Cambridge IELTS General Training 6 Reading Test B Answers with Explanation / THE EMPLOYMENT PAGES ,STANFIELD THEATRE ,SELF-STUDY TIPS ,STUDY CENTRE COURSES,PTEROSAURS

Cambridge IELTS General Training 6 Reading Test B Answers with Explanation

THE EMPLOYMENT PAGES Saturday Edition   

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
1	Saturday, Tuesday	TWO days, advertise, jobs for teachers	Saturday Job Guide (Category B and C), Monday-Friday Job Highlights (Tuesday)	"B. Higher Education (Academic Staff) Primary and Secondary Schools (Academic Staff)" and "Tuesday: Education, Local Government" indicate jobs for teachers.
2	Saturday, Thursday	TWO days, advertise, jobs for nurses	Saturday Job Guide (Category D), Monday-Friday Job Highlights (Thursday)	"D. Hospitals and Medical (Medical staff)" and "Thursday: Hospital and Medical, Government Health Vacancies (New South Wales)" indicate jobs for nurses.
3	B	university lecturer	Saturday Job Guide (Category B)	"B. Higher Education (Academic Staff)" indicates jobs for university lecturers.
4	H	start, own business	Saturday Job Guide (Category H)	"H. Self-employment Opportunities" indicates own business opportunities.
5	G	permanent job, hotel	Saturday Job Guide (Category G)	"G. Hospitality and Kitchen Staff" indicates permanent jobs in a hotel.
6	A	public administration	Saturday Job Guide (Category A)	"A. Government Positions (New South Wales)" indicates public administration jobs.
7	I	agricultural work, country	Saturday Job Guide (Category I)	"I. Rural Posts (incl. farm work)" indicates agricultural work in the country.
8	J	temporary work	Saturday Job Guide (Category J)	"J. Casual work available" indicates temporary work.

STANFIELD THEATRE 

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
9	TRUE	possible, book tickets, using the Internet	‘BOOKING’ section, line 4	"Complete the on-line booking form at www.stanfieldtheatre.com." Here, online = the internet, confirming tickets can be booked online.
10	NOT GIVEN	60-year-olds, book in advance, prove, age, discount	‘DISCOUNTS’ section, ‘Saver’ category, line 3	"Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, over 60s and full-time students." However, no information is provided about proving their age.
11	TRUE	accompanying, wheelchair user, receives, discount	‘DISCOUNTS’ section, ‘Supersaver’ category, line 1	"Half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion." This confirms that someone accompanying a wheelchair user receives a discount.
12	TRUE	get, Standby tickets, 45 minutes before, performance begins	‘DISCOUNTS’ section, ‘Standby’ category, line 2	"Best available seats are on sale for £6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible for Saver and Supersaver discounts." One hour before includes 45 minutes before the performance.
13	FALSE	group of ten adults, claim, discount	‘DISCOUNTS’ section, ‘Group Bookings’ category, line 1	"There is a ten per cent discount for parties of twelve or more." Since the discount is for twelve or more, a group of ten does not qualify.
14	FALSE	theatre-goers, unexpectedly unable to attend, get, money back	Note above ‘GIFT VOUCHERS’ section, line 1	"We are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances." This confirms that theatre-goers cannot get their money back if they cannot attend.

SELF-STUDY TIPS  

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
15	xi (Prioritise your work)	prioritise your work	Section B, lines 3-6	".. . .and make sure that you tackle the most significant tasks first, leaving the easier or less urgent areas of your work until later."
16	iv (Create a working place)	create a working place	Section C, lines 1-7	".. . . make sure that you have an area or space for studying. Don’t do it just anywhere. If you always study in the same place, preferably a room of your own, you will find it easier to adjust mentally to the activity when you enter that area..."
17	v (Sit comfortably)	sit comfortably	Section D, first few lines	"Make sure that all the physical equipment that you use, such as a desk, chair etc. is at a good height for you..."
18	ix (Catalogue references)	catalogue references	Section E, first lines	"If you are doing a long essay or research paper which involves the use of library books or other articles, it helps to keep details of the titles and authors on small cards in a card box. It is also a good idea to log these alphabetically so that you can find them easily – ..."
19	viii (Photocopy important material)	photocopy important material	Section F, lines 2-4	"... If you find a useful article in the library, it is best to make a copy of the relevant pages before you leave..."
20	ii (Take a break)	take a break	Section G, lines 3-6	"... it may be that you actually need to take your mind right off it for a period of time. ‘Airing the mind’ can work wonders sometimes..."
21	vii (Talk about your work)	talk about your work	Section H, first lines	"Similarly, it may help to discuss a topic with other people, especially if you feel that you have insufficient ideas, or too many disorganised ideas..."

