Exercise 111
IELTS Reading: paragraph heading
Read the following paragraph and choose the best heading.
Melbourne has topped the list of the best cities in the world to live in, according to a new
report by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Vienna in Austria and Vancouver in Canada
came in second and third place respectively on the Global Livability Ranking. Cities across
the world are awarded scores depending on lifestyle challenges faced by the people living
there. Each city is scored on its stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education
and infrastructure. This is the third time that the Australian city has topped the list.
Unfortunately, UK cities fared worse on the list with London coming 55 out of 140 cities
while Manchester was ranked 51. The report also shows that livability across the world has
fallen by 0.6 per cent.
A) Livability survey produces some surprising results.
B) How cities are ranked.
C) Results of the latest “Most Livable Cities Index”.
D) Melbourne is top city for tourists.
Exercise 112
IELTS Reading: true, false, not given
Read the following passage and answer the questions below.
A Stradivarius is one of the violins, cellos, and other stringed instruments built by members
of the Stradivari (Stradivarius) family, particularly Antonio Stradivari, during the 17th and
18th centuries. According to their reputation, the quality of their sound has defied attempts
to explain or equal it, though this belief is disputed. The name "Stradivarius" has become a
superlative often associated with excellence, and the fame of Stradivarius instruments is
widespread, appearing in numerous works of fiction.
Depending on condition, instruments made during Stradivari's "golden period" from 1700 to
about 1725 can be worth millions of dollars. In 2011, his "Lady Blunt" violin from 1721,
which is in pristine condition, was sold at Tarisio auctions for £9.8 million.
These instruments are famous for the quality of sound they produce. However, the many
blind tests from 1817 to the present have never found any difference in sound between
Stradivari's violins and high-quality violins in comparable style of other makers and periods,
nor has acoustic analysis. In a particularly famous test on a BBC Radio programme in
1977, the violinists Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zukerman and the violin expert and dealer
Charles Beare tried to distinguish between the "Chaconne" Stradivarius and three other
violins, including one made in 1976, played behind a screen by a professional soloist. None
of the listeners identified more than two of the four instruments. Two of the listeners
identified the 20th-century violin as the Stradivarius.
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