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IELTS · Part 2 · Cambridge 20 — Test 2

Return of the elm: reintroducing the beloved tree to Britain: Reading answers

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

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Mark Rowe investigates attempts to reintroduce elms to Britain A Around 25 million elms, accounting for 90% of all elm trees in the UK, died during the 1960s and '70s of Dutch elm disease.In the aftermath, the elm, once so dominant in the British landscape, was largely forgotten.However, there's now hope the elm may be reintroduced to the countryside of central and southern England.Any reintroduction will start from a very low base."The impact of the disease is difficult to picture if you hadn't seen what was there before," says Matt Elliot of the Woodland Trust."You look at old photographs from the 1960s and it's only then that you realise the impact [elms had]...They were significant,…

Answers 14–26

  1. 14

    reference to the research problems that arise from there being only a few surviving large elms

    C Matching information

  2. 15

    details of a difference of opinion about the value of reintroducing elms to Britain

    G Matching information

  3. 16

    reference to how Dutch elm disease was brought into Britain

    B Matching information

  4. 17

    a description of the conditions that have enabled a location in Britain to escape Dutch elm disease

    E Matching information

  5. 18

    reference to the stage at which young elms become vulnerable to Dutch elm disease

    C Matching information

  6. 19

    If a tree gets infected with Dutch elm disease, the damage rapidly becomes visible.

    B: Karen Russell Matching features

  7. 20

    It may be better to wait and see if the mature elms that have survived continue to flourish.

    A: Matt Elliot Matching features

  8. 21

    There must be an explanation for the survival of some mature elms.

    B: Karen Russell Matching features

  9. 22

    We need to be aware that insects carrying Dutch elm disease are not very far away.

    C: Peter Bourne Matching features

  10. 23

    You understand the effect Dutch elm disease has had when you see evidence of how prominent the tree once was.

    A: Matt Elliot Matching features

  11. 24

    oak Note completion

  12. 25

    flooring Note completion

  13. 26

    keel Note completion

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