IELTS Academic Reading ‘Fun for the Masses’ Answers
IELTS Academic Reading ‘Fun for the Masses’ Answers
The IELTS Academic Reading: Cambridge Reading Sample; ‘Fun for the Masses’ with answers. The post will discuss the answers to questions 15-27.
Fun for the Masses
Answers
The answers with explanations are given below
| 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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