COMPLETE IELTS 5-6,5 UNIT 6 READING SECTION 3

COMPLETE IELTS 5-6,5 UNIT 6 READING SECTION 3

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VOCABULARY

Multiple Choice

Question 1: What do you learn from Ellen Terry in the first paragraph?

• A Lady Macbeth was her first leading role.

• B Lyceum was her favourite theatre.

• C. tried hard to look good on stage.

• D. She wanted to look young for her audience.

QUESTION 1

She knew the power of presentation and carefully cultivated her image.

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 2

• A

• B

• C

• D

QUESTION 2

The effect had been achieved using hundreds of wings from beetles.

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 3

• A

• B

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• D

QUESTION 3

Some people were critical, but they missed the point. The innovations sold tickets and brought new audiences to see masterpieces that they would never otherwise have seen.

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 4

• A

• B

• C

• D

QUESTION 4

But while the painting remains almost as fresh as the day it was painted, the years have not been so kind to the dress.

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 5

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QUESTION 5

But it's quite unusual to know who actually wore a garment. That's the thing that makes the Beetlewing project so special.

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 6

• A

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• D

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 7

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

QUESTION 7

The National Trust is mentioned, but nothing is said about whether or not it conducted any research prior to the project

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 8

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

QUESTION 8

Then Zenzie and the National Rust will decide how far back to take the reconstruction, as some members feel that even the most recent changes are now part of the history of the dress.

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 9

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

QUESTION 9

The writer states the timing, but gives no view on it.

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 10

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

QUESTION 10

Unlike many other actresses, she valued her costumes because she kept and reused them time and time again.

Open Ended

Question 11-14

QUESTION 11-14

11 F (Zenzie ... will conduct a thorough investigation to help determine what changes have been made to the dress and when. This will involve close examination of the dress for signs of damage and wear, and will be aided by comparing it with John Singer Sargent's painting and contemporary photographs.)
12 C (The first stages in the actual restoration will involve delicate surface cleaning, using a small vacuum suction device.)
13 E (it's going to be extraordinarily difficult because the original cloth is quite stretchy, so we've deliberately chosen net because that has a certain amount of flexibility in it too,' says Zenzie.)
14 A ('... we'll retain all the evidence on the reverse so that future experts will be able to see exactly what we've done ...')