IELTS Academic Reading Passage 2 Practice #001 - The Timeless Craft of Mechanical Watches

Reading Passage 2 designed to build passage comprehension, evidence use, and efficient reading decisions.

14 questionsAbout 21 minuteshard

What you will practice

Reading comprehension
Evidence and inference
Time management

Topic: History · Reading Passage 2

Passage preview

A mechanical watch is an improbable object in an age of networked clocks. A cheap quartz movement usually keeps better time, while a phone adjusts itself without being asked. Yet mechanical watches retain a devoted audience. Their deliberate inefficiency is…

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