Tea Times, Tyes and Greens, Haydn’s late quartets Reading Answers

The IELTS Reading passage, Tea Times, along with the other two Academic passages – Tyes and Greens and Haydn’s late quartets makes this a complete Reading practice test.

You will have 60 minutes to complete the whole test, which consists of 40 questions in total.

Here are the question types in this reading test

Reading Passage 1 ( Tea Times)

• IELTS Matching Headings
• IELTS Sentence Completion

Reading Passage 2 ( Tyes and Greens)

• IELTS Multiple-choice questions
• IELTS Summary Completion

Reading Passage 3 (Haydn’s late quartets)

• IELTS Multiple Choice Questions
• IELTS Summary completion
• IELTS Yes, No, Not Given

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Reading Passage 1

Tea Times

Questions 1-8

There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all of them.

1 Paragraph A
2 Paragraph B
3 Paragraph C
4 Paragraph D
5 Paragraph E
6 Paragraph G
7 Paragraph H
8 Paragraph I

List of Headings

i. Diverse drinking methods

ii. Limited objections to drinking tea

iii. Today’s continuing tradition – In Britain and China

iv. Tea – a beverage of hospitality

v. An important addition – tea with milk

vi. Tea and alcohol

vii. The everyday beverage in all parts of the world

viii. Tea on the move

ix. African tea

x. The fall in the cost of tea

xi. The value of tea

xii. Tea-drinking in Africa

xiii. Hospitality among the Bedouin

Questions 9-14

9 For centuries, both at home and In society, tea has had an important role in______

10 Falling tea prices in the nineteenth century meant that people could choose the________ of tea they could afford.

11 Because it______ Seventh-Day Adventists do not approve of the drinking

12 In the desert, one group that is well known for Its traditions of hospitality is the_______

13 In India, _______, as well as tea, are added to boiling milk to make “chai”.

14 In Britain, while coffee is in fashion, afternoon tea is still a________

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Reading Passage 2

Tyes and Greens

Questions 15-18

15 A tye was …

A a green

B a large open area

C common land with trees

D found at the junction of two or more routes

16 The Pebmarsh area …

A probably had seven tyes

B probably had six tyes

C appears to have had five or six tyes

D was not in East Anglia

17 The tyes in the Pebmarsh area were …

A near the river

B used by medieval freemen

C mostly at the margins of the parish

D owned by Haris Colne Priory

18 According to the writer, wealthy landowners …

A did not find the sight of forest land attractive

B found the sight of forest land attractive

C were attracted by the sight of forest land

D considered forest land unproductive

Question 19-29

1380s- John Hayle, who is __________19________, apparently gave his name to Hayles Tye.

1500s- the name of Hayles Tye was still _______20______, _____21_______ again in the following two centuries in relation to taxes.

18^th century- Hayles Tye was renamed__________22______ the original dwellings may either have dissappeared, or were _____23_________.

1817 – the land was ____24______ by Charles Townsend.

1821- Charles Townsend built _________25_______ cottages on the site, _______26_______inhabited by two families, but by the end of the nineteenth century only one cottage_______27_______.

1933- The cottage, now called File’s Green Cottage, was bought by the local _____28_______ manager who converted the cottage into ________29_______.

Reading Passage 3

Haydn’s late quartets

Questions 30-32

30 Which one of the following statements Is true?

A Haydn wrote the London Symphony In England

B We do not know where Haydn wrote the London Symphony

C Haydn wrote the London Symphony in Vienna

D Haydn wrote the Drum Roll Symphony in England

31 Like symphonies 103 and 104, the oratorios and masses were …

A written in the eighteenth century

B for the public

C as emotional as the quartets

D full of religious feeling

32 The string quartets in Opus 76 and Opus 77 were …

A the cause of a spiritual crisis

B intimate yet capable

C calm unease

D diverse

Questions 33-37

Complete the text below, which is a summary of paragraphs 3 and 4 in Reading Passage 3.

For example, the opening of “The Sunrise” is not nearly as _____33____ as that of No. 2._____34_____those of the mid-eighteenth century, the minuets are more frenetic and less relaxed. It is in the slow movements, however, that Haydn tried something very different. In contrast to No. 4, No, 1 if much ______35___ brusque, the former being much___36____,____37_____ , Nos. 5 and 6 are alike in some respects.

