IELTS reading practice test
Fox Talbot and the origins of photography
Questions:
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1. Multiple Choice Questions
a) Louis Daguerre b)
William Henry
Fox Talbot
c)
A professional photographer from the 1830s d)
A Cambridge
University professor
2. What was Fox Talbot's main profession?
a) A
professional photographer b) A scientist and inventor
c) A
university professor d) A chemistry teacher
3. What was the main difference between Fox Talbot's and Daguerre's processes?
a) Talbot's
used metal plates, while Daguerre's used paper.
b)
Talbot's
produced a negative image, while Daguerre's produced a
positive image.
c) Daguerre's
was faster, while Talbot's took longer to develop.
d) Daguerre's
was more expensive, while Talbot's was cheaper.
4. What is the main advantage of digital photography over Fox Talbot's process?
a) It
is much easier to learn. b) It produces
higher-resolution images..
c) The
results are available instantly. d) It is cheaper to
produce.
2. True/False/Not Given
5. Fox Talbot was a brilliant student at Cambridge University.
6. The camera obscura was used to help Fox Talbot take accurate photographs.
7. Louis Daguerre's process was initially more successful than Fox Talbot's.
8. Fox Talbot's original calotype process was very slow.
9. Fox Talbot's black and white photography process is still used by professionals today.
10. Digital cameras were widely available in the year 2000.
3. Matching
| Term | Description |
| a) Calotype | 1. A device used to project an image onto a surface |
| b) Camera Obscura | 2. The British academy of sciences |
| c) Daguerrotype | 3. A photographic process using a negative to create a positive image on paper |
| d) Royal Society | 4. A photographic process that produced a positive image on metal plates |
4. Short Answer Questions
Write your answers in the box: used inteactively, the box will expand to take whatever you write.12. In what year was William Henry Fox Talbot born?
13. What did Fox Talbot study at Cambridge University? (List at least three subjects)
14. What chemicals were used in the Daguerrotype process? (List at least two)
15. What are some of the features of modern mobile phone cameras? (List at least three)
16. What would make a reader believe that Fox Talbot was a very intelligent man? (Give at least two examples from the text)
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Notes for teachers
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1. b) 2. b) 3. b) 4. c) 5. True 6. Not Given 7. True 8. True 9. True 10. False 11. A3 - B1 - c4 - d2
12. 1800 13. Classics, Foreign Languages, Hebrew, Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics (Any three)
14. Iodine, Bromine, Silver, Sodium thiosulphate (Any two)
15. High-resolution colour capacity, auto-focus, zoom lens, built-in flash (Any three)
16. He was a brilliant student at Cambridge University, he was elected as a member of the Royal Society. (Any two examples from the text demonstrating his intelligence)
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