True OR not given


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    bilal
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    Hi, I have a question, I quote from the reading part “a common glacier flows about 10 inches per day in the summer and 5 inches per day in the winter”

    Question: glaciers normally move at a rate of about 5 to 10 inches a day.

    I think that not given however answer is true, why? The sentence include only summer and winter.

    Thanks for help 🙂

    #72068
    aeadmin
    Keymaster

    Hi Bilal, good question.
    In IELTS you must use good logic and inference. A year stretches from winter to summer, winter being the coldest and summer the warmest, so it is logical that the glacier moves 5 (slowest – winter) to 10 (fastest – summer) inches in the year, therefore the answer must be ‘true’.
    Again, remember that IELTS is more than just a test of English, it is also a test of thinking.

    #72067
    bilal
    Participant

    Thank you kindly sir 🙂

    #72066
    aeadmin
    Keymaster

    You are welcome Bilal, keep up the good work.

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