Ielts Reading Passage The Luddites With Answers
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Questions 1-6 Match each cause in List A with its effect in List B. Write the correct letter, A—H on lines 1-6 on your answer sheet. There are more effects in List B than you will need, so you will not use them all.
List A Causes
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The new weaving machines were expensive to buy.
Answer: B
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The new weaving machines were easy to operate.
Answer: H
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Workers’ demands for better pay and conditions were not met.
Answer: D
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Rioting spread to many towns.
Answer: A
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A law was passed against destroying factory equipment.
Answer: E
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Economic conditions worsened in 1816.
Answer: I
List B Effects
- A. Troops were sent into the area.
- B. Weavers stopped working at home and went to work in factories.
- C. Rioters often wore disguises.
- D. Workers destroyed factory equipment.
- E. Many rioters were hanged.
- 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 resumed for a short while.
- J. People compared Ned Ludd to Robin Hood.
Questions 7-14 Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? Answer 7-14:
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
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A Luddite is a person who resists new technology.
Answer: True
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Before the nineteenth century, weavers made lace by hand.
Answer: True
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Factory owners, as well as workers, died as a result of Luddite rioting.
Answer: True
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The Luddite movement did not spread beyond England.
Answer: Not Given
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Nobody knows for certain who Ned Ludd was.
Answer: True
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Worker protests during the economic downturn of 1816 were nonviolent.
Answer: False
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Luddite activity lasted for many years.
Answer: False
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Neo-Luddites do not use computers.
Answer: Not Given
