Cambridge ielts 5 Reading

=>ANSWER: YES
5) Deserts, mountains and Arctic regions are examples of environments that are 
both ecologically and culturally fragile. 
Keywords: deserts, mountains, Arctic, examples, ecologically, culturally, fragile. 
In paragraph 1 of Section A, the writer says: “these areas are fragile (i.e. highly 
vulnerable to abnormal pressures) not just in terms of their ecology, but also in 
terms of the culture of their inhabitants. The three most significant types of fragile 
environment in these respects, and also in terms of the proportion of the
Earth‟s surface they cover, are deserts, mountains and Arctic areas.” 
+ both ecologically and culturally fragile = fragile not just in terms of their ecology but 
also in terms of the culture 
=>ANSWER: YES
6) Wilderness tourism operates throughout the year in fragile areas. 
Keywords: operate, throughout the year, fragile 
In paragraph 1 of Section A, the writer says: ” Consequently, most human activities, 
including tourism, are limited to quite clearly defined parts of the year.” 

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+ are limited to a quite clear defined parts of the year: only take place in certain 
months or quarters of the year. So, wilderness tourism does not operate throughout 
the year in fragile areas. 
=>ANSWER: NO
7) The spread of tourism in certain hill-regions has resulted in a fall in the amount of 
food produced locally. 
Keywords: spread, hill-regions, fall, food, produced, locally 
In paragraph 4, Section B, the writer says: “it is not surprising that they give up their 
farm-work, which is thus left to others members of the family. In some hill regions, 
this has led to a serious decline in farm output and a change in the local diet, 
because there is insufficient labour to maintain terraces and irrigation systems and 
tend to crops. The result has been that many people in these regions have turned to 
outside supplies of rice and other foods.” 
+ amount of food = farm output 
+ has resulted in a fall in the amount of food produced locally = has led to a serious 
decline in farm output and a change in the local diet. 
=>ANSWER: YES
8) Traditional food gathering in desert societies was distributed evenly over the year. 
Keywords: traditional, food gathering, desert, distributed, evenly, year 

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In paragraph 4, Section B, the writer says: “In Arctic and desert societies, year-round 
survival has traditionally depended on hunting animals and fish and collecting fruit 
over a relatively short season”. 
+ traditional food gathering = hunting animals and fish and collecting fruit 
+ distributed evenly over the year: took place regularly and frequently through the 
year >< a relatively short season 
=>ANSWER: NO
9) Government handouts do more damage than tourism does to traditional patterns 
of food-gathering 
Keywords: handouts, dangerous, traditional patterns 
In paragraph 2 of Section B, the writer says: “Tourism is not always the culprit 
behind such changes. All kinds wage labour, or government handouts, tend to
undermine traditional survival systems”. This means that besides tourism, 
government handouts are also dangerous to traditional survival systems, i.e.
the patterns of food-gathering. But the writer does not compare what does more 
damage to the traditional systems, government handouts or tourism.