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Questions 38-40

Do the statements below agree with that information in Reading Passage 3?

38 Before the Opus 76 quartets were published, Haydn had been commissioned to write more.

39 The writer says that Opus 103 was Haydn’s last published work

40 The writer admires Haydn for the diversity of the music he composed.

Answers

Tea Times Reading Answers (Passage 1)

1 Answer: iv

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph A, line 2

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly a line in the paragraph states that “tea, now an everyday beverage in many parts of the world, has over the centuries been an important part of the rituals of hospitality both in the home and in trader society.” From this information, we can infer that this paragraph is about the link between tea and hospitality.

2 Answer: viii

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph B, line 1

Answer explanation: The answer is clearly mentioned in the said paragraph and line. You must note the paraphrasing here. In the passage, it is said that “tea originated in China, and in Eastern Asia tea making and drinking ceremonies have been popular for centuries.” The phrase on the move means going from one place to another. And this information confirms how the tea originated in China but the tea-drinking culture is getting popular all over the world.

3 Answer: i

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 1 & 5

Answer explanation: The opening line of paragraph C suggests that “as, over the last four hundred years, tea-leaves became available throughout much of Asia and Europe, the ways in which tea was drunk changed.” Also. “the variations are endless.” Since it is given that tea drinking has changed over the years and various types of versions emerged, it implies that the paragraph deals with the various ways in which tea has been drunk.

4 Answer: x

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph D, line 2

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, there’s a line in the said paragraph that describes “when the price of tea fell in the nineteenth century poor people took up the drink with enthusiasm.” Here, the term “price of tea fell” has been paraphrased as the fall in the cost of tea. Thus, we can deduce that this paragraph is about the cost of tea, in financial terms. The paragraph shows that tea was for the middle classes, but when the price fell the poor started drinking it.

5 Answer: ii

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph E, line 1, and last line

Answer explanation: Paragraph E puts forward the information that “throughout the world today, few religious groups object to tea drinking.” Also, “however, Seventh-Day Adventists, recognizing the beverage as a drug containing the stimulant caffeine, frown upon the drinking of tea.“ The theme of the paragraph is the fact that most religious groups do not object to tea drinking, i.e. few do. The example of the Islamic cultures supports the point of there being no objections. Also, you can note the comparison in tea/coffee with alcohol.

6 Answer: xii

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph G, line 2

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, there’s a line that claims “techniques of tea preparation have been adapted. In West African countries, such as Senegal and The Gambia, it is fashionable for young men to gather in small groups to brew Chinese “gun-powder” tea. The tea is boiled with large amounts of sugar for a long time.” Here, the author explains the techniques/ways in which northern and western Africa people prepare tea. Thus, we can state that this paragraph focuses on tea drinking in Africa.

7 Answer: v

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph H, line 2

Answer explanation: In the said paragraph, you can point out that “there, tea made entirely with milk is popular, ‘Chai’ is made by boiling milk and adding tea, sugar and some spices. This form of tea making has crossed the Indian Ocean and is also popular in East Africa, where tea is considered best when it is either very milky or made with water only.” The author states that tea made entirely with milk is popular, and explains how it became popular across the globe. Hence, we can deduce that this paragraph is about the importance of the addition of milk to tea in many parts of the world.

8 Answer: iii

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph I, line 2

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, a line in the passage specifies that “yet, the convention of afternoon tea lingers. At conferences, it remains common practice to serve coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon. Contemporary’ China, too, remains true to its long tradition.” Since it is said that it ‘remains’ a practice, we can infer that it is still continuing in today’s tradition in Britain and China.

9 Answer: rituals of hospitality OR hospitality

Question Type: Sentence Completion

Answer location: Paragraph A, last line

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, there’s a line that claims, “tea, now an everyday beverage in many parts of the world, has over the centuries been an important part of the rituals of hospitality both in the home and in trader society.” The author states that tea has become important to the world now, which signifies it plays an important role both at home and in society through rituals of hospitality.

