IELTS Academic Reading ‘Fun for the Masses’ Answers

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IELTS Academic Reading ‘Fun for the Masses’ Answers

The Academic passage ‘Fun for the Masses’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Try to find the answers to get an idea of the difficulty level of the passages in the actual reading test. If you want more passages to solve, try taking one of our IELTS reading practice tests.

Fun for the Masses

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Question Number Answers Keywords Location of Keywords
15 x Better off than you used to be, after six years of sustained economic growth Paragraph A
16 iv Looks at the living-standards debate, unusual direction Paragraph B
17 i Family’s budget that was spent on having fun rose sharply with its income  Paragraph C
18 viii Share of the family budget spent on leisure, rises much less sharply with income Paragraph D
19 ix Public investment in sports complexes, parks and golf courses, technological innovation. Paragraph F
20 vi Pointing accusing fingers at technology, widening inequality in the wages of skilled and unskilled workers Paragraph G
21 ii Findings are not water-tight, depend heavily upon what exactly is classed as a recreational expenditure Paragraph H
22 income levels How much people earn is relatively easy, compared with measuring how well they live. Paragraph A, Last 2 lines
23 non-luxury spending Leisure has steadily become less of a luxury, by 1991, all income levels, more of their money on having fun Paragraph D, First 2 lines & Last 2 lines
24 holiday time Rising incomes are responsible, Americans have more time off than they used to. Paragraph E, Lines 4-7
25 computer technology Accusing fingers at technology, widening inequality in the wages,  Paragraph G, First 5 lines
26 recreational activities Findings are not water-tight, what exactly is classed as a recreational expenditure.  Paragraph H, First 3 lines
27 D Nonetheless, broad conclusion seems fair. Paragraph I, Last 3 lines

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