900 Years: The Restorations Of Westminster Abbey IELTS Reading Answers

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900 Years: The Restorations Of Westminster Abbey
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Question number	Answer	Keywords	Location of keywords
30	x	The meaning of restoration at Westminster can be vividly illustrated by an unexpected example: the history of the effigy of Queen Elizabeth I. This figure was dismissed for years as a second-rate eighteenth-century copy of the original.	Paragraph E; Lines 1 – 2
31	iv	A famous example was the replacement by Bramante of the Early Christian basilica of St. Peter’s in Rome with his Renaissance design, not regarded then as an act of vandalism, but as a restatement of the significance of the building for a new age.	Paragraph C; Line 2
32	vii	The two pare gave meaning to each other the historical context gave validity to the current works, showing how this process of organic renewal has been present at the Abbey from the start, while the display of work in progress brought vividly to life the physical reality of the works exhibited.	Paragraph F; Last line
33	v	Restoration, according to the meaning we give it today as a self-conscious process of repair and reinstatement of earlier features, & Restoration can also be used in a wider sense to cover a process of renovation whereby the original fabric is replaced to a different design and in a different style, but respecting the meaning and ethos of the building.	Paragraph B; Line 1 & Paragraph C; Line 1
34	B	Restoration, according to the meaning we give it today as a self-conscious process of repair and reinstatement of earlier features, only came to the Abbey at the end of the seventeenth century, with the campaign of comprehensive repair devised and carried out by Christopher Wren and his successors.	Paragraph B; Line 1
35	C	Both its structure and its contents have been changed and changed about, but the identity of the building has never been lost.	Paragraph A; Line 2
36	B	It is in this way that the replacement of Edward the Confessor’s Romanesque abbey church (11th century) by Henry III (13th century) in the up-to-date Gothic style can be considered as a work of restoration, not as a new building.	Paragraph D; Last line
37	iv	This process of change deserves chronicling as a subject in its own right,	Paragraph A; Line 3
38	v	This programme of work, covering the entire building both inside and out and setting out deliberately to respect the style of the original structure, was exceptional for its date, not only in England but anywhere in Europe.	Paragraph B; Last line
39	vi	Restoration can also be used in a wider sense to cover a process of renovation whereby the original fabric is replaced to a different design and in a different style, but respecting the meaning and ethos of the building.	Paragraph C; Line 1
40	ii	It is in this way that the replacement of Edward the Confessor’s Romanesque abbey church (11th century) by Henry III (13th century) in the up-to-date Gothic style can be considered as a work of restoration, not as a new building.	Paragraph D; Last line

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Soon after graduating with a Master’s in Literature from Southern Arkansas University, she joined an institute as an English language trainer. She has had innumerous student interactions and has produced a couple of research papers on English language teaching. She soon found that non-native speakers struggled to meet the English language requirements set by foreign universities. It was when she decided to jump ship into IELTS training. From then on, she has been mentoring IELTS aspirants. She joined IELTSMaterial about a year ago, and her contributions have been exceptional. Her essay ideas and vocabulary have taken many students to a band 9.

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