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Algonquin Provincial Park — IELTS Reading Answers
All 13 answers for Algonquin Provincial Park, Cambridge IELTS 21 General Training Reading Test 3 Section 3, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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Questions 28–40. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with Matching Headings (Q28–33), One Choice (Q34–36), Summary Completion (Q37–40). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 28–33: Matching Headings
Strategy: Read the paragraph first and summarise its main idea in five words. Choose the heading that matches the whole paragraph, not a repeated keyword.
Paragraph A
“Algonquin Provincial Park is located in south-central Ontario, Canada, and covers 7,653 square kilometres”
Heading ii fits paragraph A, which gives the park's location in south-central Ontario and its 7,653-square-kilometre size.
Paragraph B
“In 1893 it was established as a national park under the Federal government. Its name was later changed to Algonquin Provincial Park when it fell under the jurisdiction of the provincial government”
Heading ix suits paragraph B's account of the park's establishment in 1893 and its later change of name and jurisdiction.
Paragraph C
“In an attempt to make the park more attractive to vacationers, Hotel Algonquin was opened at Joe Lake where fishing was the main attraction”
Heading iii matches paragraph C: Hotel Algonquin opened at Joe Lake to make the park 'more attractive to vacationers'.
Paragraph D
“The beauty of Algonquin Park attracted painters such as Tom Thomson, who along with other members of the Canadian elite painters known as the Group of Seven, found the environment inspiring”
Heading vii fits paragraph D, where painters including Tom Thomson found the environment 'inspiring'.
Paragraph E
“Algonquin became popular during the 1950s and 60s for year-round open-air pastimes. Visitors eager to see the diversity of wildlife and explore the 2400 lakes and 1200km of streams and rivers contributed to the establishment of canoeing routes, fishing, horseback riding and cross-country skiing”
Heading v covers paragraph E's growth in popularity for 'year-round open-air pastimes' such as canoeing, fishing and skiing.
Paragraph F
“As recreational use of the park increased, it became clear that a long-term plan to manage the park was required. Six years of consultation with park guests resulted in the Algonquin Master Plan”
Heading i fits paragraph F: a long-term plan was needed, and 'Six years of consultation' produced the Algonquin Master Plan.
Questions 34–36: One Choice
Strategy: Read the question stem and predict the answer before looking at the options. Wrong options often repeat passage words while the correct one paraphrases them.
Which of the following factors makes the park so popular?
- AThe park provides the most direct route between Whitney and Dwight.
- BThe park is between two southern routes.
- CThe park is easily accessed by highways.
- DThe park is easily reached from two urban centres.correct
“Its size, combined with its nearness to the major cities of Toronto and Ottawa, make Algonquin one of the most popular parks in the province”
Option D paraphrases 'its nearness to the major cities of Toronto and Ottawa', the two urban centres that help make the park popular.
The writer suggests the holiday facilities were
- Adeveloped simultaneously.
- Bowned by the railway companies.
- Cpositioned around park lakes.
- Dbuilt to appeal to a variety of people.correct
“Hotel Algonquin was opened at Joe Lake where fishing was the main attraction. Then the Grand Trunk Railway opened its first hotel, the Highland Inn, near Park Headquarters. Built on a hill behind Algonquin Park Station and focusing on winter activities, the two-storey year-round resort was an immediate success.”
Option D fits the variety described: a fishing hotel, a winter resort, a canoeists' camp and a wilderness lodge catered to different visitors.
What does the writer suggest about Algonquin Park in paragraph D?
- AOnly artistic people appreciated it.
- BFamous Canadians are buried there.
- CThe environment is stimulating to creative people.correct
- DThe most popular place in Algonquin Park is Canoe Lake.
“The beauty of Algonquin Park attracted painters such as Tom Thomson, who along with other members of the Canadian elite painters known as the Group of Seven, found the environment inspiring”
Option C restates the evidence that painters 'found the environment inspiring', so the setting stimulates creative people.
Questions 37–40: Summary Completion
Strategy: Read the summary as a paragraph first to establish the logic, then locate the missing idea in the passage. With a lettered list, confirm the grammar fits.
“Six years of consultation with park guests resulted in the Algonquin Master Plan”
The summary needs the noun naming the six-year process with park guests; the text says 'consultation' produced the Master Plan.
“First, the park is now divided into regions with different specified purposes and uses: Nature Reserve and Historic; Wilderness; Development, Recreation-Utilization”
The gap needs the plural noun for what the park is divided into, each with 'different specified purposes and uses'; 'regions' fits.
“For example, recyclables are banned in the interior”
A plural noun is needed for the items banned in the interior; the text says 'recyclables are banned in the interior'.
“there are limits to the number of people occupying a campsite”
The limit concerns 'the number of people occupying a campsite', the singular noun the summary requires.
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It is Section 3 of Cambridge IELTS 21 General Training Reading Test 3, and it covers Questions 28–40.
What question types appear in Algonquin Provincial Park?
The section is tested with Matching Headings, One Choice, Summary Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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