Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

Key words: last paragraph, personality, choice of places, human ability new light, travel 
writing, evolve, changing demands feelings
In the last paragraph, the author states what interests him in the last sentence: “how a fresh 
interpretation, even of a well-travelled route, can give its readers new insights.” “Giving new insight” 
or a “fresh interpretation” could here be understood as the act of “casting new light” on something, and 
being “well-travelled” means that the route is seen as “familiar”. Thus, it might be inferred that the 
author is interested in how new light could be cast on places that are familiar, so the answer is B. 
cast new light on = give new insight 
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QUESTIONS 33 – 37: LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS 
(QUESTIONS 33-37) AND THE LIST OF EXPLORERS 
BELOW.MATCH EACH STATEMENT WITH THE CORRECT 
EXPLORER, A-E 
33. Answer: E
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Key words: form of transport
The types of transport are brought up in paragraph 5 in the sayingstatement: “If I‟d gone across by 
camel when I could have gone by car, it would have been a stunt”, where “camel” and “car” are the 
different forms of transport used. This is said by Wilfred Thesiger, so E is the answer. 
34. Answer: A
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Key words: feeling, coming back home
Back to paragraph 3, Peter Fleming “talks of the moment when the explorer returns to the existence he 
has left behind with his loved ones”. In this context, “the existence he has left behind” shall be 
understood as the “home” he has left for in order to undertake the journey, and “talking of the 
moment” might refer to the act of “describing feelings”. Therefore, it can be inferred that Peter 
Fleming described feelings on coming back home after a long journey, so the answer is A. 
35. Answer: D
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Key words: benefit, specific groups of people
In paragraph 5, specific groups of people were brought up referred to as “„tribal‟ people”, of for whom 
Robin Hanbury-Tenison worked on behalf as a campaigner. In other words, Robin Hanbury-Tenison 
was said to work for the benefit of specific groups of people, so D is the answer here. 

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