Cambridge - IELTS 15 Academic Reading Answer Key

Book 15 - Reading Test 1 answers

Reading Passage - 1 Nutmeg - a valuable spice

Answers keys for Nutmeg - a valuable spice reading passage

  1. oval
  2. husk
  3. seed
  4. mace
  5. FALSE
  6. NOT GIVEN
  7. TRUE
  8. Arabs
  9. plague
  10. lime
  11. Run
  12. Mauritius
  13. tsunami
Reading Passage - 2 Driverless cars

Answers keys for driverless cars reading passage

  1. C
  2. B
  3. E
  4. G
  5. D
  6. human error
  7. car (-) sharing
  8. ownership
  9. mileage

     23 & 24 IN EITHER ORDER
     C
     D
    25 & 26 IN EITHER ORDER
    A
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Reading Passage - 3 What is exploration?

Answers keys for what is exploration reading passage

  1. A
  2. C
  3. C
  4. D
  5. A
  6. B
  7. E
  8. A
  9. D
  10. E
  11. B
  12. (unique) expeditions
  13. uncontacted / isolated
  14. (land) surface

Book 15 - Reading Test 2 Solution

Reading Passage - 1 Could urban engineers learn from dance?
  1. B
  2. C
  3. F
  4. D
  5. E
  6. A
  7. safety
  8. traffic
  9. carriageway
  10. mobile 
  11. dangerous
  12. communities
  13. healthy
Reading Passage - 2 Should we try to bring extinct species back to life?
  1. F
  2. A
  3. D
  4. A
  5. genetic traits
  6. heat loss
  7. ears
  8. (insulating) fat
  9. (carbon) emissions
  10. B
  11. C
  12. A
  13. C
Reading Passage - 3 Having a laugh
  1. C
  2. A
  3. B
  4. B
  5. D
  6. F
  7. H
  8. C
  9. D
  10. E
  11. NOT GIVEN
  12. YES
  13. NO
  14. NO

Book 15 - Reading Test 3 Solution

Reading Passage - 1 Henry Moore
  1. TRUE
  2. FALSE
  3. NOT GIVEN
  4. TRUE
  5. NOT GIVEN
  6. FALSE
  7. TRUE
  8. resignation
  9. materials
  10. miners
  11. family
  12. collectors
  13. income
Reading Passage - 2 The Desolenator: producing clean water
  1. iii
  2. vi
  3. v
  4. x
  5. iv
  6. viii
  7. i
  8. wheels
  9. film
  10. filter 
  11. waste
  12. performance
  13. servicing
Reading Passage - 3 Why fairy tales are really scary tales
  1. C
  2. B
  3. F
  4. A
  5. E
  6. D
  7. F
  8. B
  9. C
  10. G
  11. B
  12. D
  13. A
  14. A

Book 15 - Reading Test 4 Solution

Reading Passage - 1 The return of the huarango
  1. water
  2. diet
  3. drought
  4. erosion
  5. desert
  6. (its / huarango / the) branches
  7. IN EITHER ORDER (BOTH REQUIRED FOR ONE MARK) leaves (and) bark
  8. (its / huarango / the) trunk
  9. NOT GIVEN 
  10. FALSE
  11. TRUE
  12. FALSE
  13. NOT GIVEN
Reading Passage - 2 Silbo Gomero - the whistle 'language' of the Canary Islands
  1. NOT GIVEN
  2. FALSE
  3. TRUE
  4. FALSE
  5. FALSE
  6. TRUE
  7. words
  8. finger
  9. direction
  10. commands
  11. fires
  12. technology
  13. award
Reading Passage - 3 Environmental practices of big businesses
  1. D
  2. E
  3. F
  4. H
  5. B
  6. C
  7. D
  8. B
  9. YES
  10. NOT GIVEN 
  11. YES
  12. NOT GIVEN 
  13. D

Cambridge - IELTS 14 Academic Reading Answer Key

Book 14 - Reading Test 1 Solution

Reading Passage - 1 The importance of children's play
  1. creativity
  2. rules
  3. cities

         4 & 5 IN EITHER ORDER
         traffic
         crime

  1. competition
  2. evidence
  3. life
  4. TRUE
  5. TRUE
  6. NOT GIVEN
  7. FALSE
  8. TRUE
Reading Passage - 2 The growth of bike-sharing schemes around the world
  1. E
  2. C
  3. F
  4. C
  5. A

      19 & 20 IN EITHER ORDER
      B
      D
      21 & 22 IN EITHER ORDER
     D
     E

  1. activists
  2. consumerism
  3. leaflets
  4. police
Reading Passage - 3 Motivational factors and the hospitality industry
  1. E
  2. D
  3. B
  4. D
  5. C
  6. YES
  7. NO
  8. NO
  9. NOT GIVEN
  10. restaurants
  11. performance
  12. turnover
  13. goals
  14. characteristics

Book 14 - Reading Test 2 Solution

Reading Passage - 1 Alexander Henderson
  1. FALSE
  2. TRUE
  3. NOT GIVEN
  4. FALSE
  5. NOT GIVEN
  6. TRUE
  7. FALSE
  8. TRUE
  9. merchant
  10. equipment
  11. gifts
  12. canoe
  13. mountains
Reading Passage - 2 Back to the future of skyscraper design
  1. F
  2. C
  3. E
  4. D
  5. B
  6. design(s)
  7. pathogens
  8. tuberculosis
  9. wards
  10. communal
  11. public
  12. miasmas
  13. cholera
Reading Passage - 3 Why companies should welcome disorder
  1. vi
  2. i
  3. iii
  4. ii
  5. ix
  6. vii
  7. iv
  8. viii
  9. productive
  10. perfectionists
  11. dissatisfied
  12. TRUE
  13. FALSE
  14. NOT GIVEN

