Mrs. Carlill And The Carbolic Smoke Ball IELTS Reading Answers

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Mrs. Carlill And The Carbolic Smoke Ball IELTS Reading Answers

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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

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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; Line 4
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; Line 7
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; Line 6
13	B	The case established the principle of the unilateral and is frequently cited today.	Paragraph S; Last line

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