Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

=> ANSWER: playful fighting
QUESTION 40: WHICH IS THE MOST SUITABLE TITLE FOR 
READING PASSAGE 3? 
1.
Bullying: what parents can do? 
2.
Bullying: are the media to blame? 
3.
Bullying: the link with academic failure 
4.
Bullying: from crisis management to prevention 
The main idea of this passage is mentioned in the preface: “How can it be prevented?” (“It” means 
persistent bullying). Throughout the passage, the writer reports on the problem of persistent bullying in 
British schools and he then discusses some ways to prevent bullying that schools are now able to 
implement. Therefore, the most appropriate title is “Bullying: from crisis management to prevention”. 
The media and the link with academic failure are not mentioned, so B and C are wrong; measures 
mentioned in the passage are mainly for schools and their staff, not parents, so A is wrong. 
=> ANSWER: D
CAMBRIDGE IELTS 6 – TEST 4 – PASSAGE 3

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CAMBRIDGE IELTS 7 READING – TEST 1 – 
ANSWERS 
LET‟S GO BATS 
QUESTIONS 1-5 WHICH PARAGRAPH CONTAINS THE 
FOLLOWING INFORMATION 
1. EXAMPLES OF WILDLIFE OTHER THAN BATS WHICH DO NOT RELY 
ON VISION TO NAVIGATE BY 
Keywords: examples,other than bats, not rely on vision 
In paragraph B, the writer states : ” …How to find their way and find their prey in the absence of 
light.Bats are not the only creatures to face this difficulty today.Obviously….” Then the writer lists 
some names of insects and fishes in the following sentences. 
– navigate = find their way ,find their prey : to make or find a course or way/ find position/ direction 
you need to go 
– in the absence of light = do not rely on vision 

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– other than bats = bats are not the only 
– other than = except/ different from 
=> ANSWER: B 
2. HOW EARLY MAMMALS AVOIDED DYING OUT 
Keywords : how, mammals, avoided dying 
In paragraph A, the writer says : “It is probable that the nocturnal trades go way back in the ancestry of 
all mammals. In the time when …, our mammalian ancestors probably only managed to survive at all 
because they found ways of scraping a living at night” It can be inferred that finding ways of scraping 
a living at night is how early mammals avoided dying out – early mammals = our mammalian 
ancestors 
– avoided dying out= managed to survive 
– scraping a living=just finding enough food to eat and survive 
=> ANSWER: A 
3. WHY BATS HUNT IN THE DARK 
Keywords: Why, hunt, dark 
In paragraph A, the writer argues : ” They hunt at night,and cannot use light to help them…You might 
say that this is a problem of their own making, one that they could avoid…. But the daytime economy 
is already heavily exploited by other creatures such as birds” This explains that bats hunt in the dark 
due to the “heavily exploited economy” during the daytime when, for example, birds catch insects. 
– in the dark=at night 
=> ANSWER: A 
4. HOW A PARTICULAR DISCOVERY HAS HELPED OUR 
UNDERSTANDING OF BATS 
Keywords : how, discovery, understanding of bats 
In paragraph E, the writer explains : ” But the underlying mathematical theories of radar and sonar are 
very similar, and much of our scientific understanding of the details of what bats are doing has come 
from applying radar theory to them. The American zoologist, Donald Griffin, who was largely 
responsible for the discovery of sonar in bats, coined the term „echolocation‟ to cover both sonar and 
radar…” This means that radar theory helped our understanding of bats. 
=> ANSWER: E 
5. EARLY MILITARY USES OF ECHOLOCATION 
Key words: military uses, echolocation 
In paragraph D, the writer says : ” After this technique had been invented, it was only a matter of time 
before weapons designers adapted it for the detection of submarines. Both sides in the Second World 
Warrelied heavily on these devices, under such codenames as Asdic (British) and Sonar…, which uses 
radio echoes rather than sound echoes.” This means that devices using radio echoes were used for 
military purposes, as they served in a war. The term „echolocation‟ was not known to the early 
pioneers, and was invented later, as the final paragraph explains. 
=> ANSWER: D 
QUESTIONS 6-9 COMPLETE THE SUMMARY