The History of Papermaking in the United Kingdom – IELTS Reading Answers

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The History of Papermaking in the United Kingdom – IELTS Reading Answers

The Academic passage ‘The History of Papermaking in the United Kingdom’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test.

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The History of Papermaking in the United Kingdom

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The answers to questions 28-40 are given below along with their explanations.

Question Number Answer Keywords Locations of Keywords
28 TRUE Portals have retained this contract Para 2, lines 3-4
29 NOT GIVEN
30 TRUE Baskerville, a Birmingham printer, wanted a smoother paper Para 2, lines 11-12
31 FALSE Chlorine bleaching, excessive use produced papers, poor quality, deteriorated quickly Para 3, lines 2-4
32 TRUE first successful machine, Frogmore, paper was pressed, endless wire cloth, transferred, continuous felt blanket, pressed again Para 5, line 3-5
33 TRUE This machine was the forerunner of the present day cylinder mould or vat machine Para 5, lines 9-10
34 FALSE change, larger mills in, near, urban, closer to suppliers, raw materials, paper markets Para 6, last 4 lines
35 F rag engine or hollander, invented in Holland sometime before 1670 Para 2, lines 6-7
36 C 1821 T B Crompton patented a method of drying the paper continuously Para 5, line 12
37 A The first successful machine, installed, Frogmore, 1803 Para 5, line 3
38 B production, first woven paper, 1757 Para 2, line 13
39 D simple watermarks, 1697 Para 2, first 2 lines
40 E first attempt at a paper machine to mechanise the process was patented in 1799 Para 4, last 2 lines

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