The Rise and Fall of the British Textile Industry, What is an ASBO?, The Climate Changers – Reading Answers

Nehasri Ravishenbagam

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Updated On Apr 27, 2022

Reading Passage 1
Reading Passage 2
Reading Passage 3
Answers

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Reading Passage 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

The Rise and Fall of the British Textile Industry

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Questions 1-6

Complete the notes below.

Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Textile Manufacture Early history

Begins as a cottage industry

Products hand-woven and made for 1___________________________________

Local producers face 2_________________________________ from overseas

Ways found to deal with situation

Imported fabrics 3______________________, mixed cottons produced

Early technology

Machine production needed to 4________________ for cotton fabrics

Improved technology (such as the fly-shuttle) more 5________________ and productive

Machinery begins to be powered by 6_________________

Questions 7-9

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D, and write them next to 7-9 on your answer sheet.

7 Which of the following innovations increased productivity by 800%?

A the power-loom

B the steam engine

C the spinning jenny

D the fly-shuttle

8 During which period was the British textile industry at its peak?

A 1733-1785

B 1781-1791

C 1791-1830

D 1830-1900

9 Which of the following was a major cause of the British textile industry’s decline?

A the expansion of foreign textile industries

B the loss of overseas markets

C there is no demand for products

D labour becoming too expensive

Questions 10-13

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?

Write TRUE, if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE, if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN, if there is no information on this

10 Foreign textiles were banned because of their inferior quality.

11 Richard Arkwright built the first fully-mechanized textile mill.

12 In less developed countries, the industry could rely on cheap labour.

13 Out-sourcing was one method used to compete with foreign manufacturers.

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Reading Passage 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 2 below.

What is an ASBO?

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Question 14-16

Choose THREE letters A-H.

NB, Your answers may be given in any order.

Which THREE of the following statements are true of ASBOs, according to the text?

A They were introduced to deal with specific crimes.

B Parking on a double yellow line could get you served with an ASBO.

C Swearing is one of the offences referred to in the Crime and Disorder Act.

D As a private householder, you can apply for an ASBO against a noisy neighbour.

E It is not illegal for young people to gather in groups in public places.

F An ASBO cannot be served on a group of people behaving in a disorderly manner.

G A large proportion of those served with ASBOs are over the age of 21.

H Most people agree that ASBOs have been effective all over the country.

Questions 17-19

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D and write them next to 17-19 on your answer sheet.

17 The writer suggests that

A anti-social behaviour should be seen as a crime.

B few people agree on how to define a crime.

C anti-social behaviour is difficult to define.

D the legal definition of crime is too exclusive.

18 What surprised the writer about the imposition of ASBOs?

A the number of ten-year-old’s that had been given one

B that very few adults had been served with ASBOs

C that most of those served with ASBOs were youngsters

D how few ASBOs had been imposed since 1998

19 In the writer’s opinion, how effective have ASBOs been?

A There isn’t enough evidence to decide.

B They are too expensive to be effective.

C They are ineffective because they are not strict enough.

D Being open to abuse renders them ineffective.

Question 20-26

Complete the sentences.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

20 The official__________________________ says that anti social behaviour is behaviour which can cause alarm or distress.

21 Along with swearing and destruction of public or private property, making noise is considered anti-social behaviour.

22 ASBOs are considered to be part of__________________________ law rather than criminal law.

23 Citizens have to__________________________ to either the local council or the police before any action can be taken.

24 In their efforts to collect evidence the authorities may call on to get more information.

25 ASBOs are issued at a_________________________ .

26 ________________________ is the most straightforward form of anti social behaviour to determine.

Reading Passage 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.

The Climate Changers

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Questions 27-29

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D and write them next to 27-29 on your answer sheet.

27 One of the claims Ruddiman makes is that

A population growth is responsible for global warming.

B people have affected the climate for thousands of years.

C his ideas are not in the least bit controversial.

D so far scientists have been wrong about global warming.

28 What information did the research at Vostok reveal for the first time?

A that methane levels stabilised about 11,000 years ago

B that Antarctic ice contains methane bubbles

C that the methane levels increased about 5,000 years ago

D that we are now living in a warm interglacial period

29 The climate changes of the title are

A modern humans.

