Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

CAMBRIDGE IELTS 10 – TEST 2 – PASSAGE 2
GIFTED CHILDREN AND LEARNING 

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=>ANSWER: spoon-feeding 
CAMBRIDGE IELTS 10 – TEST 2 – PASSAGE 2 KEYWORDS TABLE
 
MUSEUMS OF FINE ART AND THEIR PUBLIC 
QUESTIONS 27-31: COMPLETE THE SUMMARY USING THE LIST 
OF WORDS, 
A-L
, BELOW. 
27-28. PEOPLE GO TO ART MUSEUMS BECAUSE THEY ACCEPT THE 
VALUE OF SEEING AN ORIGINAL WORK OF ART. BUT THEY DO NOT 
GO TO MUSEUMS TO READ ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS OF NOVELS, 
PERHAPS BECAUSE THE AVAILABILITY 
OF NOVELS HAS DEPENDED ON 27… 
FOR SOLONG, AND ALSO BECAUSE WITH NOVELS, THE 28……AR
E THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 
27. KEYWORDS: MUSEUMS, NOVELS 
We need to find out why people do not go to museums to read original manuscripts of novels. At the 
beginning of paragraph 2, the writer argues that “This might be explained by the fact that the novel has 
evolved precisely because of technological developments that made it possible to printout 
huge numbers of texts, whereas oil paintings have always been produced as unique objects.” This 
means that, unlike original paintings which are unique, novels are available in such huge number that 
people do not want to go to museums to read original manuscripts. 
– mass production=print out huge numbers 
=>ANSWER: B 
28. KEYWORDS: NOVELS, MOST IMPORTANT 
In paragraph 2, “With novels, the reader attends mainly to the meaning of words rather than the way 
they are printed on the page.” So, the reader finds the meaning of words most important. 
– mainly=most important 
– underlying ideas=the meaning of words 
=>ANSWER: H 
29-30. HOWEVER, IN HISTORICAL TIMES, ARTISTS SUCH AS 
LEONARDO WERE HAPPY TO INSTRUCT 29…..TO 
PRODUCE COPIES OF THEIR WORK AND THESE DAYS NEW METH
ODS OF REPRODUCTION ALLOW EXCELLENT REPLICATION OF SU
RFACE RELIEF FEATURES AS WELL AS COLOUR AND 30….. 
29. KEYWORDS: ARTISTS, INSTRUCT, COPIES. 
In paragraph 3, the author indicates that “…in the 16 century, artists seemed perfectly content 
to assign the reproduction of their creations to their workshop apprentices as regular „bread and butter 
‟work” 
– happy=content 

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– assistant=apprentice 
– copy=reproduction 
=>ANSWER: L 
30. KEYWORDS: EXCELLENT REPLICATION, COLOUR, SURFACE 
RELIEF 
In paragraph 3, “And today the task of reproducing pictures is incomparably more simple and 
reliable, with reprographic techniques that allow the production of high-quality prints made exactly 
to the original scale, with faithful colour values, and even with duplication of the surface relief of 
the painting.”So, besides surface relief features and faithful colour values, new methods allow the 
copies made exactly to the original scale. This means that the copies have the same size as the original 
novel. 
– replication=reproducing 
=> ANSWER: G 
31. IT IS REGRETTABLE THAT MUSEUMS STILL PROMOTE THE 
SUPERIORITY OF ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART, SINCE THIS MAY NOT BE 
IN THE INTERESTS OF THE… 
Keywords: promote, original works, not in the interests of In paragraph 5, “Unfortunately, this seems 
to place severe limitations on the kind of experience offered to visitors.” Because “museums still 
promote the special status of original work” [paragraph 4], this may not be in the interests of visitors, 
or the public. 
– the public=visitors 
=>ANSWER: D 
QUESTIONS 32-35: CHOOSE THE CORRECT LETTER,