ILAC IELTS Reading Test Z

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Reading Passage 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on

Questions 1 - 14.
Viola Desmond

A The historic struggle of black Americans in the fight against racial discrimination is well
known. Even outside the United States, many are familiar with events such as the
American Civil War and the role of civil rights giants such as Martin Luther King. Many
also know about the so-called “Underground Railroad,” a secret route for escaped slaves
to make their way to freedom in Canada. Because of Canada’s historic role as a safe
haven for black Americans, it is often forgotten that black Canadians faced their own
battle against systemic discrimination. However, Canada has its own civil rights heroes.
One of them is a woman named Viola Desmond.

B Viola Desmond grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the first half of the 20th century.
Halifax had a long-established and vibrant black community. Nevertheless, though black
Canadians faced fewer legal barriers than black Americans during this period, there was
still a great deal of prejudice. Even when they had the same legal rights as white
Canadians, in reality black Canadians were held back by an unofficial policy of
segregation in education, business, and politics.

C Desmond herself was one of ten siblings. Her father, like many black Canadians
excluded from mainstream Canadian institutions, ran his own business, a barbershop,
serving the black community. His strong work ethic influenced his daughter, and Viola
aspired to become a successful businesswoman in her own right. With this goal in mind,
Desmond set off to train as a beautician and establish her own business.

D From the beginning, Desmond had to overcome obstacles because of her skin colour.
Indeed, following Desmond’s career, it is easy to see the intelligence, independence, and
perseverance that would serve her well for her entire life. The beauty schools in Halifax
did not accept black students. Undeterred, Desmond travelled to Montreal, New York,
and Atlantic City to receive her training.
E When she returned to Halifax, Desmond opened her own salon and later created her
own line of beauty products catering to black women. Her business did well, and
Desmond opted to open her own beauty school so that other members of the black
community would not be forced to leave the city to pursue an education as she had
been. If Desmond’s success as a black business and community leader had been her only
contribution to society, it already would have been significant. But it is another event, one
that even more powerfully displayed her strength of character, that established her as a
Canadian civil rights hero.

F Desmond’s success as an entrepreneur meant that she often had to travel for business.
On one such trip in 1946, she found herself stranded in the town of New Glasgow, Nova
Scotia, when her car broke down. With nothing to do while her car was being repaired,
she decided to take in a movie at the local theatre. She asked for a floor-level seat, but
was unaware that she had instead been given a ticket for the balcony, an area reserved
for non-white members of the audience. It was only when she was told by a staff member
that she had to sit in the balcony area that she understood the situation. Angered by her
treatment, Desmond refused to move to the balcony and stubbornly remained seated at
floor level. The police were called and Desmond was roughly removed from the theatre
and thrown in jail.

G In fact, there was no official law stating that non-white people could not sit at floor
level in the theatre. Instead, Desmond was charged with avoiding paying one cent of tax
on the more expensive floor ticket. During the trial, where Desmond was given no access
to legal representation, the fact that she was black was never raised. However, it was clear
that the real reason she was being charged was that she had violated the unwritten social
rules that kept blacks and whites segregated. She was found guilty and ordered to pay a
twenty-dollar fine as well as six dollars in damages to the owner of the theatre.
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Questions 1–7 | Reading Passage 1 has eight paragraphs, A–H. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–H. You may use any letter more than once.

1 - a decision to provide an opportunity to others after achieving

success

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
Paragraph G
Paragraph H
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Questions 1–7 | Reading Passage 1 has eight paragraphs, A–H. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–H. You may use any letter more than once.

2 - a difference between what the law stated and what people

experienced

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
Paragraph G
Paragraph H
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Questions 1–7 | Reading Passage 1 has eight paragraphs, A–H. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–H. You may use any letter more than once.
3 - a link between the civil rights movement in the USA and Canada

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
Paragraph G
Paragraph H
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Questions 1–7 | Reading Passage 1 has eight paragraphs, A–H. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–H. You may use any letter more than once.

4 - a misunderstanding that led to Desmond being charged with a crime

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
Paragraph G
Paragraph H
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Questions 1–7 | Reading Passage 1 has eight paragraphs, A–H. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–H. You may use any letter more than once.

5 - a need to live and study in different cities in order to pursue a goal

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
Paragraph G
Paragraph H
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Questions 1–7 | Reading Passage 1 has eight paragraphs, A–H. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–H. You may use any letter more than once.

6- a personal example that influenced Desmond’s professional life

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
Paragraph G
Paragraph H
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Questions 1–7 | Reading Passage 1 has eight paragraphs, A–H. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–H. You may use any letter more than once.

