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Key Reading Multiple Choice and True False Not Given

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IELTS True False Not Given - Answers Discussion

Question 1

Chilies became popular as soon as they were brought into Europe - True

After their introduction to Europe they were an immediate sensation and were quickly
incorporated into the diet.
There two statements are clearly saying the same thing. Notice the use of synomyms:

Became popular = sensation


As soon as = immediately
Brought into = introduced
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Question 2

Capsaisin causes significant damage to the mouth. - False

Capsaisin causes temporary irritation the trigeminal cells.


This is false as the statement says 'significant damage'. This is not the same as a 'temporary irritation'.
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Question 3

Chilies can be part of a birds diet - True


Only mammals feel the burning effects; birds feel nothing. As birds are a better method of
distributing the seeds, which pass intact through their guts
This is true as this section in the reading clearly tells us birds feel nothing (when they eat them) and
they distribute them around when it leaves their body. So clearly chilies are eaten by birds. In other
words, they can be a part of a birds diet.
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Question 4

All large chilies grow high off the ground - Not Given

The smaller chilies tend to be the hottest. This may reflect the fact that they tend to grow closer
to the ground and are therefore more vulnerable to animals.
We are told here that small chilies grow closer to the ground. It can be assumed then that many of the
large ones are higher off the ground.
However, it says 'all large chilies'. We are not given any information to say all of them grow high off
the ground. It's possible some don't, so we don't know which means it is Not Given.

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Question 5

People breed chilies for their heat - Not Given


The heat of a chili is measured on the Scoville scale.
Again, this is Not Given. We are given some information about heat in this sentence and those that
follow.

But these are just descriptions about how they are hot. We are not told specifically that this is the
reason they are breeding them.

IELTS Multiple Choice Correct answers:


1. Cultivating fallow land.
2. Improve the stripper.
3. Allow farmers to cultivate land that hadn’t been fully cleared.
4. Fertilizing the soil.
5. It was drought resistant.

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