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IELTS · Part 3 · Cambridge 14 — Test 4

Marine Debris Impact Study: Reading answers

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

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Chelsea Rochman, an ecologist at the University of California, Davis, has been trying to answer a dismal question: Is everything terrible, or are things just very, very bad? Rochman is a member of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis's marine-debris working group, a collection of scientists who study, among other things, the growing problem of marine debris, also known as ocean trash.Plenty of studies have sounded alarm bells about the state of marine debris; in a recent paper published in the journal Ecology, Rochman and her colleagues set out to determine how many of those perceived risks are real. Often, Rochman says, scientists will end a paper by speculating about…

Answers 27–40

  1. 27

    Rochman and her colleagues were the first people to research the problem of marine debris.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  2. 28

    The creatures most in danger from ocean trash are certain seabirds.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

  3. 29

    The studies Rochman has reviewed have already proved that populations of some birds will soon become extinct.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  4. 30

    Rochman analysed papers on the different kinds of danger caused by ocean trash.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  5. 31

    Most of the research analysed by Rochman and her colleagues was badly designed.

    FALSE True / False / Not Given

  6. 32

    One study examined by Rochman was expecting to find that mussels were harmed by eating plastic.

    TRUE True / False / Not Given

  7. 33

    Some mussels choose to eat plastic in preference to their natural diet.

    NOT GIVEN True / False / Not Given

  8. 34

    large Note completion

  9. 35

    microplastic Note completion

  10. 36

    populations Note completion

  11. 37

    concentrations Note completion

  12. 38

    predators Note completion

  13. 39

    disasters Note completion

  14. 40

    What would be the best title for this passage?

    A: Assessing the threat of marine debris Multiple choice

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