Based on typical versions of this practice test, here are the likely answers for the most common question types found in The Journey of Flight and similar IELTS Reading collections : What did humans always dream of doing? Answer: Flying / To fly What materials did Daedalus use for his wings? Answer: Wax and feathers What did the Chinese use kites for (besides religion)? Answer: Testing weather conditions
Paragraph A: The long history of flying / A dream for thousands of years Paragraph B: Tales from mythology Paragraph C: Early inventions like kites Paragraph E: The first successful air passengers (animals) Based on typical versions of this practice test,
: In the 1400s, Leonardo da Vinci produced over 100 sketches of flying machines, including a design for an ornithopter —a machine intended to fly by flapping wings like a bird—which later influenced helicopter concepts. Answer: Testing weather conditions Paragraph A: The long
: In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers sent the first living creatures (a duck, a sheep, and a rooster) into the sky in a hot air balloon, followed shortly by the first manned flight in Paris. Later, pioneers like Sir George Cayley experimented with gliders, identifying that flight required a separate source of power . Hot air balloons allowed people to fly, but they lacked
Hot air balloons allowed people to fly, but they lacked .
