Reading Passage 1: "William Kamkwamba"



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READING PASSAGE 2
Questions 14 – 18
Q 14. Section A

Answer:
VI Mixed success for visions of the future
Part of the passage:
In the s, there were three competing
conceptions

of the
home of the future. These first
two failed
to capture the imagination and the dollars of
industrialists or of the public, but the third image of the home of the future did.
Explanation:
Visions = conceptions;
mixed success = two failed, one succeeded.
Q 15. Section Bib
Answer:
V Housework declines in the house of the future
Part of the passage
In the s, the home of the future was represented in and by
one room the kitchen. Appliance manufacturers, advertisers and women’s magazines
teamed up to surround women with images of the technology of tomorrow that would
‘automate’ their lives, and automation became a synonym for
reduced domestic
labor.
Q 16. Section Ci bbAnswer:
II The house of the future helps with the battle of the sexes
Part of the passage
The Whirlpool two-speed dishwasher stopped all that. Thus, a
household appliance can preserve a man’s masculinity by ensuring that he does not
have to do ‘women’s work in the home.
Q 17. Section D
Answer:
VII The future lies in the past
Part of the passage:
The broader social context continued to be reflected in the s
home of the future, but now the trend was to look backwards for the future, back to a
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