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

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."