Reclaiming The Lights Reading Answers

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• Solution for Reclaiming The Lights
• Reclaiming The Lights IELTS reading practice test
• Passage
• Questions
• Answers with explanation

Solution for Reclaiming The Lights

The answers for Reclaiming The Lights reading answers are given below in the table form.

Answer Table

14. D	17. A	20. Center	23. Ethnically	26. Reclaim
15. F	18. F	21. Attractions	24. Facilities
16. B	19. People	22. Cinema	25. Measures

Reclaiming The Lights IELTS reading practice test -Exam Review

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Passage

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Reclaiming The Lights  Reading Answers

A
On a summer’s day, apart from the intermittent drizzle and lowering sky, South Street in Romford looks as close to an Englishman’s dream of a continental-style piazza as it is possible to get. Leafy trees line the extended pavements crowded with seats and tables as young families, pensioners, teenagers and businessmen tuck into a variety of faux-European dishes for lunch. Local cafes serve the full range of meaningless variations on the theme of coffee, from cappuccino through mochaccino to doppos, all at top prices. Round the corner, in the MarketPlace, it is French week. There are several stalls, complete with real Frenchmen, selling claret and cheeses.
B
The cafes are open during the day, and the clubs stay open until two or three in the morning most nights. In this respect, Romford is typical of contemporary Britain. In the late 1980s, the centers of many towns and cities went into decline as retailers, and particularly supermarkets, moved to new big, out-of-town shopping centers. So in the early 1990s, many local councils, in league with local businesses, re-developed their increasingly desolate town centers into “leisure zones”. They looked to continental Europe for the inspiration to create modern 24-hour environments, mixing cafes, bars and clubs to keep people in the centers spending money for as long as possible.
C
By night however, South Street turns into a very different place. The street becomes a mass of 18-26-year-olds, drinking as much as they can. For anyone else, the place becomes almost a no-go area. Gillian Balfe, the council’s town-center manager and a strong supporter of the “leisuring” of South Street, concedes that the crowds become uncontrollable, and the atmosphere quickly turns “hostile and threatening”. Buses are now barred from going down South Street after 9.30pm: there are too many drunken people milling about.
D
In a survey for the local council done last year, 49% of the residents of the surrounding areas of South Street confessed that they did not want to come to the city center any more for fear of crime. The local police concede that they are virtually overwhelmed. Violence is commonplace. There has only been one consequent fatality in the area in the past couple of years, but the police say that this is mainly thanks to the merciful proximity of the local hospital. Romford’s dilemma is typical of what has happened in the other “leisure zones” in towns and cities throughout the country. What were meant to be civilized places for entertainment and shopping have too often turned into alcoholic ghettos for the young.
E
For all the problems, however, Romford’s local authority thinks that the idea of a 24-hour city is already too profitable to be stopped. Local authorities think that new repressive legislation, or even a decision not to reform the licensing laws, would be unworkable. So instead of trying to pack everyone back off to bed, Romford is trying to reclaim the town center for a broader mix of people, and so to fulfill the original ambitionsofthe24-hour-city dreamers.
F
The first part of the strategy involves security. The police accept that, with their current resources, they will never be able to make South Street safe on their own. So they now work closely with the 528 “door-staff “, previously known as bouncers, to target drug-dealers in the bars and clubs. In the year since that scheme came into effect, there have been more than 300 arrests for drugs. In the six months before that, there had been only one. All the premises now have a radio link to the police station for an instant response to trouble.
G
The second part of the strategy involves trying to encourage more, and different kinds of people to use the town center at night. New attractions are opening next year to rival the pubs. On the site of the old Romford brewery there will be a 16-screen cinema and a 24-hour supermarket. A new health and leisure center, open on some nights until 9pm, starts up soon. The hope is that these facilities will draw in a different, more sober and ethnically diverse crowd. The police have bravely encouraged one club to start a gay night on Wednesdays.
H
Together with other measures such as better street lighting, Romford hopes that it can show that the phrase “24-hour city” can be more than a euphemism for an all-night drinkathon. As the new licensing laws delegate the job of granting alcohol licenses to local councils, cities across England will be trying to reclaim the night.

Questions

Questions 14-18

• Which paragraph contains the following information?
• Write the correct letter, A-F, in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.
• NB You may use any letter more than once.

14.  Why some local people stay out of the center at night
15.  How communication with the police has been made faster
16.  Reasons behind the growth in inner-city leisure venues
17.  Examples of Romford’s similarity to mainland Europe
18.  How illegal substances are being controlled

Questions 19-26

• Complete the summary below.
• Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage.

