Cambridge IELTS 11 - Reading - Explanation of Test 1 2

Knowledge comes from learning.
Wisdom comes from living – KHẮC THỨC

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IELTS READING
– READING EXPLANATIONS –
FOR CAMBRIDGE IELTS 11
Abbreviations:
- Sen = sentence câu

- Line: dòng
- Para = paragraph: đoạn
- Part 2 = Phần 2 của 1 đoạn
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Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living – KHẮC THỨC
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TEST 1
1 Noun + name of plants/farming trees – after including, Subjects – some

food plants
Tomatoes
Line 3 para 2
Hothouse = indoors
Essential Collocations:
 Urgent needs
 To scale up technology
 To accommodate people
 To employ cutting-edge/modern/latest technologies
2 Noun after preposition ‘in’  place, …long distances …
Urban Line 4 part 2 para 2

centers
To be located in = to be situated in
To LESS need to take them longer distances = To dratiscally reduce the

amount of transportation
The heart of city areas = urban/city centrers
3 To produce sth  Noun
Energy Line 17 para 4
To return to .., from = to produce
To use sth to produce = to return energy via sth from …
Methane/energy/electricity + generation = … + production
Essential Collocations:
 To greatly rreduce the incidence of many infectious diseases

 To produce/consume/use/generate energy
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 To composting non-edible parts of plants/wastes

 To reduce energy/fossil fuel use/consumption
4 Of  Prep + N  Noun
Fossil fuel Line 20 para 4
To cut = to reduce
Use (n) = consumption  to consume = to use
 To cut out/eliminate the need for sth
5 To need … light (n)  adj
Artificial Line 3 para 4
A disadvantage = a drawback
6 Planting in + N (thing)  which + V, plant (v) = to grow
Stacked trays Line 3 para 6
Form = variation
To moved on rails = to be not fixed
7 On + N  Noun
Urban Last line, para 7

rooftops
Most probabe = be far most likely
Urban adj = towns and cities n
 A growing population = population boom = burgeoning population

= An increasing rate of population
 To reduce/impede/have the detrimental impact on sth
8 Sentence 2, paragraph 1: Applying the most conservative estimates to …

human population will increase by about 3 billion by then …
Not Given

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Keyword: methods … predicting = estimates, human population = the

Earth’s population
Not MENTION methods how have changed
9 Sen 5, para 1
True Destruction = to be laid waste, food-producing land = …land is stuiable

for raising crops … in use.
What can be done … solution = to be responsible for sth
10 Line 1,2 part 2 para 2
False The concept is of … in which food crops are grown in environmentally

controlled conditions
To depend on …conditions = controlled
The season # environment
11 Last sen, para 3
True Due to a… changing climate. Massive floods … take their toll each year,
destroying … valuable crops.
To destroy = to cause some damage (n) = to take toll on sth
more often than not = as usual = as a rule = normally: thông thưởng
12 Sentence 4, para 4
False All the food could be grown organtically, ELIMINATING THE NEED
FOR … FERTILISERS.
To eliminate # to be need for
Key words: fertilisers, needed for ….
13 Sen 5 para 4:
True The system would GREATLY REDUCE … infactious disease.

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Less likely = greatly reduce
Key words: Less likely, infectious diseases
14 Para 1
FALSE To link sth with sth # to reconnect the historic waterways of … and ….
For the first time in history = opened in 2002.
15 Para 2
NOT GIVEN Numerous ideas …., including concepts ranging from … to … was a plan
Not mention SOME OPPOSITION
Design = plan (n)
16 Para 3
TRUE To be put together = to be constructed/ assembled … like one giant tou

building set.
Various parts = components
17 Para 3
NOT GIVEN The steel sections were bolted rather than welded together. …
Not mention THE ONLY BOAT LIFT ... BY HAND
18 Sen 3 para 4
FALSE These gondolas always weight the same WHETHER OR NOT they are
carrying boats …. According to ARCHIMEDES’ principle of
displacement.
19 Sen 2 para 6 (final)
TRUE … not be constructed to … the full … difference … OWING TO THE

PRESENCE OF HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT ANTONINE WALL,
… built by the Romans in the 2 nd AD.
20 Line 7 para 5

