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IELTS Practice Reading: Note/Summary Completion Diagram ID: #56525 Easy Bottled water
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Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Tap any word for its meaning

Some consumers choose to purchase bottled drinking water, rather than relying on city tap water supplies. Bottled water has typically been extracted from underground sources. If water exists underground, but has no natural exit points, bottling companies may construct a water table well by drilling down to extract water from an unconfined aquifer. This is done when the Earth’s natural water level – known as a water table – is much lower than the Earth’s surface. In some cases, as with a valley or gully on a mountain, the level of the water table may be higher than the Earth’s surface, and a natural spring can emerge. Bottling companies are permitted to extract this water from a hole drilled into the underground spring, but the composition of the water must be identical to that of the naturally surfacing variety nearby.

Artesian water is drawn from a confined aquifer, a deep underground cavity of porous rock that holds  water and bears pressure from a confining layer above it. This water can be accessed if companies drill a vertical channel down into the confined aquifer. Due to the pressurised nature of this aquifer, water will often rise up from within it and form a flowing artesian well, which appears as an explosive fountain at the earth’s surface. However, this only occurs when the surface is lower than the natural water table. If the surface is not lower than the natural water table, it is still possible to draw artesian water by using an extraction pump.

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Question Focus: Labeling the underground water level shown in the diagram

Correct Answer: water table

Why this is correct: In the diagram, this label points to the natural underground level of water. The passage clearly names this level as the water table, which matches what you see in the diagram.

Passage Reference: This is done when the Earth's natural water level - known as a water table

Common Mistake: Students sometimes write groundwater or underground water because it sounds logical, but those words do not appear in the passage. You must copy the exact term. This is a synonym trap.

Paraphrasing: Passage: 'Earth's natural water level' = Diagram: 'underground water level'

Tips: For diagram labels, always look for technical names in the passage, not general descriptions.

Key Vocabulary:

  • water table = underground water level

Question Focus: Identifying water that naturally emerges at the surface

Correct Answer: natural spring

Passage Reference: In some cases, as with a valley or gully on a mountain, the level of the water table may be higher than the Earth's surface, and a natural spring can emerge.

Why this is correct: The diagram shows water coming out naturally where the water table is higher than the ground. The passage says this situation creates a natural spring, so that is the correct label.

Common Mistake: Some students write spring only, but the passage uses natural spring. Leaving out a word risks being marked wrong. This is a partial truth trap.

Paraphrasing: Passage: 'water table may be higher than the Earth's surface' = Diagram: 'water flows out naturally'

Tips: If the passage uses a two-word term, copy both words unless the question clearly allows shortening.

Key Vocabulary:

  • spring = place where water comes out of the ground

Question Focus: Naming the deep underground water source for artesian water

Correct Answer: confined aquifer

Passage Reference: Artesian water is drawn from a confined aquife

Why this is correct: The diagram section for artesian water points to a deep underground rock layer. The passage states clearly that artesian water comes from a confined aquifer.

Common Mistake: Students may confuse this with unconfined aquifer, which appears earlier in the passage. That refers to a different system. This is a context shift trap.

Paraphrasing: Passage: 'deep underground cavity of porous rock' = Diagram: 'deep water-holding layer'

Tips: When a diagram changes topic, here from spring water to artesian water, re-read carefully to avoid mixing sections.

Key Vocabulary:

  • aquifer = underground layer that holds water
  • confined = closed in by layers

Question Focus: Describing how artesian water appears at the surface

Correct Answer: explosive fountain

Passage Reference: , water will often rise up from within it and form a flowing artesian well, which appears as an explosive fountain at the earth's surface.

Why this is correct: The diagram shows water bursting up at the surface from pressure below. The passage describes this exactly as an explosive fountain.

Common Mistake: Students sometimes write fountain or flowing well, but those are incomplete or different phrases. You must copy the full expression. This is a partial truth trap.

Paraphrasing: Passage: 'appears as an explosive fountain' = Diagram: 'water shoots up forcefully'

Tips: If the passage gives a vivid description, copy it exactly. Do not simplify it yourself.

Key Vocabulary:

  • explosive = very forceful
  • fountain = water shooting upward

Question Focus: Identifying the equipment used when water does not rise naturally

Correct Answer: extraction pump

Passage Reference: . If the surface is not lower than the natural water table, it is still possible to draw artesian water by using an extraction pu

Why this is correct: The diagram shows a device pulling water up when pressure alone is not enough. The passage says companies can draw water by using an extraction pump, so this label matches.

Common Mistake: Students may write pump only, but that is too general. The passage specifies extraction pump. This is a synonym trap.

Paraphrasing: Passage: 'draw artesian water' = Diagram: 'mechanical device pulls water up'

Tips: For equipment or tools, always check if the passage gives a specific name instead of a general one.

Key Vocabulary:

  • extraction = taking out
  • pump = machine that moves liquid

General Tips:

  • Diagram completion answers follow passage order, so find the first label and then move forward in the text.
  • Always copy the exact words from the passage. Do not change them or use your own synonyms.
  • Check the word limit carefully. More than three words is automatically wrong.
  • For diagrams, ask yourself what physical thing the label points to, then match it with a noun in the passage.

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