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No vs yes
Tips:
Remember that ‘no’ means the statement contradicts the writer’s opinion. So it can’t be right. ‘Not
given’ means that there is no information about the writer’s opinion in the text, so that
statement may
or may not be true.
Example
Here is part of a text about an art installation (or sculpture)
At first glance , Cornelia Parker’s 1991 installation cold dark matter. An exploded view would seem to be
the outcome of a destructive drive in the artist personality. On the contrary , she is
fascinated by the way
that change even change a violence nature , is a new beginning. An opportunity for something very
different to emerge . cold dark matter consists of a garden shed which parker filled
with objects, then
asked the army to blow up. She suspended the resulting fragments in a room and lit them with a single
bulb. Throwing sinister shadow on the walls. The title is central to understanding the work, alluding to the
cold dark matter which in one version of the ‘big bang’ theory . led to the creation of the universe.
Question:
Do the following statements agree with the writer’s views?
1.
The impulse for the work is the artist’s physiological need to destroy.
No
2.
The way in which the shade was destroyed adds to the meaning of the work.
Not given
Explanation:
The highlighted part of the text shows you where you can find the information which gives you the
answers. 1 can’t the writer’s view because it contradicts (‘on the contrary’). 2 although there is
information about how the shed was destroyed , there is no information about how this adds to the
meaning of
the work, so statement 2 may or may not to be true.
