The Origins Of Laughter reading answer

 The Origins Of Laughter reading answer

While joking and wit are uniquely human inventions, laughter certainly is not. Other creatures, including chimpanzees, gorillas, and even rats, laugh. The fact that they laugh suggests that laughter has been around for a lot longer than we have.

1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. A
7. E
8. D
9. G
10. H
11. NOT GIVEN
12. TRUE
13. NOT GIVEN

The Lost City Reading Answer

Thanks to modern remote-sensing techniques, a ruined city in Turkey is slowly revealing itself as one of the greatest and most mysterious cities of the ancient world. Sally Palmer uncovers more.

14. B
15. G
16. C
17. A
18. HOT-AIR BALLOON
19. IRON PARTICLES
20. COMPASS (NEEDLE)
21. THIN METAL PROBE
22. MUDBRICK
23. LOOSER DAMP SOIL
24. SPRING SEASON
25. CLARIFY
26. B

Designed to Last

Jonathan Chapman, a senior lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK, is one of a new breed of ‘sustainable designers’. Like many of us, they are concerned about the huge waste associated with Western consumer culture and the damage this does to the environment. Some, like Chapman, aim to create objects we will want to keep rather than discard. Others are working to create more efficient or durable consumer goods, or goods designed with recycling in mind. The waste entailed in our fleeting relationships with consumer durables is colossal.

27. D
28. B
29. B
30. D
31. C
32. TRUE
33. TRUE
34. NOT GIVEN
35. NOT GIVEN
36. D
37. F
38. H
39. C
40. A