IELTS Academic Reading ‘The Ant and the Mandarin’ Answers

Updated On Apr 17, 2021

IELTS Academic Reading ‘The Ant and the Mandarin’ Answers

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The IELTS Academic Reading: Cambridge Reading Sample; ‘The Ant and the Mandarin’ with answers. The post will discuss the answers to questions 14-26.

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Question Number	Answers	Keywords	Location of Keywords
14.	C	The earliest report of citrus ants, written by Hsi Han in AD 304	Paragraph E, First 3 lines
15.	F	in 1915, Walter Swingle, a plant physiologist	Paragraph D, Lines 3-4
16.	A	the idea of using one insect to destroy another, the first breakthrough, in 1888	Paragraph J, First 4 lines
17.	D	introduction of powerful organic insecticides.	Paragraph K, First 5 lines
18.	E	revive the old ant patrols in the late 1960s, have faith in their insect workforce	Paragraph K, Last 2 lines
19.	True	China also has the greatest diversity of citrus pests.	Paragraph C, Lines 3-4
20.	False	Swingle, was sent to China in search of varieties of orange that were resistant to the disease.	Paragraph D, Lines 3-5
21.	False	despite his reports, many Western biologists were sceptical.	Paragraph J, First 2 lines
22.	True	As costs soared	Paragraph K, Lines 5-6
23.	True	growers began to revive the old ant patrols	Paragraph K, Last 2 lines
24.	False	Trees with yellow ants produced more healthy leaves than those without.	Paragraph L. Lines 4-5
25.	True	Trees yield just as big a crop as those protected by expensive chemical sprays.	Paragraph L, Last 2 lines
26.	False	Carnivorous ants, maintain a better balance of species in their orchards.	Paragraph O, First 3 lines

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