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GATES A pair (couple) + Nplural
To be lifted = to be pumped out
To seal sth out from … = to shut out sth from …
21 Line 10 para 5
CLAMP A + N singular
To take out sth = to remove sth from somewhere
22 Line 15 para 5
AXLE Drive + Sth
Drive = rotate sth
23 Line 5 part 2 para 5
COGS A range of = many + N plural … 2 cogs … 2 smallers cogs … outer cogs

…
To be kept in the upright position … ensuring … remain level (upright

position)
24 Line 12 para 5
AQUEDUCT To pass straight into sth = to move directly into sth
25 Sen 3 para 6
WALL Through tunnel beneath Roman ... = via tunnel under wall.
26 Line 3, para 6
LOCKS Sth + raise + O  N plural Note: To raise sth # To rise without 0
… to rasie … to a level … = … needed to reach … by …
27 Key words: geo-engineering project, earlier natural phenomenon
D … releasing aerosol sprays into the stratosphere.

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… modelled on historic volcanic exploisions, …in 1991, … cooling of

global temperatures
… native evergreen pines shade the snow and absorb radiation … in winter
…
… to increase cold water flow … slow down warming.
28 An example of a successful use …
B The most eye-catching idea of all is suggested by Professor Roger Angel

… reduces the amount of light reaching the Earch by 2%.
29 A common definition …
A … is the equivalent of a backup generator: if Plan A … we require a Plan

B, …
30 Line 7 para B
SUNSHADE To create = to form
To employ up to 16 trillion minute spacecraft … in an orbit 1.5 m km = to

put a large number of tiny spacecraft into orbit
31 Line 2 para C
IRON To place … in the sea = to deposit … in the ocean
32 Line 2 para C
ALGAE To stimulate the growth of … = to encourage … to form
33 Line 1,3 para D
CLOUDS To create = to form
To reduce the amount of light reaching Earth = to lead to a global

dimming.
34 Line 7, 8 para D
CABLES To reinforce + N = to fix strong + N

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35 Line 8-10 para D
SNOW Plantings of …birch trees … Lose leaves in winter = shed leaves in winter
To allow … to reflect sth = To enable sth to be refected by sth
36 Of + N
RIVERS To change direction = re-rotating
To bring more … into … = to increase …flow to …
37 Para B
B Not be long-lasting = up to 16 minutes
38 Para E
D Worth exploring = the only permanent solution … is equally guarded

about ….
39 Para G
C To limit the effectiveness of … = the likely impacts of … on …. To avoid

scenario, … operate a half strength …
40 Para H
A … cannot be replacd by … = to see the value of investigating … to bring

humanity to a position where we shoudn’t excude thinking …

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Collocations on Global Warming/Climate Change
 The volume of carbon dioxide

 Depence/reliance on fossil fuels
 To be released/discharged/dump into the atmosphere/environment
 To reduce/cut back on carbon emissions
 To make major strides in … đi tiên phong
 To have great difficulty doing sth
 To stem the rate of increase …
 To explore/investigate the alternative of …
 To slow down/reverse the process of global warming
 To reduce the light reaching the Earth
 To stimulate/spur/impede the growth of
 To replenish the ice sheets …
 To reduce the warming of the oceans/atmostphere
 To lead to/cause/result in global warming/a cooling of global temperatures
 To preserve the ice sheets of
 To reduce the effects of climate change
 To affect rainfall/temperature patterns
 To inject sth into the atmosphere …
 To increase to extent of sea ice
 To have some impact on the distribution of precipitation

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TEST 2
1 Sen 5,6 para 1

TRUE Accounts of what happened to the ship vary: while witnesses agree that …., some
maintain that …, others that …. What is undisputed
Key words: some doubt, what caused …to sink
2 Last sence, par a 1

NOT GIVEN … sank into the Solent that day, taking at least 500 men … after the battle, attempts
were made to recover the ship, …failed.
There is no mention of the only ship.
Key words: Marry Rose, only ship, battle of 19 July 1545.
3 Sen 3,4 para 2

TRUE …, leaving the exposed port side to be eroded by … marine organisms (under the sea),
because of … the ship sank, nearly all of (most of) the starboard half (one side)
survived intact (lay undamaged) … minised further erosion.
4 Sen 3,4 para 4

FALSE … proved unsatisfactory … the wreck …. As yet unaware that also … beautifully
preserved artefacts … 1979 … Prince Charles …whether or not to salvage the wreckt
… not easy …, possible to raise the full …, 1982 when all the necessary information
was available.
Alexander, the wreck, valuable historic objects
5 A search for … was launched.

