The Academic passage ‘Diabetes’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Read the passage below and answer questions 1-14. 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.
Diabetes
Answers
| Question Number | Answer | Keywords | Location of Keywords |
| 1 | YES | body makes glucose, foods containing carbohydrates | Paragraph 2; line 3 |
| 2 | NO | In type 2 diabetes, body does not, enough insulin, cells ignore, insulin | Paragraph 3; lines 5-6 |
| 3 | YES | body’s immune system attacks, insulin-producing beta cells, pancreas, destroys them | Paragraph 3; lines 3-4 |
| 4 | YES | hyperglycaemia, lead, comas, diagnosed, quickly | Paragraph 4; lines 2-3 |
| 5 | NOT GIVEN | ||
| 6 | NOT GIVEN | ||
| 7 | YES | 2 out of 3 people, diabetes eventually die, complications | Paragraph 5; lines 17-18 |
| 8 | G | Over 1 million Australians, 50%, unaware | Paragraph 1; lines 2-3 |
| 9 | E | Insulin, glucose, blood, body cells, energy is made | Paragraph 2; lines 9-10 |
| 10 | A | healthy eating, physical activity, required at first | Paragraph 2; lines 6-7 |
| 11 | C | Young women account for almost all the increase in heart attack risk | Paragraph 5; lines 20-21 |
| 12 | B | always feeling hungry, having cuts that heal slowly, mood swings, headaches, feeling dizzy,leg cramps | Paragraph 4; last 3 lines |
| 13 | E | always feeling hungry, having cuts that heal slowly, mood swings, headaches, feeling dizzy | Paragraph 4; last 3 lines |
| 14 | D | always feeling hungry, having cuts that heal slowly, mood swings, headaches, feeling dizzy | Paragraph 4; last 3 lines |
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