The Grand Banks – IELTS Reading Answers

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The Grand Banks – IELTS Reading Answers

The Academic passage ‘The Grand Banks’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test.

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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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