Unit 6-Reading 1

The 1889 World's Fair in Paris hosted the first Ferris wheel.

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Answer explanation

The 1889 Paris Exposition featured the Eiffel Tower, not a Ferris wheel. The first Ferris wheel was introduced in 1893 at the Chicago World’s Fair.
Lines: 10-15

Daniel Burnham first rejected plans for the Ferris wheel because he thought it was unsafe.

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Answer explanation

Burnham initially rejected Ferris’s proposal, doubting the structure’s safety and believing it would collapse under its own weight.
Lines: 29-35

People in the Ferris wheel stayed upright as the wheel turned because the carriages they sat in were locked into place and did not move.

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Answer explanation

The carriages were not locked in place; they hung from their own axles, allowing them to swing slightly back and forth as the wheel turned, which kept passengers upright.
Lines: 73-77

A giant chain forced steam from the boilers into the ground wheel, which in turn caused the sprockets to rotate the axle. The axle then turned the Ferris wheel.

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Answer explanation

Steam from the boilers turned the ground wheel, which was connected to the axle by a chain. The chain pulled along the sprockets, rotating the axle and thereby turning the Ferris wheel. The steam did not enter the ground wheel directly.
Lines: 75-90

 Ferris wheels continue to be popular tourist attractions, as evidenced by the construction of the London Eye, the largest Ferris wheel in the world.

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Answer explanation

The text states that the London Eye was built in 1999 to celebrate the new millennium, continuing the Ferris wheel's legacy as a popular tourist attraction.
Lines: 115-120