Diabetes Reading Answers
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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