Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

=> Answer: False
Key words: fertilisers needed 
In the middle of paragraph 4, “All the food could be grown organically, eliminating the need for 
herbicides, pesticides and fertilisers”. So, there is no need for fertilisers to grow crops in verti
cal farms. The statement contradicts the information in the passage, so the statement is FALSE. 
=> fertilisers = artificial chemicals added to the land to make crops grow bigger or more quickly 
13. VERTICAL FARMING WILL MAKE PLANTS LESS LIKELY TO BE 
AFFECTED BY INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 
=> Answer: True
Key words: less, infectious diseases 
In paragraph 4, “The system would greatly reduce the incidence of many infectious diseases that 
are acquired at the agricultural interface”. The system (vertical farming) would reduce infectio
us diseases, which makes plants less likely to be affected. So, the statement is TRUE. 
=> infectious diseases = diseases that can pass from one plant to another by the wind or by insects 
 
 

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CAMBRIDGE IELTS 11 – TEST 1 – PASSAGE 1
CROP-GROWING SKYSCRAPERS 

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THE FALKIRK WHEEL 
QUESTIONS 14-19: DO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS AGREE 
WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN READING PASSAGE 2 ? 
14. THE FALKIRK WHEEL HAS LINKED THE FORTH AND CLYDE 
CANAL WITH THE UNION CANAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. 
=> Answer: FALSE
Key words: has linked, first time 
Based on the question and particularly the key words, we need to find the information about 
whether the wheel has linked two canals for the first time. According to paragraph 1, “Opene
d in 2002, it(The Falkirk Wheel) is central to the ambitious £84.5 Millennium Link project 
to restore the navigability across Scotland by reconnecting the historic waterways of the Forth and 
Clyde and the Union Canals”. This means that the connection between the two canals does not exist 
at the moment and the Falkirk wheel is expected to (“is central to”) reconnect them. In paragraph 2, it 
is confirmed that “Historically, the two canals had been joined near the town of Falkirk…..”, 
but this connection 
“….had been dismantled in 1933, thereby breaking the link”. So, that “the F wheel has linked
the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal for the first time” is FALSE. 
15. THERE WAS SOME OPPOSITION TO THE DESIGN OF THE FALKIRK 
WHEEL AT FIRST.