The Story Of Silk IELTS Reading Answers
The Academic passage ‘The Story Of Silk’ 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.
The Story Of Silk
Answers
| Question number | Answer | Keywords | Location of keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tea | while she was sipping some tea, one of the cocoons that she had collected landed in the hot tea | Paragraph A;
Lines 6 – 8 |
| 2 | reel | She also devised a special reel to draw the fibres from the cocoon into a single thread | Paragraph A;
Lines 9 – 11 |
| 3 | women | Originally, silkworm farming was solely restricted to women | Paragraph B; Line 1 |
| 4 | royalty | Silk quickly grew into a symbol of status, and originally, only royalty were entitled to have clothes made of silk. | Paragraph B;
Lines 2 – 3 |
| 5 | Currency | Sometime during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), silk was so prized that it was also used as a unit of currency. | Paragraph B;
Lines 5 – 6 |
| 6 | Paper | The earliest indication of silk paper being used was discovered in the tomb of a noble who is estimated to have died around 168 AD. | Paragraph B;
Lines 9 -10 |
| 7 | wool | Demand for this exotic fabric eventually created the lucrative trade route now known as the Silk Road, taking silk westward and bringing gold, silver and wool to the East. | Paragraph C; Lines 1 – 2 |
| 8 | monks | According to another legend, monks working for the Byzantine emperor Justinian smuggle silkworm eggs to Constantinople | Paragraph D;
Lines 4 – 5 |
| 9 | nylon | Then in the twentieth century, new manmade fibres, such as nylon, started to be used in what had traditionally been silk products, such as stockings and parachutes. | Paragraph E;
Lines 3 – 5 |
| 10 | FALSE | It was named the Silk Road after its most precious commodity, which was considered to be worth more than gold. | Paragraph C;
Lines 2 – 3 |
| 11 | TRUE | Few merchants travelled the entire route | Paragraph C;
Lines 7 – 8 |
| 12 | FALSE | The Byzantines were as secretive as the Chinese, however, and for many centuries the weaving and trading of silk fabric was a strict imperial monopoly. | Paragraph D;
Lines 7 – 8 |
| 13 | NOT GIVEN | – | – |
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