IELTS Academic Reading ‘Urban planning in Singapore’ Answers
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Question Number | Answers | Keywords | Location of Keywords |
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14. | Industry | to secure its economic future, it must develop its industry. | Paragraph A, Lines 7-8 |
15. | Labour | country’s workforce and its land area, its labour-intensive industries | Paragraph B, Lines 2-3 |
16. | Service | So an economic committee was established which concluded that Singapore should focus on developing as a service centre, | Paragraph B, Lines
4 – 6 |
17. | Decentralisation | Latest plan, by having a strong decentralisation policy. | Paragraph C, Lines 8-9 |
18. | Entertainment | to include housing and entertainment. | Paragraph C, Last line |
19. | Beautification | Referred to as the ‘beautification’ of Singapore | Paragraph D, Lines 15-16 |
20. | True | Singapore was to secure its economic future | Paragraph A, Lines 7 |
21. | False | This district now houses all the major companies and various government financial agencies. | Paragraph B, Last 2 lines |
22. | Not Given | Not Given | Not Given |
23. | True | With waterside central areas such as Sydney and San Francisco | Paragraph C, Lines 14-15 |
24. | True | Environment more green by introducing more plants | Paragraph D, Last 5 lines |
25. | Not Given | Not Given | Not Given |
26. | False | Oriented to establishing Singapore as a leading ‘world city’. | Paragraph F, First 3 lines |
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