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Cambridge IELTS Academic 6 Reading Test 1 Answers with Explanation / IELTS Academic Reading: Cambridge 6 Test 1 Answer / Cambridge IELTS 6 Reading Test 1 Answers with Explanation

Writer: Fakhruddin BabarFakhruddin Babar

READING PASSAGE 1

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

 

Australia’s Sporting Success

  

Question Number

Answer

Keywords

Location in the Passage

Text Associated with Answer

1

B

academies, sports scientists

Para B, First 4 lines

"Inside the academies, science takes centre stage. The AIS employs more than I00 sports scientists and doctors"

2

C

SWAN system, swimmer's performance

Para C, Last 5 lines

"system now used in Australian national competitions. It collects images from digital cameras running at 50 frames a second and breaks down each part of a swimmer’s performance into factors that can be analysed individually"

3

B

coaches, athlete improvement

Para B, Last 4 lines

"‘We can’t waste our time looking at ethereal scientific questions that don’t help the coach work with an athlete and improve performance.‘ says Peter Fricker, chief of science at AIS."

4

F

coolant-lined jackets, altitude tent

Para F, First 5 lines

"Of course, there’s nothing to stop other countries copying – and many have tried. Some years ago, the AIS unveiled coolant-lined jackets for endurance athletes. At the Atlanta Olympic Games in l996.these sliced as much as two per cent off cyclists‘ and rowers’ times."

5

D

immunoglobulin A test, athlete's health

Para D, Last 6 lines

"the example of athletes who may be down with coughs and colds 11 or 12 times a year. After years of experimentation, AIS and the University of Newcastle in New South Wales developed a test that measures how much of the immune-system protein immunoglobulin A is present in athletes’ saliva."

6

A

coaches, training facilities

Para A, Last 3 lines

"pros live and train under the eyes of coaches. Another body, the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), finances programmes of excellence in a total of 96 sports for thousands of sportsmen and women."

7

E

competition model, winning times

Para E, First 3 lines

"Using data is a complex business. Well before a championship, sports scientists and coaches start to prepare the athlete by developing a ‗competition model‘, based on what they expect will be the winning times."

8

A

SWAN system, Australian national competitions

Para C, Line 11-12

"contribution to sport also includes the development of the SWAN (SWimming ANalysis) system now used in Australian national competitions."

9

B

unobtrusive sensors, athlete's clothes/shoes

Para D, Line 6-7

"With the Cooperative Research Centre for Micro Technology in Melbourne, they are developing unobtrusive sensors that will be embedded in an athlete’s clothes or running shoes."

10

A

immunoglobulin A test, training adjustment

Para D, Line 11-13

"years of experimentation, AIS and the University of Newcastle in New South Wales developed a test that measures how much of the immune-system protein immunoglobulin A is present in athletes’ saliva. If lgA levels suddenly fall below a certain level, training is eased or dropped altogether."

11

C

coolant-lined jackets, altitude tent

Para F, Line 2-5

"ago, the AIS unveiled coolant-lined jackets for endurance athletes. At the Atlanta Olympic Games in l996, these sliced as much as two per cent off cyclists‘ and rowers’ times." |

Question Number

Answer

Keywords

Location in the Passage

Text Associated with Answer

12

(a) competition model

Para E, First 2 lines

Para E, First 2 lines |

"Using data is a complex business. Well before a championship, sports scientists and coaches start to prepare the athlete by developing a ‘competition model‘, based on what they expect"

13

(by) 2%

Para F, Line 2-3

Para F, Line 2-3

"ago, the AIS unveiled coolant-lined jackets for endurance athletes. At the Atlanta Olympic Games in l996, these sliced as much as two per cent off cyclists‘ an

 



READING PASSAGE 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14–26, which are based on Reading Passage 2 .

Delivering the goods

 

  

 

Keywords

Paragraph

Explanation

14. I

suggestion, improving trade

I

The writer talks about the barriers in transportation in most countries with a conclusion of -Bringing these barriers down would help the world’s economies grow even closer.

·         Would= verb used for giving suggestion

15. F

electronic delivery

F

Computer software can be exported without ever ………..become insignificant factors in deciding where to make the product.

·         simply by transmitting it over telephone lines = electronic delivery

·         so freight rates and cargo-handling schedules become insignificant factors in deciding where to make the product = the effects

16. E

cost, abroad, local supplier

E

Computer manufacturers in Japan or Texas will not face hugely bigger freight bills if they import drives from Singapore rather than purchasing them on the domestic market.

·         a local supplier = the domestic market

17. D

value of goods, cost of delivery

D

As a result, less transportation is required to every dollar‟s worth of imports or exports.

