IELTS Academic Reading ‘Radiocarbon Dating’ Answers
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The Academic passage ‘Radiocarbon Dating’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Try to find the answers to get an idea of the difficulty level of the passages in the actual reading test. If you want more passages to solve, try taking one of our IELTS reading practice tests.
Radiocarbon Dating
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| Question Number | Answers | Keywords | Location of Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | False | Many prehistoric remains were discovered by the local people of Cambodia. | Paragraph B, Lines 8-9 |
| 2. | Not Given | Not Given | Not Given |
| 3. | Not Given | Not Given | Not Given |
| 4. | False | Athfield had this unique opportunity because her team, comprised of scientists and filmmakers, were in Cambodia working on a documentary. | Paragraph C, First 3 lines |
| 5. | False | The team was trying to discover evidence to prove a controversial claim in history: that Cambodia was the resting place for the famous royal family of Angkor. | Paragraph C, Lines 3-5 |
| 6. | Not Given | Not Given | Not Given |
| 7. | True | evidence cast a lot of doubt as to the status of the ancient remains. | Paragraph D, Lines 4-6 |
| 8. | university/college | The friend recommended that Athfield attend a nearby university. Though doubtful of her own qualifications, she applied and was eventually accepted by the school. | Paragraph E, Lines 7-9 |
| 9. | rat | She earned her PhD in scientific research and completed her studies on a kind of rat when it first appeared in New Zealand. | Paragraph F, Line 5 – 7 |
| 10. | diet | subject’s diet led to the fault | Paragraph F, Lines 9-10 |
| 11. | archaeologist | became a well-qualified archaeologist | Paragraph G, Lines 4-5 |
| 12. | funding | ran out of funding | Paragraph G, Lines 7-8 |
| 13. | database | completed a database for the materials | Paragraph H, lines 6-7 |
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