Let us face it: gossips get a bad rap. Smugly looking down from a moral high ground – and secure in...
Category - Paper 2 Comprehension
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #14 (“MATERIALISM”)
On my desk stands a miniature of an Easter Island moai, carved for me by a Rapa Nui craftsman from...
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #13 (“IMMIGRATION”)
There is a moment in Charles Dickens’s travelogue, ‘American Notes’, when the author comes to...
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #12 (“LYING”)
Deception can take many forms, but not all acts of deception are lies. A person in a hurry might...
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #11 (“HEALTH &...
Any observer of human development would notice that, until relatively recent times, people on the...
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #10 (“THE IMPORTANCE OF...
We are firmly in an era of accelerated progress. We are witness to advancements in science, the...
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #9 (“PRIVACY & FREEDOM OF...
The Chinese government installs software that monitors and censors certain anti- government...
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #8 (“MARRIAGE”)
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, some recent, highly-publicized non-fiction debuts are sure...
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #7 (“THE ENVIRONMENT”)
In his work, Pan’s Travail, Donald Hughes examines the environmental history of the classical...
PAPER 2 COMPREHENSION PRACTICE #6 (“SIMILARITIES &...
Human civilisation is made up of communities, which, as the term suggests, are formed based on...