Cambridge IELTS 21 · General Training · Test 1 · Section 1
Castle Road Run & Hatcliff Backpackers — IELTS Reading Answers
All 14 answers for Castle Road Run & Hatcliff Backpackers, Cambridge IELTS 21 General Training Reading Test 1 Section 1, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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Castle Road Run & Hatcliff Backpackers answer key at a glance
Questions 1–14. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with Short Answers (Q1–7), True / False / Not Given (Q8–14). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 1–7: Short Answers
Strategy: Use the question word to predict the answer type, locate the relevant sentence, and copy no more words than the limit allows.
What colour would the number worn by a competitor taking part in their fourth run be?
“All runners, except those who have completed the four previous Castle Road Runs, will wear white T-shirts with red numbers on the back”
Only those who finished the four previous runs are excluded, so a fourth-time entrant still wears the white shirt with 'red numbers'.
What can competitors do to help make future runs better?
“Please take the time to complete the questionnaire included on the back of the registration card in order to assist us in improving upcoming Castle Road Runs”
The question asks how to improve future runs; runners are asked to 'complete the questionnaire' on the back of the registration card.
What is the deadline for competitors to increase the length of their run?
“Entrants may change from the Full Run to the Half Run, or vice versa, up until 28th October”
The deadline for changing between Full and Half Run is 'up until 28th October', the date needed.
How should competitors communicate a request to alter the length of their run?
“Entrants may change from the Full Run to the Half Run, or vice versa, up until 28th October. Please email details of the change to us”
The text says 'Please email details of the change to us', so the required method of communication is email.
What is the reason given for restricting numbers?
“Due to safety requirements, the Castle council has imposed a maximum number of entrants”
Numbers are capped because 'Due to safety requirements, the Castle council has imposed a maximum number of entrants'.
What do runners need to get from North Lake Hotel before the race?
“All competitors must collect their race pack prior to the start of the event from North Lake Hotel, 12 Skelton Street, any day between the hours of 10am and 7pm”
Competitors must 'collect their race pack prior to the start of the event from North Lake Hotel', the item asked about.
Who do runners from outside the area need to contact?
“Competitors who do not come from the Castle region, please get in touch with the Race Manager personally or by email to arrange for collection of your race number and race pack”
Runners from outside the Castle region should 'get in touch with the Race Manager personally or by email' to arrange collection.
Questions 8–14: True / False / Not Given
Strategy: Judge the whole statement against the text. FALSE contradicts the passage; NOT GIVEN means the passage never addresses that specific claim.
The accommodation is conveniently located.
“Hatcliff Backpackers’ Hostel is only a short stroll from Cathedral Square and the city centre. Shops, buses, supermarkets and cinemas are not far away. In fact everything you’ll want to see and do in the city is on our doorstep”
The hostel is 'only a short stroll from Cathedral Square and the city centre', with everything 'on our doorstep', so it is convenient.
Rooms at Hatcliff Backpackers have limited storage.
“Personal lockers can be hired for a maximum of three days, or you may use our safe for the overnight storage of valuables”
Lockers and a safe are described, but the passage never says how much storage space the rooms themselves have.
It is generally possible for guests to make changes to their reservation.
“You can usually upgrade your accommodation from a single share to a single or double (for example) and pay the difference when you arrive”
Guests 'can usually upgrade your accommodation ... and pay the difference when you arrive', showing changes are generally possible.
Long-term storage for guests’ possessions is available.
“Personal lockers can be hired for a maximum of three days, or you may use our safe for the overnight storage of valuables”
Lockers can be hired for 'a maximum of three days' and the safe is only for 'overnight storage', so long-term storage is unavailable.
Hatcliff Backpackers has a 24-hour reception desk.
“Light meals are available from 11 am until 11 at night and you can get drinks and groceries 24 hours a day”
Drinks and groceries are sold 24 hours a day, but reception opening hours are never mentioned.
Guests are offered free transport both to and from the airport.
“We offer one free collection or drop-off per traveller and individuals can elect to use this either upon arrival or departure”
Each traveller gets 'one free collection or drop-off', usable on arrival or departure, not free transport both ways.
Hatcliff Backpackers offers guests assistance with their travel and leisure arrangements.
“We can advise and reserve seats for you on all national backpacker transport, coach and rail services – and every adventure activity you would like to try”
Staff 'can advise and reserve seats' on transport and adventure activities, which is assistance with travel and leisure arrangements.
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It is Section 1 of Cambridge IELTS 21 General Training Reading Test 1, and it covers Questions 1–14.
What question types appear in Castle Road Run & Hatcliff Backpackers?
The section is tested with Short Answers, True / False / Not Given. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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