Identifying information in a passage
For True / False / Not Given tasks, you need to look at
a list of sentences or
statements and decide whether they are:
True (the statement agrees with the
information in the text)False (the statement is incorrect and does not agree with the information in the text)Not Given (you cannot say whether the statement is true or false because
there is no information about this in the text)Test Tip Remember that you are being tested on your
ability to understand the
information you read in the
passage. So you should ignore anything you already know about the topic.Skim read this passage to get the general idea
of the content.Urban HeatIn 1818, Luke Howard published The Climate of London in which he identified an emerging problem:
urban development was having a direct impact on the local weather. The early 1800s was a time of great
expansion for London and 1Howard
noticed that temperatures in the city were gradually becoming higher than
those in rural areas. We now refer to these areas as Urban Heat Islands. 2The difference in temperature is usually
greater at night and the phenomenon occurs in both
winter and summer. 3Experts agree that this is due to
urban development,
when open green spaces are replaced with asphalt roads and tall brick or concrete
buildings. These materials retain heat generated by theStdin an release it through the night. In Atlanta, in the US, this has even led to thunderstorms occurring in
the morning rather than,
as is more common, in the afternoon. Officials there are advising builders to use light-coloured roofs in a bid to reduce the problem.
Large cities around the world are
adopting strategies to combat this issue and it is not uncommon to find plants growing
on top of roofs or down the walls of large buildings. In Singapore, the government
has pledged to
transform it into a 'city within a garden' and, in 2006, they held an
international competition calling for entries to develop a master plan
to help bring this
about. One outcome was the creation of 18 `Supertrees'.These metal
constructions are made to resemble very tall trees and range in height
from 25m to 50m. Each one is a vertical freestanding garden and is home to exotic
plants and ferns. Their structure allowed the designers to create an immediate rainforest
canopy without having to wait for trees to reach such heights. They contain
solar panels used to light the trees at night and also containers to collect rainwater,
making them truly self-sufficient.Decide if statements 1-3 are True, False or Not Given according
to the underlined parts of the text.