The Canals of De Lesseps - IELTS Reading (TRUE/ FALSE/ NOT GIVEN

Questions 23 - 27

Do the statements below (questions 23 - 27) agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2, The Canals of De Lesseps?

In answer boxes 23 - 27, 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 in the reading passage

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Write "OK" if you understand

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23. De Lessep's Suez Canal construction theories were equally successful in the building of the Panama Canal as they were in building the Suez Canal.

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Answer explanation

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The second paragraph mentions that [Lesseps] believed that if a sea-level canal worked when constructing the Suez Canal, it had to work for the Panama Canal. However it also states that problems stemmed from their inability to create a viable solution to the differences in tidal changes in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, so FALSE is the correct answer.

24. The decision to use locks in the Panama Canal also saved time carrying out other work.

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Answer explanation

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The second paragraph mentions that The Americans proposed that a tidal lock should be constructed at Panama, which solved the problem and reduced excavation by an enormous amount, so TRUE is the correct answer.

25. The US were not happy about returning the control of the Panama Canal to Panama.

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Answer explanation

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The third paragraph mentions the transfer of control of the canal from the United States to Panama, but it does not mention the United States' feelings about doing so, so NOT GIVEN is the correct answer.

26. The current Suez Canal is the second canal that has joined the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.

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Answer explanation

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The fourth paragraph mentions that Unlike the modern canal, earlier ones consisted of two parts: the first linking the Gulf of Suez to the Great Bitter Lake, and the second connecting the Lake to one of the branches in the Nile Delta that runs into the Mediterranean, so TRUE is the correct answer.

27. The British government refused to give assistance in constructing the Suez Canal.

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Answer explanation

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The sixth paragraph outlines the construction of the Suez Canal, but it does not mention British involvement in it, so NOT GIVEN is the correct answer.