Cambridge IELTS General Training 15 Reading Test 2 Answers with Explanation / Harvey’s Storage , Local museums , Workplace health and safety,How to manage flexible working,Preventing the theft

Harvey’s Storage

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
1	FALSE	an extra charge, locks and keys	Paragraph 2, Lines 3-4	"Heavy-duty locks and keys are provided to all of our customers and included in the prices listed." Here, "included in the prices listed" means there is NO EXTRA CHARGE.
2	NOT GIVEN	possible to arrange, share, storage unit, with someone else	Paragraph 2	Paragraph 2 explains the process of hiring the storage unit service. However, there is NO INFORMATION on whether customers can share the unit with others or not.
3	TRUE	can pick up, property, from the storage unit, night-time	Paragraph 2, Lines 6-7	"With 24-hour access, customers can deliver and collect items when it is convenient to do so." Here, "24-hour access" means customers can access their storage during both daytime and night-time.
4	TRUE	can drive, vehicle, right next to, storage unit	Paragraph 2, Lines 8-9	"Tarmac roadways allow customers to park cars and lorries immediately outside their units, minimising the effort required to collect or drop items off." Here, "park cars and lorries immediately outside their units" means customers can drive their vehicles right next to their storage unit.
5	FALSE	Students’ possessions, can only be stored, vacation periods	Paragraph 4, First few lines	"You may be travelling or going home to see family and friends in the vacation, or need time to find a place to stay." Here, the lines suggest that students can store their possessions not only during vacation periods but also during other times ("find a place to stay").
6	FALSE	storage company, will collect and deliver, student’s property	Paragraph 4, Last lines	"You are responsible for organising transport but we can also recommend local van and driver hire companies." Here, "You are responsible for organising transport" means students have to deliver and collect their own property, but the company can recommend local transport services.

Local museums    

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
7	C	exhibits, history of agriculture, region	Paragraph C, lines 2-4	"The museum’s exhibits illustrate traditional aspects of the local farmers as well as the railway boom of the 19th century."
8	A	equipment, putting out fires, used to be kept, this building	Paragraph A, lines 1-2	"The museum is located in the Old Town Hall, which was originally built to house horse-drawn fire engines."
9	C	find information, rise, one type of transport	Paragraph C, lines 2-4	"The museum’s exhibits illustrate traditional aspects of the local farmers as well as the railway boom of the 19th century."
10	B	things to see, both, inside, outside	Paragraph B, last lines	"Visitors are taken on a guided tour and are then free to explore the gardens."
11	C	possible to obtain, copies, old pictures and documents	Paragraph C, lines 3-4	"The museum has a touch-screen kiosk which contains over 9,000 historic photographs and texts, reproductions of which can be made on request."
12	E	certain days, can see, original work, by, writer of fiction	Paragraph E, lines 3-4	"Contains the manuscript of Great Expectations by the 19th-Century novelist Charles Dickens."
13	B	someone, interested, environmental matters, lived here, for a time	Paragraph B, first lines	"This is the birthplace of pioneer social reformer Octavia Hill, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in social housing and the arts as well as in conservation issues."
14	D	exhibit, related to, heroic achievement	Paragraph D, lines 4-6	"A medal which was awarded to train driver Ben Gimbert for his bravery in preventing loss of life when a train full of explosives caught fire in 1944."

Workplace health and safety considerations for plumbers

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
15	sewage	biohazard, mould, bacteria, algae, lead to disease and death	Lines 3-7 in the ‘Biohazard waste’ section	"Biological hazards such as sewage have been estimated to cause 320,000 deaths across the globe each year. In addition to this, plumbers are regularly exposed to other biohazards such as mould, bacteria and algae."
16	poisoning	confined spaces, high concentration, harmful airborne contaminants, carbon monoxide	Lines 3-5 in the ‘Confined spaces’ section	"They may also be exposed to high concentrations of airborne contaminants that may be harmful to health. For example, one plumber was fined $220,000 after an employee suffered from carbon-monoxide poisoning."
17	drowning	confined spaces, water, cut off water sources	Lines 6-7 in the ‘Confined spaces’ section	"Another potential hazard for plumbers in confined spaces is that of drowning, if water sources are not adequately cut off."
18	gloves	electricity, metal pipes, conductive, death from electrocution, use, insulated, appropriate equipment	Lines 2-3 in the ‘Electricity’ section	"Metal pipes are often conductive and so gloves which provide insulation should form part of a plumber’s tool kit, as should a plumbing voltage monitor and a volt tester."
19	tags	electricity, metal pipes, conductive, death from electrocution, ensure, equipment has, to show it is safe	Lines 4-6 in the ‘Electricity’ section	"Electrical equipment like bridging conductors should be regularly checked, with appropriate tags on the equipment to verify its safety."
20	disconnected	electricity, metal pipes, conductive, death from electrocution, make sure, electricity has been	Lines 6-8 in the ‘Electricity’ section	"The project should be stopped immediately if there is any sign of electricity, so that the power can be disconnected by a qualified electrician prior to continuing work."

