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Continuous recording transformed birdsong research because it captured calls that short daytime visits missed. The important change was not simply more audio. Researchers could connect different calls with season, time and context, while still needing human checks when automated classifiers confused similar species.
Passage 2 is a chain of causes rather than a nostalgic argument. Repair declined because replacement became cheaper, products became harder to open, software restricted access and vocational status weakened. The headings test whether you can keep those causes separate.
A challenging IELTS Reading test on automated birdsong research, the decline and revival of repair skills, and the costs and capabilities of vertical farming. Forty questions across three passages with varied ordering: TFNG, completion, multi-select, headings, specialist matching, sentence endings and multiple choice.
READING PASSAGE 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1 – 13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. The Language Hidden in Birdsong How long recordings changed animal communication research Before the modern system, researchers described short songs heard during daytime field visits. This arrangement was workable at a small scale, but it became increasingly inefficient as networks expanded. Records were inconsistent, and decisions made in one place did not always fit conditions elsewhere. People close to the process often treated these mismatches as isolated local…
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