# AUSTRALIA'S SPORTING SUCCESS: answers and explanations

Cambridge IELTS 6, Test 1, Reading Passage 1

Source: Passage, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 6, Test 1, Reading Passage 1. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## Answer key

| Q | Answer | Proof |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | B | applying skills learned in one - such as building muscle strength in golfers - to others, such as swimming and squash |
| 2 | C | It collects images from digital cameras running at 50 frames a second |
| 3 | B | We can't waste our time looking at ethereal scientific questions that don't help the coach work with an athlete and improve performance |
| 4 | F | there's nothing to stop other countries copying - and many have tried |
| 5 | D | athletes who may be down with coughs and colds 11 or 12 times a year |
| 6 | A | finances programmes of excellence in a total of 96 sports for thousands of sportsmen and women |
| 7 | E | based on what they expect will be the winning times |
| 8 | A | the SWAN (SWimming ANalysis) system now used in Australian national competitions |
| 9 | B | they are developing unobtrusive sensors that will be embedded in an athlete's clothes or running shoes |
| 10 | A | Since the tests were introduced, AIS athletes in all sports have been remarkably successful at staying healthy. |
| 11 | C | The same has happened to the 'altitude tent' |
| 12 | competition model | sports scientists and coaches start to prepare the athlete by developing a 'competition model' |
| 13 | 2% | these sliced as much as two per cent off cyclists' and rowers' times |

## Why these answers are right

**1. B.** You need the paragraph where know-how passes from one sport to another. Paragraph B says AIS scientists work across many sports, applying skills learned in one, such as building muscle strength in golfers, to others such as swimming and squash. That transfer is the exchange of expertise.

**2. C.** The statement asks where the passage explains how visual imaging is used in research. Paragraph C describes a 3D wire-frame model of a swimmer and the SWAN system, which collects images from digital cameras at 50 frames a second and breaks each performance into separate factors, so C is the answer.

**3. B.** Here you look for a reason to limit what researchers study. In paragraph B, Peter Fricker says the scientists cannot waste time on ethereal scientific questions that do not help the coach improve an athlete's performance. Their single aim of winning narrows the scope of their research.

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