Cambridge IELTS 15 Reading Test 1-2-3-4 Answers from Academic and General Training practice booklets.
Academic Test 1 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 15 Academic Reading Test 1 answers for ‘Nutmeg – a valuable spice‘, ‘Driverless cars‘ and ‘What is exploration?‘ passages:
| 1. oval 2. husk 3. seed 4. mace 5. FALSE 6. NOT GIVEN 7. TRUE 8. Arabs 9. plague 10. lime 11. Run 12. Mauritius 13. tsunami 14. C 15. B 16. E 17. G 18. D 19. human error 20. car (-) sharing 21. ownership 22. mileage 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. E 27. A 28. C 29. C 30. D 31. A 32. B 33. E 34. A 35. D 36. E 37. B 38. (unique) expeditions 39. uncontacted / isolated 40. (land) surface |
Academic Test 2 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 15 Academic Reading Test 2 answers for ‘Could urban engineers learn from dance‘, Should we try to bring extinct species back to life‘ and ‘Having a laugh‘ passages:
| 1. B 2. C 3. F 4. D 5. E 6. A 7. safety 8. traffic 9. carriageway 10. mobile 11. dangerous 12. communities 13. healthy 14. F 15. A 16. D 17. A 18. genetic traits 19. heat loss 20. ears 21. (insulating) fat 22. (carbon) emissions 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. C 28. A 29. B 30. B 31. D 32. F 33. H 34. C 35. D 36. E 37. NOT GIVEN 38. YES 39. NO 40. NO |
Academic Test 3 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 15 Academic Reading Test 3 answers for ‘Henry Moore‘, ‘The Desolenator: producing clean water‘ and ‘Why fairy tales are really scary tales‘ passages:
| 1. TRUE 2. FALSE 3. NOT GIVEN 4. TRUE 5. NOT GIVEN 6. FALSE 7. TRUE 8. resignation 9. materials 10. miners 11. family 12. collectors 13. income 14. iii 15. vi 16. v 17. x 18. iv 19. viii 20. i 21. wheels 22. film 23. filter 24. waste 25. performance 26. servicing 27. C 28. B 29. F 30. A 31. E 32. D 33. F 34. B 35. C 36. G 37. B 38. D 39. A 40. A |
Academic Test 4 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 15 Academic Reading Test 4 answers for ‘The return of the huarango‘, ‘Silbo Gomero – the whistle ‘language’ of the Canary Islands‘ and ‘Environmental practices of big businesses‘ passages:
| 1. water 2. diet 3. drought 4. erosion 5. desert 6. (its / huarango / the) branches 7. IN EITHER ORDER (BOTH REQUIRED FOR ONE MARK) leaves (and) bark 8. (its / huarango / the) trunk 9. NOT GIVEN 10. FALSE 11. TRUE 12. FALSE 13. NOT GIVEN 14. NOT GIVEN 15. FALSE 16. TRUE 17. FALSE 18. FALSE 19. TRUE 20. words 21. finger 22. direction 23. commands 24. fires 25. technology 26. award 27. D 28. E 29. F 30. H 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. YES 36. NOT GIVEN 37. NO 38. YES 39. NOT GIVEN 40. D |
General Test 1 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 15 General Reading Test 1 answers for ‘Consumer advice‘, ‘Rice cookers‘, ‘Maternity allowance for working women‘, ‘Safety when working on roofs‘, and ‘The California gold rush of 1849‘ passages:
| 1. NOT GIVEN 2. NOT GIVEN 3. TRUE 4. TRUE 5. FALSE 6. NOT GIVEN 7. D 8. E 9. B 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. E 14. C 15. 3 metres 16. residential building sites 17. eliminate 18. (work) platforms 19. safety nets 20. (maintenance) work 21. selection 22. inspection 23. 140.98 24. unemployed 25. payslip 26. doctor’s letter 27. circumstances 28. D 29. C 30. C 31. D 32. C 33. F 34. B 35. A 36. G 37. gravel 38. nuggets 39. sieve 40. mercury |
General Test 2 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 15 General Reading Test 2 answers for ‘Harvey’s storage‘, ‘Workplace health and safety considerations for plumbers‘, ‘Local museums‘, ‘Flexible working‘, and ‘Preventing the theft of turtle eggs‘ passages:
| 1. FALSE 2. NOT GIVEN 3. TRUE 4. TRUE 5. FALSE 6. FALSE 7. C 8. A 9. C 10. B 11. C 12. E 13. B 14. D 15. sewage 16. poisoning 17. drowning 18. gloves 19. tags 20. disconnected 21. objectives 22. review 23. calendar 24. collaboration 25. distraction 26. creativity 27. retention 28. iv 29. vi 30. vii 31. i 32. v 33. iii 34. A 35. C 36. D 37. B 38. flexible 39. land 40. ball |
General Test 3 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 15 General Reading Test 3 answers for ‘Young fashion designer UK competition‘, ‘Which keyboard should you buy‘, ‘Working for a small company may be better than you think‘, ‘Starting a new job‘, and ‘How animals keep fit‘ passages:
| 1. FALSE 2. TRUE 3. NOT GIVEN 4. TRUE 5. FALSE 6. NOT GIVEN 7. TRUE 8. B 9. E 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. F 14. C 15. familiar 16. abilities 17. stimulating 18. potential 19. promotion 20. flexible 21. C 22. F 23. C 24. A 25. E 26. B 27. D 28. D 29. A 30. B 31. efficient 32. food 33. hibernation 34. blood 35. temperature 36. A 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. A |
General Test 4 Answers
Following are the Cambridge IELTS 15 General Reading Test 4 answers for ‘New cycle path to Marshbrook Country Park‘, ‘How to get promoted‘, ‘How to make your working day more enjoyable‘, ‘Study dramatic art at Thornley‘, and ‘Animals can tell right from wrong‘ passages:
| 1. E 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. NOT GIVEN 9. TRUE 10. TRUE 11. TRUE 12. FALSE 13. NOT GIVEN 14. FALSE 15. photo 16. screens 17. productivity 18. mobile 19. gossip 20. snacks 21. skills 22. commitment 23. value 24. panel 25. potential 26. organisation 27. courses 28. rules 29. fairness 30. submissive 31. biting 32. forgiveness 33. E 34. C 35. G 36. D 37. F 38. C 39. D 40. B |
About Cambridge IELTS 15
Cambridge 15 booklet contains four authentic IELTS previous year papers from Cambridge English Language Assessment, providing excellent practice for the examination. This booklet with answers allows students to familiarise themselves with IELTS format and to practise examination techniques using real test structures.
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