Donation of Human Tissues IELTS Reading Answers with Explanation

“Donation of Human Tissues” is Part 3 of IELTS Reading Test 11. This page gives the answers for Questions 27-40, with a short explanation wherever the reasoning is clear, so you can check your work and learn from every mistake. The task types are: Matching Information, Matching Features, Short Answers.

Quick answers: Questions 27-40

Question	Answer
27	G
28	B
29	F
30	C
31	A
32	C
33	E
34	E (Theodore Malinin)
35	A (Warren King)
36	D (Susan Collins)
37	C (King of Palo Alto)
38	H.I.V.
39	pathologists or physicians
40	funeral home

Questions 27–33: Matching Information

Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter, A–G. You may use any letter more than once.

Q	Statement	Answer	Explanation
27	Lack of oversight in tissue banking	G	—
28	Cases of infections during tissue donation	B	Paragraph B presents specific patient cases, including a death and a near- fatal infection.
29	Money earned from the tissue market	F	Paragraph F gives industry revenue figures and growth projections.
30	Reference to where body tissues are collected	C	Paragraph C lists the sources from which tissue banks obtain body parts.
31	Why specialists are concerned about tissue donation	A	Paragraph A explains that poorly handled tissue can spread deadly infections, which worries experts.
32	Why the infections happened	C	Paragraph C gives the industry's explanation, bacteria in operating rooms, and contrasts it with other experts' views.
33	Rules for monitoring tissue treatment processes	E	—

Questions 34–37: Matching Features

Match each statement with the correct person (A–F).

Q	Statement	Answer	Explanation
34	Advances in techniques led to heavy ordering of tissues	E (Theodore Malinin)	Malinin links new tissue-processing techniques to aggressive sales that drive hospital orders.
35	Donation could cause serious or fatal infections	A (Warren King)	King reports four Californian patients who suffered life- threatening infections after surgery with donor tissue.
36	Huge profit and many people: industry growing rapidly	D (Susan Collins)	Collins cites rising revenues, a growing donor count, and the many recipients each donor can serve.
37	Improper handling by staff linked to inadequate supervision	C (King of Palo Alto)	King links poorly trained technicians and unclean handling to weak, self-set industry rules.

Questions 38–40: Short Answers

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Q	Statement	Answer	Explanation
38	Besides hepatitis B and C, what else must be tested per the FDA in 1997?	H.I.V.	The 1997 FDA rule required testing for HIV alongside hepatitis B and C.
39	Who may recover tissue in sterile operating rooms at some banks?	pathologists or physicians	Some banks restrict sterile-room tissue recovery to these two medical roles.
40	Where do trained technicians remove tissue with family consent?	funeral home	When a family agrees, technicians from the tissue bank carry out removal at the funeral home.

Tips for these question types

• Read the question first. Underline keywords, then scan the passage for the same idea in different words.
• Check the instructions. Note the word limit and whether letters or words are needed before you write.
• Review every mistake. Find the sentence that proves the answer so you can spot the same trap next time.

FAQ

How many questions does Part 3 have? Part 3 of this test covers Questions 27-40, which is 14 questions.

Why do some answers have no explanation? We add an explanation only where the reasoning is clear. Always confirm doubtful answers against the passage.

IELTS Reading Test 11: all passages
Part 1: Four Temperaments  |  Part 2: Carbolic Smoke Ball: Fake or Cure?  |  Part 3: Donation of Human Tissues (you are here)

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