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General Training Test 4 answers with clear explanations
These Cambridge IELTS 19 General Training Test 4 Reading answers explain all 40 questions. Review Cafés and Frog Valley, Percil Training Institute, Rewilding farmland.
Cambridge IELTS 19 General Training Test 4 Reading answer key
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1. Cafés and Frog Valley
Questions 1 to 142. Percil Training Institute
Questions 15 to 273. Rewilding farmland
Questions 28 to 40Section 1: Cafés and Frog Valley
Section 1 covers local cafés and activities in Frog Valley. It tests your ability to compare services, facilities and visitor information.
Why: The detail belongs with Billy Ding’s Café.
Why: The detail belongs with Chocolotta’s.
Why: The detail belongs with Café Soloist.
Why: The detail belongs with Billy Ding’s Café.
Why: The detail belongs with Cafelingo.
Why: The passage gives information that contradicts this statement.
Why: The passage gives information that supports this statement.
Why: The passage gives information that supports this statement.
Why: The passage gives information that contradicts this statement.
Why: The passage does not give enough information to confirm or contradict this statement.
Why: The passage gives information that supports this statement.
Why: The passage does not give enough information to confirm or contradict this statement.
Why: The passage gives information that contradicts this statement.
Why: The passage does not give enough information to confirm or contradict this statement.
Section 2: Percil Training Institute
Section 2 explains courses at the Percil Training Institute. It focuses on entry requirements, study arrangements and available support.
Why: The passage gives information that contradicts this statement.
Why: The passage gives information that supports this statement.
Why: The passage gives information that contradicts this statement.
Why: The passage gives information that supports this statement.
Why: The passage gives information that contradicts this statement.
Why: The passage does not give enough information to confirm or contradict this statement.
Why: The passage does not give enough information to confirm or contradict this statement.
Why: The passage gives information that supports this statement.
Why: The passage gives information that supports this statement.
Why: The passage gives information that contradicts this statement.
Why: The answer is 20 weeks. It completes the detail and follows the stated word limit.
Accepted alternative: twenty weeks.
Why: The answer is airline vouchers. It completes the detail and follows the stated word limit.
Accepted alternative: vouchers.
Why: The answer is the scholarship holder. It completes the detail and follows the stated word limit.
Accepted alternative: scholarship holder.
Section 3: Rewilding farmland
Section 3 examines efforts to rewild farmland. It considers wildlife, agriculture, land management and environmental recovery.
Why: The answer is maize. It completes the detail and follows the stated word limit.
Why: The answer is Africa. It completes the detail and follows the stated word limit.
Why: The answer is butterflies. It completes the detail and follows the stated word limit.
Why: The detail belongs with Charlie Burrell.
Why: The detail belongs with Elaine Gilligan.
Why: The detail belongs with Frans Vera.
Why: The detail belongs with Wouter Helmer.
Why: The detail belongs with David Balharry.
Why: The detail belongs with Leo Linnartz.
Why: Option A is supported by the passage: had clear financial reasons for rewilding his farm..
Why: Option C is supported by the passage: They have developed new ways of interacting with it..
Why: Option C is supported by the passage: modern agricultural methods mean rain washes away productive soil..
Why: Option B is supported by the passage: It may attract so much public interest that smaller projects get forgotten..
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