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IELTS · Part 1 · Volume 9 Test 7

Seaweed: Reading answers

Answers to questions 1–13 (13 in all), each with why it is right.

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Seaweed, a common plant that grows in the sea, has been an important food, fuel, and fertilizer since prehistoric times. For example, it has supplemented the diet of sheep in the Orkneys, islands off the coast of Scotland, since Neolithic times, roughly 5000 years ago. In the early part of the 8th century in Japan, seaweed was already such a key part of people's regular diet that legislation was introduced giving people the right to pay their taxes to the Emperor in the form of seaweed. The oldest evidence of seaweed use was found in South America, dating from 12,500 years ago. The remains of red seaweed mixed with a medicinal herb were discovered on the floor of a medicine hut at Monte…

Answers 1–13

  1. 1

    Seaweed has been used to feed animals on some Scottish islands for thousands of years.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  2. 2

    In the 8th century in Japan, eating seaweed was reserved for special occasions.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  3. 3

    The findings at Monte Verde revealed new information about the significance of women's roles inprehistoric times.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  4. 4

    Potash was Norway's largest export in the 1800s.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

  5. 5

    Dr Kathleen Drew-Baker is more famous in Japan than she is in the UK.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  6. 6

    typhoons Note completion

  7. 7

    laver Note completion

  8. 8

    kelp Note completion

  9. 9

    fishermen Note completion

  10. 10

    chemicals Note completion

  11. 11

    markets Note completion

  12. 12

    jobs Note completion

  13. 13

    vehicles Note completion

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