Reading Practice Test # 1.9 Passage 1

Question 1-7

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the Reading Passage?
In boxes 1-7, write
TRUE    if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE    if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN    if there is no information on this
1. Michael Faraday was the first person to recognize Perkin's ability as a student of chemistry.

2. Michael Faraday suggested Perkin should enroll in the Royal College of Chemistry.

3. Perkin employed August Wilhelm Hofmann as his assistant.

4. Perkin was still young when he made the discovery that made him rich and famous.

5. The trees from which quinine is derived grow only in South America.

6. Perkin hoped to manufacture a drug from a coal tar waste product.

7. Perkin was inspired by the discoveries of the famous scientist Louis Pasteur.

Question 8-13

Answer the Questions below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer
Write your answers in boxes 8-13 .

8. Before Perkin’s discovery, with what group in society was the colour purple associated?

9. What potential did Perkin immediately understand that his new dye had?

10. What was the name finally used to refer to the first color Perkin invented?

11. What was the name of the person Perkin consulted before setting up his own dye works?

12. In what country did Perkins newly invented colour first become fashionable?

13. According to the passage, which disease is now being targeted by researchers using synthetic dyes?

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