Moles Happy as Homes Go Underground — Reading Answers

Cambridge IELTS 1 · Test 3 · Passage 2 · Questions 13–26

Answer key
Q	Answer	Q	Answer
13	xi	20	iv
14	ix	21	sell more quickly
15	viii	22	planners
16	v	23	noise embankments
17	i	24	olivetti employees
18	vii	25	adapt to
19	iii	26	a cool room

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Answer explanations (optional)

Questions 13–20 match headings to paragraphs B–I. Identify the central argument of each paragraph before comparing the available headings.

Questions 21–26 refer to separate developments and people. Mass-produced houses sell quickly; planners welcomed the Dutch scheme; the houses use embankments; the Ivrea centre served Olivetti employees.

Question 25 is adapt to. For Question 26, his bakery business or a cool room is accepted. Other supported alternatives are listed below the key.

Q21 alternatives: sell more quickly / sell quickly.

Q22 alternatives: south limburg planners / planners.

Q23 alternatives: noise embankments / road embankments / embankments.

Q26 alternatives: his bakery business / a cool room / bakery business / cool room.

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