Cambridge IELTS 21 · General Training · Test 1 · Section 3
The Lure Of Diving — IELTS Reading Answers
All 13 answers for The Lure Of Diving, Cambridge IELTS 21 General Training Reading Test 1 Section 3, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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The Lure Of Diving answer key at a glance
Questions 28–40. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with Note Completion (Q28–32), True / False / Not Given (Q33–40). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 28–32: Note Completion
Strategy: Predict the word class from the note, find the paraphrase of the note's keyword in the passage, then copy the answer exactly within the word limit.
“Diving can certainly offer fun and adventure, as long as you respect the safety rules and accept a degree of responsibility towards your diving buddies”
The note needs the noun phrase for what divers accept towards their buddies; the text says 'accept a degree of responsibility towards your diving buddies'.
“There is an element of risk inherent in diving as in other adventure sports, but this risk is reduced to acceptable limits by the observation of basic safety rules and the acceptance of the need for sound training”
A plural noun phrase is needed for what keeps risk within acceptable limits; 'observation of basic safety rules' provides it.
“Diving will make certain demands on the body, so it is important to maintain a good level of physical fitness The fit diver”
The note asks which diver suffers less; 'The fit diver' is the phrase, meaning a physically fit person.
“The sort of fitness most useful to the diver is the ability to expend energy in a slow, controlled way, usually keeping some in reserve for emergencies”
The gap needs what a diver must expend slowly and keep some in reserve; the text says 'expend energy in a slow, controlled way'.
“The fit diver will also suffer less from the effects of cold or extreme weather conditions”
The note needs what the fit diver copes with better along with cold; the text names 'cold or extreme weather conditions'.
Questions 33–40: 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.
Scuba diving is considered to be suitable for most people.
“Scuba diving (diving with Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) is an activity that can be undertaken and enjoyed by practically anybody”
Scuba diving 'can be undertaken and enjoyed by practically anybody', which supports suitability for most people.
Diving can be a good form of exercise.
“Diving will make certain demands on the body, so it is important to maintain a good level of physical fitness”
Fitness is discussed as a requirement for diving, but the text never says diving itself is a good form of exercise.
An underwater lamp can help you to take good pictures underwater.
“Colours will often be muted by the filtering effect of the water but can be instantly restored by using an underwater lamp”
The lamp is said to restore colour underwater, but the passage never mentions using it to take photographs.
Diving is more enjoyable if you have done research on the area beforehand.
“However, you will enjoy it more if you are aware of your own limitations, learn to recognise them and stay within them”
The text advises knowing your own limitations, but never discusses researching an area beforehand or whether that improves enjoyment.
There is a growing demand for people to work underwater.
“The world’s increasing need to exploit the resources of the sea is involving more and more people in research under the surface in a wide range of occupations”
The 'increasing need to exploit the resources of the sea' is 'involving more and more people in research under the surface', a growing demand for underwater work.
Diving equipment was developed in response to a need to investigate causes of shipwrecks.
“In the past, discovery of valuables from shipwrecks provided the impetus for a number of experimental diving devices, culminating in two effective forms: the diving bell, in which divers could spend periods submerged; and the diving helmet, invented by Englishmen Charles and John Deane of Whitstable in 1829”
The impetus was 'discovery of valuables from shipwrecks', not investigating the causes of shipwrecks, so the stated reason is contradicted.
People were initially very wary of using the new diving devices.
“In the past, discovery of valuables from shipwrecks provided the impetus for a number of experimental diving devices, culminating in two effective forms: the diving bell, in which divers could spend periods submerged; and the diving helmet, invented by Englishmen Charles and John Deane of Whitstable in 1829”
The passage lists early diving devices and their inventors but never reports how people initially reacted to using them.
The way the air supply is carried has remained the same since 1825.
“This new concept was pioneered by William James, an Englishman who, in 1825, produced a workable design in which compressed air was carried in a circular iron reservoir around the diver’s waist The air supply was now carried on the diver’s back”
The air supply moved from a reservoir 'around the diver's waist' to being 'carried on the diver's back', so it has not stayed the same.
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Where does the The Lure Of Diving passage come from?
It is Section 3 of Cambridge IELTS 21 General Training Reading Test 1, and it covers Questions 28–40.
What question types appear in The Lure Of Diving?
The section is tested with Note Completion, True / False / Not Given. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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