Cambridge IELTS 15 · General Training · Test 2 · Section 1
Harvey’s Storage & Local Museums — IELTS Reading Answers
All 14 answers for Harvey’s Storage & Local Museums, Cambridge IELTS 15 General Training Reading Test 2 Section 1, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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Harvey’s Storage & Local Museums answer key at a glance
Questions 1–14. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with True / False / Not Given (Q1–6), Matching Information (Q7–14). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 1–6: 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.
There is an extra charge for locks and keys.
“Heavy-duty locks and keys are provided to all of our customers and included in the prices listed”
FALSE: 'Heavy-duty locks and keys ... are included in the prices listed', so no extra charge applies.
It is possible to arrange to share a storage unit with someone else.
“We provide safe and secure units for both long- and short-term storage dependent on your needs”
NOT GIVEN: units are offered for 'long- and short-term storage', but sharing a unit with someone else is never discussed.
You can pick up your property from the storage unit during the night-time.
“With 24-hour access, customers can deliver and collect items when it is convenient to do so”
TRUE: 'With 24-hour access, customers can deliver and collect items' at any time, including night.
You can drive your vehicle right next to your storage unit.
“Tarmac roadways allow customers to park cars and lorries immediately outside their units”
TRUE: 'Tarmac roadways allow customers to park cars and lorries immediately outside their units'.
Students’ possessions can only be stored during vacation periods.
“You may be travelling or going home to see family and friends in the vacation, or need time to find a place to stay”
FALSE: student storage is not limited to vacations; some need 'time to find a place to stay'.
The storage company will collect and deliver students’ property.
“You are responsible for organising transport but we can also recommend local van and driver hire companies”
FALSE: 'You are responsible for organising transport', though the company recommends van hire firms.
Questions 7–14: 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.
There are exhibits related to the history of agriculture in the region.
“The museum's exhibits illustrate traditional aspects of the life of local farmers as well as the railway boom of the 19th century”
C: exhibits show 'traditional aspects of the life of local farmers', the region's agricultural history.
Equipment for putting out fires used to be kept in this building.
“The museum is located in the Old Town Hall, which was originally built to house horse-drawn fire engines”
A: the Old Town Hall 'was originally built to house horse-drawn fire engines', firefighting equipment.
You can find information on the rise of one type of transport.
“The museum's exhibits illustrate traditional aspects of the life of local farmers as well as the railway boom of the 19th century”
C: displays cover 'the railway boom of the 19th century', the rise of rail transport.
There are things to see both inside and outside.
“Visitors are taken on a guided tour and are then free to explore the gardens”
B: visitors tour inside then 'are free to explore the gardens', so there is plenty outdoors too.
It is possible to obtain copies of old pictures and documents.
“The museum has a touch-screen kiosk which contains over 9,000 historic photographs and texts, reproductions of which can be made on request”
C: a kiosk holds 'over 9,000 historic photographs and texts, reproductions of which can be made on request'.
On certain days you can see an original work by a writer of fiction.
“Its library, which is open to the public on the first Saturday of each month, contains the manuscript of Great Expectations by the 19th-century novelist Charles Dickens”
E: the library, 'open to the public on the first Saturday of each month', holds 'the manuscript of Great Expectations'.
Someone who was interested in environmental matters lived here for a time.
“Built in 1740, this is the birthplace of pioneer social reformer Octavia Hill, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in social housing and the arts, as well as in conservation issues.”
B: Octavia Hill's birthplace belonged to a reformer active 'in conservation issues', an environmental interest.
This museum has an exhibit related to a heroic achievement.
“There is also an interesting display of historic cameras and radios, and a medal which was awarded to train driver Ben Gimbert for his bravery in preventing loss of life when a train full of explosives caught fire in 1944”
D: a medal was awarded to train driver Ben Gimbert 'for his bravery in preventing loss of life', a heroic feat.
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Where does the Harvey’s Storage & Local Museums passage come from?
It is Section 1 of Cambridge IELTS 15 General Training Reading Test 2, and it covers Questions 1–14.
What question types appear in Harvey’s Storage & Local Museums?
The section is tested with True / False / Not Given, Matching Information. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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