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The history of glass

Part 4, Note, table and flow-chart completion. IELTS Trek Practice Book 1, Test 2 (2026), set 3 of 3.

Part 4 recording

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How to do Note, table and flow-chart completion

Complete notes, a table or a flow-chart while you listen to a talk or lecture.

  1. 1 Read the headings so you can follow the structure of the talk.
  2. 2 Predict the kind of word for each gap.
  3. 3 If you miss one, let it go and listen for the next gap.

Questions 31 to 36

Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

The history of glass

Ingredients

  • main ingredient: 31
  • soda lowers the melting temperature
  • 32 makes glass stronger and stops it dissolving

Early glass

  • first known objects: 33 from Mesopotamia
  • glassblowing: molten glass on a hollow metal 34

Medieval Europe and Venice

  • cathedral windows: 35 gave a deep blue
  • 1291: glassmakers moved to Murano because of the danger of 36
31

Correct Answer: (you wrote )

32

Correct Answer: (you wrote )

33

Correct Answer: (you wrote )

34

Correct Answer: (you wrote )

35

Correct Answer: (you wrote )

36

Correct Answer: (you wrote )

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