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Questions 14-18
Reading Passage 2 has nine sections, A-I.
Which section contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A-I, in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.
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why some people avoided hospitals in the 19th century ........................
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a suggestion that the popularity of tall buildings is linked to prestige ........................
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a comparison between the circulation of air in a 19th-century building and modern standards ........................
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how Short tested the circulation of air in a 19th-century building ........................
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an implication that advertising led to the large increase in the use of air conditioning ........................
Questions 19-26
Complete the summary below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 19-26 on your answer sheet.
Ventilation in 19th-century hospital wards
Professor Alan Short examined the work of John Shaw Billings, who influenced the architectural 19 ______________________ of hospitals to ensure they had good ventilation. He calculated that 20 ______________________ in the air coming from patients suffering from 21 ______________________ would not have harmed other patients. He also found that the air in 22 ______________________ in hospitals could change as often as in a modern operating theatre. He suggests that energy use could be reduced by locating more patients in 23 ______________________ areas.
A major reason for improving ventilation in 19th-century hospitals was the demand from the 24 ______________________ for protection against bad air, known as 25 ______________________. These were blamed for the spread of disease for hundreds of years, including epidemics of 26 ______________________ in London and Paris in the middle of the 19th century.
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Reading Passage 2, Questions 14-26
- F
- C
- E
- D
- B
- design(s)
- pathogens
- tuberculosis
- wards
- communal
- public
- miasmas
- cholera