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  • •Passage 3: questions 27–40. Time allowed: 20 minutes.
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Passage 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on the reading passage below.

From Billiard Balls to Bakelite

Questions 27–31

Match each statement with the correct person, A–E. You may use any letter more than once.

List of people

ACharles Goodyear
BAlexander Parkes
CJohn Wesley Hyatt
DLeo Baekeland
Ea New York company
27made a material that remained hard when heated again
28offered a reward for a replacement for ivory
29did not benefit financially from an important discovery
30received an award at an exhibition
31had worked in printing before developing a new material

Questions 32–35

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage? Choose TRUE if the statement agrees with the information, FALSE if the statement contradicts the information, NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.

32Natural rubber was affected by changes in temperature.

33Parkes’s company failed because there was no demand for his product.

34Celluloid billiard balls sometimes made a loud noise.

35Bakelite was invented in Belgium.

Questions 36–40

Complete the summary below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Bakelite and after

Baekeland made Bakelite by heating and formaldehyde under pressure. Because it was a good electrical , it became important in the electrical industry. Baekeland had already become rich by selling to Kodak. Later, many plastics were developed in the of large companies, and during the Second World War plastics took the place of rubber and scarce .