Air Traffic Control in the USA – IELTS Reading Answers
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Air Traffic Control in the USA
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The answers to questions 14-26 are given below along with their explanations.
Question Number | Answer | Keywords | Locations of Keywords |
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14 | ii | accident, skies over the Grand Canyon, 1956, establishment, Federal Aviation Administration | Para A, first 2 lines |
15 | iii | creation of the FAA, advent of the jet engine | Para C, lines 3-4 |
16 | v | very incomplete part of the picture | Para D, lines 2-3 |
17 | iv | – | Entire Para E |
18 | viii | The FAA then recognised two types of operating environments | Para F, line 1 |
19 | vii | – | Entire Para G |
20 | FALSE | accident, skies over the Grand Canyon, 1956, establishment, Federal Aviation Administration | Para A, first 2 lines |
21 | FALSE | Rudimentary air traffic control (АТС) existed well before the Grand Canyon disaster | Para B, line 1 |
22 | NOT GIVEN | ||
23 | TRUE | improved radio communication, Second World War | Para C, line 2 |
24 | TRUE | 365m, higher, controlled airspace, near airports, controlled airspace, 215m above the ground
Uncontrolled airspace is designated Class F |
Para E, lines 2-4
Para G, line 2 |
25 | FALSE | difference between Class E, A, in Class A, all operations, IFR | Para G, lines 7-8 |
26 | TRUE | Three other types of airspace, Classes D, С and B, correspond, small municipal, medium-sized metropolitan, major metropolitan airports respectively | Para G, lines 10-12 |
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