Intersection of Health Sciences and Geography – IELTS Reading Answers

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Intersection of Health Sciences and Geography – IELTS Reading Answers

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1 Intersection of Health Sciences and Geography
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You should spend 20 minutes on questions 1-13 based on the given passage.

Intersection of Health Sciences and Geography

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1	D	Paragraph D informs that health geography is an increasingly important area of study in a world where diseases like polio are re-emerging, respiratory diseases continue to spread, and malaria-prone areas are still fighting to find a better cure. From this, we can conclude that the author is accepting that all diseases can not be totally eliminated by using the terms ‘re-emerging’, ‘continue to spread’ and ‘still fighting’ which shows that we have not defeated these diseases. Hence, the answer is D.
2	C	Paragraph C makes it known that in many large cities, the massive amounts of smog and pollution cause asthma, lung problems, eyesight issues (physical conditions) and more in the people who live there. Part of the problem is the massive number of cars being driven, factories that run on coal power and cutting down of forests to allow for the expansion of big cities (human behaviour). Hence, the answer is C.
3	F	In paragraph F, there is a reference to the fact that researchers study the interactions between humans and their environment that could lead to illness (such as asthma in places with high levels of pollution) and work to create a clear way of categorising illnesses, diseases and epidemics (classifying diseases) into local and global scales (how far they extend geographically). Hence, the answer is F.

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Paragraph D informs that health geography is an increasingly important area of study in a world where diseases like polio are re-emerging, respiratory diseases continue to spread, and malaria-prone areas are still fighting to find a better cure. From this, we can conclude that the author is accepting that all diseases can not be totally eliminated by using the terms ‘re-emerging’, ‘continue to spread’ and ‘still fighting’ which shows that we have not defeated these diseases. Hence, the answer is D.

Paragraph C makes it known that in many large cities, the massive amounts of smog and pollution cause asthma, lung problems, eyesight issues

(physical conditions) and more in the people who live there. Part of the problem is the massive number of cars being driven, factories that run on coal power and cutting down of forests to allow for the expansion of big cities (human behaviour). Hence, the answer is C.

In paragraph F, there is a reference to the fact that researchers study the interactions between humans and their environment that could lead to illness (such as asthma in places with high levels of pollution) and work to create a clear way of categorising illnesses, diseases and epidemics (classifying diseases) into local and global scales (how far they extend geographically). Hence, the answer is F.

4	G	Paragraph G states that in both developed and developing nations, there is often a very large discrepancy (vary) between the options available to people in different social classes, income brackets, and levels of education (reasons why the level of access to healthcare is different within a country). Hence, the answer is G.
5	D	Paragraph D describes that health geography is the combination (mixture) of knowledge regarding geography and methods used to analyse and interpret geographical information and the study of health, diseases and healthcare practices around the world. So, health geography is mainly a mixture of two different academic fields, namely, geography and medical science. Hence, the answer is D.
6	B	Paragraph B communicates that depending on where you live, you will not have the same health concerns as someone who lives in a different geographical region. One of the most obvious examples of this idea is malaria-prone areas, which are usually tropical regions that have a warm and damp environment in which the mosquitos that can give people this disease can grow. Malaria is much less of a problem in high-altitude deserts. So, here, there is a description of the type of area (high-altitude deserts) where a particular illness (malaria) is rare. Hence, the answer is B.
7	vaccinations	The first sentence of paragraph A mentions that many diseases (certain diseases) that affect humans have been eradicated (disappeared) due to improvements (better) in vaccinations and the availability of healthcare. Hence, the answer is ‘vaccinations’.
8	antibiotics	Paragraph A brings forth the fact that as people come into contact with one another through travel and living closer and closer to each other, super-viruses and other infections are resistant (losing their usefulness) to antibiotics. Hence, the answer is ‘antibiotics’.
9	mosquitos	Paragraph B specifies that usually tropical regions foster a warm and damp environment (hot, damp regions) and the mosquitos that can give people this disease (malaria) grow here. These mosquitoes are disease-causing as they are the carriers of malaria. Hence, the answer is ‘mosquitos’.
10	factories	Paragraph C lets out the fact that in many large cities, there is massive amounts of smog and pollution which is caused by the massive number of cars being driven, in addition to factories that run (burn) on coal power (a particular fuel). Hence, the answer is ‘factories’.
11	forests	Paragraph C indicates that the rapid industrialisation of some countries has also led to the cutting down of forests to allow for the expansion of big cities (growth of cities). So, the growth of cities often has an impact on nearby forests. Hence, the answer is ‘forests’.
12	polio	Paragraph D tells us that health geography is an increasingly important area of study in a world where diseases like polio are re-emerging. It means that polio is one disease that is growing after having been eradicated. Hence, the answer is ‘polio’.
13	mountain	Paragraph G points out that it may be very difficult for people to get medical attention because there is a mountain (physical barrier) between their village and the nearest hospital which prevents people from reaching a hospital. Hence, the answer is ‘mountain’.