Ambergris IELTS Reading Answers

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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.

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Question number	Answer	Keywords	Location of keywords
1	A	Its high price varies from $15 to $25 an ounce	Paragraph A; Line 3
2	A	as a flavouring material in cookery.	Paragraph A; Last line
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; Line 1
5	B	amber is a hard, transparent	Paragraph B; Line 3
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; Line 2
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; Line 3
8	vomitted	Often expelled by vomiting, ambergris floats in chunks on the water	Paragraph F; Line 3
9	hardens	Following months to years of photo-degradation and oxidation in the ocean, this precursor gradually hardens,	Paragraph F; Line 4
10	TRUE	In the 20th century, 90% of ambergris was derived in the processing of killing sperm whales.	Paragraph H; Line 3
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; Line 4

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