tailieunhanh - IELTS Academic Reading Sample 132 - What is a port city

Luyện tập với IELTS Academic Reading Sample 132 - What is a port city giúp các bạn hệ thống kiến thức đã học, làm quen với cấu trúc đề thi, đồng thời rèn luyện kỹ năng giải đề giúp bạn tự tin đạt kết quả cao trong kì thi sắp tới. Mời các bạn cùng tham khảo. | You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40 which are based on Reading Passage 132 on the following pages. Questions 1-4 Reading Passage has seven paragraphs A-G. From the list of headings below choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B-E. Write the appropriate numbers i-viii NB There are more headings than paragraphs so you will not use them all. Example Answer Paragraph A vii List of Headings i A truly international environment ii Once a port city always a port city iii Good ports make huge profits iv How the port changes a city s infrastructure v Reasons for the decline of ports vi Relative significance of trade and service industry vii Ports and harbours viii The demands of the oil industry 1 Paragraph B 2 Paragraph C 3 Paragraph D 4 Paragraph E What is a port city The port city provides a fascinating and rich understanding of the movement of people and goods around the world. We understand a port as a centre of land-sea exchange and as a 1 major source of livelihood and a major force for cultural mixing. But do ports all produce a range of common urban characteristics which justify classifying port cities together under a ZIM ACADEMY Room 2501 Ocean Group Building 19 Nguyen Trai Thanh Xuan Dist Hanoi single generic label Do they have enough in common to warrant distinguishing them from other kinds of cities A A port must be distinguished from a harbour. They are two very different things. Most ports have poor harbours and many fine harbours see few ships. Harbour is a physical concept a shelter for ships port is an economic concept a centre of land-sea exchange which requires good access to a hinterland even more than a sea-linked foreland. It is landward access which is productive of goods for export and which demands imports that is critical. Poor harbours can be improved with breakwaters and dredging if there is a demand for a port. Madras and Colombo are examples of harbours expensively improved by enlarging dredging and building .

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