IELTS Academic Reading ‘Reducing electricity consumption on the Isle of Eigg’ Answers

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The Academic passage ‘Reducing electricity consumption on the Isle of Eigg’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test.

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Reducing electricity consumption on the Isle of Eigg

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Question Number Answers Keywords Location of Keywords
1. 100 Community of about a hundred residents, Paragraph 1, Lines 2-3
2. 50% electricity use is 50 percent lower. Paragraph 1, Last 2 lines
3. water electricity from renewable sources, mainly water, wind and solar power. Paragraph 2, Last 2 lines
4. energy monitors energy monitors, which display current and cumulative electricity usage Paragraph 3, Lines 5-7
5. diesel generators generators are operating to back it up Paragraph 4, First 3 lines
6. insulation installed insulation in all of its own properties at no cost to the tenants, Paragraph 6, First 2 lines
7. greenhouses Green Grants scheme, where residents can claim 50 percent, greenhouses to grow food locally, rather than importing it. Paragraph 6, Last 5 lines
8. False Prior to the installation of the new electricity grid and renewable energy generation, most households on Eigg used-diesel generators to supply electricity, Paragraph 7, First 3 lines
9. True CO2 emissions per household are 20 percent lower than the UK average Paragraph 1, Last 2 lines
10. Not Given Not Given Not Given
11. True Elimination of the constant noise of diesel generators. Paragraph 9, Lines 6-7
12. False Every household has the same five kW cap, irrespective of income Paragraph 9, Last 2 lines
13. True Eigg’s electricity grid supports four part-time maintenance jobs on the island, Paragraph 10, First 2 lines

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Janice Thompson

Janice Thompson

Soon after graduating with a Master’s in Literature from Southern Arkansas University, she joined an institute as an English language trainer. She has had innumerous student interactions and has produced a couple of research papers on English language teaching. She soon found that non-native speakers struggled to meet the English language requirements set by foreign universities. It was when she decided to jump ship into IELTS training. From then on, she has been mentoring IELTS aspirants. She joined IELTSMaterial about a year ago, and her contributions have been exceptional. Her essay ideas and vocabulary have taken many students to a band 9.

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