Top Tips for ielts academic Reading

Top Tips for Academic Reading
 
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He showed that nitrogen is essential 
for plant nutrition. 
von Liebig
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He demonstrated the need to vary 
the quantity of nitrogen in fertilisers. 
Boussingault
3
He introduced a fertiliser that saved 
money but was ineffective. 
von Liebig
4
He invented a method of processing a food for human 
consumption. 
von Liebig
5
He invented the first synthetic manure. 
Lawes
6
He set up a research establishment that is still in operation. 
Lawes
Explanation: 
The highlighted parts of the text show you where you can find 
the answers to each question.
Names and dates may appear more than once, so make sure 
you read all the relevant parts of the text.
List of Scientists
A
Boussingault
B
Lawes
C
von Liebig

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Top Tips for Academic Reading
 
Summary completion, first type
TIP: Don’t always expect words or phrases in the box to be the same as 
in the text. In fact, usually they are not. They may be words with similar 
meaning or the same word in a different form, so read both the text and 
the summary carefully.
Example
Here is part of a text about innovation in business.
Success, for many companies, depends on their ability to innovate, to 
create new products and services. Ask anyone which business sectors 
are the most creative, and the music industry will come fairly high 
up the list, but creativity is also the lifeblood of other, less obvious 
fields: the pharmaceutical industry, for instance, relies almost entirely 
on ideas and inventions that can be developed into new drugs. Just 
like land, buildings or machinery, ideas can be a valuable asset to a 
business, but while the former are tangible assets, with a physical 
existence, ideas are intangible, with no physical manifestation. Once 
an idea has been developed, whether into a new medical treatment or 
a new brand of clothing, it becomes intellectual property, and can be 
legally owned. It is then protected against competitors benefiting by 
imitating the new product without having had to fund its development.