Frozen Food IELTS Reading Answers with Explanation

“Frozen Food” is Passage 1 of Cambridge IELTS 20 Academic Reading Test 3. This page gives the answers for Questions 1–13 with a short explanation of why each answer is right, so you can check your work and learn from every mistake. The question types are: Note Completion, True / False / Not Given.

Quick answers: Questions 1–13

Question	Answer
1	potatoes
2	butter
3	meat
4	crystals
5	cellophane
6	tin
7	refrigerator
8	NOT GIVEN
9	TRUE
10	FALSE
11	TRUE
12	FALSE
13	NOT GIVEN

Questions 1–7: Note Completion

Q	Question	Answer	Why
1	Ancient Andean method preserved the nutritional value of this food	potatoes	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
2	Food kept cool in ice-insulated rail cars from Ogdensburg to Boston (1851)	butter	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
3	Two kinds of this food were the first frozen goods shipped to England	meat	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
4	Quick-freezing stopped these from spoiling food	crystals	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
5	Transparent packaging material introduced by Birdseye	cellophane	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
6	Wartime shortage that boosted frozen food sales in the early 1940s	tin	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.
7	Household item that many families owned by the 1950s	refrigerator	Use exactly this wording from the passage, within the word limit.

Questions 8–13: True / False / Not Given

Q	Question	Answer	Why
8	Boston ship owners became wealthy from the early-1800s ice trade	NOT GIVEN	The passage gives no clear information to confirm or reject this statement.
9	A freezing method invented in Australia affected food taste	TRUE	The passage agrees with this statement.
10	Birdseye went to Labrador specifically to learn how the Inuit froze fish	FALSE	The passage contradicts this statement.
11	Swanson invested heavily in advertising the TV Dinner	TRUE	The passage agrees with this statement.
12	Swanson developed a new container style for the TV Dinner	FALSE	The passage contradicts this statement.
13	The US frozen food industry is currently the largest in the world	NOT GIVEN	The passage gives no clear information to confirm or reject this statement.

Tips for these question types

• Completion tasks: check the word limit and the grammar of the gap before you write the answer exactly as it appears in the passage.
• True / False / Not Given: TRUE means the passage says the same thing, FALSE means it says the opposite, and NOT GIVEN means it does not say. Never use your own knowledge.
• Review every mistake. Find the exact sentence in the passage that proves the answer so you can spot the same trap next time.

FAQ

How many questions does this passage have? Frozen Food covers Questions 1–13, which is 13 questions.

Where is this passage from? It is Reading Passage 1 in Cambridge IELTS 20, Academic Test 3.

How should I use these answers? Attempt the passage under timed conditions first, then check your answers here and read the reason for every mistake.

Cambridge IELTS 20 Reading Test 3: all passages
Part 1: Frozen Food (you are here)  |  Part 2: Can the Planet’s Coral Reefs Be Saved?  |  Part 3: Robots and Us

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