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