Cambridge IELTS 12 · General Training · Test 3 · Section 1
Evening Courses & The Bike Foundry — IELTS Reading Answers
All 14 answers for Evening Courses & The Bike Foundry, Cambridge IELTS 12 General Training Reading Test 3 Section 1, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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Evening Courses & The Bike Foundry answer key at a glance
Questions 1–14. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with Matching Information (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: Matching Information
Strategy: Scan for the idea, not the exact words. The answer is a paragraph letter, and one paragraph may be used more than once unless the instructions say otherwise.
After taking this course, participants will be able to teach their skill to others.
“This course is for parents who want to learn how to make fun food with the aim of showing their kids how to cook later at home”
Course C targets 'parents who want to learn how to make fun food with the aim of showing their kids how to cook later', so the skill is passed on.
Participants will be expected to prepare at home for each class.
“To really benefit from the course, learners should have time to read ahead between sessions”
Course E expects homework, since 'learners should have time to read ahead between sessions'.
Certain materials will be included in the course fee.
“Base metals are supplied free”
Course D includes materials: 'Base metals are supplied free', so part of the fee covers them.
This course aims to teach people to prepare meals for guests.
“This course has plenty of ideas and tips for special occasions that you can enjoy preparing, love eating and be proud to provide”
Course B offers 'ideas and tips for special occasions that you can enjoy preparing, love eating and be proud to provide', cooking for guests.
This course will help participants to make the best use of a certain item.
“This course will allow you to take full advantage of your digital camera. Covering portrait, landscape and still-life photography, the classes will include effective use of lenses and lighting”
Course E lets participants 'take full advantage of your digital camera', getting the most from that item.
This course is for people who want to do more than follow instructions.
“These are classes for those of you who can already make basic meals by keeping strictly to a simple recipe, but who would now like to use your imagination as well”
Course A is for cooks who can already follow 'a simple recipe, but who would now like to use your imagination as well', going beyond instructions.
Following this course should improve participants’ health.
“We'll learn plenty of tasty tips for snacks and picnics, family favourites, and dishes with fresh fruit and vegetables so that you and your family can get really fit and well and enjoy your food”
Course C promises dishes with fresh fruit and vegetables 'so that you and your family can get really fit and well', improving health.
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 Bike Foundry sells only second-hand bicycles.
“All our bikes are hand-restored by our team and come with a three months' guarantee”
'All our bikes are hand-restored by our team', which indicates refurbished second-hand machines rather than new stock.
All the training sessions are held at the Bike Foundry.
“We offer maintenance and cycle training to schools and small groups on their own premises”
Training is also offered 'to schools and small groups on their own premises', so not every session happens at the Bike Foundry.
The Bike Basics course is aimed at new cyclists.
“This is a three-hour course which will teach you everything you need to know to keep on top of simple maintenance issues like looking after brakes and gears and how to repair a puncture”
The course covers brakes, gears and punctures, but the passage never says whether it is aimed at people new to cycling.
Snacks are provided for participants on the maintenance training courses.
“Most importantly, we have tea- and coffee-making facilities and a fridge where participants can keep their sandwiches, etc”
Participants get 'tea- and coffee-making facilities and a fridge' for their own food, but no snacks are said to be supplied.
Members of the Tool Club have access to cycle reference books.
“Membership gives you access to our workshop for one evening a week. If you want to repair your bike and know how to fix it, but lack specialist tools, then join our club. There’s a range of reference manuals available”
Tool Club membership includes 'a range of reference manuals available', which are the cycle reference books in the statement.
Most of the participants on the Cycling Training courses are beginners.
“Our qualified instructors can teach you how to ride your bike, whether you have had prior experience or not”
Instructors teach riders 'whether you have had prior experience or not', but the share of beginners is never stated.
People can cancel their place on a training course one week before it begins and still get their money back.
“We ask for a 50% deposit to confirm your place, refundable up to seven days before the course”
A 50% deposit confirms a place and is 'refundable up to seven days before the course', so cancelling a week early returns the money.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the Evening Courses & The Bike Foundry passage come from?
It is Section 1 of Cambridge IELTS 12 General Training Reading Test 3, and it covers Questions 1–14.
What question types appear in Evening Courses & The Bike Foundry?
The section is tested with Matching Information, True / False / Not Given. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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