Cambridge IELTS 11: Test 1 – Reading Passage 2 Solution

Cambridge IELTS solution The Falkirk Wheel with answer explanation. Cambridge IELTS 11: Test 1 – Reading Passage 2 Solution. IELTS reading passage solution, tips and tricks with answer key.

 

THE FALKIRK WHEEL (READING PASSAGE 2)

 

 

Questions 14-19

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?

in boxes 14-19 on your answer sheet, write

 

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14  FALSE. (P1, L3-5 and P2, L10-11) Millennium Link project to restore navigability across Scotland by reconnecting (means it was connected before) the historic waterways of the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals. This had been dismantled (Connection separated) in 1933, thereby breaking the link.

15 NOT GIVEN. (P3, L1-7) Not mentioned about opposition to the design.

16 TRUE. (P4, L1-9) The various parts of The Falkirk Wheel were all constructed (manufactured) and assembled (put together), like one giant toy building set, at Butterley Engineering’s Steelworks in Derbyshire (Location), some 400 km from Falkirk

18 FALSE. (P5, L4-6) These gondolas always weigh the same, whether or not they are carrying boats.

19 TRUE. (P7, L3-7) The Wheel could not be constructed to —- the presence of the historically important Antonine Wall, which was built by the Romans in the second century AD.

 

 

Questions 20-26

Label the diagram below.

Choose ONE WORD from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 20-26 on your answer sheet.
20 gates. (P6, L4-6) Two (a pair) hydraulic steel gates are raised (lifted), so as to seal the gondola off from (shut out) the water in the canal basin.

21 clamp. (P6, L8-11) A hydraulic clamp, which prevents the arms of the Wheel moving while the gondola is docked, is removed, allowing (enabling) the wheel to turn (to rotate).

22 axle. (P6, L12-13)  In the central machine room an array of ten hydraulic motors then begins to rotate (drive) the central axle.

23 cogs. (P6, L19-22) Two eight-metre-wide (different size) cogs orbit a fixed inner cog of the same width, connected by two smaller cogs travelling —–.

24 aqueduct. (P6, L25-29)  When the gondola reaches the top, the boat passes straight onto the aqueduct situated 24 metres above the canal basin.

25 wall. (P7, L9-11) Boats travel under this wall via a tunnel.

26 locks.  (P7, L1-3) The remaining 11 metres of lift needed to reach the Union Canal is achieved by means of a pair of locks.

 

 

• Cambridge IELTS 11: Test 1 – Reading Passage 1 Solution

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Words and Phrase, Synonyms in Passage and Questions

 

Keywords in questions	Similar words in the passage
put together	fitting the pieces together / assembled
components	various parts
by hand	hand-tightened
The weight varies	FALSE: always weigh the same
Boats	gondolas
ancient monument	Antonine Wall… in the second century AD

 

 

Keywords in questions	Similar words in the passage
shut out water	Seal … off from the water
enable wheel to rotate	allowing the wheel to turn
drive	rotate
A range of different-sized	Two eight-metre-wide, the same width
ensures boat keeps upright	ensuring that the gondolas always remain level
directly	straight
through tunnel beneath the wall	under the wall via a tunnel

 

 

 

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Vocabulary From Cambridge 11, Test 1, Reading Passage 2

 

 

• Final → Eventual
• Many → various, numerous
• Big → Huge, giant, vast, immense, enormous
  Only → unique
  Fit together, put together → assembler (<>dismantler)
  Build → manufacture, construct
  various parts → components
  By hand → hand-tightened
  Change → vary
  Consider → take into account
  Shut out water from smth → seal smth off from the water
  Enable smth to rotate → allow smth to turn
  A range of … An array of …
  Ensure that …
  Keep upright = remain level
  Under → beneath
  Move directly → pass straight
  Through → via
  … is achieved by .…
  Waterways → navigability
  The major challenge of the project lay in the fact that ….
  situated 35 metres below the level of …
  So → thereby
  A project was launched in …
  Wonderful → dramatic
  Long time → lasting
  Eager to do … → to be keen to do …
  To remember … → … in commemoration of …
  (ex: They are building a statue in commemoration of a national hero)
  ranging from…
  … is claimed to ..
  … is inspired by …
  most notably …
  Strong → robust
  … consists of …
  with a capacity of …
  completely → diametrically
  This is because, according to…
  … roughly the same as …
  (ex: It takes just 1.5 KWh of energy to rotate the Wheel roughly the same as boiling eight small domestic kettles of water)
  because of → owing to …
  whether or not …

 

 

Cambridge IELTS 11 – Reading Practice Test 1 Answer Key

 

 

 

How To Solve IELTS Reading Passage

1. List of Heading
2. Multiple Choice Question
3. Yes, No, Not Given
4. Short Answer Question
5. Factor Matching
6. Classification
7. Summery Completion
8. Information Matching

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