Cambridge ielts 5 Reading

=> ANSWER: FALSE

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CAMBRIDGE IELTS 5 – TEST 1 – PASSAGE 3
Questions 27-32 
1. 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
1. 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
1. The number of starving people in the world has increased in recent years. 
Keywords: starving people, increased, recent years 

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In paragraph 2, line 4, the writer says : ” Fewer people are starving” 
=> ANSWER: NO
1. 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.