COD In Trouble Reading Answers

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Matching Headings

In the Matching Heading type of question, you will be given 6 to 10 possible headings. Before reading the passage, you should first read the heading to determine which heading is appropriate for each paragraph. You must read the entire paragraph and not just the opening few words of the text to obtain the right answer. There will also be many other headings that are not related to any of the paragraphs given in the passage. In such cases, try to identify those types of headings too.

Multiple Choice Questions

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Yes/No/Not Given Questions

The Yes, No, Not Given task is included in the IELTS Reading section. Candidates are required to identify whether the writer’s claims or views agree with the given statements or not. It is essential to practise the yes, no, not given task from the IELTS reading section to be comfortable with these types of questions.

COD In Trouble

Answers

1 Answer: viii

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph B, line 3

Answer explanation: The answer is clearly mentioned in the said paragraph and line. You must note the paraphrasing here. In the passage, it is said that “in a fishery that had for over a century yielded a quarter-million ton catches, there remained biomass of fewer than 1700 tons and the fisheries department also predicted that, even with immediate recovery, stocks need at least 15 years before they would be healthy enough to withstand previous levels of fishing.” This passage discusses the decline in northern cod stocks as a result of overfishing, and even for immediate recovery, stocks need at least 15 years before they would be healthy. Hence, the Demise of the Northern Cod is the most appropriate title.

2 Answer: vi

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 5

Answer explanation: In the said paragraph, you can refer to, “excessive trawling on spawning stocks became highly disruptive to the spawning process and ecosystem.” Here, the author suggests that excessive trawling activities can  become highly disruptive to the ecosystem. Therefore, destructive trawling technology is the most suitable title for this paragraph.

3 Answer: xi

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph D, line 1

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, there’s a line in the said paragraph that describes “Canadian media often cite excessive fishing by overseas fleets, primarily driven by the capitalist ethic, as the primary cause of the fishing out of the North Atlantic cod stocks.” From this information, we can deduce that Canadian media cites the excessive fishing by overseas fleets as the main reason for decline in North Atlantic cod stocks. Hence, the appropriate title for this paragraph would be foreign overfishing.

4 Answer: iii

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph E, last line

Answer explanation: A line in the paragraph denotes “in this regard then when a resource such as the Newfoundland fishery collapses, it is more a tragedy of government negligence than a tragedy of the general public.” In this passage, the author is trying to indicate that due to the poor management (mismanagement) of the goverment the resources of Newfoundland fisheries collapsed. As a result, the most appropriate title for this paragraph would be the tragedy of state mismanagement.

5 Answer: ii

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph F, line 1

Answer explanation: Paragraph F puts forward the information that “following the ‘92 ban on northern cod fishing and most other species, an estimated 30 thousand people that had already lost their jobs after the 1992 Northern Cod moratorium took effect, were joined by an additional 12,000 fishermen and plant workers.” Hence, we can infer that the ’92 ban on northern cod fishing had the most devastating effect as around 30 thousand people lost their jobs. Hence, the most appropriate title for the paragraph would be the human cost.

6 Answer: vii

Question Type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph G, line 3

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, there’s a line that claims “cod populations in European waters are now so depleted that scientists have recently warned that all fisheries in this area that target cod should be closed.” From this information, we can infer that scientists are now suggesting all the Europen bodies should be closed. Hence, we can infer that the most appropriate title is lessons to be learned.

7 Answer: A

Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions

Answer location: Paragraph A, last line

Answer explanation: A line in the said paragraph indicates “the Canadian government ignored warnings that their fleets were employing destructive fishing practices and refused to significantly reduce quotas citing the loss of jobs as too great a concern.” Since the Canadian government ignored warnings that their fleets were employing destructive mechanisms, it implies the Canadian government didn’t want to reduce cod catches pre 1992 because they were worried (concerned) about possible rising unemployment (loss of jobs).

8 Answer: B

Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions

Answer location: Paragraph B, last line

Answer explanation: In the said paragraph, you can point out that “in a fishery that had for over a century yielded a quarter-million ton catches, there remained biomass of fewer than 1700 tons and the fisheries department also predicted that, even with immediate recovery, stocks need at least 15 years before they would be healthy enough to withstand previous levels of fishing.” Since it is mentioned that 15 years from 1992 they would be healthy enough to withstand previous levels of fishing, we can deduce that 15 years from 1992 is 2007. Hence, normal fishing could start again in 2007.

9 Answer: C

Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions

Answer location: Paragraph E, last line

Answer explanation: A line in the said paragraph infers that “in this regard then when a resource such as the Newfoundland fishery collapses, it is more a tragedy of government negligence than a tragedy of the general public.” From this line, we can clearly state that the author blames the Canadian government for the Newfoundland fishery collapse.

10 Answer: YES

Question Type: Yes/No/Not Given Questions

Answer location: Paragraph C, line 3

Answer explanation: The opening line of paragraph D suggests that “excessive trawling on spawning stocks became highly disruptive to the spawning process and ecosystem. In addition, the trawling activity resulted in a physical dispersion of eggs leading to a higher fertilization failure. Physical and chemical damage to larvae caused by the trawling action also reduced their chances of survival. These draggers are now banned forever from Canadian waters.” Since trawling activity resulted in a physical dispersion of eggs leading to a higher fertilization failure (distruption of cod breeding), we can infer that they played a vital role in the Newfoundland cod disaster.

11 Answer: YES

Question Type: Yes/No/Not Given Questions

Answer location: Paragraph D, line 2

Answer explanation: If you read thoroughly, a line in the passage specifies that “many nations took fish off the coast of Newfoundland and all used deep-sea trawlers, and many often blatantly exceeded established catch quotas and treaty agreements.” Since it is given that international deep-sea trawlers (foreign trawlers) blatantly (frequently) exceeded established catch quotas (broke the catch allowances), we can conclude that the given statement is correct.

12 Answer: NOT GIVEN

Question Type: Yes/No/Not Given Questions

Answer location: N/A

Answer explanation: None of the information confirms or denies that there was often conflict between the foreign fishermen and the Canadian authorities.

13 Answer: NO

Question Type: Yes/No/Not Given Questions

Answer location: Paragraph G, line 3

Answer explanation: Paragraph G puts forward the information that “cod populations in European waters are now so depleted that scientists have recently warned that “all fisheries in this area that target cod should be closed.” The scientists are recommending that all fisheries should close the cod in European waters as well. Hence, Europe did face the seriousness of the Canadian disaster.

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