·         goods whose worth is unrelated to their size and weight = the price of some goods does not match with their size and weight

18. TRUE

International trade ,world economy

A

While the global economy has been expanding at a bit over 3% a year, the volume of trade has been rising at a compound annual rate of about twice that.

·         the world economy = the global economy

·         to increase = to expand = to rise

19. FALSE

cheap, labour

B

Cheap labour may make Chinese clothing competitive in America, but if delays  in shipment  tie up working capital  and cause winter  coats  to arrive in spring,  trade may lose  its advantages.

·         meaning that cheap labour may work as a contributory factor but it cannot guarantee an effective trade condition; delivery in proper time guarantees that

20. NOT GIVEN

 Japan, meat and steel, France

C

there  is  no information about whether Japan imports more meat and steel than France, because the countries are not compared with each other.

21. TRUE

countries, nearby nations

D

Countries   still   trade   disproportionately   with   their   geographic neighbours.

·         nearby nations = geographic neighbours

22. NOT GIVEN

computer components, Germany

E

Germany is not mentioned throughout the paragraph

23. trade

cargo-handling, moving freight

D

 Today, it is finished manufactured products that dominate the flow ……..manufactured goods themselves have tended to become lighter and less bulky.

·         dominate = significant effect

·         streamlined = manufactured goods themselves have tended to become lighter and less bulky

·         technological advances = modern cargo-handling methods

 

24. components

Manufacturers of computers

E

 . . . Computer manufacturers in Japan or Texas will not face hugely bigger freight bills if they import drives from Singapore rather than purchasing them on the domestic market.

·         Computer manufacturers in Japan = manufacturers of computers

·         drives = components, Singapore = overseas

·         domestic market = local supplier

25. container ships

bulk cargo, safely and efficiently moved

G

The invention of the container crane made it possible to load and unload containers without capsizing the ship and the adoption of standard container sizes allowed almost any box to be transported on any ship.

·         the invention of the container crane = the introduction of container ships with crane

·         without capsizing = safely and efficiently

26. tariffs

governments, domestic cargo sector

H

 In this paragraph writer explains how lowering truck and railroad tariffs can increase productivity and suggests that the government should reduce.










READING PASSAGE 3

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



Climate change and the Inuit

 

Keyword

Paragraph

Explanation

27 i


B

In Canada, where the Inuit people are …….environment lies in combining their ancestral knowledge with the best of modern science.

·         The whole paragraph indicates how Inuit people react to climate change

28 vi


C

The Canadian Arctic is a vast, treeless polar desert …….anyone who calls this home.

·         The paragraph is about the hardship of life because of environment

29 iii


D

Provisions available in local shops have to be ……supply ship during the few ice-free weeks of summer.

·         Not only natural resources but alternative  sources  of  essential  supplies  are  mentioned- eg can be bought in shop

30 vii


E

While the Inuit may not actually starve if hunting and trapping are curtailed by climate change, there has certainly been an impact on people’s health. ……

·         This paragraph explains the negative impacts

31 iv


F

And Western scientists are starting to draw on this wisdom,….’In the early days scientists ignored ……But in recent years IQ has had much more credibility and weight.

·         Value of Inuit wisdom has changed from nothing to much more credibility

32 ii


G

There are still huge gaps in our environmental knowledge,……are no more than best guesses

·         There are still huge gap= limited understanding

33 farming

impossible, a means

C

Farming is out of the question and nature offers meagre pickings.

·         impossible = out of the question

34 sea mammals

rely on , catching

C

Humans first settled in the Arctic a mere 4,500 years ago,  surviving by exploiting sea mammals and fish.

·         catching = exploiting

35 fish

rely on , catching

C

Humans first settled in the Arctic a mere 4,500 years ago,  surviving by exploiting sea mammals and fish.

36 Thule

environment, unmanageable

C

These Thule people moved in from Alaska, bringing kayaks, sleds, dogs, pottery and iron tools. They….

·         They= Thule people

37 islands

Nuvanut, ice, rock and

D

Nunavut is 1.9 million square kilometres of rock and ice, and a handful of islands around the North Pole.

·         a few = a handful of

38 nomadic

give up, lifestyle,

D

Over the past 40 years, most have abandoned their nomadic waysand settled in the territory’s 28 isolated communities,

·         give up = abandon

39 nature

food and clothes.

D

……but they still rely heavily on nature to provide food and clothing.

·         depend (mainly) on = rely (heavily) on

40 Imported

expensive

D

It would cost a family around £7,000 a year to replace meat they obtained themselves through hunting with imported meat.

·         amount of £7,000= expensive

 







 
 
 

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