Part 1Read the text and answer questions 1–13. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1. Why Are Finland’s Schools Successful?The country’s achievements in education have other nations doing their homework A At Kirkkojarvi Comprehensive School in Espoo, a suburb west of Helsinki, Karl Louhivuori, the school’s principal,…
Part 1Read the text and answer questions 1–13. You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1. The MAGIC of KEFIR A The shepherds of the North Caucasus region of Europe were only trying to transport milk the best way they knew how – in leather pouches strapped to…
Part 1Read the text and answer questions 1–13. South Pole Adventurer In the race to the South Pole, there was a Japanese team attempting to be first, led by heroic explorer Nobu Shirase FOR a few weeks in January 1912, Antarctica was full of explorers. Norwegian Roald Amundsen had reached the South Pole on 14…
