Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

10. Answer: miners
Key words: visiting, hometown, drawings
We know from the start of the passage that Moore‟s hometown was named Castleford, so we should be 
looking for this proper noun. In paragraph 8 we find: “In 1942, he returned to Castleford to make a 
series of sketches of the miners who worked there”. 
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some drawings ~ a series of sketches 
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11. Answer: family
Key words: employed, produce, sculpture, of
Paragraph 9: “In 1944, Harlow, a town near London, offered Moore a commission for a sculpture 
depicting a family”. The phrase „offer someone commission‟ means „employ someone and pay them 
with money‟. In this case, Moore was employed to make a sculpture of a family. 
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employ = offer [someone] a commission 
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12. Answer: collectors
Key words: start, buy, Moore‘s work
Paragraph 9: “Moore‟s work became available to collectors all over the world”. While this sentence 
alone cannot prove that Moore‟s work was „bought‟ by collectors, it is supported by the following 

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sentence: “the boost to his income […]”. Thus, it can be inferred that Moore gained extra income 
thanks to collectors buying his work. 
13. Answer: income
Key words: increased, possible, ambitious, sculptures
This question directly follows question 12: “The boost to his income enabled him to take on ambitious 
projects” 
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increase = boost 
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make it possible for = enable 
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Answer: income.

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PASSAGE 2: 
THE DESOLENATOR : PRODUCING CLEAN 
WATER
QUESTIONS 14-20: READING PASSAGE 2 HAS SEVEN SECTIONS, 
A-G. 
14. Answer: iii
Section A introduces Janssen‟s device, which originally comes from the idea of “rooftop solar heating 
systems” in Southeast Asia. Two decades later, he “developed that basic idea he saw in Southeast Asia 
into a portable device…” Thus, the only appropriate heading for this section is iii – „From initial 
inspiration to new product‟. 
15. Answer: vi
Section B starts by mentioning the function of the desolenator: it can “take water from different places, 
such as the sea, rivers, boreholes and rain, and purify it for human consumption”. Thus, „the sea, 
rivers, boreholes and rain‟ can be regarded as different sources of water which can be purified 
(cleaned) by the device. So the heading is vi – „Cleaning water from a range of sources‟. 
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clean = purify