Let’s Start :- Reading tips for ielts multiple choice questions
3. Multiple Choices
In this post I will teach you reading tips for ielts how to find Multiple Choice Question with easy way.This type of question asks you to choose a suitable answer from the option using the knowledge you get from the passage. Usually, this type of question is found in last but you should find first before other questions type (like list of heading/matching heading, Here you find only heading) because you could gained a good idea about the title for multiple choice question/option.
Questions 1-3
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
Write the correct letter in boxes 1-3 on your answer sheet.
The sense of smell, or olfaction, is powerful. Odours affect us on a physical, psychological and social level. For the most part, however, we breathe in the aromas which surround us without being consciously aware of their importance to us. It is only when the faculty of smell is impaired for some reason that we begin to realise the essential role the sense of smell plays in our sense of well-being.
1. According to the introduction, we become aware of the importance of smell when
A. we discover a new smell.
B. we experience a powerful smell.
C. our ability to smell is damaged.
D. we are surrounded by odours.
Keyword: – Introduction, aware, importance of smell, when
In first paragraph: – Last lines of the introduction give us the answer for this question,” It is only when the faculty of smell is impaired” for some reason that we begin to realise the essential role the sense of smell plays in our sense of well-being.
This means we become aware of the importance of smell when this faculty is impaired or damaged.
So, the answer will be: – C (our ability to smell is damaged.) (Only write in Alphabet wise like A, B, C, and D)
B. Odours are also essential cues in social bonding. One respondent to the survey believed that there is no true emotional bonding without touching and smelling a loved one. In fact, infants recognise the odours of their mothers soon after birth and adults can often identify their children or spouses by scent. In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by their marriage partners from similar clothing worn by other people. Most of the subjects would probably never have given much thought to odour as a cue for identifying family members before being involved in the test, but as the experiment revealed, even when not consciously considered, smells register.
2.The experiment described in paragraph B
A. shows how we make use of smell without realising it.
B. demonstrates that family members have a similar smell.
C. proves that a sense of smell is learnt.
D. compares the sense of smell in males and females.
Keyword: – experiment, paragraph B
Underline lines in paragraph B , “In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by their marriage partners” from similar clothing worn by other people. Most of the subjects would probably never have given much thought to odour as a cue for identifying family members before being involved in the test, but as “the experiment revealed, even when not consciously considered, smells register.”
Meaning: – How our sense of smell is in use even though we don’t realise it.
So, the answer will be: – A (Shows how we make use of smell without realising it.)
C. Most of the research on smell undertaken to date has been of a physical scientific nature. Significant advances have been made in the understanding of the biological and chemical nature of olfaction, but many fundamental questions have yet to be answered. Researchers have still to decide whether smell is one sense or two – one responding to odours proper and the other registering odourless chemicals in the air. Other unanswered questions are whether the nose is the only part of the body affected by odours, and how smells can be measured objectively given the nonphysical components. Questions like these mean that interest in the psychology of smell is inevitably set to play an increasingly important role for
3. What does the writer suggest about the study of smell in the atmosphere in paragraph C?
A. The measurement of smell is becoming more accurate.
B. Researchers believe smell is a purely physical reaction.
C. Most smells are inoffensive.
D. Smell is yet to be defined.
Keyword: – Writer suggest, study of smell, atmosphere, paragraph B.
Underline lines in paragraph B, “but many fundamental questions have yet to be answered. Researchers have still to decide whether smell is one sense or two”
Meaning: – This means the definition of smell is yet to come to light.
So, the answer will be: – D (Smell is yet to be defined)
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