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The History Of Early Cinema — IELTS Reading Answers
All 11 answers for The History Of Early Cinema, Cambridge IELTS 4 General Training Reading Test 1 Section 3, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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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 films appealed because they had better-constructed narratives, their special effects were more impressive, and the star system added a new dimension to screen acting.”
The three letters A, D and F represent the reasons given: 'better-constructed narratives', 'more impressive special effects' and 'the star system' adding 'a new dimension to 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 film 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”
The passage says cartoon-making was 'generally practised outside the major studios, and the same was true of serials', naming both film types.
Which type of film did America develop in both short and feature films?
“From early cinema, it was only American slapstick comedy that successfully developed in both short and feature format”
The text says 'it was only American slapstick comedy that successfully developed in both short and feature format', naming the genre.
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, this time thanks almost exclusively to the French and the occasional German film”
'the avant-garde film first achieved commercial success' at this time, so this is the type that began to make money.
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.
Options for Questions 34–40
- AFrance
- BGermany
- CUSA
- DDenmark
- ESweden
- FJapan
- GSoviet Union
- HItaly
- IBritain
- JChina
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”
France (A) is named first among 'the most passionate exporters', '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. By protecting their own market and pursuing a vigorous export policy, the Americans achieved a dominant position on the world market by the start of the First World War.”
The USA (C) became 'the largest single market for films' and 'achieved a dominant position on the world market', the biggest producer.
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”
Italy (H) 'pioneered the feature film with spectacular films like Quo vadis?', so it developed the feature first.
It was responsible for creating stars.
“The centre of film-making had moved westwards, to Hollywood, and it was films from these new Hollywood studios that flooded onto the world's film markets in the years after the First World War, and have done so ever since Hollywood films appealed because they had better-constructed narratives,”
Hollywood, in the USA (C), produced films where 'the star system added a new dimension to screen acting', creating stars.
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 and the occasional German film”
The avant-garde's commercial success came 'almost exclusively' from 'the French and the occasional German film', so France (A) profited most.
It made movies based more on its own culture than outside influences.
“Japan, where a cinema developed based primarily on traditional theatrical and, to a lesser extent, other art forms and only gradually adapted to western influence”
Japan (F) developed 'a cinema ... based primarily on traditional theatrical and, to a lesser extent, other art forms', only gradually adapting to western influence.
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”
Denmark (D) played a part 'quite out of proportion to their small population', a large influence on silent cinema despite its size.
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It is Section 3 of Cambridge IELTS 4 General Training Reading Test 1, and it covers Questions 30–40.
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