Cambridge ielts 1-15 series reading answers explained

=> ANSWER: FALSE 
 
CAMBRIDGE IELTS 5 – TEST 1 – PASSAGE 2
NATURE OR NURTURE? 

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12 
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT 
QUESTIONS 27-32 
27. ENVIRONMENTALISTS TAKE A PESSIMISTIC VIEW OF THE WORLD 
FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. 
Keywords: environmentalists, pessimistic, world 
In the first paragraph , the writer says: ” For many environmentalists, the world seems to be getting 
worse. They have developed a hit-list of our main fears: ….” 
– pessimistic view =seems to be getting worse 
– a hit-list = a list of reasons why we should be worried 
=> ANSWER: YES
28. DATA ON THE EARTH‟S NATURAL RESOURCES HAS ONLY BEEN 
COLLECTED SINCE 1972. 
Keywords: data, natural resources, only, since 1972 
Information about data on the Earth‟s natural resources is only found in paragraph 2, where the writer 
states: ” First, energy and other natural resources have become more abundant, not less so, since the 
book “The Limits to Growth” was published in 1972 by a group of scientists.” No year is mentioned 
about when information about the Earth‟s natural resources started to be collected. 1972 is simply the 
date when a book about natural resources was published. 
=> ANSWER: NOT GIVEN
29. THE NUMBER OF STARVING PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAS 
INCREASED IN RECENT YEARS. 
Keywords: starving people, increased, recent years 
In paragraph 2, line 4, the writer says : ” Fewer people are starving” 
=> ANSWER: NO
30. EXTINCT SPECIES ARE BEING REPLACED BY NEW SPECIES. 
Keywords: Extinct species, being replaced 
“Species” are only mentioned in paragraph 2. In line 5, the writer says : ” Third, although species are 
indeed becoming extinct, only about 0.7% of them are expected to disappear in the next 50 years, not 
20-25%, as has so often been predicted.” Their replacement by new species is not mentioned.