Russian Icons Reading Answers
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Russian Icons is a real Reading test passage that appeared in the IELTS.
With diligent practice, the Reading Module can be the top-scoring category for IELTS aspirants. To score well, you must understand how to approach and answer the different question types in the Reading Module.
The three types of questions given along with this reading passage are:
- True/False/Not Given
- Multiple Choice Questions
- Sentence Completion
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Russian Icons
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on the Reading Passage below.
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Answers
The answers to questions 28-40 are given below along with their explanations.
| Question Number | Answer | Keywords | Locations of Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | FALSE | religious paintings, always held, spiritual significance, believers in Russia | Para 1, lines 2-3 |
| 29 | TRUE | Soviet art historians, emphasise, uniqueness, Russian icon tradition, role, cultural development, 12th, 16th century Russia | Para 1, last 3 lines |
| 30 | TRUE | detach, icons from, churches, cathedrals, display, secular art galleries | Para 2, first 2 lines |
| 31 | TRUE | display them, secular art galleries | Para 2, line 2 |
| 32 | TRUE | encouraging the spectator to concentrate, artistic merits | Para 2, line 5 |
| 33 | FALSE | mocking, ignorance, Russian peasants | Para 2, lines 8-9 |
| 34 | C | icons, impassive cream walls, social commentaries, nineteenth century Russian realist painters, paintings, Soviet era | Para 2, lines 4-9 |
| 35 | A | emphasises, dignity, universal emotional, intellectual, spiritual integrity, man, without reference, God | Para 2, lines 13-15 |
| 36 | B | representative selection of icons, 15th, 17th century | Para 3, line 4 |
| 37 | A | guidebook stresses, harmonious lines, as if, original architects, designed, with, future purpose in mind | Para 3, last 2 lines |
| 38 | human motherhood | but, symbol, human motherhood | Para 4, line 2 |
| 39 | humanistic interpretation | do not lend themselves to humanistic interpretation | Para 5, lines 4-5 |
| 40 | Andrei Rublev | name, painter, considered, most, beautiful ‘Trinity’ icon, Andrei Rublev | Para 5, lines 8-9 |
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