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CAMBRIDGE IELTS 7 READING – TEST 4 –
ANSWERS
PULLING STRINGS
TO BUILD PYRAMIDS
QUESTIONS 1-7 TRUE, FALSE, NOT GIVEN
1. IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
WERE NEEDED TO BUILD THE PYRAMIDS
Keywords: generally, large numbers, build
In the opening of paragraph 1, the writer says: ” The pyramids of Egypt were built more than three
thousand years ago, and no one knows how. The conventional picture is that tens of thousands of
slaves dragged stones on sledges.” This means that a huge number of peopleare generally believed to
have been involved in building the pyramids.
+ Conventional picture here can be understood as the general belief/thought of many people, indicating
that the fact is generally believed.
=>ANSWER: TRUE
2. CLEMMONS FOUND A STRANGE HIEROGLYPH ON THE WALL OF
AN EGYPTIAN MONUMENT.
Keywords: Clemmons, hieroglyph, wall,
monument
In the first paragraph, the writer states: “While perusing a book on monuments of Egypt, she noticed a
hieroglyph that showed a row of men standing in odd postures ” This means that Clemmons found a
picture of the hieroglyph in a book on Egyptian monuments, but she did not find the hieroglyph
actually on the wall of a monument.
=>ANSWER: FALSE
3. GHARIB HAD PREVIOUSLY DONE EXPERIMENTS ON BIRD FLIGHT.
Keywords: Gharibs,
previously, bird flight
Information on Gharib before he did the experiment on Clemmon‟s theory can only be found in
paragraph 2, but there is no mention that he had done experiments on bird flight.
=>ANSWER: NOT GIVEN
4. GHARIB AND GRAFF TESTED THEIR THEORY BEFORE APPLYING IT.
Keywords: Gharib, Graff, tested, before applying
Paragraph 3 is about the preparations of Gharib and Graff for testing their theory, and in paragraph 4
we learn what happened when the theory was applied. In paragraph 3, the writer reports that: “Their
initial calculations and scale-model wind-tunnel experiments convinced them they wouldn‟t need a
strong wind to lift the 33.5tonne column”. So this means that their theory had been tested before being
applied.
+ test = experiment
=>ANSWER: TRUE
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5. THE SUCCESS OF THE ACTUAL EXPERIMENT WAS
DUE TO THE
HIGH SPEED OF THE WIND
Keywords: actual experiment, high speed, wind
In paragraph 5, where information on the the actual result of the experiment is found, the writer says :
“The wind was blowing at a gentle 16 to 20 kilometers an hour, little more than half what they thought
would be needed”.This means that the wind speed needed in reality is lower than the speed they
calculated before. So the success of the actual experiment is not due to the high speed of the wind.
=>ANSWER: FALSE
6. THEY FOUND THAT, AS
THE KITE FLEW HIGHER, THE WIND FORCE
GOT STRONGER
Keywords: kite, higher, wind, stronger
Information of the actual experiment can only be found in paragraph 5. We only know that when the
kite was opened, there was a huge initial force. There is no reference to the height of the kite, nor the
relation of the height to the force of the wind.
=>ANSWER: NOT GIVEN
7. THE TEAM DECIDED THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO USE KITES TO
RAISE VERY HEAVY STONES
Keywords : decided, possible,
stones
In paragraph 5, the writer explains: “So Clemmons was right: the pyramids builders could have
used kitesto lift massive stones into place.”
+ raise = lift = move something to a higher position
+ very heavy = massive
=>ANSWER: TRUE
QUESTIONS 8-13 COMPLETE THE SUMMARY BELOW (NO MORE
THAN TWO WORDS )
From the title of the summary, [Additional evidence for theory of kite-lifting] it can be inferred that the
information should be found in paragraph 7: “Others feel there is more of a case for the theory. …”
+ additional evidence = more of a case = other evidence to support the theory 8-9-10.The Egyptians
had…, which could lift larges pieces of …and they knew how to use the energy of the wind from their
skill as …
Keywords: had, lift large pieces of, skill, as
In paragraph 7, the writer states: ” Harnessing the wind would not have been a problem for
accomplished sailors like the Egyptians. And they are known
to have used wooden pulleys, which
could have been made strong enough to bear the weight of massive blocks of stone”. In gap 8 and gap
9, we need 2 nouns – something that the Egyptians could use to lift larges pieces of something. The
answer therefore should be wooden pulleys and stone. In gap 10, we need a noun – which possibly
indicates a job , as the question mentions “skill as…” , which requires the ability to use the energy of
the wind. The word that refers to a job here can only be (accomplished) sailors
+ lift = bear the weight
+ large pieces of = massive blocks of
=>ANSWER: 8. wooden pulleys
9.
stone
10.accomplished sailors
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11-12 THE DISCOVERY ON ONE PYRAMID OF AN OBJECT WHICH
RESEMBLED A…SUGGESTS THEY MAY HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH
…
Keywords : an object, resembled, suggest,experimented with
In paragraph 7, the writer says: “A wooden artefact found on the step pyramid at Saqqara looks
uncannily like a modern glider. Although it dates from several hundred years after the building of the
pyramids, its sophistication suggests that the Egyptians might have been developing ideas of flight for
a long time.” Here we need 2 nouns -an object that on one pyramid resembled something. That object
suggests that the Egyptians experimented with some idea or theory. The answer, then,
is a modern
glider, and flight
+ resemble= look uncannily like
+ experiment with= develop ideas of
=>ANSWER: 11. modern glider
12. flight
13. IN ADDITION, OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO KITES WERE
USED IN CHINA AS WEAPONS, AS WELL AS FOR SENDING …
Keywords: weapons, kites, China, sending
In paragraph 7, the writer states: “And other ancient civilisations
certainly knew about kites;as early
as 1250 BC, the Chinese were using them to deliver messages and dump flaming debris on their
foes.” Here we need a noun – something that was sent by kites in China. The answer, therefore,
is messages.
+ send = deliver
=>ANSWER: 13. Messages
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