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IELTS · Part 2 · Cambridge 19 — Test 4

Deep-sea mining: Reading answers

Answers to questions 14–26 (13 in all), each with why it is right.

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Bacteria from the ocean floor can beat superbugs and cancer. But habitats are at risk from the hunger for marine minerals A When Professor Mat Upton found that a microbe from a deep-sea sponge was killing pathogenic bugs in his laboratory, he realised it could be a breakthrough in the fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs, which are responsible for thousands of deaths a year in the UK alone.Further tests confirmed that an antibiotic from the sponge bacteria, found living more than 700 metres under the sea at the Rockall trough in the north-east Atlantic, was previously unknown to science, boosting its potential as a life-saving medicine.But Upton, and other scientists who view the…

Answers 14–26

  1. 14

    reference to the rapidly increasing need for one raw material in the transport industry

    C Matching information

  2. 15

    a rough estimate of the area of the Earth covered by the oceans

    F Matching information

  3. 16

    how a particular underwater habitat, where minerals and organisms co-exist, is formed

    E Matching information

  4. 17

    reference to the fact that the countries of the world have yet to agree on rules for the exploration of the seabed

    D Matching information

  5. 18

    A move away from the exploration of heavily mined reserves on land is a good idea.

    D: Mike Johnston Matching features

  6. 19

    The negative effects of undersea exploration on local areas and their inhabitants are being ignored.

    B: Julie Hunter, Julian Aguon and Pradeep Singh Matching features

  7. 20

    There are more worthwhile things to extract from the sea than minerals.

    A: Professor Mat Upton Matching features

  8. 21

    No other form of human exploration will have such a destructive impact on marine life as deep-sea mining.

    E: Verena Tunnicliffe Matching features

  9. 22

    More is known about outer space than about what lies beneath the oceans.

    B: Julie Hunter, Julian Aguon and Pradeep Singh Matching features

  10. 23

    There is one marine life habitat where experts agree mining should not take place.

    C: Dr Jon Copley Matching features

  11. 24

    waste Note completion

  12. 25

    machinery Note completion

  13. 26

    caution Note completion

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