IELTS Reading 6 - Passage 3

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What is IELTS Reading Passage 3?

a text of up to 900 words, usually factual or descriptive, from a wide range of contexts, e.g. from a newspaper, magazine or book
two or three tasks, with a total of 13 questions
a longer and usually slightly more challenging text than Passages 1 and 2

What does IELTS Reading Passage 3 test?

understanding extended prose with an emphasis on descriptive and instructive, rather than argumentative, texts
a range of reading skills including reading for main ideas and detail as well as understanding the structure of a text at a sentence and paragraph level

Questions 27-29

27In the first paragraph the writer makes the point that blind people

Amay be interested in studying art.

Bcan draw outlines of different objects and surfaces.

Ccan recognise conventions such as perspective.

Dcan draw accurately.

28The writer was surprised because the blind woman

Adrew a circle on her own initiative.

Bdid not understand what a wheel looked like.

Cincluded a symbol representing movement.

Dwas the first person to use lines of motion.

29From the experiment described in Part 1, the writer found that the blind subjects

Ahad good understanding of symbols representing movement.

Bcould control the movement of wheels very accurately.

Cworked together well as a group in solving problems.

Dgot better results than the sighted undergraduates.

Questions 30-32

Look at the following diagrams (Questions 30-32), and the list of types of movement below.

Match each diagram to the type of movement A-E generally assigned to it in the experiment.

Choose the correct letter A-E and write them in boxes 30-32 on your answer sheet.

Questions 33-39

In the experiment described in Part 2, a set of word was used to investigate whether blind and sighted people perceived the symbolism in abstract in the same way. Subjects were asked which word fitted best with a circle and which with a square. From the volunteers, everyone thought a circle fitted ‘soft’ while a square fitted ‘hard’. However, only 51% of the volunteers assigned a circle to . When the test was later repeated with volunteers, it was found that they made choices.

Question 40

40Which of the following statements best summarises the writer’s general conclusion?

AThe blind represent some aspects of reality differently from sighted people.

BThe blind comprehend visual metaphors in similar ways to sighted people.

CThe blind may create unusual and effective symbols to represent reality.

DThe blind may be successful artists if given the right training.

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