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IELTS Academic Reading — Test 3, Passage 3

Sir Francis Ronalds 1788–1873

Questions 27–40 of Reading Test 3. Do it online and every answer is marked the moment you finish, with your band score and the exact line of the passage each answer came from.

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An early pioneer in the story of long-distance communication. Francis Ronalds was born in London in 1788, the second of eleven children. When he was nineteen his father died, and as the eldest son, the young Ronalds had to assume the responsibility of running the…

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