10 Answer: grade(s) and blend(s) OR different grades OR different blends

Question Type: Sentence Completion

Answer location: Paragraph D, last line

Answer explanation: In the said paragraph, refer that, “when the price of tea fell in the nineteenth century poor people took up the drink with enthusiasm. Different grades and blends of tea were sold to suit every pocket.” Here, the term suit every pocket has been paraphrased to tea they could afford. Hence, with the falling of tea prices in the 19th century people took up drinking with enthusiasm as people could now choose different grades and blends of tea.

11 Answer: contains caffeine

Question Type: Sentence Completion

Answer location: Paragraph E, last line

Answer explanation: The answer is clearly mentioned in the said paragraph and line. In the passage, it is said that “however, Seventh-Day Adventists, recognising the beverage as a drug containing the stimulant caffeine, frown upon the drinking of tea.“ Here, the Seventh-Day Adventists consider tea/coffee beverage as a drug. Since it contains caffeine, they do not approve of the drinking of tea.

12 Answer: nomadic Bedouin(s) OR Bedouin(s)

Question Type: Sentence Completion

Answer location: Paragraph F, line 1

Answer explanation: The opening line of paragraph F suggests that “Nomadic Bedouin are well known for traditions of hospitality in the desert.” This line confirms that one group that is well known for its traditions of hospitality in the desert is the Nomadic Bedouin.

13 Answer: sugar and spices

Question Type: Sentence Completion

Answer location: Paragraph H, line 2

Answer explanation: A few lines in said paragraph discuss that “tea drinking in India remains an important part of daily life. There, tea made entirely with milk is popular, ‘Chai’ is made by boiling milk and adding tea, sugar and some spices.” Here, author states that in India chai (tea) is made by adding sugar and some spices to boiling milk.

14 Answer: lingering convention/convention

Question Type: Sentence Completion

Answer location: Paragraph I, line 2

Answer explanation: In the reference paragraph, the author mentions that “In Britain, coffee drinking, particularly in the informal atmosphere of coffee shops, is currently in vogue. Yet, the convention of afternoon tea lingers. At conferences, it remains common practice to serve coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon.” The term vouge means fashion, hence, in Britain coffee is in fashion and afternoon tea is a lingering convention.

Tyes and Greens Reading Answers (Passage 2)

15 Answer: A

Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions

Answer location: Paragraph A, line 3

Answer explanation: Paragraph A puts forward the information that “essentially a “tye” was green, or a small area of open common land, usually sited away from the main village or settlement, perhaps at the junction of two or more routes.” This line from the passage confirms tye was green.

16 Answer: C

Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions

Answer location: Paragraph B, line 1

Answer explanation: In the reference paragraph, the author mentions that “in the Pebmarsh area, there seem to have been five or six of these tyes, all except one, at the margins of the parish.” The term seems has been paraphrased to appear. Thus, the Pebmarsh area appears (seem) to have had five or six tyes.

17 Answer: C

Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions

Answer location: Paragraph B, line 1

Answer explanation: Paragraph B suggests that “in the Pebmarsh area, there seem to have been five or six of these tyes, all except one, at the margins of the parish.” The term all except one can also be understood as mostly. Therefore, we can deduce that tyes in the Pebmarsh area were mostly at the margins of the parish.

18 Answer: D

Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions

Answer location: Paragraph B, line 4

Answer explanation: In the reference paragraph, the author mentions that “such unproductive forest land would, in any case, have been unattractive to the wealthy baronial or monastic landowners.” Here, would, in any case, have been unattractive, indicates that the writer interprets as having happened. Note that the word unattractive here does not mean visually. It means that they would not have liked it, because it was not producing anything.

19 Answer: documented

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph B, line 1

Answer explanation: Few lines in the said paragraph discuss that “Hayles Tye seems to have got its name from a certain John Hayle who Is documented in the 1380s, although there are records pointing to the occupation of the site at a much earlier date.” Here, it is given that the name John Hayle was documented in 1380. Also, the name was found in books or documents of the time.

20 Answer: in use

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 2

Answer explanation: You can note the paraphrasing here. In the passage, it states that “the name was still in use in 1500 and crops up again throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, usually in relation to the payment of taxes or tithes.” This line states that in 1500 name of Hayles Tye was still in use.

