Architecture: Reaching for the Sky — Reading Answers

Questions 29–35 follow a timeline of materials and architectural movements. Use timber and stone for the earlier period, then distinguish Modernism, International style and High-Tech.

Question 33 needs the noun preservation before “of historic buildings.” The text describes preserving older buildings, but the table requires a noun. Question 35 describes several styles coexisting.

Questions 36–40 match causes to effects: city growth produces slums; simple functional design removes decoration; depression and war delay construction; some housing estates are demolished; steel frames and lifts support tall buildings.

Q29 alternatives: timber and stone / timber stone.

Q32 alternatives: badly designed buildings / poorly designed buildings / multi-storey housing / multi-storey housing estates / mass-produced low-cost high-rises.

Q33 alternatives: preservation.

Q34 alternatives: High Tech / High-Tech.

Q35 alternatives: coexistence of styles / co-existence of styles / different styles / various styles.