Roller Coaster – IELTS Reading Answers
Roller Coaster – IELTS Reading Answers
Roller Coaster
Answers
| Question no. | Answers | Keywords | Location of keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chain | The traditional lifting mechanism is a long length of chain running up the hill under the track. | Paragraph B, line 5 |
| 2 | loop | The chain is fastened in a loop, which is wound around a gear at the top | Paragraph B line 6 |
| 3 | gear | which is wound around a gear at the top of the hill and another one at the bottom of the hill. | Paragraph B, line 6 |
| 4 | (simple) motor | The gear at the bottom of the hill is turned by a simple motor. | Paragraph B, line 7 |
| 5 | ice | The direct ancestors of roller coasters were monumental ice slides – long, steep wooden-slides covered in ice, | Paragraph C, lines 1 and 2 |
| 6 | Waxed slides | The warmer climate of France tended to melt the ice, so the French started building waxed slides instead, eventually adding wheels to the sleds. | Paragraph C,line 7 |
| 7 | melt | The warmer climate of France tended to melt the ice | Paragraph C, line 7 |
| 8 | wheels | instead, eventually adding wheels to the sleds. | Paragraph C, lines 7 and 8 |
| 9 | coal | it was originally used to transport coal | Paragraph D, line 5 |
| 10 | Steam engine | This type of track featured a dead end where the steam engine would detach its cars, allowing riders to coast down | Paragraph D,line 11 |
| 11 | NOT GIVEN | — | — |
| 12 | YES | The French continued to expand on this idea, coming up with more complex track layouts, with multiple cars and all sorts of twists and turns. | Paragraph C, last line |
| 13 | YES | The creation of the Switch Back Railway, by La Marcus Thompson, gave roller coasters national attention. | Paragraph E, first line |
| 14 | NO | Then, the Great Depression gave a crushing blow to amusement parks all over America. As bad as it was, amusement parks had an optimistic look on the future in the late 1930s. But, in 1942 roller coasters could already feel the effects of World War Two, as they were forced into a shadow of neglect. Most, nearly all of America’s roller coasters were shut down | Paragraph F, lines 5 to 8 |
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