Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

 
4. Answer: mace
Key words: covering, 
aril
, produce
In We find the answer to this question in the same last final sentence thatof paragraph 1 that we look 
into in found the answer to question 3. “The latter” refers to the subject spice that was 
mentioned later after nutmeg, which is the “mace”. The previous sentence explains the meaning of the 
word 
‘aril’, 
which is the red covering surrounding the seed. Note that the key word „covering‟ is 
mentioned here. Therefore, it can be understood that the mace is produced from the aril, confirming 
that our answer is the“mace”. 
 Answer: mace 

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QUESTIONS 5 – 7: DO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS AGREE 
WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN READING PASSAGE 1? 
5. Answer: FALSE
Key words: Middle Ages, Europeans, knew, grown
Through scanning, we can see that the Middle Ages period is mentioned in paragraph 2, so we would 
look into this one. “Arabs were the exclusive importers of the spice to Europe”, so it can be understood 
that they are the only people getting having access to the source of the nutmeg. Moreover, “they never 
revealed the exact location of the source”, which means that no Europeans, other than the Arabs, know 
the source of the nutmeg, which is where it was grown. Therefore, this statement is false. 
6. Answer: NOT GIVEN
Key words: VOC, first, major trading
As the VOC was mentioned only in paragraph 4, this paragraph would be investigated. In this 
statement, the word “first” refers to the idea that there was no major trading company before the VOC. 
However, there was no sentence mentioning this; the only sentence emphasizing the position 
ofdescribing the VOC is that it is was the “richest commercial operation in the world”. not “the 
first”. We do not know if it was the first trading company, only that it was rich. Therefore, it is not 
given to confirm whether this statement is true or false. we have no information to confirm if the 
statement is true or false. 
trading company = commercial operation