7 - a way to recognise the impact that Desmond’s actions had on

Canada

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
Paragraph G
Paragraph H
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Questions 8–10 | Complete the summary below with words taken from
the reading passage 1. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Viola
Desmond’s “Crime”

One day in 1946, Viola Desmond’s car broke down. While waiting for it
to be repaired, Desmond decided to watch a film. Having asked for a
seat in one part of the 8- …………………, and not knowing that she was
breaking an unwritten rule, Desmond chose a seat on the main floor.
When asked to move, Desmond refused and was imprisoned. Her
actions were not a crime, but in order to sit on the main floor, she
should have paid one cent extra in 9- ………………… . For not paying this
tiny sum, Desmond was ordered to pay $20 in fines and a further $6 in
damages. Desmond may have lost in court, but her actions inspired
others and resulted in the Canadian government making
10- ………………… its official policy by the mid-1960s.

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Questions 8–10 | Complete the summary below with words taken from
the reading passage 1. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Viola
Desmond’s “Crime”

One day in 1946, Viola Desmond’s car broke down. While waiting for it
to be repaired, Desmond decided to watch a film. Having asked for a
seat in one part of the 8- …………………, and not knowing that she was
breaking an unwritten rule, Desmond chose a seat on the main floor.
When asked to move, Desmond refused and was imprisoned. Her
actions were not a crime, but in order to sit on the main floor, she
should have paid one cent extra in 9- ………………… . For not paying
this tiny sum, Desmond was ordered to pay $20 in fines and a further $6
in damages. Desmond may have lost in court, but her actions inspired
others and resulted in the Canadian government making
10- ………………… its official policy by the mid-1960s.

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Questions 8–10 | Complete the summary below with words taken from
the reading passage 1. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Viola
Desmond’s “Crime”

One day in 1946, Viola Desmond’s car broke down. While waiting for it
to be repaired, Desmond decided to watch a film. Having asked for a
seat in one part of the 8- …………………, and not knowing that she was
breaking an unwritten rule, Desmond chose a seat on the main floor.
When asked to move, Desmond refused and was imprisoned. Her
actions were not a crime, but in order to sit on the main floor, she
should have paid one cent extra in 9- ………………… . For not paying this
tiny sum, Desmond was ordered to pay $20 in fines and a further $6 in
damages. Desmond may have lost in court, but her actions inspired
others and resulted in the Canadian government making
10- ………………… its official policy by the mid-1960s.

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Questions 11–14 | Do the following statements agree with the
information given in Reading Passage 1? Choose one of the options
below for questions 11–14:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

11 - Desmond had ten brothers and sisters.

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True
False
Not Given
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Questions 11–14 | Do the following statements agree with the
information given in Reading Passage 1? Choose one of the options
below for questions 11–14:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

12- Desmond studied at three beauty schools.

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True
False
Not Given
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Questions 11–14 | Do the following statements agree with the
information given in Reading Passage 1? Choose one of the options
below for questions 11–14:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

13- Desmond hurt the police in New Glasgow.

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True
False
Not Given
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Questions 11–14 | Do the following statements agree with the
information given in Reading Passage 1? Choose one of the options
below for questions 11–14:
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

14- Desmond was not sold the ticket she asked for.

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True
False
Not Given

Reading Passage 2 You should spend about 20 minutes on

Questions 15–27.
Toronto Public Library

A As an institution, the library has been a cornerstone of civilised society for thousands of
years. In the ancient world and through most of history, libraries gathered, preserved, and
protected human knowledge, but were accessible to relatively few people. In recent
times, the more familiar public library has served as a resource for anyone who wants to
read, regardless of their background.

B Today, however, this once-common feature of most communities has suffered a

decline. As more and more information resources become available online, the need for
buildings to store physical books seems less important than it once did. Moreover,
governments looking to cut spending often regard public libraries as expensive luxuries
that they can no longer afford. As a result, many community libraries around the world
have seen their funding cut, or even worse, have been closed altogether. There are,
however, a few libraries that are defying this trend. In particular, the Toronto Public
Library (TPL) has become a model for how libraries can adapt to and even thrive in these
changing times.

C Of course, as the saying goes, a strong house is built on a solid foundation, and the TPL
is fortunate to have just such a foundation. It is interesting that the money used to build
the backbone of the library system came not from local government but from the
generosity of the wealthy American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, at one time
considered to be the richest man in the world. Between 1907 and 1916, donations from
Carnegie’s foundation funded the construction of ten public libraries, all of which are still
in operation today. These ten libraries formed the core of the library system in Toronto.
Over the next century, the TPL continued to add branches and currently has one hundred
locations around the city to serve residents and visitors alike.

