IELTS Academic Reading ‘Sustainable architecture – lessons from the ant’ Answers

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Updated On Aug 14, 2024

Sustainable architecture – lessons from the ant
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Question Number	Answers	Keywords	Location of Keywords
1.	B	Termites in, build gigantic mounds inside which, that is their primary food source	Paragraph C, First 2 lines
2.	D	Eastgate’s owners saved, air- conditioning plant didn’t have to be imported.	Paragraph D, Lines 6-8
3.	A	‘You couldn’t do this in New York, hot summers and fantastically cold winters,	Paragraph H, Lines 4-5
4.	C	Temperature of the building has generally stayed	Paragraph I, Lines 4-6
5.	A	Pearce said he hoped plants would grow wild in the atrium, extending the whole ‘organic machine’ metaphor.	Paragraph K, Lines 2-4
6.	ceiling vents	Rises and warms, it is drawn out via ceiling vents	Paragraph E, Last 2 lines
7.	(brick) chimneys	Finally exits through forty- eight brick chimneys.	Paragraph E, Last line
8.	Cement arches	To keep the harsh, high yield sun from heating the interior, screened by cement arches	Paragraph F
9.	Big fans	During summer’s cool nights, big fans flush air	Paragraph G, First 2 lines
10.	(small) heaters	For winter days, there are small heaters	Paragraph G, Last line
11.	A (in any order)	Entrances based on the porcupine-quill headdresses of the local Shona tribe	Paragraph J, Lines 3-4
12.	D (in any order)	Elevators, designed to look like the mineshaft cages used in Zimbabwe’s diamond mines.	Paragraph J, Lines 4-6
13.	E (in any order)	Shape of the fan covers, are echoes of Great Zimbabwe,	Paragraph J, Lines 6-7

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Janice Thompson

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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