Cambridge IELTS 17 test4 passage1 reading answer analysis.
questions 1-6
do the following statements agree with the information given in reading passage 1?
SectionQuestion Answer:not given
Analysis:
Comparing the test points, the locator word malagasy mouse-eared bat, other indigenous at species, located to the last sentence of the fourth paragraph of the original text, corresponding to the original text:
they include the malagasy mouse-eared bat,major's long-fingered bat, the malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat and peters' wrinkle-lipped bat.
Translations: They include the Madagascar rat-eared bat, the Maje long-fingered bat, the Madagascar white-bellied tailless bat, and the Peters wrinkle-liped bat.
The question stem ** is now compared, there is no comparison in the original text, and the answer is not given
bats may feed on paddy swarming caterpillars and grass webworms.
SectionQuestion Answer:true
Analysis:
Locator words: paddy swarmina caterpillars, grass webworms, locate to the second sentence of the fifth paragraph of the original text, corresponding to the original text:
we found that six species of bat are preying on rice pests,including the paddy swarming caterpillar and grass webworm.
Translation: We found that six species of bats were preying on rice pests, including rice caterpillar colonies and grass borers.
Stem: bats may feed on paddy swarming caterpillars and grass webwormsBats may feed on rice swarm caterpillars and grass reticulants. are preying on corresponds to the feed on in the stem, and the answer is true
questions 7-13
complete the table below. choose one word only from the passage for each answer. write your answers in boxes 7-13 on your answer sheet.
SectionQuestion Answer:droppings
Analysis:
Positioning words: ranomafana national park dna, prejudging the answer to fill in the noun, positioning to the last sentence of the seven paragraphs of the original text, corresponding to the original text:
they next used dna barcoding techniques to analyse droppings collected from bats at the different sites.
Reference Translation:
They then used DNA barcoding technology to analyze feces collected from bats in different locations.
analyse corresponds to the analysis in the stem, and the answer is droppings
SectionQuestion Answer:coffee
Analysis:
Parallel test points, locate the words rice, sugarcane, nuts and fruit, locate to the last sentence of the eighth paragraph of the original text, corresponding to the original text:
while the findings indicated that rice farming benefits most from the bats.the scientists also found indications that the bats were consuming pests of other crops, including the black twig porer (which infests coffee plants),the sugarcane cicada,the macadamia nut-borer.and the sober tabby (a pest of citrus fruits).
While the findings suggest that rice farming benefits the most from bats, scientists have also found signs that bats are devouring pests from other crops, including blackleaf worms (which infest coffee plants), cane cicadas, macadamia nut borers and lucid tigers (a pest of citrus fruits).
Note that the answer is the same type of crop as rice, sugarcane, nuts and fruit, and the answer is coffee