IELTS Tests Plus 1 - Practice Test 1 - IELTS Reading Passage 1

IELTS Tests Plus 1 - Practice Test 1 - IELTS Reading Passage 1 1. praise say good things about 2. amateurs beginners or those who are not professional 3. specialization A focus on a particular activity or area of study 4. means a method, course of action, or instrument by which something can be accomplished 5. edification Improvement or enlightenment 6. compartmentalized divide into sections or categories 7. poll a survey of public opinion 8. acoustics the study of sound 9. horticulture the study of growing plants 10. ornithology the study of birds 11. meteorology the study of weather 12. hydrology the study of water 13. palaeontology the study of fossils 14. crackpots eccentric or foolish people 15. rocketry the science of rockets 16. astronomy the study of stars and planets 17. collaboration the act of working together 18. comets balls of ice, rock, and dust in space with a tail 19. asteroids rocky metallic objects that orbit the sun but are too small to be considered planets 20. Uranus 7th planet from the sun 21. novae new stars in the Milky Way 22. The Milky Way our galaxy 23. supernovae stellar explosion that briefly outshines an entire galaxy, radiating as much energy as the Sun or any ordinary star is expected to emit over its entire life span, before fading from view over several weeks or months. 24. galaxies huge collections of stars 25. outnumber be larger in number 26. distributed spread out 27. observations sightings 28. eclipsed obscured; blocked from view 29. derive to get 30. field subject 31. sensors devices that collect input from the environment 32. fossils Preserved remains of once-living organisms 33. universal present everywhere 34. trends directions of movement 35. migrations the act of moving from one place to settle in another 36. migratory moving from place to place, wandering, transient 37. coined the term created the word 38. disparaging expressive of low opinion 39. acknowledge to recognize 40. contributions improvements, help 41. grumble complain 42. reimbursed paid back 43. expenses costs 44. legitimate real, valid 45. insurmountable impossible to overcome 46. flourish thrive 47. endorsement support, approval 48. exclusive not divided or shared with others 49. schemes plans 50. innovative creative 51. radiation The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves 52. enthusiasm excitement 53. guidance help or advice 54. edifice building