21 Answer: cropping up/and crops up/and cropped up.

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 2

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, there’s a line in the said paragraph that describes “the name was still in use in 1500 and crops up again throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, usually in relation to the payment of taxes or tithes.” Here, again throughout the 16th and 17th centuries has been paraphrased to again in the following two centuries in relation to taxes. Also, the different tenses and the verb form here. You can change the present simple crops up into the gerund and you can use the simple past tense.

22 Answer: Filo’a Green

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 3

Answer explanation: A line in the paragraph denotes “at some point during the 18th century, the name is changed to File’s Green, though no trace of an owner called File has been found.” Here, the change of name implies renaminf of Hayles Tyes to File’s Green.

23 Answer: burnt down/abandoned

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph C, 2nd last line

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, there’s a line in the said paragraph that describes “several farms were abandoned in the neighbouring village of Alphamstone, and the population dwindled so much that there was no money to support the fabric of the village church, which became very dilapidated. However, another possibility is that the buildings at File’s Green burnt down, fires being not infrequent at this time.” Dwelling means a house, flat, or another place of residence. Hence, the original buildings have disappeared because the buildings at File’s Green burnt down or were abandoned.

24 Answer: owned

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph D, line 1

Answer explanation: Few lines in the said paragraph convey that “by 1817 the land was in the ownership of Charles Townsend of Ferriers Farm, and in 1821 he built two brick cottages on the site, each cottage occupied by two families of agricultural labourers.” Here, it is said that land was in the ownership of Charles Townsend, which can also be inferred as the land was owned by Charles Townsend.

25 Answer: two/two brick

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph D, line 1

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, there’s a line that claims “by 1817 the land was in the ownership of Charles Townsend of Ferriers Farm, and in 1821 he built two brick cottages on the site, each cottage occupied by two families of agricultural labourers.” From this information, we can deduce that in 1821 Charles Townsend built two brick cottages.

26 Answer: each one/each/each cottage

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph D, line 1

Answer explanation: The opening line of paragraph D mentions that “by 1817 the land was in the ownership of Charles Townsend of Ferriers Farm, and in 1821 he built two brick cottages on the site, each cottage occupied by two families of agricultural labourers.” Here, each cottage occupied by two families implies that each cottage was inhabited.

27 Answer: remained/survived

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph F, last line

Answer explanation: A line in the said paragraph indicates, “he converted these two dwellings into one. This, then, is the only remaining habitation on the site and is called File’s Green Cottage.” A dwelling is a house, flat, or other place of residence. The author mentions that he earlier made one cottage/dwelling and converted it into two. After the 19th century, two cottages were sold to the manager, and he converted them into one. And that one cottage survived.

only one of them remained or survived.

28 Answer: gravel works

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph F, line 1

Answer explanation: A line in the passage mentions that “in 1933, this cottage was sold to the manager of the newly-opened gravel works to the north-west of Pebmarsh village.” It implies that it was bought by the gravel works manager.

29 Answer: one dwelling

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph F, line 1

Answer explanation: Paragraph E mentions that “in 1933, this cottage was sold to the manager of the newly-opened gravel works to the north-west of Pebmarsh village. He converted these two dwellings into one.” There were two cottages. Bach cottage had two families, i.e. two dwellings. One cottage was destroyed leaving one cottage with two dwellings, which the manager converted into one. Note you cannot have the word one on its own.

Haydn’s late quartets Reading Answers (Passage 3)

30 Answer: B

Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions

Answer location: Paragraph A, line 1

Answer explanation: A line in the said paragraph indicates “by the time he came to write the String Quartets published as Opus 76 and Opus 77, Haydn was undoubtedly the most famous living composer in the whole of Europe. He had recently returned from the highly successful second visit to England, for which he had composed his last six symphonies, culminating in the brilliant and festive Drum Roll Symphony (No. 103) and London Symphony (No, 104). “ The passage states that Haydn composed the London symphony for London, but not the place in which he composed it.

31 Answer: B

Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions

Answer location: Paragraph A, line 6

Answer explanation: Paragraph A provides the information that “the oratorios and masses were also public works, employing large forces for dramatic effect, but warm and full of apparently spontaneous religious feeling.” Like symphonies 103 and 104, the oratorios and masses were public works.

