Câu hỏi và đáp án bài Reading Test 3 passage 1 - IELTS Cambridge 8 - Striking Back at Lightning With Lasers
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Questions 1-3
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
Write the correct letter in boxes 1-3 on your answer sheet.
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The main topic discussed in the text is
- A the damage caused to US golf courses and golf players by lightning strikes.
- B the effect of lightning on power supplies in the US and in Japan.
- C a variety of methods used in trying to control lightning strikes.
- D a laser technique used in trying to control lightning strikes.
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According to the text, every year lightning
- A does considerable damage to buildings during thunderstorms.
- B kills or injures mainly golfers in the United States.
- C kills or injures around 500 people throughout the world.
- D damages more than 100 American power companies.
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Researchers at the University of Florida and at the University of New Mexico
- A receive funds from the same source.
- B are using the same techniques.
- C are employed by commercial companies.
- D are in opposition to each other.
Questions 4-6
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 4-6 on your answer sheet.
- EPRI receives financial support from ....................... .
- The advantage of the technique being developed by Diels is that it can be used ....................... .
- The main difficulty associated with using the laser equipment is related to its ....................... .
Questions 7-10
Complete the summary using the list of words, A-I, below.
Write the correct letter, A-I, in boxes 7-10 on your answer sheet.
In this method, a laser is used to create a line of ionisation by removing electrons from 7 ....................... . This laser is then directed at 8 ....................... in order to control electrical charges, a method which is less dangerous than using 9 ....................... . As a protection for the lasers, the beams are aimed firstly at 10 ....................... .
- A cloud-zappers
- B atoms
- C storm clouds
- D mirrors
- E technique
- F ions
- G rockets
- H conductors
- I thunder
Questions 11-13
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 11-13 on your answer sheet write:
- YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
- NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
- NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
- Power companies have given Diels enough money to develop his laser.
- Obtaining money to improve the lasers will depend on tests in real storms.
- Weather forecasters are intensely interested in Diels's system.
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Reading Passage 1, Questions 1-13
- D
- A
- A
- power companies
- safely
- size
- B
- C
- G
- D
- NO
- YES
- NOT GIVEN