Reading answers with explanations

IELTS · Part 1 · Cambridge 17 — Test 4

Bats to the rescue: Reading answers

Answers to questions 1–13 (13 in all), each with why it is right.

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How Madagascar's bats are helping to save the rainforest There are few places in the world where relations between agriculture and conservation are more strained.Madagascar's forests are being converted to agricultural land at a rate of one percent every year.Much of this destruction is fuelled by the cultivation of the country's main staple crop: rice.And a key reason for this destruction is that insect pests are destroying vast quantities of what is grown by local subsistence farmers, leading them to clear forest to create new paddy fields.The result is devastating habitat and biodiversity loss on the island, but not all species are suffering.In fact, some of the island's insectivorous…

Answers 1–13

  1. 1

    Many Madagascan forests are being destroyed by attacks from insects.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  2. 2

    Loss of habitat has badly affected insectivorous bats in Madagascar.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  3. 3

    Ricardo Rocha has carried out studies of bats in different parts of the world.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

  4. 4

    Habitat modification has resulted in indigenous bats in Madagascar becoming useful to farmers.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  5. 5

    The Malagasy mouse-eared bat is more common than other indigenous bat species in Madagascar.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

  6. 6

    Bats may feed on paddy swarming caterpillars and grass webworms.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  7. 7

    droppings Table completion

  8. 8

    coffee Table completion

  9. 9

    mosquitoes Table completion

  10. 10

    protein Table completion

  11. 11

    unclean Table completion

  12. 12

    culture Table completion

  13. 13

    houses Table completion

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