Cambridge IELTS General Training 14 Reading Test 1 Answers with Explanation / TRANSITION CAKE ,CABIN BAGS, College car parking, Maternity benefits, PAPYRUS

TRANSITION CAKE FOR THE ELOEHLY

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
1	True	Only hospital patients, transition care	Paragraph 1	"You can only access transition care directly from hospital."
2	False	Transition care, long term, short term	Paragraph 1	"Transition care is focused on individual goals and therapies and is given for a limited time only."
3	False	Everyone, transition care, contribute to cost	Paragraph 2	"If your circumstances allow, it is expected you’ll contribute to the cost of your care."
4	Not Given	Transition care at home, live alone	Paragraph 4	No information provided about whether patients must live alone for transition care at home.
5	True	Transition care, hospital site	Paragraph 4	"This setting can be part of an existing aged-care home or health facility such as a separate wing of a hospital."
6	False	Place, care home, transition care	Paragraph 5	"If you’re already receiving subsidised residential care in an aged-care home, but you need to go somewhere else for transition care, your place in the aged-care home will be held until you return."

CABIN BAGS FOR AIR TRAVEL

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
7	C	zips, difficult, use	Paragraph C	"the zips don’t always run smoothly especially around the corners, so you may have to give them a good tug"
8	E	badly damaged, dropped	Paragraph E	"the fabric tore so badly at one of the corners that it was unusable"
9	A	handles, different problems	Paragraph A	"the trolley handle feels quite thin and flimsy. The top carrying handle is hard and flat, and the side handle isn’t easy to grip"
10	B	resistant to water	Paragraph B	"In tests, we found the contents remain dry when given a good soaking, even around the zips"
11	E	patterns, fabric	Paragraph E	"The Travelsure 35 is available in a huge range of fabric designs including leopard print or lipstick kisses"
12	D	not easy to move around	Paragraph D	"this cabin bag felt a little heavy to pull on all but smooth floors, and it was hard to steer compared with some of the other suitcases"
13	D	internal zipped pocket	Paragraph D	"The Skybag has a single external zipped pocket and another located inside the lid"
14	B	adjustable, trolley handle	Paragraph B	"The trolley handle has a choice of two heights"

College car parking policy – staff

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
15	Hospitality Department	buy parking permits	Paragraph 1	"Annual permits can be purchased from the Hospitality Department."
16	Academic Calendar	term time dates	Paragraph 1	"All permits/tickets must be clearly displayed in the windscreen of vehicles during the dates of term time, as published in the academic calendar."
17	1st October	start date of permits	Paragraph 1	"Annual car parking permits are valid for one academic year from 1st October to 30th June."
18	Nominated Contractor	parking fines	Paragraph 2	"The nominated contractor will issue fixed Penalty Charge Notices on vehicles that fail to display a valid permit and/or parking ticket."
19	Permits	visitors parking	Paragraph 5	"The College welcomes visitors and provides parking arrangements through pre-arranged permits."
20	Concorde Building	nursery pick-up point	Paragraph 6	"There will be two short-term drop-off/pick-up spaces for users of the nursery, with a maximum of ten minutes’ waiting time allowed. These are located outside Concorde Building."

Maternity benefits

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
21	26 weeks	minimum period for SMP	Paragraph 1	"You are entitled to SMP if you have been employed by the same company for at least 26 weeks by the end of the 15th week before your baby is due."
22	6 weeks	percentage of earnings	Paragraph 1	"For 6 weeks, you will receive 90% of your average weekly earnings."
23	£112.75	second part of SMP	Paragraph 1	"Then you will receive £112.75 per week for the remaining 33 weeks."
24	39 weeks	maximum length for MA	Paragraph 3	"Maternity Allowance can be paid for up to 39 weeks."
25	Antenatal clinics	where to get MA forms	Paragraph 3	"You can find Maternity Allowance forms at antenatal clinics throughout the country."
26	Personal circumstances	assessment for Child Tax Credit	Paragraph 4	"The amount you get will depend on your personal circumstances and income."
27	Grants	Sure Start Maternity Payments	Paragraph 5	"Sure Start Maternity Payments are individual grants to help towards the cost of a new baby."

PAPYRUS

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
33	B	problem with animal skins/wood	Paragraph C, Line 3	"Other cultures used more flexible but less permanent surfaces, including animal skins and wood strips. In western culture, the adoption of papyrus was to have a great impact."
34	B	hammering papyrus	Paragraph B, Line 4	"These were then covered with a second layer of strips which were laid at right angles to the first, then soaked in water and hammered together."
35	D	burning libraries/books	Paragraph C, Line 6	"For thousands of years, governments, despots and conquerors have resorted to burning libraries and books to rid themselves of inconvenient evidence or obliterate cultures."
36	C	Thor Heyerdahl/papyrus boats	Paragraph D, Line 2	"In 1969 the adventurer Thor Heyerdahl attempted to cross the Atlantic from Morocco in the boat Ra, to show that it was possible for mariners in ancient times to cross the Atlantic Ocean."
37	B	papyrus today	Paragraph E, Line 5	"What makes papyrus noteworthy for western societies nowadays is its use as the surface upon which our ancient ancestors recorded their lives, their art and their science."
38	Insects	destroyed by insects	Paragraph C, Line 2	"In moist climates the cellulose-rich sheets of papyrus would readily decay, becoming covered by mould or full of holes from attacks by insects."
39	Tomb	found in tomb	Paragraph C, Line 3	"The earliest known roll of papyrus scroll was found in the tomb of an official called Hemeka near Memphis, which was then the capital city of Egypt."
40	Eruption	eruption in Herculaneum	Paragraph C, Line 5	"In 79CE, nearly 2,000 papyrus scrolls in the library of Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were protected at Herculaneum by ash from the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius."