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place, the owner lights a seal-oil lamp. The igloo begins to melt, but the walls act like 15 blotting paper and draw the interior moisture to the outside, where it then freezes. The interior is iced next. The builder bores a hole in the roof of the dome and removes the door block. As the warm air rushes upward, cold air enters through the doorway; soon the walls are coated with a thin film of ice. Although made of ice, the finished igloo is not particularly cold. Indeed the 20 structure is so well insulated that one can sit inside without a coat, while outside the temperature could well be as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius.

26. Building an igloo to use for just one night makes sense for Eskimos because - (1) igloos deteriorate quickly (2) Eskimos never remain in one place for very long (3) an igloo doesn’t take long to build (4) Eskimos don’t have permanent dwellings 27. According to the passage, the most difficult part of building an igloo is - (1) locating the correct type of snow (2) building it strong enough to last more than a day or two (3) fitting the door properly (4) arranging the blocks to form a dome shape

29. An igloo-builder needs to light a seal-oil lamp inside the igloo in order to - (1) melt some of the snow on the interior (2) act as a source of heat keeping the igloo comfortably warm (3) locate any gaps which may remain between the blocks of snow (4) soften the snow on the interior for final shaping (1) describe the various uses of an igloo shelter (2) show how the type of snow available affects the construction of an igloo (3) list some aspects of Eskimo culture (4) explain how heat is used in the construction of an igloo 30. The purpose of the text is to -

28. The term "them" in line 10 refers to -

(1) igloo builders (2) blocks of snow

(3) igloos (4) knives

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