# What is exploration?: answers and explanations

Cambridge IELTS 15, Test 1, Reading Passage 3

Source: Passage, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 15, Test 1, Reading Passage 3. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## Answer key

| Q | Answer | Proof |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 27 | A | This questing nature of ours undoubtedly helped our species spread around the globe |
| 28 | C | we all have this enquiring instinct, even today |
| 29 | C | used the landscape to suggest the desires and fears of his characters |
| 30 | D | as if the process of discovery is now on the decline, though the truth is |
| 31 | A | tends to reflect the field of endeavour of each pioneer |
| 32 | B | how a fresh interpretation, even of a well-travelled route, can give its readers new insights |
| 33 | E | If I'd gone across by camel when I could have gone by car, it would have been a stunt |
| 34 | A | talks of the moment when the explorer returns to the existence he has left behind |
| 35 | D | a campaigner on behalf of remote so-called 'tribal' peoples |
| 36 | E | regardless of any great self-discovery |
| 37 | B | someone who has done something that no human has done before - and also done something scientifically useful |
| 38 | expeditions | I've done a great many expeditions and each one was unique. |
| 39 | uncontacted | even two 'uncontacted tribes'. |
| 40 | surface | We know how the land surface of our planet lies |

## Why these answers are right

**27. A.** The first paragraph opens with "We are all explorers" and calls the urge to discover part of what makes us human. The New York visitor finding their way around the subway is a modern, everyday example of that same questing nature, so it illustrates A, that exploring is built into being human.

**28. C.** In the second paragraph the writer admits explorers are often seen as a peculiar breed, but insists that we all have this enquiring instinct, even today. An instinct shared by all of us is an urge common to everyone, which is option C.

**29. C.** The writer explains that Hardy used the landscape of Egdon Heath to suggest the desires and fears of his characters, and calls this an act of exploration. Desires and fears are emotions, so Hardy's aim was to investigate people's emotional states, option C.

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