Cambridge ielts 5 Reading

=> ANSWER: D
1. What is the writer‟s main point about lobby groups in paragraph 6? 
Keywords: lobby groups 
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
1. 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
1. 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 

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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 
– inappropriate =unsuitable, wrong