Câu hỏi và đáp án bài Reading Test 4 passage 2 - IELTS Cambridge 5 - Flawed Beauty the problem with toughened glass
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Questions 14-17
Look at the following people and the list of statements below.
Match each person with the correct statement.
Write the correct letter A-H in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet.
- Brian Waldron
- Trevor Ford
- Graham Dodd
- John Barry
List of Statements
- A) suggests that publicity about nickel sulphide failure has been suppressed
- B) regularly sees cases of nickel sulphide failure
- C) closely examined all the glass in one building
- D) was involved with the construction of Bishops Walk
- E) recommended the rebuilding of Waterfront Place
- F) thinks the benefits of toughened glass are exaggerated
- G) claims that nickel sulphide failure is very unusual
- H) refers to the most extreme case of delayed failure
Questions 18-23
Complete the summary with the list of words A-P below.
Write your answers in boxes 18-23 on your answer sheet.
Toughened Glass
Toughened glass is favoured by architects because it is much stronger than ordinary glass, and the fragments are not as 18 ....................... when it breaks. However, it has one disadvantage: it can shatter 19 ....................... . This fault is a result of the manufacturing process. Ordinary glass is first heated, then cooled very 20 ....................... . The outer layer 21 ....................... before the inner layer, and the tension between the two layers which is created because of this makes the glass stronger. However, if the glass contains nickel sulphide impurities, crystals of nickel sulphide are formed. These are unstable, and can expand suddenly, particularly if the weather is 22 ....................... . If this happens, the pane of glass may break. The frequency with which such problems occur is 23 ....................... by glass experts. Furthermore, the crystals cannot be detected without sophisticated equipment.
List of Words
- A) numerous
- B) detected
- C) quickly
- D) agreed
- E) warm
- F) sharp
- G) expands
- H) slowly
- I) unexpectedly
- J) removed
- K) contracts
- L) disputed
- M) cold
- N) moved
- O) small
- P) calculated
Questions 24-26
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?
In boxes 24-26 on your answer sheet, write:
- TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
- FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
- NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
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Little doubt was expressed about the reason for the Bishops Walk accident.
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Toughened glass has the same appearance as ordinary glass.
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There is plenty of documented evidence available about the incidence of nickel sulphide failure.
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Reading Passage 2, Questions 14-26
- G
- A
- H
- C
- F
- I
- C
- K
- E
- L
- TRUE
- NOT GIVEN
- FALSE