D It is estimated that 70 percent of the population of Toronto make use of the library
system. How has the TPL remained relevant and even flourished while other libraries
around the world have seen a huge drop in the number of visitors? If a library is regarded
as merely a physical location in which to store books, as it often is, then it is doomed to
fail. However, the TPL has embraced a wider definition of what a library means to a
community. According to the head librarian, a public library’s mission has always been to
provide everyone with access to information and knowledge, regardless of their position
in society. It is in this way that libraries have been a force for equality in society. To this
end, the TPL has become a place for the public to access the most important source of
knowledge today: information technology.

E The enormous range of technologies at TPL locations goes far beyond computers and
internet access, though those are available at every library location. The library also allows
patrons to use technology that might otherwise be unaffordable for the majority of
people, or at least difficult to find. For example, not only are 3-D printers available for
public use, but the TPL also organises classes and workshops to teach interested patrons
how to use them. In some locations, printing presses allow people to print their own
books. Furthermore, in various locations, there is audiovisual equipment such as
recording studios, photography and film studios, and even robotics labs. The most
amazing thing of all? These services are free for anyone who wishes to take advantage of
them.
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Questions 15–21 | Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A–F. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–F. You may use any letter more than once.

15- the number of libraries in Toronto a century ago

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
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Questions 15–21 | Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A–F. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–F. You may use any letter more than once.

16- the effects of budget cuts on public library systems

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
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Questions 15–21 | Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A–F. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–F. You may use any letter more than once.

17 - the proportion of people in Toronto who use the TPL

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
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Questions 15–21 | Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A–F. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–F. You may use any letter more than once.

18- the social importance of libraries from the past to now

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
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Questions 15–21 | Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A–F. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–F. You may use any letter more than once.

19 - the wide range of services available to TPL users

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
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Questions 15–21 | Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A–F. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–F. You may use any letter more than once.

20 - the importance of the TPL to newcomers to the country

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
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Questions 15–21 | Reading Passage 2 has six paragraphs, A–F. Which
paragraph contains the following information? Choose the correct letter,
A–F. You may use any letter more than once.

21 - the original source of funding for Toronto’s library

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Paragraph A
Paragraph B
Paragraph C
Paragraph D
Paragraph E
Paragraph F
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Questions 22–27 | Complete each sentence with the correct ending A–
K. Choose the correct letter, A–K below for questions 22-27. Not all
letters A-K will be used.
22- Unlike libraries elsewhere, Toronto’s system is
___________________________.

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A- access to costly equipment.

B- accessible to children, too.
C- available will probably fail.
D- currently doing pretty well.
E- employment opportunities.
F- fewer than a dozen locations.
G- others or attend a workshop.
H- plus training in using them.
I- robots built by library users.
J- sources of useful knowledge.
K- a problem others have found.
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Questions 22–27 | Complete each sentence with the correct ending A–
K. Choose the correct letter, A–K below for questions 22-27. Not all
letters A-K will be used.

23- When originally founded, Toronto’s library had

___________________________.

(1 點)

A- access to costly equipment.

B- accessible to children, too.
C- available will probably fail.
D- currently doing pretty well.
E- employment opportunities.
F- fewer than a dozen locations.
G- others or attend a workshop.
H- plus training in using them.
I- robots built by library users.
J- sources of useful knowledge.
K- a problem others have found.
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Questions 22–27 | Complete each sentence with the correct ending A–
K. Choose the correct letter, A–K below for questions 22-27. Not all
letters A-K will be used.

24- Libraries seen just as places where books are

___________________________.

(1 點)

A- access to costly equipment.

B- accessible to children, too.
C- available will probably fail.
D- currently doing pretty well.
E- employment opportunities.
F- fewer than a dozen locations.
G- others or attend a workshop.
H- plus training in using them.
I- robots built by library users.
J- sources of useful knowledge.
K- a problem others have found.
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Questions 22–27 | Complete each sentence with the correct ending A–
K. Choose the correct letter, A–K below for questions 22-27. Not all
letters A-K will be used.

25- Patrons of the public libraries in Toronto have

___________________________.

(1 點)

A- access to costly equipment.

B- accessible to children, too.
C- available will probably fail.
D- currently doing pretty well.
E- employment opportunities.
F- fewer than a dozen locations.
G- others or attend a workshop.
H- plus training in using them.
I- robots built by library users.
J- sources of useful knowledge.
K- a problem others have found.
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Questions 22–27 | Complete each sentence with the correct ending A–
K. Choose the correct letter, A–K below for questions 22-27. Not all
letters A-K will be used.

