# Museums of fine art and their public: answers and explanations

Cambridge IELTS 10, Test 2, Reading Passage 3

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## Answer key

| Q | Answer | Proof |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 27 | B | the novel has evolved precisely because of technological developments that made it possible to print out huge numbers of texts |
| 28 | H | the reader attends mainly to the meaning of words rather than the way they are printed on the page |
| 29 | L | assign the reproduction of their creations to their workshop apprentices |
| 30 | G | high-quality prints made exactly to the original scale, with faithful colour values |
| 31 | D | this seems to place severe limitations on the kind of experience offered to visitors |
| 32 | C | it is therefore difficult not to be impressed by one's own relative 'worthlessness' in such an environment |
| 33 | D | nothing the viewer thinks about the work is going to alter that value |
| 34 | A | the strangeness of seeing such diverse paintings, drawings and sculptures brought together in an environment for which they were not originally created |
| 35 | D | a picture has no clear place at which to start viewing, or at which to finish |
| 36 | NOT GIVEN | a specialised academic approach devoted to 'discovering the meaning' of art within the cultural context of its time |
| 37 | NO | This is in perfect harmony with the museum's function |
| 38 | YES | experience art more rewardingly when given the confidence to express their views |
| 39 | NOT GIVEN | If appropriate works of fine art could be rendered permanently accessible to the public by means of high-fidelity reproductions |
| 40 | NO | Unfortunately, that may be too much to ask from those who seek to maintain and control the art establishment. |

## Why these answers are right

**27. B.** The summary says novels have long depended on something. The writer explains that the novel evolved because technology made it possible to print huge numbers of texts, unlike oil paintings, which are unique objects. Printing huge numbers of copies is mass production, option B.

**28. H.** The gap names what matters most with novels. The writer says readers of novels attend mainly to the meaning of words, not to how they are printed on the page. The meaning behind the words is the underlying ideas, option H, which also fits the plural verb are.

**29. L.** The summary says artists like Leonardo instructed certain people to copy their work. The passage says 16th-century artists gave the reproduction of their creations to their workshop apprentices as routine work. Apprentices who help in a workshop are assistants, so the answer is option L.

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