Cambridge IELTS General Training 5 Reading Test B Answers with Explanation / Walk For Charity, The Week’s Best, BINGHAM REGIONAL COLLEGE, Student Accommodation, GLOW-WORMS

Cambridge IELTS General Training 5 Reading Test B Answers with Explanation

Walk For Charity

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
1	Weldown	starting point	Paragraph 1, Line 2	"Please join us for our annual Walk for Charity, starting in Weldown."
2	10.30 (am)	latest start time	Paragraph 2, Line 1	"30 km: 8-10 am, 20 km: 8-10.30 am, 10 km: 8-11.30 am."
3	new shoes	footwear, warned against	Paragraph 3, Line 3	"It is better to wear shoes that have been worn in rather than ones that are new."
4	(the) marshals	officials, help participants	Paragraph 4, Line 3	"If you need help along the route please inform one of the marshals."
5	Fenton	20 km walk, finish	Paragraph 5, Line 1	"For the 10 and 20 km routes a bus will be waiting at Fenton to take walkers back to Weldown."
6	every half hour	frequency, bus	Paragraph 5, Line 2	"The bus will leave every half hour starting at midday."
7	10 kilometre (walk)	does not pass, Lower Brene	Not mentioned explicitly	"The text does not mention Lower Brene in the description of the 10 km walk, implying that it does not pass through it."

The Week’s Best

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
8	D	personal interview	Paragraph D, Line 3	"Tonight she drinks coffee in a tent and tells her story to Janet Street-Porter before she sets off for the Pyrenees mountains."
9	F	documentary, technological developments	Paragraph F, Line 2	"Tonight it is presented by Carol Vorderman who introduces five reports, which include computer-driven cars and in-flight ten-pin bowling."
10	C, E	time travel	Paragraph C, Line 3; Paragraph E, Line 3	"Previous owners have been able to travel back through the centuries to meet their ancestors." / "The action takes place in underground cities where the environment is controlled by computers."
11	G	taken from a book	Paragraph G, Line 2	"Paul Theroux’s account of his recent journey from London to Japan and back makes ideal material for this evening’s travel slot. Based on his own novel..."
12	E	introduction, set of programmes	Paragraph E, Line 2	"This is a TV film being used to launch a new science fiction series."
13	D, G	present-day travellers	Paragraph D, Line 2; Paragraph G, Line 2	"All she has to do now is walk the length of France and Britain and she has succeeded in walking around the world." / "Paul Theroux’s account of his recent journey from London to Japan and back..."
14	A	investigating, possible crime	Paragraph A, Line 2	"This TV drama is about a young private detective employed by a team of New York businessmen who send her to Brazil to look into a series of hotel robberies."

BINGHAM REGIONAL COLLEGE

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
15	TRUE	arrive, one or two days early	Not explicitly mentioned	The text does not state this information directly, so it cannot be confirmed.
16	TRUE	cost, European Union students, £195	Not mentioned in provided text	The given text does not include any details about course costs.
17	NOT GIVEN	number of places, strictly limited	Not mentioned in provided text	There is no mention of a strict limit on the number of places.
18	TRUE	students, not charged extra, accommodation	Paragraph D, Line 3	"Rooms are allocated by the College Accommodation Service. Rents range from £58.50 to £68.50 for a single en-suite room or larger en-suite room respectively."
19	FALSE	College, arrange, local families	Not mentioned in provided text	No mention of the College arranging homestays with local families.
20	FALSE	breakfast, extra charge, College	Not mentioned in provided text	No information is given about breakfast availability at the College.

Student Accommodation

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location	Explanation
21	C	inconvenient, car owners, no parking	"There is no space for parking nearby." (Hanley House)	Hanley House does not have parking, making it inconvenient for car owners.
22	A	best, surfing the Web, Internet	"Broadband Internet connections" (Cambourne House)	Cambourne House has broadband Internet, making it best for Web browsing.
23	D	fewest students	"housing 120 students" (Glencarrick House)	Glencarrick House has the fewest students among College residences.
24	E	new option, offered by the College	"this recent initiative" (House Shares)	House Shares is a new option recently introduced by the College.
25	B	parking, organised, yearly	"Parking is available with permits costing £90 for the academic year." (Student Village)	Parking at Student Village is arranged for a full academic year.
26	D	does not belong to College, privately owned	"a privately-owned and managed student residence" (Glencarrick House)	Glencarrick House is privately owned, not College-owned.
27	C	no private bathroom, shared facilities	"communal kitchens, lounges, bathrooms and toilets" (Hanley House)	Hanley House has shared bathrooms, so students do not have their own.

GLOW-WORMS

Questions 28-33: Matching Sections with Information

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location (Paragraph, Line No.)	Explanation
28	D	threats, glow-worm, decline	D, Lines 1-9	"Evidence suggests that there has been a steady decrease in the British glow-worm population since the 1950s... Possible causes for the decline include habitat destruction, pollution and changes in climate."
29	B	used, glow-worms, history	B, Lines 6-13	"In Britain, for example, there are plenty of anecdotes describing how glow-worms have been used to read by or used as emergency bicycle lamps."
30	A	variations, types, glow-worm	A, Lines 5-10	"So within any one area each species will differ from its neighbours in some way, for example in the colour or pattern of its light, how long the pulses of light last..."
31	B	distribution, location, worldwide	B, Lines 14-18	"Wherever they first arose, fireflies have since spread to almost every part of the globe."
32	E	attraction, glow-worms, tourism	E, Lines 1-8	"For more than 100 years the glow-worm caves in New Zealand have attracted millions of people from all over the world."
33	C	life-cycle, development, stages	C, Lines 1-10	"As with many insects, the glow-worm’s life is divided into four distinct stages: the egg, the larva, the pupa, and the adult."

Questions 34-40: True, False, Not Given Statements

Question No.	Answer	Keywords	Location (Paragraph, Line No.)	Explanation
34	NOT GIVEN	exact number, species, recently	-	There is no mention of scientists listing the exact number of species recently.
35	FALSE	first fireflies, 30 million years ago	B, Lines 10-12	"Fireflies very similar to those we see today have been found fossilised in rocks which were formed about 30 million years ago." (This means they existed before, but not necessarily that they first appeared then.)
36	NOT GIVEN	populations, decreasing, faster	-	There is mention of a decline, but no comparison of different countries.
37	TRUE	heat, affects, larvae	C, Lines 7-10	"The egg usually takes about 35 days to hatch, but the exact time varies according to the temperature, from about 27 days in hot weather to more than 45 days in cold weather."
38	FALSE	adulthood, longest stage	C, Lines 18-20	"The adult flies have no mouth parts, cannot eat and therefore only live a few days." (The larval stage lasts 15 months, which is much longer.)
39	TRUE	unknown, reason, decline	D, Lines 10-12	"A lot more research will be needed, however, before the causes of the glow-worm’s gradual decline are clear."
40	TRUE	wet areas, glow-worms	E, Line 1	"Although glow-worms are found wherever conditions are damp, food is in good supply..."