C 1965 Sen 2 para 3
… in conjunction with …, initiated a project = launched a research.
6 …exploration site … stopped

B 1840 Sen 5 para 4
… diving on the site intermittently (stopped) until …
7 The hull … should be raised

G 1982 While the original aim was to raise the full if all feasible, the operation was not given
the go-ahead until …
8 The site …was found by chance

A 1836 … found that … was caught on … which turned out to be … happened to be exploring
another sunken ship nearby.

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9 … attached ...  Noun
Frame Line 17 part 2 last para
To a hook attached a crance (wires) = attached to hull by wires
10 … to prevent  Noun
Hydraulic jacks Line 8 part 2 last para
… to prevent … suck into … = the problem of … sucked back … into … to be
overcome by …
11 Line 22 last para

Stubbing guides Into + N  N
…to be placed into … to located …into …
12 Into + N  N
Liftng cradle Line 20 last para
To be lowered into … = to transfer underwater into …
13 Line 25 last para

Air bags N + used as a + N  N
As the protection for … = to provide additional cushioning for …
14 Undisputed answer … moal …

Ii … remained isolated … some of which are …came from island …. Yet … landed in
17222, met a Stone Age culture … the identity of the moai buivers was in doubt …
genetic evidence – HAS DEFINITEDLY PROED THE MOAI BUILDERS WERE …
15 Diminishing food resources

Ix Only after … arrived, did the forest DISAPPEARED, … an extremely fragile island
… too remote to be properly fertilized by windblown volcanic ash. … clear the forest,
firewood, farming … did not grow back … became SCARE …NO LONGER
CONSTRUCT WOODEN CANOES … soil erosion DECREASED CROP YIELDS
….  a worst-case scenario for …
16 How … made … worse

Viii Lack of ways of asserting …dominance … land had to be cleared …civil war began,
… toppling the moai … none were standing
17 Evidence of … environment management practices

I … went to heroic efforts to protect the resources of … build ... stone windbreaks,
garden inside the, … to keep the soil moist … pioneers of sustainable farming.
18 A theory … local belief

Iv The moai required few people and no wood … Recent experiements indicate that … ..
19 Destruction outside … control

Vii

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To be not wholly responsible for the LOSS of … extinct palm …prevent the re-seeding
of the slow-growing …DOOMED forests … even without the settlers … deforestation
collapsed …
20 Two opposing views … Rapanui.

vi … peaceful and ingenious moai builders ..., rather than destroyers ruining … >< rather
than a case of abject failure, … an unlikely story of success.
21 For + N
Farming Line 9 para B
Cut down trees for fuel (= firewood), clear the forest for …
22 The + N
Canoes Line 10 para B
No longer able to build = could no longer construct
23 Island’s + N
Birds Line 10 para B
Use … as a food source = eate …
24 wood Of + N
Line 5 para C
Hauled over (= transport) … required (= needed) … a lot of people (a large number of
people) … a lot of … (= a great number of …)
25 How the moai were transported …

B Sen 2 para E
Require few people and no wood  walked upright
26 The impact of … on society

C Sen 5,6 para F
….see no evidence … civilization collapsed when the palm forest did. … population
grew rapidly and then remained more or less stable until …  populated by peaceful
and ingenious moai builders ..., rather than destroyers ruining ///
27 A shape-matching test … 2nd para

C … claim to like such work … famous. We certainly do have an inclination (= our
tendency) to follow the crowd (= to be influenced by the opinions of others)
28 Angelina Hawley-Dolan’s findings …

D 3rd para
… judged which they preferred.

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… was given no captions, wwhile … labelled incorrectly – viewing a chimp’s messy
brushstrokes … seeing an acclaimed artists …  to perceive the intention behind
works of art.
29 Robert Pepperell’s pieces

