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=>D is false

1. the fashionable styles of the period Keywords: fashionable styles, period
In paragraph 6, the writer says that: “Sharp corners proved impractical and were thus avoided, giving rise to the smooth, „streamlined‟ stylepopular in the 1930s”. This means that the old styles in the 1930s are still in use and practical, not the fashionable styles.

=>E is false

Questions 11-13: TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN

11. 
    Modern-day plastic preparation is based on the same principles as that patented in 1907
    

Keywords: modern-day, preparation, patented, 1907

At the end of paragraph 4, the writer states that: “On 13 July 1907, Baekeland took out his famous patent describing this preparation, the essential features of which are still in use today”.So, the statement is true.

+ principles = essential features

=>ANSWER: TRUE

11. 
    Bakelite was immediately welcomed as a practical and versatile material.
    

Keywords: immediately, welcomed

In paragraph 7, the writer indicates that “Baekeland‟s invention, although treated with disdain in its early years, went on to enjoy an unparalleled popularity which lasted throughout the first half of the twentieth century. It became…the material of a thousand uses.”So at first, Bakelite was not welcomed by the community.

+ immediately = early years

+ welcomed>< treated with disdain

+ practical and versatile material = material of a thousand uses

=>ANSWER: FALSE

11. 
    Bakelite was only available in a limited range of colours.
    

Keywords: only available, limited, colours

In the last paragraph, the writer says that “consumers everywhere relishedits dazzling array of shades, delighted that they were now, at last, no longer restricted to the wood tones and drab browns of the pre- plastic era.”

+ limited = restricted