Cambridge 15 IELTS Academic Test 4

READING PASSAGE 1 : Questions 1-13

Complete the notes below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answer in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.

The importance of the huarango tree

- its roots can extend as far as 80 metres into the soil

- can access 1. deep below the surface

- was a crucial part of local inhabitants’ 2. a long time ago

- helped people to survive periods of 3.

- prevents 4. of the soil

- prevents land from becoming a 5.

Questions 6-8

Complete the table below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 6-8 on your answer sheet.

Traditional uses of the huarango tree
Part of tree	Traditional use
6.	Fuel
7. and	Medicine
8.	construction

Questions 9-13

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?In boxes 9-13 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

9. Local families have told Whaley about some traditional uses of huarango products.

TRUE FALSE NG

10. Farmer Alberto Benevides is now making a good profit from growing huarangos.

TRUE FALSE NG

11. Whaley needs the co-operation of farmers to help preserve the area’s wildlife.

TRUE FALSE NG

12. For Whaley’s project to succeed, it needs to be extended over a very large area.

TRUE FALSE NG

13. Whaley has plans to go to Africa to set up a similar project.

TRUE FALSE NG

READING PASSAGE 2 : Questions 14-26

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?

In boxes 14-19 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

14. La Gomera is the most mountainous of all the Canary Islands.

TRUE FALSE NG

15. Silbo is only appropriate for short and simple messages.

TRUE FALSE NG

16. In the brain-activity study, silbadores and non-whistlers produced different results.

TRUE FALSE NG

17. The Spanish introduced Silbo to the islands in the 15th century.

TRUE FALSE NG

18. There is precise data available regarding all of the whistle languages in existence today.

TRUE FALSE NG

19. The children of Gomera now learn Silbo.

TRUE FALSE NG

Questions 20-26

Complete the notes below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 20-26 on your answer sheet.

Silbo Gomero

How Silbo is produced

- high- and low-frequency tones represent different sounds in Spanish 20.

- pitch of whistle is controlled using silbador’s 21.

- 22. is changed with a cupped hand

How Silbo is used

- has long been used by shepherds and people living in secluded locations

- in everyday use for the transmission of brief 23.

- can relay essential information quickly, e.g. to inform people about 24.

The future of Silbo

- future under threat because of new 25.

- Canaries’ authorities hoping to receive a UNESCO 26. to help preserve it

READING PASSAGE 3 : Questions 27-40

Complete the summary using the list of words, A-J, below.

Write the correct letter, A-J, in boxes 27-31 on your answer sheet.

Big businesses

Many big businesses today are prepared to harm people and the environment in order to make money, and they appear to have no 27. . Lack of 28. by governments and lack of public 29. can lead to environmental problems such as 30. or the destruction of 31.

A funding, B trees, C rare species, D moral standards, E control, F involvement, G flooding, H overfishing, I worker support

Question 32-34

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
Write the correct letter in boxes 32-34 on your answer sheet.

32. The main idea of the third paragraph is that environmental damage

A requires political action if it is to be stopped.

B is the result of ignorance on the part of the public.

C could be prevented by the action of ordinary people.

D can only be stopped by educating business leaders.

33. In the fourth paragraph, the writer describes ways in which the public can

A reduce their own individual impact on the environment.

B learn more about the impact of business of the environment.

C raise awareness of the effects of specific environmental disasters.

D influence the environmental policies of businesses and governments.

34. What pressure was exerted by big business in the case of the disease BSE?

A Meat packers stopped supplying hamburgers to fast-food chains.

B A fast-food company forced their meat suppliers to follow the law.

C Meat packers persuaded the government to reduce their expenses.

D A fast-food company encouraged the government to introduce legislation.

Questions 35-39

Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 3?

In boxes 35-39 on your answer sheet, write

YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

35. The public should be prepared to fund good environmental practices.

YES NO NG

36. There is a contrast between the moral principles of different businesses.

YES NO NG

37. It is important to make a clear distinction between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.

YES NO NG

38. The public have successfully influenced businesses in the past.

YES NO NG

39. In the future, businesses will show more concern for the environment.

YES NO NG

Question 40

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter in box 40 on your answer sheet.

40. What would be the best subheading for this passage?

A Will the world survive the threat caused by big businesses?

B How can big businesses be encouraged to be less driven by profit?

C What environmental dangers are caused by the greed of businesses?

D Are big businesses to blame for the damage they cause the environment?

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