Unmasking Skin Reading Answers
The Academic passage ‘Unmasking Skin’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Read the passage below and answer questions 1-14. 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.
Unmasking Skin
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The answers for the questions are given below along with their explanations:
| Question Number | Answer | Keyword | Location of Keywords |
| 1 | B | Impervious, permeable, epidermis, dermis | Paragraph B; lines 1-2 |
| 2 | H | Cold and wet, forehead, cheeks, pressure | All of paragraph H |
| 3 | J | Touch, hot burner, finger, cold water | Paragraph J; line 6 |
| 4 | D | Baby monkeys, mothers, without touching | All of paragraph D |
| 5 | B | in cultures, touch is limited, adult aggression is high | Paragraph E; line 2 |
| 6 | C | combination of pressure and cold, skin perceive wetness | Paragraph H; lines 3-4 |
| 7 | E | Babies, without effective nerve connections, skin and brain, fail to thrive and may even die. | Paragraph C; lines 3-4 |
| 8 | H | combination of pressure and cold, skin perceive wetness | Paragraph H; lines 3-4 |
| 9 | D | Gentle stimulation of pressure receptors, ticklishness | Paragraph I; line 2 |
| 10 | G | gentle stimulation of pain receptors, in itching | Paragraph I; lines 2-3 |
| 11 | B | epidermal cells are migrating into the wound to close it up | Paragraph J; line 3 |
| 12 | TRUE | effects of touching, easy to understand, the mechanics, less so | Paragraph F; line 1 |
| 13 | NOT GIVEN | ||
| 14 | FALSE | Repairs occur with varying success. Severe burns, though, are a different matter. | Paragraph I; last line.
Paragraph J; last line. |
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