IELTS Academic Reading ‘Early Telecommunication Devices’ Answers

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IELTS Academic Reading ‘Early Telecommunication Devices’ Answers

The Academic passage ‘Early Telecommunication Devices’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test.

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Early Telecommunication Devices

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Question Number Answers Keywords Location of Keywords
1. Cooke and Wheatstone William Cook and Charles Wheatstone, patented in England in 1845  Paragraph A, Lines 7-8
2. Western Union Company In 1851, twelve of these companies come together  Paragraph C, Lines 4-6
3. Reis Phillip Reis, in 1861 that he labelled the telephone Paragraph D, Lines 4-5
4. Telephones the US patent office for their respective telephones Paragraph E, Lines 11-12
5. Harmonic telegraph perfected by Thomas Edison, in 1881. Paragraph E, Last 2 lines
6. C the invention of the telephone, a system known as a harmonic telegraph Paragraph E, Lines 2-5
7. A Patented in England in 1845, British rail companies Paragraph A, Last 3 lines
8. E Edison Paragraph E, Last 2 lines
9. D Western Union, asked Elisha Gray to make refinements  Paragraph F, Lines 4-6
10. B Pacific Union, based on the telephone design of Phillips Reis. Paragraph G, Lines 13-16
11. Awkward to use/ Difficult to transport/ Expensive Proved to the awkward to use, difficult to transport and expensive to build Paragraph B, Lines 2-3
12. Rail stations Western Union, telegraph offices, almost all in rail stations. Paragraph C, Last 2 lines
13. Musical tones Reis’s invention, limited to transmitting musical tones, Paragraph D, Last 2 lines
14. Harmonic telegraph Perfection of the harmonic telegraph proved too difficult Paragraph E, Lines 7-8

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