Cambridge ielts 5 Reading

=> ANSWER: 38. E 39. D

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1. He feels it would be better to spend money on the more … health problem of 
providing the world’s population with clean drinking water. 
Keywords: better, health problem, clean drinking water 
In paragraph 11, the writer argues : ” Yet the cost of reducing carbon dioxide 
emissions…will be higher than the cost of solving the world‟s single, most pressing 
health problem: providing universal access to clean drinking water and sanitation.” 
pressingð = demanding immediate attention= urgent 
=> ANSWER: I.

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CAMBRIDGE IELTS 5 READING – 
TEST 2 – ANSWERS 
Questions 1-3: Choose ONE WORD only from the passage for each answer. 
1. Some plastics behave in a similar way to….in that they melt under
heat and can be moulded into new forms. 
Keywords: similar, melt, moulded 
In paragraph 2, the writer says that: “Some are „thermoplastic‟, which means
that, like candlewax, they melt when heated and can be reshaped”. This means 
that some plastics,such as thermoplastics, have similar characteristics to
candlewax: they melt under heat (melt when heated) and can be moulded 
(reshaped). 
+ a similar way to = like 
+ moulded = reshaped 
=>ANSWER: candlewax
2. Bakelite was unique because it was the first material to be both entirely…..in 
origin, and thermosetting. 

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Keywords: unique, first, entirely 
At the end of paragraph 2, the writer states that “Bakelite had the distinction
of being the first totally synthetic thermosetting plastic” 
+ to be unique = to have the distinction of 
+ entirely = totally 
=>ANSWER: synthetic
3. There were several reasons for the research into plastics in the nineteenth 
century, among them the great advances that had been made in the field 
of… and the search for alternatives to natural resources like ivory. 
Keywords: nineteenth century, great advances, field, ivory 
In paragraph 3, the writer reports that: “The impetus behind the development
of these early plastics was generated by a number of factors- immense 
technological progress in the domain of chemistry, coupled with wider cultural
changes, and the pragmatic need to find acceptable substitutes for dwindling 
supplies of „luxury‟ materials such as tortoiseshell and ivory.” 
+ several reasons for = generated by a number of factors 
+ great advances = immense technological progress 
+ field = domain 
+ search = find 

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+ alternatives = substitutes