26- Toronto’s libraries offer a variety of services

___________________________.

(1 點)

A- access to costly equipment.

B- accessible to children, too.
C- available will probably fail.
D- currently doing pretty well.
E- employment opportunities.
F- fewer than a dozen locations.
G- others or attend a workshop.
H- plus training in using them.
I- robots built by library users.
J- sources of useful knowledge.
K- a problem others have found.
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Questions 22–27 | Complete each sentence with the correct ending A–
K. Choose the correct letter, A–K below for questions 22-27. Not all
letters A-K will be used.

27- At TPL locations, people can get together with

___________________________.

(1 點)

A- access to costly equipment.

B- accessible to children, too.
C- available will probably fail.
D- currently doing pretty well.
E- employment opportunities.
F- fewer than a dozen locations.
G- others or attend a workshop.
H- plus training in using them.
I- robots built by library users.
J- sources of useful knowledge.
K- a problem others have found.

Reading Passage 3 You should spend about 20 minutes on

Questions 28–40
The Secrets of Viking Navigation

More than one thousand years ago, people from what is now Norway, Denmark, and
Sweden began spreading from their native lands. These people, commonly referred to as
Vikings, have a complicated historical legacy. On the one hand, there exists the popular
image of Vikings as pirates and raiders who attacked villages and cities all over Europe.
On the other hand, more modern studies emphasise the Vikings’ cultural, artistic, and
political innovations. One fact that no one doubts, however, is that the Vikings were
among the greatest sailors of the ancient world.

Like sailors of the past, Vikings often stayed close to the coastline, using landmarks to
find their way. At the same time, their uniquely-designed, flat-bottomed boats allowed
the Vikings to travel far inland where other large ships could not go. What truly set the
Vikings apart, however, was their ability to find their way long distances across open
ocean to Britain, Iceland, Greenland, and even North America.

A recent experiment has attempted to prove how they might have accomplished this
amazing feat. Like all sailors of the time, the Vikings were familiar with using the sun and
the stars to keep their ships headed in the right direction. In the northern seas where the
Vikings sailed, however, more often than not, the sun and stars were hidden by thick
clouds or fog. This fact, in combination with the violent storms and strong currents,
means that it would have been almost impossible to avoid getting lost without some kind
of navigational tool. An old Viking legend says that the Vikings navigated over the open
ocean using a “sólarsteinn”, or “sunstone” in English. It is these stones that might hold the
key to the Vikings’ mastery of navigation.

Some researchers believe that sunstones were, in fact, crystals of calcite, a mineral. Using
these crystals, so the theory claims, Vikings could have taken advantage of a natural
phenomenon involving sunlight. When sunlight passes through the atmosphere, it
becomes polarised, which simply means the light waves become oriented in a non-
random way. Polarisation causes the light to form a series of rings around the sun.
Although this ring pattern is invisible to humans, it can be seen by some birds and other
animals, even through clouds and fog. To a certain extent, the calcite crystals help
humans mimic this ability to see polarisation rings because the crystals are sensitive to
polarisation and the light passing through them becomes brighter when they are
oriented the correct way. Therefore, by rotating the crystal and noticing where it was
brightest, the Vikings would have been able to infer the location of the sun even on
cloudy days.

The sunstone theory has been around for some time, but only recently have researchers
begun to test the idea. The researchers went to locations in Finland, Iceland, and
Hungary, and used modern equipment on cloudy days to see if they could detect the
differences in brightness predicted by the sunstone hypothesis. They were successful and
were able to determine the position of the sun. They estimate that if the Vikings used the
sunstones every few hours, it would indeed have been possible for them to navigate
across the open sea.

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Questions 28–33 | Complete each sentence with the correct ending A–
H. Choose the correct letter, A–H below for questions 28-33. Not all
letters A-H will be used.

28 - Different people have different views of the Vikings,

_______________________.

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A- the Vikings often could not see the sun or stars.
B- light from the sun would have made this possible.
C- Viking navigators supposedly used a “sunstone”.
D- but everyone agrees they were great sailors.
E- because this was fairly common among the Vikings.
F- it is possible the Vikings used crystals of calcite.
G- Viking ships could sail across wide oceans.
H- Vikings could have used other navigational methods.
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Questions 28–33 | Complete each sentence with the correct ending A–
H. Choose the correct letter, A–H below for questions 28-33. Not all
letters A-H will be used.

