IELTS Academic Practice 1 Reading -Passage -3

TOTAL TIME 20 MIN

Questions 27-32

Match each cause in List A with its effect in List B. Write the correct letter, in a box given eg. 27 - A.

There are more effects in List B than you will need, so you will not use them all.

List A Causes	List B Effects
27. The new weaving machines were expensive to buy.	A. Troops were sent into the area.
28. The new weaving machines were easy to operate.	B. Weavers stopped working at home and went to work in factories
29. Workers' demands for better pay and conditions were not met.	C. Rioters often wore disguises.
30. Rioting spread to many towns.	D. Workers destroyed factory equipment.
31. A law was passed against destroying factory equipment.	E. Many rioters were hanged.
32. Economic conditions worsened in 1816.	F. Charlotte Bronte wrote a novel about the Luddites.
	G. Prices went up, and salaries went down.
	H. Factory owners did not need to hire skilled weavers.
	I. Luddite rioting started again.
	J. People compared Ned Ludd to Robin Hood.

Q27.

Q28.

Q29.

Q30.

Q31.

Q32.

Questions 33-40

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? On lines 33-40 : Select answer in drop down box

YES - if the statement agrees with the views of the writer.

NO - if the statement contradicts the views of the writer.

NOT GIVEN - if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.

33. A Luddite is a person who resists new technology.

34. Before the nineteenth century, weavers made lace by hand.

35. Factory owners as well as workers died as a result of Luddite rioting.

36. The Luddite movement did not spread beyond England.

37. Nobody knows for certain who Ned Ludd was.

38. Worker protests during the economic downturn of 1816 were nonviolent.

39. Luddite activity lasted for many years.

40. Neo-Luddites do not use computers.

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