AC or DC: The War of Currents – IELTS Reading Answers

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AC or DC: The War of Currents – IELTS Reading Answers

The Academic passage ‘AC or DC: The War of Currents’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test.

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AC or DC: The War of Currents

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The answers to questions 14-26 are given below along with their explanations.

Question Number Answer Keywords Locations of Keywords
14 storage batteries can allow storage batteries, directly connected Para 3, line 1
15 (the) voltage significantly electrical resistance, wires significantly reduces the voltage  Para 2, lines 5-6
16 DC no practical AC motors, only DC ones Para 3, lines 3-4
17 expensive allows thinner and less expensive wires Para 4, lines 4-5
18 B Edison’s, influence, American state governments  Para 7, lines 3-4
19 D this was even filmed Para 7, last line
20 E Edison’s, claim, high-voltage systems, too dangerous to use Para 7, line 1
21 C AC, Nikola Tesla, researched

George Westinghouse, patents, AC-based, technology

 Para 4, lines 5-6

Para 6, lines 3-4
22 B he founded the Edison Illuminating Company 

Westinghouse, formed a company 

 Para 2, lines 2-3

Para 6, lines 3-4
23 A direct confrontation  Para 5, line 6
24 A Edison had, patents, many, DC devices, he, invented Para 3, lines 5-6
25 B Edison had, patents, many, DC devices, he, invented

George Westinghouse, purchased, patents 

 Para 3, lines 5-6

Para 6, lines 3-4
26 C Tesla, mathematical training, formal theoretical knowledge

electrical engineer, George Westinghouse

 Para 5, lines 3-4

Para 6, lines 2-3

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