29 - In addition to being able to travel far inland along rivers,

____________________ .

(1 點)

A- the Vikings often could not see the sun or stars.

B- light from the sun would have made this possible.
C- Viking navigators supposedly used a “sunstone”.
D- but everyone agrees they were great sailors.
E- because this was fairly common among the Vikings.
F- it is possible the Vikings used crystals of calcite.
G- Viking ships could sail across wide oceans.
H- Vikings could have used other navigational methods.
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Questions 28–33 | Complete each sentence with the correct ending A–
H. Choose the correct letter, A–H below for questions 28-33. Not all
letters A-H will be used.

30 - Because they sailed the seas of the northern hemisphere,

______________________ .

(1 點)

A- the Vikings often could not see the sun or stars.

B- light from the sun would have made this possible.
C- Viking navigators supposedly used a “sunstone”.
D- but everyone agrees they were great sailors.
E- because this was fairly common among the Vikings.
F- it is possible the Vikings used crystals of calcite.
G- Viking ships could sail across wide oceans.
H- Vikings could have used other navigational methods.
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Questions 28–33 | Complete each sentence with the correct ending A–
H. Choose the correct letter, A–H below for questions 28-33. Not all
letters A-H will be used.

31- According to one legend about how they navigated,

___________________________.

(1 點)

A- the Vikings often could not see the sun or stars.

B- light from the sun would have made this possible.
C- Viking navigators supposedly used a “sunstone”.
D- but everyone agrees they were great sailors.
E- because this was fairly common among the Vikings.
F- it is possible the Vikings used crystals of calcite.
G- Viking ships could sail across wide oceans.
H- Vikings could have used other navigational methods.
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Questions 28–33 | Complete each sentence with the correct ending A–
H. Choose the correct letter, A–H below for questions 28-33. Not all
letters A-H will be used.

32- Although this has not been proven beyond doubt,

___________________________.

(1 點)

A- the Vikings often could not see the sun or stars.

B- light from the sun would have made this possible.
C- Viking navigators supposedly used a “sunstone”.
D- but everyone agrees they were great sailors.
E- because this was fairly common among the Vikings.
F- it is possible the Vikings used crystals of calcite.
G- Viking ships could sail across wide oceans.
H- Vikings could have used other navigational methods.
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Questions 28–33 | Complete each sentence with the correct ending A–
H. Choose the correct letter, A–H below for questions 28-33. Not all
letters A-H will be used.

33- According to those who doubt the sunstone experiment,

________________________.

(1 點)

A- the Vikings often could not see the sun or stars.

B- light from the sun would have made this possible.
C- Viking navigators supposedly used a “sunstone”.
D- but everyone agrees they were great sailors.
E- because this was fairly common among the Vikings.
F- it is possible the Vikings used crystals of calcite.
G- Viking ships could sail across wide oceans.
H- Vikings could have used other navigational methods.
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Questions 34–39 | Do the following statements agree with the
information given in Reading Passage 3? Choose one of the options
below for questions 34–39:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

34- Polarisation does not cause a series of rings around the sun on
cloudy days.

(1 點)

True
False
Not Given
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Questions 34–39 | Do the following statements agree with the
information given in Reading Passage 3? Choose one of the options
below for questions 34–39:
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

35- If they are not used correctly, calcite crystals become insensitive to
polarisation.

(1 點)

True
False
Not Given
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Questions 34–39 | Do the following statements agree with the
information given in Reading Passage 3? Choose one of the options
below for questions 34–39:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

36- In experiments, experts used sunstones in Finland to detect the

sun’s brightness.

(1 點)

True
False
Not Given
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Questions 34–39 | Do the following statements agree with the
information given in Reading Passage 3? Choose one of the options
below for questions 34–39:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

37- Researchers did not test the sunstone theory until recently as
nobody believed it.
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True
False
Not Given
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Questions 34–39 | Do the following statements agree with the
information given in Reading Passage 3? Choose one of the options
below for questions 34–39:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

38- Calcite crystals vary little in brightness when viewing polarised and
non-polarised light.

(1 點)

True
False
Not Given
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Questions 34–39 | Do the following statements agree with the
information given in Reading Passage 3? Choose one of the options
below for questions 34–39:

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

39- It is possible that the Vikings used sunstones among other methods
of navigation.

(1 點)

True
False
Not Given
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Question 40 | Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

40- What is the purpose of this passage?

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A- to explain what polarisation is and how the Vikings first learned about it
B- to suggest one possible way that Vikings travelled long distances by ship
C- to prove why the theory that Vikings used sunstones cannot be correct
D- to compare legends about Viking navigation with what scientists believe