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IELTS · Part 2 · Cambridge 14 — Test 3

Saving bugs to find new drugs: Reading answers

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

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Zoologist Ross Piper looks at the potential of insects in pharmaceutical research A More drugs than you might think are derived from, or inspired by, compounds found in living things.Looking to nature for the soothing and curing of our ailments is nothing new - we have been doing it for tens of thousands of years.You only have to look at other primates - such as the capuchin monkeys who rub themselves with toxin-oozing millipedes to deter mosquitoes, or the chimpanzees who use noxious forest plants to rid themselves of intestinal parasites - to realise that our ancient ancestors too probably had a basic grasp of medicine. B Pharmaceutical science and chemistry built on these ancient…

Answers 14–26

  1. 14

    mention of factors driving a renewed interest in natural medicinal compounds

    C Matching information

  2. 15

    how recent technological advances have made insect research easier

    H Matching information

  3. 16

    examples of animals which use medicinal substances from nature

    A Matching information

  4. 17

    reasons why it is challenging to use insects in drug research

    F Matching information

  5. 18

    reference to how interest in drug research may benefit wildlife

    I Matching information

  6. 19

    a reason why nature-based medicines fell out of favour for a period

    B Matching information

  7. 20

    an example of an insect-derived medicine in use at the moment

    E Matching information

  8. 21

    B: the variety of substances insects have developed to protect themselves Multiple answer

  9. 22

    C: the potential to extract and make use of insects' genetic codes Multiple answer

  10. 23

    ecology Note completion

  11. 24

    prey Note completion

  12. 25

    habitats Note completion

  13. 26

    antibiotics Note completion

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