Câu hỏi và đáp án bài Reading Test 3 passage 1 - IELTS Cambridge 12 - Flying tortoises

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You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1.

Questions 1-7

Reading Passage 1 has seven paragraphs, A-G.

Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number, i-viii, in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet.

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List of Headings

i. The importance of getting the timing right
ii. Young meets old
iii. Developments to the disadvantage of tortoise populations
iv. Planning a bigger idea
v. Tortoises populate the islands
vi. Carrying out a carefully prepared operation
vii. Looking for a home for the islands' tortoises
viii. The start of the conservation project

1. Paragraph A
2. Paragraph B
3. Paragraph C
4. Paragraph D
5. Paragraph E
6. Paragraph F
7. Paragraph G

Questions 8-13

Complete the notes below.

Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 8-13 on your answer sheet.

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The decline of the Galápagos tortoise

• Originally from mainland South America
• Numbers on Galápagos islands increased, due to lack of predators
• 17th century: small numbers taken onto ships used by 8 ..............................
• 1790s: very large numbers taken onto whaling ships, kept for 9 ............................, and also used to produce 10 ..............................
• Hunted by 11 ............................ on the islands
• Habitat destruction: for the establishment of agriculture and by various 12 ............................ not native to the islands, which also fed on baby tortoises and tortoises' 13 ............................

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Reading Passage 1, Questions 1-13

1. v
2. iii
3. viii
4. i
5. iv
6. vi
7. ii
8. pirates
9. food
10. oil
11. settlers
12. species
13. eggs