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Multilevel · Part 4 · Multilevel Practice Test 18

Bring back the big cats: Reading answers

Answers to questions 20–27 (8 in all), each with why it is right.

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It's time to start returning vanished native animals to Britain, says John Vesty There is a poem, written around 598 AD, which describes hunting a mystery animal called a llewyn. But what was it? Nothing seemed to fit, until 2006, when an animal bone, dating from around the same period, was found in the Kinsey Cave in northern England. Until this discovery, the lynx – a large spotted cat with tasselled ears – was presumed to have died out in Britain at least 6,000 years ago, before the inhabitants of these islands took up farming. But the 2006 find, together with three others in Yorkshire and Scotland, is compelling evidence that the lynx and the mysterious llewyn were in fact one and the…

Answers 20–27

  1. 20

    What did the 2006 discovery of the animal bone reveal about the lynx?

    D: It survived in Britain longer than was previously thought. Multiple choice

  2. 21

    What point does the writer make about large predators in the third paragraph?

    A: Their presence can increase biodiversity. Multiple choice

  3. 22

    What does the writer suggest about British conservation in the fourth paragraph?

    C: It has taken a misguided approach. Multiple choice

  4. 23

    Protecting large areas of the sea from commercial fishing would result in

    A: practical benefits for the fishing industry. Multiple choice

  5. 24

    According to the author, what distinguishes rewilding from other environmental campaigns?

    C: Its positive message is more appealing. Multiple choice

  6. 25

    Britain could become the first European country to reintroduce the lynx.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  7. 26

    The large growth in the European lynx population since 1970 has exceeded conservationists' expectations.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

  8. 27

    Changes in agricultural practices have extended the habitat of the lynx in Europe.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

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