Reading Passage 1: "William Kamkwamba"


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Ducal Palace
, he offered an 
alterna-
tive design 
which 
bears an uncanny resemblance 
to 
the 
Banqueting House in Whitehall in London.
Q 6. Palladio designed for both wealthy and poor people.
Answer: 
True
Part of the passage: 
Palladio’s work for rich landowners alienates unreconstructed 
critics on the Italian left, but among the papers in the show are designs for cheap hous-
ing in Venice. 
Keywords in Questions
Similar words in Passage
Palladio
designed
 for both 
wealthy
 and 
poor
 people.
Palladio
’s 
work
for 
rich landowner 
alienates unrecon-
structed critics on the Italian left but among the papers 
in the show are 
designs 
for 
cheap housing 
in Venice.
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Q 7. The exhibition includes paintings of people by famous artists.
Answer: 
True
Part of the passage: 
Vicenza’s show contains detailed models of the major buildings 
and is leavened by portraits of Palladio’s teachers and clients by Titian, Veronese and 
Tintoretto; the paintings of his Venetian buildings are all by Canaletto, no less. 
Keywords in Questions
Similar words in Passage
The 
exhibition
includes 
paintings of people 
by 
famous artists
.
Vicenza’s show 
contains
 detailed models of the 
major buildings and is leavened by 
portraits of Palla-
dio’s teachers and clients 
by 
Titian, Veronese and 
Tintoretto
; the paintings of his Venetia buildings are 
all by Canaletto, no less.
Questions 8 – 13 
Q 8. What job was Palladio training for before he became an architect?
Answer: 
(skilled) stonemason
Part of the passage: 
Palladio’s father was a miller who settled in Vicenza, where the 
young Andrea was apprenticed to a 
skilled stonemason

How did a humble miller’s son 
become a world renowned architect? The answer in the exhibition is that, as a young 
man, Palladio excelled at carving decorative stonework on columns, doorways and fire-
places. 
Q 9. Who arranged Palladio’s architectural studies?
Answer: 
Gian Giorgio Trissino
Part of the passage: 
He was plainly intelligent, and lucky enough to come across a rich 
patron, 
Gian Giorgio Trissino

a landowner and scholar, who 
organised his educa-
tion
, taking him to Rome in the 1540s, where he studied the masterpieces of classical 
Roman and Greek architecture and the work of other influential architects of the time, 
such as Donato Bramante and Raphael.
Explanation:
arranged Palladio’s architertural studies = organised his education.
Q 10. Who was the first non-Italian architect influenced by Palladio?
Answer: 
Inigo Jones 
Part of the passage: 
He tried his hand at bridges – his unbuilt version of the Rialto 
Bridge was decorated with the large pediment and columns of a temple – and, after 
a fire at the Ducal Palace, he offered an alternative design which bears an uncanny 
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