| 1. FALSE | Michael Faraday, Perkin‟s ability | paragraph 2; line 3 | His talent and devotion to the subject were perceived by his teacher Thomas Hall. “So Thomas Hall was the first person to recognise Perkin‟s ability” |
| 2. NOT GIVEN | should enroll | paragraph 2; last sentence | ………..he later went on to attend the Royal College of Chemistry, which he succeeded in entering in 1853, at the age of 15. “Nothing given about who encouraged Henry to join the college” |
| 3. FALSE | August Wilhelm Hofmann | paragraph 3; line 3 | At the time of ……………………… German chemist August Wilhelm Hofmann. Perkin‟s scientific gifts soon caught Hofmann‟s attention and, within two years, he became Hofmann‟s youngest assistant. ” meaning Hofmann employed Perkin as his assistant” |
| 4. True | young, discovery, rich and famous. | paragraph 3; line 7 | Not long after that,…………….. him both fame and fortune. “meaning that when making the scientific discovery, Perkin was still young, (fame=famous), (fortune= rich), (breakthrough= discovery)” |
| 5. Not Given | quinine, derived, only in South America | paragraph 4; line 1 | At the time, quinine was the only viable medical treatment for malaria. The drug is derived from the bark of the cinchona tree, native to South America. “although trees are native to South America, whether they grow only in South America is not mentioned” |
| 6. TRUE | drug, coal tar waste product. | paragraph 5; line 3 | He was attempting to manufacture quinine from aniline, an inexpensive and readily available coal tar waste product. ”attempting to manufacture= hoping to manufacture” |
| 7. NOT GIVEN | inspired, Louis Pasteur | paragraph 5; line 15 | And, proving the truth of the famous scientist Louis Pasteur‟s words „chances favours only the prepared mind‟, Perkin saw the potential of his unexpected find. ”whether he was inspired by Louis Pasteur’s discoveries or not is not given” |
| 8. the rich | group, purple | paragraph 6; line 6 | Indeed, the purple colour extracted from a snail was once so costly that in society at the time, only the rich could afford it. ” historically, the colour purple was associated with the rich” |
| 9. commercial (possibilities) | potential, new dye | paragraph 7; last sentence | But perhaps the most fascinating of all Perkin‟s reactions to his find was his nearly instant recognition that the new dye had commercial possibilities. “immediately understand= instant recognition” |
| 10. mauve | finally, name, first colour | paragraph 8, 1st sentence | Perkin originally named ………………………..known as mauve. ” initaially the dye was named Tyrian which finally became popular as Mauve” |
| 11. Robert Pullar | name, person | paragraph 8, line 6 | He (Perkin) asked advice of Scottish dye works owner Robert Pullar, ……………….. relatively low. ”This means that Perkin consulted Robert Pullar (consulted=asked advice)” |
| 12. France | country, fashionable | paragraph 9; line 10 | The company received a commercial boost from the Empress Eugénie of France, …………………… Very soon, mauve was the necessary shade for all the fashionable ladies in that country . “that country = France” |
| 13. Malaria | disease, researchers, using synthetic dyes | paragraph 10; last sentence | And, in what would have ………………………..research for a vaccine against malaria. ” means that malaria is now being targeted by researchers using synthetic dyes” |
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