Cambridge IELTS 20 · General Training · Test 1 · Section 1
Top Campsites To Visit & Cycling In Plymouth — IELTS Reading Answers
All 14 answers for Top Campsites To Visit & Cycling In Plymouth, Cambridge IELTS 20 General Training Reading Test 1 Section 1, with the passage evidence and an explanation for each.
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Questions 1–14. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this section tests
This section is tested with Matching Features (Q1–5), True / False / Not Given (Q6–14). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 1–5: Matching Features
Strategy: Match the statement to the named person or thing. Names can repeat, so check each option against what that person actually says.
Options for Questions 1–5
- AWoodside Park
- BTreetops Farm
- CThe Downs
- DBluewater Bay
- EDean Park
- FRock Harbour
You can pay to hire a tent at this campsite.
“If you haven't got a tent, the site offers pre-pitched ones that can be rented by the day”
Bluewater Bay offers 'pre-pitched ones that can be rented by the day', so tents can be hired.
There is a short period each day when you cannot use the showers.
“The facilities are simple but the washrooms, which are closed daily for an hour from midday for cleaning, have free hot water for showers”
At Treetops Farm the washrooms are 'closed daily for an hour from midday for cleaning', a short daily closure.
There is a place on site where you can wash clothes.
“Facilities on site include a laundry room as well as showers and a small shop”
The Downs has 'a laundry room as well as showers and a small shop', a place to wash clothes.
A member of staff is available all day to help visitors.
“there's always someone in the campsite office from 9 am–9 pm if you need assistance or have a problem”
At Rock Harbour 'there's always someone in the campsite office from 9 am–9 pm', staff available all day.
Visitors to this campsite can go swimming in the winter.
“This large campsite, which is open all year, offers a range of facilities. As well as several shower rooms and a café serving cooked meals daily, there's an indoor pool and games room”
Dean Park has 'an indoor pool', so swimming is possible in winter.
Questions 6–14: 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 number of traffic-free cycle paths in the city is increasing.
“As well as providing a growing number of cycle paths that are traffic free, local government has also added dedicated cycle lanes to many routes”
Local government provides 'a growing number of cycle paths that are traffic free', so the number is increasing.
You are likely to reach your destination faster if you drive in the city than if you cycle.
“A journey in the city by bike is generally quicker than the same journey by car – especially at peak times, and you can travel door to door, which saves additional time”
A bike journey 'is generally quicker than the same journey by car', so driving is not faster.
There are numerous days in the winter when the weather prevents you cycling.
“However, the weather is rarely so bad in Plymouth that it will stop you cycling”
The weather 'is rarely so bad in Plymouth that it will stop you cycling', so few days are lost.
Using a bike app to hire a bike is very popular.
“To get started, you can hire a bike – various apps are available where you are charged by the hour”
Bike-hire apps are mentioned, but the text never says whether using them is popular.
You will have to pay a higher price to buy a bike that is light.
“When selecting your bike, it's helpful to remember that ones with lighter frames and good gears make cycling easier, but are more expensive”
Bikes with 'lighter frames and good gears ... are more expensive', so a light bike costs more.
Only folding bikes can be taken on local trains at any time.
“Therefore, if you want to take a bike on a local train at peak times, you will need one that folds up. Even outside peak times, most trains have limited space for bikes of any kind so a reservation in advance of your journey is essential”
At peak times only a bike 'that folds up' may be taken, so non-folding bikes cannot travel at any time.
You need to book to take a bike on a train at least a week before you travel.
“Even outside peak times, most trains have limited space for bikes of any kind so a reservation in advance of your journey is essential”
A reservation 'in advance' is essential, but no specific period such as a week is stated.
If you are repairing a puncture, you will need a piece of equipment called a tyre lever.
“If you plan to maintain your bike, you'll also need to buy certain equipment: a pump, a spare inner tube, and tyre levers for mending punctures”
Equipment includes 'tyre levers for mending punctures', so a tyre lever is needed.
Broken glass is the most common cause of tyre punctures.
“If you get a puncture, see if you can find out the cause, such as a piece of broken glass, and remove it”
Broken glass is given as an example cause of punctures, but it is never called the most common.
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It is Section 1 of Cambridge IELTS 20 General Training Reading Test 1, and it covers Questions 1–14.
What question types appear in Top Campsites To Visit & Cycling In Plymouth?
The section is tested with Matching Features, True / False / Not Given. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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