ANSWER KEY
TASK TYPE 11 Matching Sentence IELTS PRACTICE TASK
Endings (pages 148–153) 1 C Nowadays we are less likely than our
ancestors to believe that dreams have a
1 predictive function
1 ideas and opinions 2 the same order as the 2 G Incredibly enough, the idea that the
passage 3 more 4 sometimes 5 letter 6 None symbolic meaning of our dream is there,
waiting to be interpreted, remains very
2 appealing.
1 E because many people predict that there 3 B But adopting such a scientific attitude to
will be significantly higher levels of the gas dreams doesn’t imply that they are no longer a
everywhere by the middle of this century. source of fascination to us.
2 A produced twice as many seeds as those
4 E thinking about them could be a helpful
grown under normal conditions ... ‘If
way of exploring our own thoughts.
anything, they actually seem to be slightly
better seeds rather than more seeds of poorer
quality.’
3 G a previous study established that grasses
and other herbaceous plants tend to produce a
greater number of seeds under high CO2, but
of inferior quality.
4 D 'Even if both groups were producing
twice as many seeds, if the trees are producing
high-quality seeds and the herbaceous species
aren't, then competitively you can get a shift
5 C will depend how other comparable trees
respond to high CO2 levels ... 'We don't know
that yet, because we only have estimates for
loblolly pines.’
6
1 B The point of the experiment, however, is
to prove the long-held belief
2 A Parnell ... who wanted to see if his
calculations regarding the viscosity of pitch
were correct
3 B The Queensland experiment, however,
has demonstrated that calculating the exact
moment when a drop is likely to occur is
hardly an easy matter.
4 B Shane Bergin set up a webcam so that the
world at large could witness a pitch drop.
5 A Science, in the public imagination is
often perceived as data-driven and analytical,
by design divorced from human emotion. But
this ... is a nice reminder of the excitement that
can be embedded in even the dullest of
experiments.