B 4th para
To saw anything familiar in pieces. The longer they took to answer …, the more
HIGHLY they RATED THE PIECE UNDER SCRUTINY, the GREATER their neural
activity. … the HARDER to decipher mearning, the MORE REWARDING …
 find it satisfying to work out …
30 Paitnings of Mondrian
A 5th para
… deceptively simple, but meticulously composed, … simply rorating a piece radically
changes. …to stay longer … flit across a piece more rapidly … less pleasurable …
later rated the work … more carefully than …
31 Emotions
C Line 4 para 1
To play a crucial role in FEELINGS = to have impacts on …
32 Complexity
B 7th para
Too little – too boring >< too much – perceptual overload
Appealing pieces – abstract + representational  complexity
33 Images
H Appealing pieces = pleasing works of art – repeated motifs (= image) recurring (occur
frequently) in different sales
34 7th para
NOT GIVEN Too little – too boring >< too much – perceptual overload
Appealing pieces – abstract + representational
There is no motion of CONTRACTION ON PREVIOUS BELIEF
Forsythe, contradict, fractals in art
35 Sen 3,4 8th para

YES … will need to thoroughly testes (= further vertification)
Mirror neurons – art appreciation – require further verification
36 Line 7,8 9th para

NO While the fashions (taste in painting) …shape what is currently popular (current trend),
… may be the most likely (# NOT ENTIRELY) to linger once the trends
Taste, entirely …current trends
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NO Sen 1 8th para
…a taste of what is to come, however, foolish to reduce … to a set of scientific laws.
Define the precise rules, govern reactions to …
38 Sen 3 last para

YES We shouldn’t underestimate the importance of (should …take into consideration)
…style of a particular artist, place in history, environment of time (cultural context)
Take into consideration Cultural context … artist worked
39 Last sen, last para

NOT GIVEN It’s not so different to science, … constantly looking for systems and decoding
meaning … view and appreciate …
There is no mention of comparison of … find (looking for) easier … than …
40 Scientific insights into = there are some mentions of scientists from famous
A universities regarding reaction to art.


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Knowledge comes from learning.

Wisdom comes from living – KHẮC THỨC

- Sen = sentence câu

NGUYỄN KHẮC THỨC

1 Noun + name of plants/farming trees – after including, Subjects – some

2 Noun after preposition ‘in’  place, …long distances …

Urban Line 4 part 2 para 2

To LESS need to take them longer distances = To dratiscally reduce the

The heart of city areas = urban/city centrers

3 To produce sth  Noun

Energy Line 17 para 4

To return to .., from = to produce

To use sth to produce = to return energy via sth from …

Methane/energy/electricity + generation = … + production

 To greatly rreduce the incidence of many infectious diseases

 To composting non-edible parts of plants/wastes

Fossil fuel Line 20 para 4

Use (n) = consumption  to consume = to use

 To cut out/eliminate the need for sth

5 To need … light (n)  adj

Artificial Line 3 para 4

6 Planting in + N (thing)  which + V, plant (v) = to grow

Stacked trays Line 3 para 6

To moved on rails = to be not fixed

Urban Last line, para 7

Urban adj = towns and cities n

 A growing population = population boom = burgeoning population

8 Sentence 2, paragraph 1: Applying the most conservative estimates to …

NGUYỄN KHẮC THỨC

Keyword: methods … predicting = estimates, human population = the

Not MENTION methods how have changed

True Destruction = to be laid waste, food-producing land = …land is stuiable

What can be done … solution = to be responsible for sth

10 Line 1,2 part 2 para 2

False The concept is of … in which food crops are grown in environmentally

To depend on …conditions = controlled

The season # environment

11 Last sen, para 3

To destroy = to cause some damage (n) = to take toll on sth

more often than not = as usual = as a rule = normally: thông thưởng

To eliminate # to be need for

Key words: fertilisers, needed for ….

True The system would GREATLY REDUCE … infactious disease.

NGUYỄN KHẮC THỨC

Less likely = greatly reduce

Key words: Less likely, infectious diseases

For the first time in history = opened in 2002.

Not mention SOME OPPOSITION

Design = plan (n)

TRUE To be put together = to be constructed/ assembled … like one giant tou

Various parts = components

Not mention THE ONLY BOAT LIFT ... BY HAND

19 Sen 2 para 6 (final)

TRUE … not be constructed to … the full … difference … OWING TO THE

NGUYỄN KHẮC THỨC

GATES A pair (couple) + Nplural

To be lifted = to be pumped out

To seal sth out from … = to shut out sth from …

To take out sth = to remove sth from somewhere

AXLE Drive + Sth

Drive = rotate sth

23 Line 5 part 2 para 5

COGS A range of = many + N plural … 2 cogs … 2 smallers cogs … outer cogs