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Ambergris IELTS Reading Answers
The Academic passage ‘Ambergris’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Read the passage below and answer questions 1 – 13. Beyond the questions, you will find the answers along with the location of the answers in the passage and the keywords that help you find out the answers.
Ambergris
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| Question number | Answer | Keywords | Location of keywords |
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| 1 | A | Its high price varies from $15 to $25 an ounce | Paragraph A;
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| 2 | A | as a flavouring material in cookery. | Paragraph A;
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| 3 | D | Elimination method. | The word currency is not found in the entire passage. So it does not relate to either of them. |
| 4 | A | The true source and character of ambergris was first satisfactorily established by Dr. Swediaur in a communication to the Royal Society. | Paragraph E;
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| 5 | B | amber is a hard, transparent | Paragraph B;
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| 6 | beaks | It was found by Dr. Swediaur that ambergris very frequently contained the horny mandibles or beaks of the squid, on which the sperm whales are known to feed. | Paragraph E;
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| 7 | passage | the substance is produced by the whale’s intestine as a means of facilitating the passage of undigested hard, sharp beaks of squid that the whale has eaten. | Paragraph E;
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| 8 | vomitted | Often expelled by vomiting, ambergris floats in chunks on the water | Paragraph F;
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| 9 | hardens | Following months to years of photo-degradation and oxidation in the ocean, this precursor gradually hardens, | Paragraph F;
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| 10 | TRUE | In the 20th century, 90% of ambergris was derived in the processing of killing sperm whales. | Paragraph H;
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| 11 | NOT GIVEN | – | – |
| 12 | NOT GIVEN | – | – |
| 13 | FALSE | The most important of these is Ambrox, which has taken its place as the most widely used amber odorant in perfume manufacture. | Paragraph I;
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