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

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

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1 AC or DC: The War of Currents
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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on the reading passage below.

AC or DC: The War of Currents

AC DC 1

AC DC 2

AC DC 3

AC DC 4

AC DC 5

AC DC 6

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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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