| Trap | Example from Ice/Fire | Solution | |------|----------------------|----------| | | Passage says “Some eruptions produce jökulhlaups.” Question says “All eruptions produce floods.” → False (contradiction) | Look for absolute language (all, never). If passage doesn’t deny it directly, but also doesn’t support → Not Given. | | Word limit violations | Summary says “NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS”. You write “glacier meltwater floods” → wrong. Write “flash floods” instead. | Always check the limit before answering. | | Synonym blindness | Question asks for “rapid melting”. Passage uses “abrupt thaw”. | Build synonym awareness: rapid=abrupt, melting=thaw. |
Similarly, in ancient Greek mythology, the gods of fire and ice were also locked in a struggle for power. The fire god, Prometheus, was said to have stolen fire from the gods and given it to humans, while the ice goddess, Crios, was believed to have control over the winter months. ice and fire reading passage answer ielts