Frozen Food - IELTS Reading Answers [ explained ]

        Frozen Food IELTS Reading  Answers and Explanation

      

In this post, you'll find the complete solution and explanation for Test 3  Reading passage 1 Frozen Food from the IELTS Book Cambridge 20. Each answer is explained in the easiest possible way, along with the answer location and Hard vocabulary from the passage. This is perfect for students who want to understand not just the correct answers, but why they are correct, helping you improve your IELTS Reading skills with every practice test.

Questions 1-7  Complete the summary / Summery Completion

1. Answer: potatoes

Keywords: South America,2000 years ago, conserved, freezing, drying

Answer location: 1st paragraph, Line, Two thousand years ago, the inhabitants of South America's Andean mountains had a unique means of conserving potatoes for later consumption. They froze them overnight, then trampled them to squeeze out the moisture, then dried them in the sun. 

2. Answer: butter

Keywords: 1851, USA, cool by ice, adapted trains

Answer location: 2nd paragraph, Lines. In 1851, railroads first began putting blocks of ice in insulated rail cars to send butter from Ogdensburg, New York, to Boston.

3. Answer: meat

Keywords: 1880, Australia, two kinds of meat, beef and mutton, shipped to England

Answer location: 4th Paragraph, Lines, if they could put this new invention on a ship, they could export meat across the oceans. In 1880, a shipment of Australian beef and mutton was sent, frozen, to England.

4. Answer: crystals

Keywords: after 1917, USA, Clarence Birdeye, innovation,

Answer location: 7th Paragraph, lines. Birdseye was responsible for several key innovations that made the frozen food industry possible. He developed quick-freezing techniques that reduced the damage that crystals caused, as well as the technique of freezing the product in the package it was to be sold in.

5. Answer: cellophane

Keywords: after 1917, USA, visible = transparent

Answer location: 7th paragraph, Lines. He also introduced the use of cellophane, the first transparent material for food packaging, which allowed consumers to see the quality of the product.

6. Answer: tin

Keywords: Early 1940s, USA, popular, shortage

Answer location: 9th Paragraph, Lines, Sales increased in the early 1940s, when World War II gave a boost to the frozen food industry because tin was being used for munitions. Canned foods were rationed to save tin for the war effort, while frozen foods were abundant and cheap.

7. Answer: refrigerator

Keywords: 1950s USA, large number = 33 millions,homes = families

Answer location: 9th Paragraph, lines. By 1953, 33 million US families owned a refrigerator, and manufacturers were gradually increasing the size of the freezer compartments in them.

Questions 8-13    True/ False / Not given

8. The ice transportation business made some Boston ship owners very wealthy in the early 1800s. Answer: Not given

Keywords: ice transportation business, wealthy, early 1800s

Answer Location: 2nd paragraph, Line, early 1800s, and Boston ship owners used some technique to preserve food using ice. However, it's not mentioned that they became wealthy.

9. A disadvantage of the freezing process invented in Australia was that it affected the taste of food. Answer: True

Keywords: disadvantage, affected, taste, Australia

Answer location: 4th Paragraph, Lines. While the food frozen this way was still palatable, there was some deterioration. During the freezing process, crystals formed within the cells of the food, and when the ice expanded and the cells burst, this spoilt the flavor and texture of the food.

10   Clarence Birdseye travelled to Labrador in order to learn how the Inuit people froze fish. Answer: false

Keywords: Labrador, to trap and trade furs ( He went there to trap Furs and Trade not to learn how Inuits froze fish.

Answer location: 5th Paragraph, Lines. In 1912, a biology student in Massachusetts, USA, named Clarence Birdseye, ran out of money and went to Labrador in Canada to trap and trade furs. While he was there, he became fascinated with how the Inuit would quickly freeze fish in the Arctic air. 

11   Swanson Foods invested a great deal of money in the promotion of the TV Dinner. Answer: True

Keywords: great deal of money = huge advertising budget, TV Dinner,

Answer location: 10th Paragraph, Lines, Swanson Foods was a large, nationally recognized producer of canned and frozen poultry. In 1954, the company adapted some of Birdseye's freezing techniques, and with the help of a clever name and a huge advertising budget, it launched the first 'TV Dinner'.

12   Swanson Foods developed a new style of container for the launch of the TV Dinner. Answer: False

Keywords: developed,  New style ( company adapted Birdeyes' Technique, not a New one)

Answer location: 10th Paragraph, Lines. In 1954, the company adapted some of Birdseye's freezing techniques, and with the help of a clever name and a huge advertising budget, it launched the first 'TV Dinner'.

13   The US frozen food industry is currently the largest in the world. Answer: Not given

Keywords: US Frozen Food, largest, ( in the last paragraph it mentions US Annual turnover over, but it's not clear that this industry is currently the largest in the world)

Answer Location: last paragraph, lines. Today, the US frozen food industry has a turnover of over $67 billion annually, with $26.6 billion of that sold to consumers for home consumption. The remaining $40 billion in frozen food sales comes through restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals, and schools, and that represents a third of the total food service sales.

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             Hard vocabulary from the Passage "Frozen Food."

Word / Phrase	Meaning (Simple)
Preserve	To keep something in good condition
Refrigeration	Cooling process to store food
Insulated	Protected from heat or cold
Mechanical ice	Artificially produced ice using machines
Compressor	A machine that increases pressure of gas
Condenser	Device that cools vapor into liquid
Evaporator coil	A coil in refrigeration that helps cooling via evaporation
Freezing point	temperature at which a liquid turns to solid
Deterioration	The process of becoming worse or less valuable
Palatable	Pleasant to taste; acceptable
Indigenous	Native to a particular place
Quick-freezing	Freezing food very rapidly to keep freshness
Cellophane	Thin, transparent wrapping film
Obstacle	Something that blocks progress
Ration (verb)	To distribute limited amounts
Appliances	Household machines (e.g., refrigerators)
Segmented tray	Tray  divided into sections
Turnover	Total sales or revenue generated
Abundant	Present in large amounts; plentiful
Freezer compartments	Sections inside a fridge/freezer
Nutritional value	Health benefits provided by a food
Spoil (food)	To go bad or become unsafe to eat
Ice transportation business	Industry of transporting ice over distances
Wealthy	Rich, having a lot of money

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