Guide To ielts (academic reading)

 
 

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ANSWER KEY 
The Complete Guide To IELTS (ACADEMIC READING) 
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3 NOT GIVEN Those customers pay 
relatively little to power the contents of their 
households; refrigerators, washers, dryers, 
flatscreens and lights. This sentence only tells 
us about people’s behaviour; we don’t know 
whether the writer wants people to change this 
behaviour. 
4 NO However, they (= Mountaineer) were 
unable to obtain the financial investment they 
needed from the United States Department of 
Energy, due to a change in climate change 
legislation, and they were forced (= they were 
obliged) to abandon it (= give up on the 
project). 
5 YES Although some voices in the media 
have expressed concerns about the possibility 
of a sudden and catastrophic leak of carbon 
dioxide ... the risk (= chance) of this happening 
is extremely low.
6 YES Technological innovation is only 
half a solution, though. It won’t be adopted by 
other power companies until governments 
require it (= make it necessary by law).