Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

Answer: award.

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PASSAGE 3: 
ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES OF BIG 
BUSINESSES
QUESTIONS 27-31: COMPLETE THE SUMMARY USING THE LIST 
OF WORDS, A-J, BELOW. 
27. Answer: D
28. Answer: E
Key words: lack, governments, public
In paragraph 1 we find: “When government regulation is effective, and when the public is 
environmentally aware, environmentally clean businesses may out-compete dirty ones”. The last 
sentence of paragraph 1 states that: “the reverse is likely to be true if government regulation is 
ineffective and if the public doesn‟t care”. The term „the reverse‟ here refers to dirty businesses out-
competing environmentally clean ones. In other words, ineffective government regulation and an 
indifferent public could lead to environmental problems. Ineffective government regulation can be 
paraphrased into „lack of control by governments‟; and „the public doesn‟t care‟ can be paraphrased 
into „lack of public involvement‟. 
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control = regulation 
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29. Answer: F
Key words: lack, governments, public
In paragraph 1 we find: “When government regulation is effective, and when the public is 
environmentally aware, environmentally clean businesses may out-compete dirty ones”. The last 
sentence of paragraph 1 states that: “the reverse is likely to be true if government regulation is 
ineffective and if the public doesn‟t care”. The term „the reverse‟ here refers to dirty businesses out-
competing environmentally clean ones. In other words, ineffective government regulation and an 
indifferent public could lead to environmental problems. Ineffective government regulation can be 
paraphrased into „lack of control by governments‟; and „the public doesn‟t care‟ can be paraphrased 
into „lack of public involvement‟. 
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control = regulation 
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