32 Answer: D

Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 1

Answer explanation: In the said paragraph, you can point out that “the six quartets of Opus 76 differ widely in character. The opening movement of No. 2 is tense and dramatic, while that of No. 4 begins with the soaring long-breathed melody that has earned the nickname of “The Sunrise”.” The term widely in character can also be inferred as diverse. Hence, the string quartets in Opus 76 and Opus 77 were diverse.

33 Answer: tense

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 1

Answer explanation: If you observe, in the said paragraph to the fact that “the six quartets of Opus 76 differ widely in character. The opening movement of No. 2 is tense and dramatic, while that of No. 4 begins with the soaring long-breathed melody that has earned the nickname of “The Sunrise”.” This suggests that the opening of the sunrise (No. 4 quartet of Opus 76) was not nearly as tense and dramatic as No. 2.

34 Answer: unlike

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 4

Answer explanation: The answer is clearly mentioned in the said paragraph and line. In the passage, it is said that “the minutes to have moved a long way from the stately court dance of the mid-eighteenth century. The so-called “Witches Minuet” of No. 2 is a strident canon, that of No. 6 is a fast one-in-a-bar movement anticipating the scherzos of Beethoven, while at the heart of No. 5 is a contrasting trio section which, far from being the customary relaxed variant of the surrounding minute, flings itself into frenetic action and is gone. “ Here, No. 2 quartet of Opus 76 is strident which means harsh and loud, which is contrary/unlike (far from being) the customary relaxed variant of the surrounding minute.

35 Answer: more

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph D, line 1

Answer explanation: Few lines in said paragraph discuss that “but it is in the slow movements that Haydn is most innovative and most unsettling. In No. 1, the cello and the first violin embark on a series of brusque dialogues. No. 4 is a subdued meditation based on the hushed opening chords.” In contrast to No.4, No.1 is more brusque.

36 Answer: quieter

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph D, line 2

Answer explanation: Paragraph G intimates that “in No. 1, the cello and the first violin embark on a series of brusque dialogues. No. 4 is a subdued meditation based on the hushed opening chords. The slow movements of No. 5 and No. 6 are much looser in structure, the cello and viola setting off on solitary episodes of melodic and harmonic uncertainty.” The term subdued means quiet and rather reflective or depressed. Here, No.4 is a subdued meditation, which means is the quieter and slower opening chord.

37 Answer: Conversely

Question Type: Summary Completion

Answer location: Paragraph D, last line

Answer explanation: In the said paragraph, refer that, “The slow movements of No. 5 and No. 6 are much looser in structure, the cello and viola setting off on solitary episodes of melodic and harmonic uncertainty.” No.5 and No.6 are similar in some aspects.

38 Answer: NO

Question Type: Yes/No/Not Given Question

Answer location: Paragraph E, line 2

Answer explanation: In the reference paragraph, the author mentions that “he Opus 76 quartets were published in 1799 when Haydn was well over 60 years old. Almost immediately he was commissioned to write another set by Prince Lobkowltz, a wealthy patron, who was later to become an important figure in Beethoven’s life.” Here, it is given that Haydn was commissioned to write another piece after opus 76 was published and not before.

39 Answer: YES

Question Type: Yes/No/Not Given Question

Answer location: Paragraph F, line 1

Answer explanation: In the said paragraph, you can find out that “in fact, Haydn began the third quarter in this set but never finished it, and the two completed movements were published in 1806 as Opus 103, his last published work.” This line confirms that Opus 103 was Haydn’s last published work.

40 Answer: YES

Question Type: Yes/No/Not Given Question

Answer location: Paragraph A, last line

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, the entire passage gives the reader this impression that he has admired Haydn for his music, but a line in the said paragraph discusses that “yet at the same time he composed these 8 quartets, in terms of technical mastery and sheer musical invention the equal of the symphonies and choral works, but in their mood and emotional impact far removed, by turns introspective and detached, or full of passionate intensity.” Since the writer comments on all the good things about Haydn’s composition, we can state that the writer admires Haydn for the diversity in the music he composed.

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