Astronaut Ice Cream, Anyone Reading Answers
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Astronaut Ice Cream, Anyone is a real Reading test passage that appeared in the IELTS.
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Astronaut Ice Cream, Anyone
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on the Reading Passage below.
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Answers
| Question number | Answer | Keywords | Location of keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transportation | For example, many fruits are more than 80 00% water. Removing this makes the food much lighter and therefore makes transportation less difficult. | Paragraph C;
Lines 1 – 2 |
| 2 | pharmaceuticals | The process is also used to preserve other sorts of material, such as pharmaceuticals. | Paragraph D;
Line 1 |
| 3 | manuscripts | Even valuable manuscripts that had been water damaged have been saved by using this process. | Paragraph D;
Last line |
| 4 | sublimation | This is possible because in freeze-drying, solid water – ice – is converted directly into water vapour, missing out the liquid phase entirely. This is called ‘sublimation’ | Paragraph F;
Lines 1 – 2 |
| 5 | simple drying (techniques) | Freeze-drying is different from simple drying because it is able to remove almost all the water from materials, whereas simple drying techniques can only remove 90-95%. | Paragraph E;
Line 1 |
| 6 | (freeze-drying) chamber | The material to be preserved is placed in a freeze-drying chamber | Paragraph G;
Line 2 |
| 7 | shelves | The heating units apply a small amount of heat to the shelves in the chamber, causing the ice to change phase | Paragraph G;
Line 6 |
| 8 | freezing coil | Since the pressure in the chamber is so low, the ice turns directly into water vapour, which leaves the freeze-drying chamber, and flows past the freezing coil. | Paragraph G;
Line 7 |
| 9 | (refrigerator) compressor | The material to be preserved is placed in a freeze-drying chamber which is connected to a freezing coil and refrigerator compressor | Paragraph G;
Line 2 |
| 10 | enzymes | similarly, the enzymes which occur naturally in food cannot cause ripening without water, so removing water from food will also stop the ripening process. | Paragraph B;
Last line |
| 11 | composition | In addition, the composition and structure of the material is not significantly changed | Paragraph E;
Line 3 |
| 12 | overheating | The process continues for many hours (even days) while the material gradually dries out. This time is necessary to avoid overheating, which might affect the structure of the material. | Paragraph H;
Lines 1 – 2 |
| 13 | high altitudes | The extremely cold temperatures and low pressure at those high altitudes prevented food from spoiling | Paragraph I;
Line 3 |
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