The Grand Banks – IELTS Reading Answers
The Grand Banks – IELTS Reading Answers
You should spend 20 minutes on questions 14-26 based on the given reading passage.
The Grand Banks
Answers
The answers to questions 14-26 are given below along with their explanations.
| Question Number | Answer | Keywords | Locations of Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | C | Based upon, foreign policy agreements Newfoundland had, prior to, the Canadian Confederation | Para C, lines 4-6 |
| 15 | D | late 1980’s, dwindling catches of Atlantic cod, reported throughout Newfoundland, eastern Canada | Para D, lines 9-10 |
| 16 | F | earthquake, iceberg activity, potential ecological disaster, devastate the fishing grounds, only now starting to recover | Para F, last 3 lines |
| 17 | A | mixing of these waters, shape of the ocean, lifts nutrients to the surface, created one of the richest fishing grounds | Para A, lines 5-6 |
| 18 | D | EEZ was very well received by fishermen in eastern Canada | Para D, lines 4-5 |
| 19 | E | cod stocks, still, approximately ten percent, 1960’s levels | Para E, lines 6-7 |
| 20 | B | The French pioneered ‘wet’, ‘green’ fishery, around 1550, heavily salting the cod on board, immediately returning home | Para B, last 3 lines |
| 21 | C | based upon reports, received from earlier Viking voyages to Newfoundland | Para B, lines 2-3 |
| 22 | B | John Cabot noted, waters’ abundance of sea life, existence, fishing grounds, widely known in Europe | Para B, lines 6-7 |
| 23 | A | noticed, foreign fleets, pushed out, areas of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland outside the Canadian EEZ | Para D, lines 8-9 |
| 24 | FALSE | Over the last ten years, noted, cod, returning to the Grand Banks, small numbers | Para E, first 2 lines |
| 25 | TRUE | Hibernia, proven to be, most prolific oil well, Canada | Para F, lines 6-7 |
| 26 | NOT GIVEN | Para |
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