Mrs. Carlill And The Carbolic Smoke Ball IELTS Reading Answers
Mrs. Carlill And The Carbolic Smoke Ball IELTS Reading Answers
The Academic passage ‘Mrs. Carlill And The Carbolic Smoke Ball’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Read the passage below and answer questions 1 – 13. 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.
Mrs. Carlill And The Carbolic Smoke Ball
Answers
| Question number | Answer | Keywords | Location of keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOT GIVEN | – | – |
| 2 | FALSE | the theory that micro-organisms caused disease was gaining ground, but no one had identified an organism responsible for flu (and wouldn’t until 1933) | Paragraph I;
Line 1 |
| 3 | TRUE | In the absence of a germ, many clung to the old idea of bad airs, or miasmas, | Paragraph I;
Line 2 |
| 4 | NOT GIVEN | – | – |
| 5 | gauze | The carbolic smoke ball was a hollow rubber ball, 5 centimetres across, with a nozzle covered by gauze. | Paragraph L;
Line 1 |
| 6 | nozzle | The carbolic smoke ball was a hollow rubber ball, 5 centimetres across, with a nozzle covered by gauze. | Paragraph L;
Line 1 |
| 7 | powder | Inside was a powder treated with carbolic acid, or phenol. | Paragraph L;
Line 2 |
| 8 | Rubber ball | The carbolic smoke ball was a hollow rubber ball, 5 centimetres across, with a nozzle covered by gauze | Paragraph L;
Line 1 |
| 9 | C | Louisa recovered and sued. | Paragraph P;
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| 10 | A | On 20 January, Louisa’s husband wrote to the Carbolic Smoke Ball Company | Paragraph O;
Line 1 |
| 11 | D | Judge Hawkins pointed out that adverts were not aimed at the wise and thoughtful, but at the credulous and weak | Paragraph P;
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| 12 | F | It seems to me that if a person chooses to make extravagant promises of this kind, he probably does so because it pays him to make them | Paragraph R;
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| 13 | B | The case established the principle of the unilateral and is frequently cited today. | Paragraph S;
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