm giúp các bạn đang chuẩn bị bước vào kì thi quốc tế có thêm tài liệu ôn tập, TaiLieu.VN giới thiệu đến các bạn IELTS Academic Reading Sample 65 - Making Every Drop Count để ôn tập nắm vững kiến thức cũng như giúp các bạn được làm quen trước với các dạng câu hỏi đề thi giúp các bạn tự tin hơn khi bước vào kì thi chính thức. | You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26 which are based on Reading Passage 65 on the following pages. Question 14-20 Reading Passage 65 has seven paragraphs A-H Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A and C-H from the list of headings below. Write the correct number i-xi in boxes 14-20 on your answer sheet. List of Headings i Scientists call for revision of policy ii An explanation for reduced water use iii How a global challenge was met iv Irrigation systems fall into disuse v Environmental effects vi The financial cost of recent technological improvements vii The relevance to health viii Addressing the concern over increasing populations ix A surprising downward trend in demand for water x The need to raise standards xi A description of ancient water supplies 14 Paragraph A 15 Paragraph C 16 Paragraph D 17 Paragraph E 18 Paragraph F 19 Paragraph G 20 Paragraph H MAKING EVERY DROP COUNT A The history of human civilization is entwined with the history of ways we have learned to manipulate water resources. As towns gradually expanded water was brought from 2 increasingly remote sources leading to sophisticated engineering efforts such as dams and aqueducts. At the height of the Roman Empire nine major systems with an innovative ZIM ACADEMY Room 2501 Ocean Group Building 19 Nguyen Trai Thanh Xuan Dist Hanoi layout of pipes and well-built sewers supplied the occupants of Rome with as much water per person as is provided in many parts of the industrial world today. B During the industrial revolution and population explosion of the 19th and 20th centuries the demand for water rose dramatically. Unprecedented construction of tens of thousands of monumental engineering projects designed to control floods protect clean water supplies and provide water for irrigation and hydropower brought great benefits to hundreds of millions of people. Food production has kept pace with soaring populations mainly because of the expansion of artificial irrigation system