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Cambridge IELTS General Training 12 Reading Test 3 Answers with Explanation / Evening Courses,The Bike Foundry ,Benefits for staff ..,Performance-related pay, Marine Ecosystems

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Updated: Mar 24




Evening Courses


Question No.

Answer

Keywords

Location

Explanation

1

C

Teach, skill, others

Paragraph C, Lines 1-2

"This course is for parents who want to learn how to make fun food with the aim of showing their kids how to cook later at home."

2

E

Prepare, home, class

Paragraph E, Line 3

"To really benefit from the course, learners should have time to read ahead between sessions."

3

D

Materials, course fee

Paragraph D, Line 2

"Base metals are supplied free."

4

B

Prepare, meals, guests

Paragraph B, Line 1

"This course has plenty of ideas and tips for special occasions that you can enjoy preparing, love eating and be proud to provide."

5

E

Best use, certain item

Paragraph E, Line 1

"This course will allow you to take full advantage of your digital camera."

 


The Bike Foundry  


Question No.

Answer

Keywords

Location

Explanation

8

TRUE

Second-hand bicycles

Paragraph 2, Line 1

"We gratefully accept donations of unwanted bikes."

9

FALSE

Training sessions, Bike Foundry

Paragraph 4, Line 1

"We offer maintenance and cycle training to schools and small groups on their own premises."

10

NOT GIVEN

Bike Basics, new cyclists

No information specifically mentions new cyclists for this course.


11

NOT GIVEN

Snacks, maintenance training

No specific mention of snacks being provided.


12

TRUE

Tool Club, reference books

Paragraph 7, Line 1

"There’s a range of reference manuals available."

13

NOT GIVEN

Participants, Cycling Training, beginners

No specific mention of the majority of participants being beginners.


14

TRUE

Cancel, training course, refund

Paragraph 8, Line 2

"We ask for a 50% deposit to confirm your place, refundable up to seven days before the course."

 


Benefits for staff of Hamberton Hospital


Question No.

Answer

Keywords

Location

Explanation

15

Contribution

Recognition, staff

Paragraph 1, Line 1

"Our attractive benefits package is one of the ways we acknowledge the contribution they all make in the provision of high quality patient care."

16

Sick

Sick, maternity leave

Paragraph 3, Line 2

"excellent occupational sick pay and maternity leave and pay entitlements."

17

Loans

Loans, housing

Paragraph 3, Line 4

"loans to assist with the purchase of housing for employees in the health service."

18

Parents

Work-life balance

Paragraph 4, Line 3

"We are committed to making this balance work for all employees equally, not just parents."

19

Policies

Return to work

Paragraph 6, Line 3

"policies supporting phased returns to work after long illnesses or injuries."

20

Parking

On-site facilities

Paragraph 7, Line 1

"On-site facilities include: ... ample parking."

21

Holidays

Red Guava, discounts

Paragraph 8, Line 2

"Red Guava provides discounts on holidays, for example, and can save you money in many other ways too."


Performance-related pay

Question No.

Answer

Keywords

Location

Explanation

22

Retain

Retain, existing staff

Paragraph 1, Line 1

"They may: be keen to retain current staff."

23

Targets

Measurable, targets

Paragraph 2, Line 1

"In order for performance-related schemes to work they should be based on clear, measurable targets agreed by both employer and employee."

24

Commission

Bonus, commission

Paragraph 4, Line 1

"Short-term schemes usually offer bonus payments, or, depending on the type of work, commission on sales achieved."

25

Senior

Senior, long-term

Paragraph 5, Line 2

"Long-term schemes offer rewards like share options, and can help to encourage loyalty to the organisation and its aims. Such schemes tend to be used as a way of retaining senior staff."

26

Meetings/letters

Records, relevant

Paragraph 7, Line 4

"keep copies of any letters and notes of any meetings."

27

Women

Discrimination, women

Paragraph 9, Line 2

"Your employer must not discriminate against particular groups of people – for example, by giving smaller bonuses to women."

 

 

 


Marine Ecosystems


Question No.

Answer

Keywords

Location

Explanation

28

vi

Marine ecosystems, blame

Section A, Paragraph 1

"For some time now, the world’s oceans and the people who fish them have been a constant source of bad environmental news... "

29

iv

Press, missed

Section B, Paragraph 2

"What the scientist who led the study has said is that the main conclusion of his research has been buried beneath the headlines."

30

ii

Historical, Wadden Sea

Section C, Paragraph 1

"Around 7,500 years ago, shrinking glaciers and the resulting higher water levels led to the development of what’s called the Wadden Sea..."

31

viii

Factors, not fishing

Section D, Paragraph 1

"What’s interesting is that overfishing isn’t the main agent of the decline... It’s due to an ongoing combination of exploitation, habitat destruction and pollution."

32

v

Biodiversity, help

Section E, Paragraph 2

"Worm believes that, ‘to have a greater number of species makes an ecosystem more robust’. His theory is backed up by evidence from experiments into how ecosystems react to change."

33

vii

Optimism, reversal

Section F, Paragraph 1

"Worm and his colleagues were able to show that it’s possible to reverse such damage as long as there are enough species."

34

iii

Marine creatures, missed

Section G, Paragraph 2

"Human nature will always draw us towards those species or habitats that are more aesthetically pleasing."

35

A

Ecosystems, breakdown

Paragraph 2, Line 1

"Boris Worm’s main concern is that marine ecosystems will completely break down."

36

C

Help, unattractive

Paragraph 8, Line 1

"The public are much less likely to help unattractive creatures."

37

B

Review, management

Paragraph 9, Line 1

"A radical review of marine resource management is needed."

38

Glaciers

Created, consequence

Section C, Paragraph 1

"The Wadden Sea was created when the sea rose as a consequence of glaciers slowly contracting."

39

Birds

Wetlands, shore

Section C, Paragraph 1

"the salt marshes and mud flats on the coast supported millions of birds."

40

Oxygen

Destroy, survival

Section D, Paragraph 3

"This over-enrichment of the sea can ultimately lead to the collapse of the entire system through oxygen starvation."

 


 

 










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