IELTS Reading - History of the Steam Engine

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His invention was the first to use moving parts.

• Thomas Savery

• Thomas Newcomen

• James Watt

• Charles A Parsons

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His invention allowed steam power to be converted to electric power.

• Thomas Savery

• Thomas Newcomen

• James Watt

• Charles A Parsons

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His invention was the single biggest step in development.

• Thomas Savery

• Thomas Newcomen

• James Watt

• Charles A Parsons

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His invention was a simple solution to an industrial problem.

• Thomas Savery

• Thomas Newcomen

• James Watt

• Charles A Parsons

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His invention was the first continuous power source.

• Thomas Savery

• Thomas Newcomen

• James Watt

• Charles A Parsons

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His invention first used a method still in use now.

• Thomas Savery

• Thomas Newcomen

• James Watt

• Charles A Parsons

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His invention allowed a much greater degree of control

• Thomas Savery

• Thomas Newcomen

• James Watt

• Charles A Parsons

Complete the summary sentence using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage.

The miner's friend used condensed steam to _____, which sucked water from mines.

• heat the water

• fill the chamber

• form a vacuum

• spray cold water

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Newcomen _____ using a piston and cylinder instead of an open boiler.

• replaced the vacuum

• repeated the process

• connected a beam

• increased efficiency

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1769: separating heating and cooling processes meant no more _____ between power strokes

• long pause

• reheating the condenser

• sealed cylinders

• separate condenser