B climate modelers.

C primitive farmers.

D natural causes.

Questions 30-34

Complete the summary.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

To many people the controversial idea that our 30___________ were responsible for global warming appears 31___________ . Yet Ruddiman believes that high levels of carbon dioxide and methane – both 32___________ , or greenhouse, gases – were being released into the Earth’s atmosphere in times prior to 33___________ . However, Ruddiman claims that this
had a positive effect, as it may well have saved us from another 34__________ .

Questions 35-40

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 3? Write

TRUE, if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE, if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN, if there is no information on this

35 Some megafauna has been eliminated by humans in the past 100 years.

36 Agriculture is considered a primary cause of global warming today.

37 Ruddiman’s idea caused a great deal of argument among scientists.

38 New scientific evidence proves for certain that Ruddimans theory is correct.

39 The 20^th century has seen the greatest ever increase in global temperatures.

40 Changes in the Earth’s orbit can affect global temperatures.

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The Rise and Fall of the British Textile Industry Reading Answers (Passage 1)

1.	local consumption
2.	competition
3.	banned
4.	meet (the) demand
5.	efficient
6.	steam (engines)
7.	C because it says in paragraph 4: ‘the spinning jenny, which among other things had the effect of raising productivity eightfold’
8.	D because it says in paragraph 5: ‘By the end of the 19^th century the figure had soared to close on £50 million.’
9.	A because it says in paragraph 6: ‘it was competition from abroad’
10.	FALSE because in paragraph 3 it describes the foreign fabrics as ‘high quality’.
11.	NOT GIVEN
12.	TRUE because it says in paragraph 6: ‘Economically less developed countries, on the other hand, had the advantage of being able to provide low wage competition.’
13.	TRUE because it says in paragraph ft: outsourcing was a rational response to the growing competition from overseas’.

What is an ASBO? Reading Answers (Passage 2)

14.-16.	C because it says in paragraph 2: ‘foul and abusive language*. E because it says in paragraph 5: ‘young people merely hanging out in public places, however boisterous their behaviour might seem to be to some people, is not considered to be indulging in anti-social behaviour!. F because it says in paragraph 6: ‘ASBOs are made on an individual basis even if that person is part of a group!
17.	C because it says in paragraph 1: ‘you are getting into an area where there is going to be considerable disagreement!
18.	C because it says in paragraph 7: ‘It is a striking fact that the majority of ASBOs imposed since the law was enacted have been handed to young people and children.’
19.	A because it says in paragraph 8: ‘What all this means is that ASBOs are being used very rarely in many parts of the country. So the jury is still out as to how effective they really are.’
20.	definition
21.	excessive
22.	civil
23.	make a complaint
24.	witnesses/neighbors/acquaintances
25.	Magistrates court
26.	Physical violence

The Climate Changers Reading Answers (Passage 3)

27.	B because it says in paragraph 2: ‘humans have been causing global warming ever since our ancestors started burning and cutting forests to make way for fields at least 7,000 years ago* and in paragraph 3: ‘that’s the view of retired climate scientist William Ruddiman.
28.	C because it says in paragraph 8: ‘the atmospheric methane began to climb again 5,000 years ago’.
29.	C because Ruddimans view is that a few primitive farmers’ (paragraph 4) caused global warming when they ‘started burning and cutting forests to make way for fields at least 7,000 years ago (paragraph 1).
30.	ancestors
31.	far-fetched
32.	climate-warming
33.	recorded history
34.	ice age
35.	FALSE because it says in paragraph 1: our ancestors stand accused of wiping out megafaunal
36.	NOT GIVEN
37.	TRUE because it says in paragraph 4: ‘Ruddimans idea has been hugely controversial*.
38.	FALSE because it says in paragraph 4: ‘the latest evidence strengthens his case’ not proves it correct.
39.	NOT GIVEN
40.	TRUE because it says in paragraph 6: ‘periodic changes in the planet’s orbit and the axis of rotation alter the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth*.