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Reading Answer Key
Reading Passage 1, Questions 1–13
1. water table well
2.
natural spring
3. confined aquifer
4. (an) explosive fountain
5. (an)
extraction pump
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. D
11. A
12. B in either order
13.
D in either order
Reading Passage 2, Questions 14–26
14. C
15. E
16. F
17. B
18. C
19. D
20. commercial and civic
21. (non-essential) ornamentation
22. (recognisable/ recognizable)
ribbon design
23. wealth (and) prestige/prestige (and) wealth
24. function (and) practicality
25. D
26. B
Reading Passage 3, Questions 27–40
27. P
28. H
29. F
30. G
31. N
32. J
33. C
34. TRUE
35. FALSE
36. FALSE
37. NOT GIVEN
38. TRUE
39. FALSE
40. D
Academic Reading Answer Key