How to manage flexible working with your employees

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
21	objectives	how to organise, provide, clear	Paragraph 2, Lines 1-2	"When it comes to implementing flexible working, one word is the key: trust. All flexible workers should be trusted and given well-defined objectives from the start." (Given well-defined = provide with clear)
22	review	how to organise, initially, have, progress, each day	Paragraph 2, Lines 4-6	"It can be a big step to implement such a change in your business, so if you are slightly cautious then I recommend perhaps setting up an end-of-the-day review to see how much progress has been made." (Setting up = have)
23	calendar	how to organise, make sure, accessible, give details, colleague locations	Paragraph 3, Lines 1-2	"In my eyes, it is also vital that there is shared calendar access for everyone so that people can see where their colleagues are each day." (Access for everyone = accessible)
24	collaboration	how to organise, use program, iMeet, to encourage, different types of, between workers	Paragraph 3, Lines 3-6	"Technology now exists to enable employees to stay in touch with other members of staff and external partners. iMeet, for example, is a tool which allows all forms of collaboration for remote working, from video conferencing, live chat and file sharing to screen sharing." (A tool = a program, different types of collaboration = video conferencing, live chat, file sharing, screen sharing)
25	distraction	benefits, less, from colleagues	Paragraph 4, Lines 1-3	"In my experience, employees are often more productive working at home as they can work the exact hours they want and do not have to cope with distraction caused by other employees." (Do not have to cope with = less, other employees = colleagues)
26	creativity	benefits, increase in	Paragraph 4, Line 3	"Being outside the confines of the office walls also appears to foster creativity." (Foster = increase in)
27	retention	benefits, greater success, with staff recruitment,	Paragraph 4, Lines 5-6	"In terms of the business, we find this helps with top talent recruitment and staff retention, and a happy workforce is a more successful one." (More successful = greater success, top talent recruitment = staff recruitment)

Preventing the theft of turtle eggs   

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
Question 28	iv	Problems facing sea turtles at a global level	Section A, lines 2-6	"…as human populations exploded and as sea turtles began to confront additional threats such as intensive fishing, beach development and climate change, sea turtle populations declined precipitously."
Question 29	vi	Intensive and large-scale poaching in one location	Section B, paragraph 1	"One major problem is that every year millions of sea turtle eggs are illegally taken by poachers for sale on the black market. The situation is particularly serious in Nicaragua, in Central America, which is home to four sea turtle species."
Question 30	vii	Why catching the poachers may not solve the problem	Section C, paragraph 2	"If one poacher decides to stop, another one will just step into his place… we need to know more about the middlemen and people higher up in the distribution chain."
Question 31	i	Developing an item that appears true to life	Section D, paragraph 1	"Paso Pacifico’s solution is the creation of high-tech sea turtle eggs: fake eggs convincingly crafted to look like the real thing."
Question 32	v	Collection of eggs and their possible onward routes	Section E, paragraphs 1-2	"Once the poacher picks up the fake egg along with the real ones, conservationists and law enforcement agents will be able to track them… eventually make their way out of Nicaragua, possibly to El Salvador or Guatemala."
Question 33	iii	A short but intensive investigation with longer-term follow-up	Section F, paragraphs 2 and last paragraph	"Paso Pacifico plans to do a massive deployment of as many fakes as possible to gather a lot of data before poachers get wise." and "… Paso Pacifico hopes to share the technology with interested parties around the world."
Question 34	A	It could be as severely threatened as other turtles	Section A, lines 8-9	"…the one that’s not – the flatback turtle – is listed as data deficient, which means scientists simply don’t know how it’s doing."
Question 35	C	Sometimes has a highly organised structure	Section C, lines 2-4	"…during these arribadas there are influxes of gangs of poachers from larger cities outside local communities. These are not just local poor people without other options."
Question 36	D	Put them in nests that the poachers have started to dig up	Section E, paragraph 1	"… poachers will often back off if strangers come near and then return when they have gone. ‘It would be pretty easy to drop an egg in the dark into a nest they have been digging up,’ she said."
Question 37	B	It may not be possible to continue the project indefinitely	Section F, paragraph 2	"… Paso Pacifico plans to do a massive deployment of as many fakes as possible to gather a lot of data before poachers get wise."
Question 38	Flexible	One difficulty, creating, fake sea turtle egg, appropriate texture	Section D, paragraph 2	"…since sea turtle eggs are not covered in hard shell like those of birds, but are quite flexible."
Question 39	Land	Lauren Wilde, studied, eggs, Californian turtles	Section D, paragraph 3	"Since it’s illegal to send sea turtle eggs over the border, Wilde is using land turtle eggs from California."
Question 40	Ball	GPS device, inside, fake shell	Section D, last paragraph	"To get the GPS device inside the shell, Paso Pacifico is using 3D printers to make a plastic ball which will then have a GPS transmitter fitted inside."