In an attempt to get a wider variety of 19……………. into the 20……………. at night time, the local government and private organizations are going to provide different kinds of 21…………….. Some examples include a 22……………. and a 24-hour supermarket. They hope this will encourage people who are different 23……………., and not drunk, to use the city-center 24…………….. The local government of Romford thinks that with these 25……………. in place it will be able to 26……………. the city center in the evenings.

Answers for Reclaiming the lights with Explanation

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14. Answer: D

Explanation: “In a survey for the local council done last year, 49% of the residents of the surrounding areas of South Street confessed that they did not want to come to the city center any more for fear of crime”. With this line it is clear that paragraph D describes why some local people stay out of the center at night. Hence the given answer is located in the 1-3 lines of paragraph D. 

15. Answer: F

Explanation:  “In the six months before that, there had been only one. All the premises now have a radio link to the police station for an instant response to trouble”. With this line it is clear that the premises now have a radio link to the police station for an instant response to trouble. Hence the given answer is located in the last 3 lines of paragraph F. 

16. Answer: B

Explanation: “The early 1990s, many local councils, in league with local businesses, re-developed their increasingly desolate town centers into “leisure zones”. They looked to continental Europe for the inspiration to create modern 24-hour environments, mixing cafes, bars and clubs to keep people in the centers spending money for as long as possible”. With this line it is clear that they looked continental Europe as inspiration to create modern 24- hour environments mixing cafes, bars and clubs to keep people in the centers spending money. Hence the given answer is located in the last 4 lines of paragraph B. 

17. Answer: A

Explanation: “On a summer’s day, apart from the intermittent drizzle and lowering sky, South Street in Romford looks as close to an Englishman’s dream of a continental-style piazza as it is possible to get. Leafy trees line the extended pavements crowded with seats and tables as young families, pensioners, teenagers and businessmen tuck into a variety of faux-European dishes for lunch”. With this line it is clear that paragraph A describes examples of Romford’s similarity to mainland Europe.  Hence the given answer is located in the first 5 lines of paragraph A. 

18. Answer: F

Explanation: “The first part of the strategy involves security. The police accept that, with their current resources, they will never be able to make South Street safe on their own. So they now work closely with the 528 “door-staff “, previously known as bouncers, to target drug-dealers in the bars and clubs. In the year since that scheme came into effect, there have been more than 300 arrests for drugs”. With this line it is clear how illegal substances are being controlled. Hence the given answer is located in the first 5 lines of paragraph F. 

19. Answer: People

Explanation: “The second part of the strategy involves trying to encourage more, and different kinds of people to use the town center at night”. With this line it is clear that the second part of the strategy involves trying to encourage more different kinds of people. Hence the given answer is located in the first 2 lines of paragraph G.

20. Answer: Center

Explanation: “The second part of the strategy involves trying to encourage more, and different kinds of people to use the town center at night”. With this line it is clear that the second part of the strategy involves trying to encourage more different kinds of people to use the town center at night.  Hence the given answer is located in the first 2 lines of paragraph G.

21. Answer: Attractions

Explanation: “New attractions are opening next year to rival the pubs”. With this line it is clear that the local government and private organizations are going to provide different kinds of attractions. Hence the given answer is located in the 2nd line of paragraph G.

22. Answer: Cinema

Explanation: “On the site of the old Romford brewery there will be a 16-screen cinema and a 24-hour supermarket”. With this line it is clear that the local government and private organizations are going to provide different kinds of attractions including 16- screen cinema and 24-hour supermarkets. Hence the given answer is located in the 3-4 lines of paragraph G.

23. Answer: Ethnically

Explanation: “The hope is that these facilities will draw in a different, more sober and ethnically diverse crowd”. With this line it is clear that they hope this will encourage people who are different ethnically. Hence the given answer is located in the last 2 lines of paragraph G.

24. Answer: Facilities

Explanation: “The hope is that these facilities will draw in a different, more sober and ethnically diverse crowd”. With this line it is clear that they hope this will encourage people who are different ethnically to use the city- center facilities. Hence the given answer is located in the last 2 lines of paragraph G.

25. Answer: Measures

Explanation: “Together with other measures such as better street lighting, Romford hopes that it can show that the phrase “24-hour city” can be more than a euphemism for an all-night drinkathon”. With this line it is clear that the local government of Romford thinks that with these measures. Hence the given answer is located in the first 3 lines of paragraph H. 

26. Answer: Reclaim

Explanation: “As the new licensing laws delegate the job of granting alcohol licenses to local councils, cities across England will be trying to reclaim the night”. With this line it is clear that it will be able to reclaim the city center in the evenings. Hence the given answer is located in the last 2 lines of paragraph H. 

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