Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

=> ANSWER: D
35. WHAT IS THE WRITER‟S MAIN POINT ABOUT LOBBY GROUPS IN 
PARAGRAPH 6? 
Keywords: lobby groups 

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In paragraph 6, the writer argues that: “That would matter less if people applied the same degree of 
scepticism to environmental lobbying as they do to lobby groups in other fields” The example of trade 
lobby groups which then follows is used to show that people tend to believe the claims of 
environmental lobby groups more than the claims of other lobby groups. As a result, those other lobby 
groups are criticised more, because people do not believe what they say. 
=> ANSWER: C
36. THE WRITER SUGGESTS THAT NEWSPAPERS PRINT ITEMS THAT 
ARE INTENDED TO 
Keywords : newspapers, intended to 
In paragraph 7, the writer states: “People are clearly more curious about bad news than good. 
Newspapers and broadcasters are there to provide what the public wants.” Thus, newspapers print 
items about the environment that usually contain bad news, because that is what people want to read. 
– meet their reader‟s expectations = provide what the public wants 
=> ANSWER: B
37. WHAT DOES THE WRITER SAY ABOUT AMERICA‟S WASTE 
PROBLEM? 
Keywords: America‟s waste problem 
In paragraph 8, the writer says: ” Yet, even if America‟s trash output continues to rise as it has done 
in the past, and if the American population doubles by 2100, all the rubbish America produces through 
the entire 21 century will still take up only one-12000 of the area of the entire United States.” This is 
an example to prove that the worry of insufficient places for waste disposal is not as important as some 
people believe. 
– waste= trash = rubbish 
=> ANSWER: B
QUESTIONS 38-40 
38-39 THE WRITER ADMITS THAT GLOBAL WARMING IS A … 
CHALLENGE, BUT SAYS THAT IT WILL NOT HAVE A CATASTROPHIC 
IMPACT ON OUR FUTURE, IF WE DEAL WITH IT IN THE …WAY. 
Keywords: global warming, impact, deal with it 
In paragraph 2, the last sentence, the writer says : ” One form of pollution – the release of greenhouse 
gases that cause global warming – does appears to be a phenomenon that is going to extend well into 
our future, but its total impact is unlikely to pose a devastating problem. A bigger problem may well 
turn out to be an inappropriate response to it.” The writer indicates that the problem is an inappropriate 
response to global warming, which means that we need to deal it in the right way. 
– long-term = lasting/extending over a long time = extend well into our future 
– catastrophic=devastating 

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– inappropriate =unsuitable, wrong