KEY TO IELTS READING EXERCISES :

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NO
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TRUE
Pollutants
Artificial floods
Desalination
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B
NOT GIVEN
FALSE
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READING EXERCISE 2:
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Candle wax
Synthetic
Chemistry
Novalak
fillers
hexa
raw
pressure
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C
TRUE
FALSE
FALSE
FALSE
NOT GIVEN
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
NOT GIVEN
TRUE
Problem solving
Temporal lobes
Evaluating information
C
A
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D
Latin
Doctors
Technical vocabulary
Grammatical resources
Royal society
German
Industrial revolution
NOT GIVEN
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TRUE
Popular
Principia/the principia/Newtons principia/mathematical treatise
Local/more local/local audience

READING EXERCISE 3:
1.A
2.D
3.C
4.C
5. sudan, india
6. bicycle
7. shoe shine
8. life skills
9. no
10. not given
11. no
12. yes
13. A
14. iii
15. i
16. iv
17. vi
18. (the tectonic plates )
19. magma
20. ring of fire
21. 600 (years)
22. water/oceans
23. lava/magma/molten rock
24. (western) India
25. explodes
26. (trapped) gases
27. D
28. E
29. C
30. D
31. F
32. (the) linguist (acts)
33. foreign language
34. (the poor ) quality
35. non-verbal behavior/ facial expressions
36. (video) camera / (video) recording
37. frequency of usage
38. particular linguistic feature
39. size
40. intuitions

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5. A
6. C
7. E
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9. 40%
10. 6%
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12. B
13. prepare
14. full
15. smoke
16. charge
17. machines
18. supers
19. split
20. bees
21. supers
22. screen
23. brood chamber
24. NOT GIVEN
25. yes
26. yes
27. No
28.C
29. E
30.D
31. G
32. H
33. yes
34. yes
35. not given
36. yes
37. not given
38. D
39. B
40. F
41. H
READING EXERCISE 5 :
1. preserve
2. unaware
3. chance

4. friction
5. rotating
6. percussion
7. Eskimos
8. despite
9. f
10. d
11. e
12. c
13. g
14. a
15. c
16. yes
17. yes
18. not given
19. NO
20. no
21. not given
22. yes
23. b
24. c
25. a
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28. e
29. timber and stone
30. modernism
31. international style
32. badly designed buildings/multistorey housing
33. preservation
34. high-tech
35. co-existence of styles
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40. h
READING EXERCISE 6:
1. C
2. D
3. G
4. Clerks/copying clerks
5. library
6. stability
7. pension
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10. NOT GIVEN
11. FALSE
12. FALSE
13.TRUE
14. F
15. A
16. B
17. D
18. I
19. C
20. B
21. D
22. C
23. NOT GIVEN
24. TRUE
25. FALSE
26. FALSE
27. YES
28. NOT GIVEN
29. NO
30. NOT GIVEN
31. YES
32. NO
33. C
34.D
35. C
36. B
37.B
38. long term
39. right
40. urgent
READING EXERCISE 7 :
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NO
NOT GIVEN
Cheese
Tourism/tourist/tour
pottery

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Sharp
Unexpectedly
Quickly
Contracts
Warm
Disputed
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NOT GIVEN
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TRUE
TRUE
NOT GIVEN
FALSE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
Temperatures
Day- neutral/day neutral plants
Food/food resources/adequate food resources
Insects/fertilization by insects
Rainfall/suitable rain fall
Sugarcane
classification

READING EXERCISE 8:
1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
6. NOT GIVEN
7. TRUE
8. NOT GIVEN
9. M
10. E
11. G
12. P
13. J
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15. Taste buds
16. Baleen/the baleen whales
17. Forward and downward

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Fresh water dolphins

Water/the water
Lower frequencies
Bow head, humpback
Touch/sense of touch
Fresh water dolphin(s)
Airborne flying fish
Clear water/ clear pen water(s)
Acoustic sense/ the acoustic sense
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E
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Pairs
Shapes
Sighted
Sighted
Deep
Blind
Similar
B

READING EXERCISE 9:
1. isolation
2. economic globalization/globalization/socio-economic pressures
3. cultural identity
4. traditional skill
5. E
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. NO
11. YES
12. NOT GIVEN
13. YES
14. C
15. B
16. YES
17. NO
18. YES
19. YES
20. YES
21. NOT GIVEN

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23. YES
24. emotional/emotional problems
25. headache
26. general ill health
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29. A
30. H
31. I
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34. C
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40. A
READING EXERCISE 10:
1. True
2. Not Given
3. False
4. False
5. Not Given
6. True
7. genetics
8. power
9. injuries
10. training
11. A
12. D
13. B
14. Yes
15. Not Given
16. No
17. Yes
18. Not Given
19. No
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22-23. C, D
24. oral histories
25-26. humanistic study, historical
discipline

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28. iv
29. i
30. iii
31. v
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33. B
34. A
35. B
36. No
37. Yes
38. Yes
39. Not Given
40. Not Given
READING EXERCISE 11 :
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. NOT GIVEN
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
6. FALSE
7. TRUE
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. C
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. C
21. B
22. A
23. Brain dead
24. Sociopathic behavior
25. Neocortex
26. Animal propensities
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28. D
29. B
30. E
31. A

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Yes
NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
NO
Prudent practice
Privatization policy
Incentives
Permit
Regulatory agency

READING EXERCISE 12:

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Send a messenger
Short bell rings
Nearest stair case/stairs
(paved) quadrangle (area) /quad
(all) support staff/ personnel
The (class) roll
All clear/ signal
(their) home-room groups
TRUE
FALSE
NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
FALSE
TRUE
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H
E
J
B
A
C
Final written warning
Formal appeal hearing
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E
D
C
A
C
E
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H
A
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D
Functional strength
Mass monsters
Injuries
Weight training
Cardiovascular health