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CAMBRIDGE IELTS 10 READING – TEST 3 – ANSWERS



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CAMBRIDGE IELTS 10 READING – TEST 3 – ANSWERS


1.
Paragraph B:




In this paragraph, the history of the development of the industry began during the industrial revolution with “the advent of mass tourism… in England”. The author then indicates that the creation of the commercial airline industry and the development of the jet aircraft signalled the rapid growth of international travel, which led to “the development of a major new industry: tourism”. So, the main idea of paragraph B is how mass tourism developed.

=>ANSWER: ii (The development of mass tourism)





    1. Paragraph C:

The first sentence of paragraph C is also the main idea of this paragraph: “Tourism today has grown significantly in both economic and social importance”. The writer provides many examples and facts to demonstrate that tourism is the world‟s leading industrial contributor, followed by a conclusion: “tourism has a profound impact both on the world economy and, because of the educative effect of travel and the effects on employment, on society itself.” So, this paragraph emphasizes the importance of tourism in terms of economy and society.





  • significance=importance

=>ANSWER: i (Economic and social significance of tourism)


1. Paragraph D:

The first sentence of paragraph D is also its main idea. “The major problems of the travel and tourism industry that have hidden, or obscured, its economic impact are the diversity and fragmentation of the industry itself “. This means that there is a difficulty in recognising the effects of tourism on economy, because it is diverse and fragemented, unlike industrial factories for example.





  • difficulty in recognising=hidden or obscured




  • effect=impact

=>ANSWER: v: Difficulty in recognising the economic effects of tourism


1. Paragraph E:




In paragraph E, the author argues that “travel and tourism have become an institutionalised way of life for most of the population…Tourism has become the largest commodity in international trade for many nations…”This means that travel and tourism have a profound impact on many countries around the world.



  • world=international

=>ANSWER: vii: The world impact of tourism


1. The largest employment figures in the world are found in the travel and tourism industry.


Keywords: largest figures, employment, tourism.


In paragraph C, the author indicates that: “The travel and tourism industry is the world‟s largest employer with almost 130 million jobs, or almost 7 per cent of all employees.” So, the statement is TRUE.

=>ANSWER: TRUE


1. Tourism contributes over six per cent of the Australian gross national product.


Keywords: tourism, 6 per cent, Australian gross national product.


The information about Australian tourism or the Australian gross national productis NOT mentioned in the passage. Even the word


„Australia‟ does not appear in the passage. . So, the statement is NOT GIVEN.

=>ANSWER: NOT GIVEN


1. Tourism has a social impact because it promotes recreation.


Keywords: social impact, recreation


The social impact of tourism is mentioned in paragraph C. However, in this paragraph, whether tourism has a social impact because it promotes recreation or not is not specified. So, the statement is NOT GIVEN.


=>ANSWER: NOT GIVEN


1. Two main features of the travel and tourism industry make its economic significance difficult to ascertain.


Keywords: two features, economic significance, difficult.


At the beginning of paragraph D, the author argues that “The major problems of the travel and tourism industry that have hidden, or


obscured, its economic impact are the diversity and fragmentation of the industry itself”. So, two features of the travel and tourism industry which are the diversity and fragmentation have hidden its economic impact. The statement is TRUE.



  • economic significance=economic impact




  • hide/obscure=make…difficult to ascertain

=>ANSWER: TRUE


1. Visitor spending is always greater than the spending of residents in tourist areas.


Keywords: visitor spending, greater, resident spending.


There is no specific information about either visitor spending or resident spending in the text. So, the statement is NOT GIVEN


=>ANSWER: NOT GIVEN


1. It is easy to show statistically how tourism affects individual economies.


Keywords: easy, statistically, affect economies.


At the end of paragraph E, “However, because of problems of definition, which directly affect statistical measurement, it is not possible with any degree of certainty to provide precise, valid or reliable data about the extent of world-wide tourism participation or its economic impact.” This means that it is not easy to show statistically how tourism affects individual economies because of problems of definition. So, the statement is FALSE.





  • show statistically=provide precise, valid or reliable data

=>ANSWER: FALSE

1. In Greece, tourism is the most important… Keywords: Greece, most important


Greece is mentioned in the last paragraph: “For example, tourism is the major source of income in Bermuda, Greece…”



  • the most important=major

=>ANSWER: source of income


1. The travel and tourism industry in Jamaica is the major… Keywords: Jamaica, the major


In the last paragraph, “the travel and tourism industry is the number one ranked employer in the Bahamas, Brazil…Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Singapore…”



  • major=number one ranked

=>ANSWER: employer


1. The problems associated with measuring international tourism are often reflected in the measurement of…


Keywords: problems, measurement of




In the last paragraph, “However, because of problems of definition, which directly affect statistical measurement, it is not possible with any degree of certainty to provide precise, valid or reliable data about the extent of world-wide tourism participation or its economic impact. In many cases, similar difficulties arise when attempts are made to measure domestic tourism.”

  • problem=difficulty

=>ANSWER: domestic tourism





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