Glaciers IELTS Reading Answers

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The Academic passage ‘Glaciers’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Read the passage below and answer questions 1 – 15. 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	vi	continental glaciers, alpine or valley glaciers, temperate glaciers, Polar glaciers	The whole of paragraph A
2	ii	The reason glaciers are generally formed in high alpine regions is that they require cold temperatures throughout the year. While glaciers rely heavily on snowfall, other climatic conditions including freezing rain, avalanches, and wind, contribute to their growth.	Paragraph B; Line 2 and 5
3	iii	The weight and pressure of ice accumulation cause glacier movement.	Paragraph C; First line
4	vii	Besides the extraordinary rivers of ice, glacial erosion creates other unique physical features in the landscape such as horns, fjords, hanging valleys, and cirques.	Paragraph D; First line
5	v	Glacier movement and shape-shifting typically occur over hundreds of years.	Paragraph E; First line
6	FALSE	The majority of the earth’s glaciers are located near the poles, though glaciers exist on all continents, including Africa and Oceania.	Paragraph B; First line
7	TRUE	While glaciers rely heavily on snowfall, other climatic conditions including freezing rain, avalanches, and wind, contribute to their growth.	Paragraph B; Line 5
8	TRUE	With the rare exception of surging glaciers, a common glacier flows about 10 inches per day in the summer and 5 inches per day in the winter.	Paragraph B; Line 7
9	FALSE	The middle of a glacier moves faster than the sides and bottom because there is no rock to cause friction.	Paragraph C; Line 6
10	NOT GIVEN	–	–
11	B	Smaller glaciers that occur at higher elevations are called alpine or valley glaciers.	Paragraph A; Line 7
12	D	Polar glaciers, in contrast, always maintain temperatures far below melting.	Paragraph A; Last line
13	H	With the rare exception of surging glaciers, a common glacier flows about 10 inches per day in the summer and 5 inches per day in the winter. The fastest glacial surge on record occurred in 1953 when the Kutiah Glacier in Pakistan grew more than 12 kilometres in three months.	Paragraph B; Lines 7 – 8
14	A	Fjords, which are very common in Norway, are coastal valleys that fill with ocean water during a glacial retreat.	Paragraph D; Line 6
15	G	A cirque is a large bowlshaped valley that forms at the front of a glacier.	Paragraph D; Line 9

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