Cambridge IELTS Academic 4 Reading Test 1 Answers with Explanation / IELTS Academic Reading: Cambridge 4 Test 1 Answer / Cambridge IELTS 4 Reading Test 1 Answers with Explanation

READING PASSAGE 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1.

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Question	Answer	Location	Text
1	FALSE	Para 1, Line 7-8	"duration of a normal classroom period. In the face of the frequent and often vivid media coverage, it is likely that"
2	FALSE	Para 1, Line 9-11	"children will have formed ideas about rainforests — what and where they are, why they are important, what endangers them — independent of any formal tuition. It is also"
3	TRUE	Para 2, First 2 lines	"Many studies have shown that children harbour misconceptions about ‘pure’, curriculum science. These misconceptions do not remain isolated but become incorporated"
4	TRUE	Para 2, Line 2-5	"curriculum science. These misconceptions do not remain isolated but become incorporated into a multifaceted, but organised, conceptual framework, making it and the component ideas, some of which are erroneous, more robust but also accessible to modification. These ideas may be developed by children absorbing ideas through the"
5	FALSE	Para 4, Line 2-3	"Secondary school children were asked to complete a questionnaire containing five open-form questions. The most frequent responses to the first question were description"
6	NOT GIVEN	-	-
7	TRUE	Para 10, First 3 lines	"The results of this study suggest that certain ideas predominate in the thinking of children about rainforests. Pupils‘ responses indicate some misconceptions in basic scientific knowledge of rainforests’ ecosystems such as their ideas about rainforests as"
8	NOT GIVEN	-	-
9	M	Para 4, Line 5-6	"as damp, wet or hot. The second question concerned the geographical location of rain- forests. The commonest responses Were continents or countries: Africa (given by 43%"
10	E	Para 5, First 3 lines	"Responses to question three concerned the importance of rainforests. The dominant idea, raised by 64% of the pupils, was that rainforests provide animals with habitats Fewer students responded that rainforests provide plant habitats, and even fewer"
11	G	-	Responses to question three concerned the importance of rainforests. The dominant idea, raised by 64% of the pupils, was that rainforests provide animals with habitats. Fewer students responded that rainforests provide plant habitats, and even fewer"
12	P	Para 9, First 2 lines	"In answer to the final question about the importance of rainforest conservation, the majority of children simply said that we need rainforests to survive."
13	J	Para 9, Line 2-4	"majority of children simply said that we need rainforests to survive. Only a few of the pupils (6%) mentioned that rainforest destruction may contribute to global warming. This is surprising considering the high level of media coverage on this issue. Some"
14	B	-	-

READING PASSAGE 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 15–26, which are based on Reading Passage 2 .

What Do Whales Feel?

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
15	taste buds	taste buds, nerves, rudimentary	Para 1, Last 2 lines	The text states that although cetaceans have taste buds, the nerves serving them have degenerated or are rudimentary.
16	baleen / the baleen whale	Baleen species, grey whale calf	Para 3, First 2 lines	The text mentions that the sense of vision varies across species and specifically refers to baleen whales.
17	forward & downward	stereoscopic vision, dolphins, porpoises	Para 4, First 2 lines	The position of the eyes in dolphins and porpoises suggests they have stereoscopic vision forward and downward.
18	freshwater dolphin(s) / the freshwater dolphin(s)	freshwater dolphins, upside down, feeding	Para 4, Line 2-3	The text explains that freshwater dolphins often swim on their side or upside down while feeding.
19	water / the water	keen vision, bottlenose dolphin, watches	Para 4, Line 4-5	The bottlenose dolphin has extremely keen vision in water, as indicated by how it observes its surroundings.
20	lower frequencies / the lower frequencies	echolocation, large baleen whales	Para 6, Line 5	Large baleen whales primarily use lower frequencies in their echolocation system.
21	bowhead & humpback	bowhead whales, humpback whales, utterances	Para 6, Line 6-7	The text highlights the song-like choruses of bowhead whales and the complex vocalizations of humpback whales.
22	touch / sense of touch	responsiveness, trainers, rubbing	Para 2, First 5 lines	Trainers note that dolphins and small whales respond well to being touched or rubbed.
23	freshwater dolphin(s) / the freshwater dolphin(s)	freshwater dolphins, stereoscopic vision	Para 4, Line 2-3	The eye position of freshwater dolphins suggests their vision is adapted for specific feeding behaviors.
24	airborne flying fish	airborne, flying fish, tracks	Para 4, Line 4-6	The bottlenose dolphin can apparently see well through air-water surfaces, as seen in how it tracks airborne flying fish.
25	clear water(s) / clear open water(s)	clear open waters, turbid rivers	Para 5, Line 2-3	The text states that vision is more useful to species inhabiting clear open waters compared to those in turbid environments.
26	acoustic sense / the acoustic sense	senses, taste, smell, vision, vocal	Para 6, First 3 lines	Despite weaker taste and smell senses, cetaceans compensate with their highly developed acoustic sense.

READING PASSAGE 3

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 .

Visual symbol and the blind

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
27	C (can recognise conventions such as perspective.)	first paragraph, blind people, appreciate, outlines, perspectives	Para 1, Lines 1-3	The text states that blind people can appreciate the use of outlines and perspectives, meaning they can recognise conventions such as perspective.
28	C (included a symbol representing movement.)	writer, surprised, blind woman, spinning, traced a curve	Para 1, Lines 4-7	The author was surprised when a blind woman drew a curve inside a circle to indicate motion, which included a symbol representing movement.
29	A (had good understanding of symbols representing movement.)	experiment, Part 1, blind subjects, problem solving, motion	Para 5, Part 1	The blind subjects understood meanings of motion lines as frequently as sighted subjects, showing good understanding of symbols representing movement.
30	E (use of brakes)	diagram, spokes, wheel, brakes	Para 4, Part 1, Lines 4-5	The text states that spokes extending beyond the wheel’s perimeter signified that the wheel had its brakes on.
31	C (rapid spinning)	diagram, dashed spokes, spinning quickly	Para 4, Part 1, Line 6	The passage explains that dashed spokes indicated the wheel was spinning quickly.
32	A (steady spinning)	diagram, curved spokes, spinning steadily	Para 4, Part 1, Line 2	The text mentions that curved spokes indicated that the wheel was spinning steadily.
33	pairs	experiment, Part 2, set of words, symbolism	Para 1-2, Part 2	The text explains that a set of twenty pairs of words was used to study symbolism perception.
34	shapes	experiment, Part 2, abstract, symbolism	Para 1-2, Part 2	The passage refers to hearts, circles, and squares, indicating the study of abstract shapes.
35	sighted	subjects, experiment, best fit, volunteers	Para 2-3, Part 2	The passage states that all sighted volunteers associated a circle with ‘soft’ and a square with ‘hard.’
36	sighted	51%, volunteers, circle, assignment	Para 3, Part 2, Lines 5-6	The passage states that only 51% of sighted volunteers linked "deep" to a circle.
37	deep	51%, circle, assignment	Para 3, Part 2, Lines 5-6	The text states that only 51% linked "deep" to a circle and "shallow" to a square.
38	blind	test, repeated, volunteers	Para 3, Part 2, Lines 7-10	The passage explains that the test was repeated with blind volunteers.
39	similar	test, repeated, choices	Para 3, Part 2, Lines 7-10	The text states that blind volunteers made similar choices to sighted subjects.
40	B (The blind comprehend visual metaphors in similar ways to sighted people.)	writer’s conclusion, visual metaphors, sighted people	Para 3, Part 2, Final lines	The author concludes that blind people interpret abstract shapes similarly to sighted people.

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