Book 14 - Reading Test 3 Solution

Reading Passage - 1 The concept of intelligence
  1. B
  2. A
  3. D
  4. NOT GIVEN
  5. NO 
  6. YES
  7. B
  8. C
  9. B
  10. A
  11. A
  12. C
  13. A
Reading Passage - 2 Saving bugs to find new drugs
  1. C
  2. H
  3. A
  4. F
  5. I
  6. B
  7. E

      21 & 22 IN EITHER ORDER
      B
      C

  1. ecology
  2. prey
  3. habitats
  4. antibiotics
Reading Passage - 3 The power of play
  1. B
  2. G
  3. F
  4. E
  5. C
  6. NO
  7. YES
  8. NOT GIVEN
  9. NO
  10. YES
  11. encouraging
  12. desire
  13. autonomy
  14. targeted

Book 14 - Reading Test 4 Solution

Reading Passage - 1 The secret of staying young
  1. four / 4
  2. young
  3. food
  4. light
  5. aggressively
  6. location
  7. neurons
  8. chemicals
  9. FALSE
  10. TRUE
  11. FALSE
  12. NOT GIVEN 
  13. TRUE
Reading Passage - 2 Why zoos are good
  1. B
  2. E
  3. C
  4. A
  5. TRUE
  6. TRUE
  7. NOT GIVEN
  8. FALSE
  9. NOT GIVEN

     23 & 24 IN EITHER ORDER
     B
     D
     25 & 26 IN EITHER ORDER
     B
     E

Reading Passage - 3 Marine Debris
  1. FALSE
  2. NOT GIVEN
  3. FALSE
  4. TRUE
  5. FALSE
  6. TRUE
  7. NOT GIVEN
  8. large
  9. microplastic
  10. populations
  11. concentrations
  12. predators
  13. disasters
  14. A

Cambridge - IELTS 13 Academic Reading Answer Key

Book 13 - Reading Test 1 Solution

Reading Passage - 1 Case Study: Tourism New Zealand website
  1. update
  2. environment
  3. captain
  4. films
  5. season
  6. accommodation
  7. blog
  8. FALSE
  9. NOT GIVEN
  10. FALSE
  11. TRUE
  12. NOT GIVEN 
  13. TRUE
Reading Passage - 2 Why being bored is stimulating - and useful, too
  1. iv
  2. vi
  3. i
  4. v
  5. viii
  6. iii
  7. E
  8. B
  9. D
  10. A
  11. focus
  12. pleasure
  13. curiosity
Reading Passage - 3 Artificial artists
  1. B
  2. C
  3. C
  4. D
  5. A
  6. D
  7. A
  8. E
  9. C
  10. G
  11. B
  12. YES
  13. NOT GIVEN
  14. NO

Book 13 - Reading Test 2 Solution

Reading Passage - 1 Bringing cinnamon to Europe
  1. oils
  2. friendship
  3. funerals
  4. wealth
  5. indigestion
  6. India
  7. camels
  8. Alexandria
  9. Venice
  10. TRUE
  11. FALSE
  12. NOT GIVEN 
  13. FALSE
Reading Passage - 2 Oxytocin
  1. B
  2. F
  3. B
  4. E
  5. A
  6. B
  7. C
  8. animals
  9. childbirth
  10. placebo
  11. game
  12. strangers
  13. names
Reading Passage - 3 Making the most of trends
  1. D
  2. C
  3. A
  4. D
  5. D
  6. D
  7. C
  8. B
  9. A
  10. C
  11. A
  12. B
  13. C
  14. D

Book 13 - Reading Test 3 Solution

Reading Passage - 1 The coconut palm
  1. furniture
  2. sugar
  3. ropes
  4. charcoal
  5. bowls
  6. hormones
  7. cosmetics
  8. dynamite
  9. FALSE
  10. FALSE
  11. NOT GIVEN
  12. TRUE
  13. NOT GIVEN
Reading Passage - 2 How baby talk gives infant brains a boost
  1. B
  2. C
  3. A
  4. B
  5. recording devices
  6. fathers / dads
  7. bridge hypothesis
  8. repertoire
  9. (audio-recording) vests
  10. vocabulary
  11. F
  12. A
  13. E
Reading Passage - 3 Whatever happened to the Harappan Civilisation?
  1. C
  2. H
  3. A
  4. B
  5. D
  6. shells
  7. lake
  8. rainfall
  9. grains
  10. pottery
  11. B
  12. A
  13. D
  14. A

Book 13 - Reading Test 4 Solution

Reading Passage - 1 Cutty Sark: the fastest sailing ship of all time
  1. FALSE
  2. FALSE
  3. TRUE
  4. TRUE
  5. FALSE
  6. TRUE
  7. NOT GIVEN 
  8. TRUE
  9. wool
  10. navigator
  11. gale
  12. training 
  13. fire
Reading Passage - 2 Saving the soil
  1. minerals
  2. carbon
  3. water
  4. agriculture
  5. C
  6. E
  7. A
  8. D
  9. E
  10. C
  11. F
  12. G
  13. F
Reading Passage - 3 Book Review
  1. D
  2. A
  3. B
  4. F
  5. B
  6. G
  7. E
  8. A
  9. YES
  10. NOT GIVEN
  11. NO
  12. NOT GIVEN
  13. YES
  14.  NO