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IELTS · Part 1 · Cambridge 19 — Test 2

The Industrial Revolution in Britain: Reading answers

Answers to questions 1–13 (13 in all), each with why it is right.

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The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the mid-1700s and by the 1830s and 1840s had spread to many other parts of the world, including the United States.In Britain, it was a period when a largely rural, agrarian* society was transformed into an industrialised, urban one.Goods that had once been crafted by hand started to be produced in mass quantities by machines in factories, thanks to the invention of steam power and the introduction of new machines and manufacturing techniques in textiles, iron-making and other industries. The foundations of the Industrial Revolution date back to the early 1700s, when the English inventor Thomas Newcomen designed the first modern steam…

Answers 1–13

  1. 1

    piston Note completion

  2. 2

    coal Note completion

  3. 3

    workshops Note completion

  4. 4

    labour / labor Note completion

  5. 5

    quality Note completion

  6. 6

    railway / railways Note completion

  7. 7

    sanitation Note completion

  8. 8

    Britain's canal network grew rapidly so that more goods could be transported around the country.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

  9. 9

    Costs in the iron industry rose when the technique of smelting iron ore with cokewas introduced.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  10. 10

    Samuel Morse's communication system was more reliable than that developed by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

  11. 11

    The economic benefits of industrialisation were limited to certain sectors of society.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  12. 12

    Some skilled weavers believed that the introduction of the new textile machines would lead to job losses.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  13. 13

    There was some sympathy among local people for the Luddites who were arrested near Huddersfield.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

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