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IELTS · Part 3 · Cambridge 15 — Test 4

Environmental practices of big businesses: Reading answers

Answers to questions 27–40 (14 in all), each with why it is right.

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The environmental practices of big businesses are shaped by a fundamental fact that for many of us offends our sense of justice.Depending on the circumstances, a business may maximize the amount of money it makes, at least in the short term, by damaging the environment and hurting people.That is still the case today for fishermen in an unmanaged fishery without quotas, and for international logging companies with short-term leases on tropical rainforest land in places with corrupt officials and unsophisticated landowners.When government regulation is effective, and when the public is environmentally aware, environmentally clean big businesses may out-compete dirty ones, but the reverse is…

Answers 27–40

  1. 27

    D: moral standards Summary completion (word list)

  2. 28

    E: control Summary completion (word list)

  3. 29

    F: involvement Summary completion (word list)

  4. 30

    H: overfishing Summary completion (word list)

  5. 31

    B: trees Summary completion (word list)

  6. 32

    The main idea of the third paragraph is that environmental damage

    C: could be prevented by the action of ordinary people. Multiple choice

  7. 33

    In the fourth paragraph, the writer describes ways in which the public can

    D: nfluence the environmental policies of businesses and governments. Multiple choice

  8. 34

    What pressure was exerted by big business in the case of the disease BSE?

    B: A fast-food company forced their meat suppliers to follow the law. Multiple choice

  9. 35

    The public should be prepared to fund good environmental practices.

    YES Yes / No / Not Given

  10. 36

    There is a contrast between the moral principles of different businesses.

    NOT GIVEN Yes / No / Not Given

  11. 37

    It is important to make a clear distinction between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.

    NO Yes / No / Not Given

  12. 38

    The public have successfully influenced businesses in the past.

    YES Yes / No / Not Given

  13. 39

    In the future, businesses will show more concern for the environment.

    NOT GIVEN Yes / No / Not Given

  14. 40

    What would be the best subheading for this passage?

    D: Are big businesses to blame for the damage they cause the environment? Multiple choice

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