Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

Answers: A & E

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PASSAGE 3: 
WHAT IS EXPLORATION 
QUESTIONS 27 – 32: CHOOSE THE CORRECT LETTER, A, B, C OR 
D. WRITE THE CORRECT LETTER IN BOXES 27-32 ON YOUR 
ANSWER SHEET. 
27. Answer: A exploration is an intrinsic element of being human.
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Key words: New York, intrinsic, enthusiastic, surprising results, daunting
Visitors to New York were mentioned in the first paragraph as an example for the statement preceding 
it: “This questing nature of ours undoubtedly helped our species spread around the globe”, where 
“questing” is the same as “exploring” and “nature” refers to the “intrinsic element”. This example then 
illustrates how exploring, as an intrinsic element of human nature or behaviour, helps a visitor 
find directions in subways of a strange city like New York. Therefore, A is the answer. 
exploring = questing 
intrinsic element = nature 
 
28. Answer: C They act on an urge that is common to everyone.
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Key words: second paragraph, benefits and disadvantages, teaching, common, certain 
professions
Paragraph 2 starts by stating people‟s assumption that explorers are odd (peculiar = odd/strange), and 
that there is a type of person more suited for exploring, so we might be inclined to choose answer D. 
However, eventually, the author counters that idea by asserting that “we all have this enquiring 
instinct”. “Instinct” here can be understood as “urge”, and the fact that “we all have” means that it is 
“common to everyone”. It can then be inferred that the exploring urge, in other words the desire to 
explore, is common to everyone, so the answer is C. 
urge = instinct 
29. Answer: C Hardy‘s aim was to investigate people‘s emotional states.
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Key words: Egdon Heath, experience, mistaken, emotional states, attraction of isolation
In paragraph 3, it is stated that the Egdon Heath landscape was used to “suggest the desires and fears 
of his Thomas Hardy‟s characters.” Hereby The words “desires and fears” can be generally called 
“emotional states”. In other words, the description of Egdon Heath is used to show the emotional states 
of his characters, which who are later referred to as “humanity”, understood as “people”. 
Therefore, we could infer that the answer is C. 
people = humanity