Cambridge IELTS 10 · General Training · Test 2 · Section 3
The History Of Cinema — IELTS Reading Answers
All 11 answers for The History Of Cinema, Cambridge IELTS 10 General Training Reading Test 2 Section 3, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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The History Of Cinema answer key at a glance
Questions 30–40. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with Three Choices (Q28–30), Short Answers (Q31–33), Matching Features (Q34–40). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 28–30: Three Choices
Strategy: More than one option is correct. Check each option independently and select exactly three.
“Hollywood took the lead artistically as well as industrially. Hollywood films appealed because they had better-constructed narratives, their special effects were more impressive, and the star system added a new dimension to the screen acting”
Options A, D and F are all right: Hollywood's lead is explained by 'better-constructed narratives', 'more impressive' special effects and a 'star system' that changed screen acting.
Questions 31–33: Short Answers
Strategy: Use the question word to predict the answer type, locate the relevant sentence, and copy no more words than the limit allows.
Which TWO types of films were not generally made in major studios?
“The making of cartoons became a separate branch of film-making, generally practised outside the major studios, and the same was true of serials”
Both 'cartoons' and 'serials' are named: cartoons were 'generally practised outside the major studios, and the same was true of serials'.
Which type of film did America develop in both short and feature films?
“it was only American slapstick comedy that successfully developed in both short and feature format”
'It was only American slapstick comedy that successfully developed in both short and feature format', so slapstick is the type of film sought.
Which type of film started to become profitable in the ‘silent period’?
“it was also at this time that the avant-garde film first achieved commercial success”
During the silent period 'the avant-garde film first achieved commercial success', which is when this type became profitable.
Questions 34–40: Matching Features
Strategy: Match the statement to the named person or thing. Names can repeat, so check each option against what that person actually says.
It helped other countries develop their own film industry.
“It was above all the French, followed closely by the Americans, who were the most passionate exporters of the new invention, helping to start cinema in China, Japan, Latin America and Russia”
Option A, the French: they were 'the most passionate exporters of the new invention, helping to start cinema in China, Japan, Latin America and Russia'.
It was the biggest producer of films.
“In the end, it was the United States that was to become, and remain, the largest single market for films”
Option C, the United States: it 'was to become, and remain, the largest single market for films', the biggest market the statement describes.
It was first to develop the ‘feature’ film.
“The Italian industry, which had pioneered the feature film with spectacular films like Quo vadis (1913) and Cabiria (1914), almost collapsed”
Option H, Italy: 'The Italian industry ... had pioneered the feature film with spectacular films like Quo vadis', so it developed the form first.
It was responsible for creating stars.
“Hollywood took the lead artistically as well as industrially. Hollywood films appealed because they had better-constructed narratives, their special effects were more impressive, and the star system added a new dimension to the screen acting”
Option C again: in Hollywood 'the star system added a new dimension to the screen acting', which is how stars were created.
It made the most money from ‘avant-garde’ films.
“It was also at this time that the avant-garde film first achieved commercial success, this time thanks almost exclusively to the French”
Option A, the French: the avant-garde film 'achieved commercial success ... thanks almost exclusively to the French', so they profited most from it.
It made movies based more on its own culture than outside influences.
“in Japan, the development of the cinema took place in conditions of commercial isolation”
Option F, Japan: there 'the development of the cinema took place in conditions of commercial isolation', so it grew from its own culture.
It had a great influence on silent movies, despite its size.
“the Scandinavian countries, particularly Denmark, which played a role in the development of silent cinema quite out of proportion to their small population”
Option D, Scandinavia: Denmark 'played a role in the development of silent cinema quite out of proportion to their small population', influence despite small size.
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Where does the The History Of Cinema passage come from?
It is Section 3 of Cambridge IELTS 10 General Training Reading Test 2, and it covers Questions 30–40.
What question types appear in The History Of Cinema?
The section is tested with Three Choices, Short Answers, Matching Features. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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