STUDY CENTRE COURSES

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
22	K	letters of complaint	Course category K ('The Customer is Always Right')	"An interesting angle – how do you reply to letters from customers? What tone is best and when? How do you achieve results?" Here, 'letters from customers' = 'letters of complaint'.
23	C	use, libraries	Course category C ('Source Material')	"How do you gather information for a project or paper? A practical course which looks at sources of information and how to use cataloguing systems." Here, 'sources of information & use cataloguing systems' = 'use the libraries'.
24	I	improve, performance, interviews	Course category I ('The Job for Me')	"Written and oral course with simulation exercises using authentic newspaper advertisements." Here, 'Written and oral course' = 'interviews'.
25	H	acknowledging, sources	Course category H ('Quote Me if You Must')	"The do’s and don’ts of using source material. How to incorporate it into your own work in an acceptable way. How not to plagiarise other people’s articles, books etc." Here, 'do’s and don’ts of using source material & How not to plagiarise' = 'acknowledging your sources'.
26	G	improve, reading skills	Course category G ('Caught for Speeding')	"Simple eye exercises to help you skim and scan. How to be selective on the page. Using headings, topic sentences and paragraphs for easy access." Here, 'skim and scan' = 'reading skills'.
27	L	improve, grammar	Course category L ('Tense about Tenses')	"For those who worry about their individual words – a look at tenses and other aspects of the language through poetry and song." Here, 'tenses and other aspects of the language' = 'grammar'.

PTEROSAURS   

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
28	J	similarities, pterosaurs, mechanical flight	Section J, last half	"During the flight, sailplane pilots routinely search for places where heat rises from the sun-baked earth, creating hot air currents called thermals. Undoubtedly, Quetzalcoatlus would have used thermals as well."
29	D	identification, type of creature, pterosaur, actually was	Section D, lines 4-9	"It was not until 1791 that the great French anatomist Georges Cuvier deduced that the animal was, in fact, a flying reptile, whose fourth finger supported a wing. He named the fossil Pterodactylus, combining the Greek words for wing and finger."
30	F	conflicting theory, how, pterosaurs, came to fly	Section F, beginning and middle	"But how pterosaurs learnt to fly remains a matter for disagreement." "Meanwhile, the competing argument holds that..."
31	K	cause, widespread destruction, animal life, our planet	Section K	"At the end of the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago, a meteorite or comet slammed into the Earth. That calamity – and other events – wiped out roughly three-quarters of all species, including all pterosaurs and dinosaurs."
32	A	fact, pterosaurs, once existed, all over the world	Section A	"Pterosaurs stand out as one of nature’s great success stories. They first appeared during the Triassic period, 215 million years ago, and thrived for 150 million years before becoming extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period. Uncontested in the air, pterosaurs colonised all continents and evolved into a vast array of shapes and sizes."
33	E	first, clear proof, pterosaurs, could fly	Section E, lines 3-8	"Unlike earlier fossils, this new find near the Bavarian town of Solnhofen contained delicate wing impressions, establishing definitely that the extinct reptile was capable of flight."
34	G	concrete evidence, pterosaurs, hunted, food, from the air	Section G, last half	"But there is evidence that they were skilful fliers, capable of catching fish over open water. Proof of this has been found in the fossil of a Eudimorphodon, a 215-million-year-old pterosaur found near Bergamo, Italy. Under a microscope, several fish scales can be seen in the abdomen of the specimen - the remains of the pterosaur’s last meal."
35	C (Fabio dalla Vecchia)	difficulty, determining, how pterosaurs evolved, without, further evidence	Section G, first few lines	"‘It’s very difficult to say how pterosaurs changed over time because the earliest fossils we have are of pterosaurs whose fourth finger has already transformed into a wing,’ says Fabio Dalla Vecchia, an Italian researcher."
36	A (Cosimo Alessandro Collini)	failed to interpret, evidence, before him	Section D, beginning	"Cosimo Alessandro Collini, the first natural historian to study the fossil and describe it, was unable to classify it."
37	B (Georges Cuvier)	gave, an appropriate name, first pterosaur, discovered	Section D, lines 4-10	"It was not until 1791 that the great French anatomist Georges Cuvier deduced that the animal was, in fact, a flying reptile, whose fourth finger supported a wing. He named the fossil Pterodactylus, combining the Greek words for wing and finger."
38	D (Paul MacCready)	mentions, ability of pterosaurs, take advantage, environment	Section I, lines 2-6	"‘Unlike smaller pterosaurs, it could use natural currents to stay in the air without having to move its wings continuously,’ said Paul MacCready, an aeronautical engineer."
39	(over) a thousand	so far, evidence, total of, pterosaurs, discovered	Section E, middle	"Even though over a thousand pterosaur specimens are known today."
40	11 metres/meters	wings of Quetzalcoatlus, measured, more than, across	Section H, last few lines	"This pterosaur had wings over 11 metres wide, making it the largest flying animal ever known."