Ielts part 3 Reading test continued … Filling in the answer sheet

Task 1


Look at these four sentences from a paragraph about horses. Put them in the correct order.

1. Their muscular bodies are heavier in the front than in the back, making them well balanced to pull heavy loads

   
   

2. Yet they can also be agile and quick – fit to carry out difficult tasks at top speed.

   
   

3. So for more than a thousand years, people have called on the power of horses to cultivate the land and manage livestock.

   
   

4. Horses are built for power.

   
   

Answers:
Read the paragraph again and look at the pronouns that have been highlighted. Choose the correct answers.

Horses are built for power. Their muscular bodies are heavier in the front than in the back, making them well balanced to pull heavy loads. Yet theycan also be agile and quick – fit to carry out difficult tasks at top speed. So for more than a thousand years, we have called on the power of horses to cultivate the land and manage livestock.

Read the paragraph again and look at the pronouns that have been highlighted. Choose the correct answers.
The pronoun them refers to the word

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  power.
  
• 
  
  front.
  
• 
  
  horses.
  

The pronoun they refers to the word(s)

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  humans.
  
• 
  
  horses.
  
• 
  
  agile and fit.
  

The pronoun we refers to the word

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  humans.
  
• 
  
  muscles.
  
• 
  
  horses.
  

Linking words and their uses
These are words that act like signposts to guide you through and mark the logical development of a text.
Linking words include words and phrases to:

indicate time periods (e.g. afterwards). add something (e.g. and). make a contrast (e.g. but). give a reason (e.g. because).

talk about the result (e.g. so). give an example (e.g. for example). to list (e.g. firstly, secondly). introduce paraphrasing (e.g. In other words).