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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESIONS

Multiple choice question asks you to choose the correct answer from 3 or 4 proposed
answers. This type of question looks like this on the question paper:

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter in boxes on your answer sheet.

A/Useful information about multiple choice questions:

 Questions follow the order of the text.

 Questions repeat key words (or their synonyms) from the text.

Multiple choice questions have 3 or 4 answers, only one of which is correct. Usually, there are
such types of answers:

A. Irrelevant answer that gives information, which is not stated in the text.
B. Answer that gives completely opposite information.
C. Answer that gives information that figures in the text, but not what you're asked about.
D. Correct answer.

Example:

Rice That Fights Global Warming

More than half the global population relies on rice as a regular part of their diet. But rice
paddies have a downside for the planet too: they produce as much as 17 percent of the world's
total methane emissions. That is even more than coal mining emissions, which make 10
percent of total! So Christer Jansson, a plant biochemist at the Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory, spent the past 10 years developing SUSIBA2, a genetically modified rice plant that
emits almost no methane.

Multiple choice question:

1. What is the negative effect of rice?

A. It is regular part of more than half of the world population’s diet.

B. Rice paddies emit more methane than coal mining industry.
C. Its plantations produce 17% of the world’s total methane emissions.
D. Rice has genetically modified sort SUSIBA2, which is harmful for health.

Answering strategy:

1. Read the first question and underline the key words.

 2. Read the text from the beginning, simultaneously scanning it for the information
that relates to the question.
3. Once you found the key words or their synonyms in the text - look for the
answer (it should be somewhere close).
4. One you've found the answer, read the next few lines of the text to make sure that it is
correct. Also, reread the question.
5. Repeat this strategy with other questions, but now read the text from the place where
you stopped the last time.

If you prefer another strategy, you can use it too. Remember: there is no 'right' strategy
for answering IELTS Reading questions. In fact, you can try different answering
strategies and figure out which one works the best for you.

Tips:

 Scan text for the key words and their synonyms.

 Cross out the answers which are obviously wrong. This will help you to identify the
correct answers more quickly.
 The order of questions can help you. Answer for question 4 will be between answers for
questions 3 and 5 in the text.
 Don't rely on your own knowledge, the correct answer contains ONLY information stated
in the text.

PRACTICE
Read the text and answer the questions below.
Is violence innate?
  In 1983, archaeologists in southern Germany discovered a mass grave
containing 34 skeletons. They included 9 adult males, 7 adult females and 16
children.
  All of the skeletons showed signs of fatal trauma, including head wounds.
None of them showed any signs of defensive wounds, suggesting they were killed
whilst running away.
  The "Talheim Death Pit" dates from the Stone Age, around 7,000 years ago. It
offers some of the oldest evidence of organised group violence between two
communities: that is, of war.
  Clearly, humans have been fighting wars for thousands of years, and we may
not be the only ones. There is growing evidence that several other species also
engage in warfare, including our closest relatives the chimpanzees.
  That suggests we have inherited our predilection for warfare from our ape-like
ancestors. But not everyone agrees that warfare is inbuilt.
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
1. What did archaeologists in southern Germany discover?
A. Remains of 34 dead animals
B. Graveyard containing 34 skeletons
C. Relics of early civilization
D. 9 adult males, 7 adult females and 16 children
2. Why did scientists suggested that those people were killed whilst running
away?
A. Their skeletons showed signs of fatal trauma.
B. There were 16 children.
C. During that period organised group violence was very frequent.
D. Their skeletons didn't show any signs of defensive wounds
3. Why do human beings fight, according to the article?
A. Because they have been fighting wars for thousands of years.
B. Because chimpanzees, who are humans' closest relatives, engage in
warfare.
C. Because humans inherited predilection for warfare from their ape-
like ancestors
D. Because fighting is their inbuilt instinct
4. Which of the following phrases best describes the main aim of the Reading
Passage?
A. To describe fighting among different species.
B. To introduce principles of contemporary archaeology and its application.
C. To introduce some relics of humans' warfare for further discussion
whether violence is innate or not