Cambridge IELTS 12: Academic Reading Test 4: Bring back the big cats
Questions 14-18
Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.

14. What did the 2006 discovery of the animal bone reveal about the lynx?
A. its physical appearance was very distinctive
B. its extinction was linked to the spread of farming
C. it vanished from Britain several thousand years ago
D. it survived in Britain longer than was previously thought

15. What point does the writer make about large predators in the third paragraph?
A. their presence can increase biodiversity
B. they may cause damage to local ecosystems
C. their behavior can alter according to the environment
D. they should be reintroduced only to areas where they were native

16. What does the write suggest about British conservation in the fourth paragraph?
A. it has failed to achieve its aims
B. it is beginning to change direction
C. it has taken a misguided approach
D. it has focused on the most widespread species

17. Protecting large areas of the sea from commercial fishing would result in
A. practical benefits for the fishing industry
B. some short term losses to the fishing industry
C. widespread opposition from the fishing industry
D. certain changes to techniques within the fishing industry

18. According to the author, what distinguishes rewilding from other environmental campaigns?
A. its objective is more achievable
B. its supporters are more articulate
C. its positive message is more appealing
D. it is based on sounder scientific principles
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Questions 19-22
Complete the summary using the list of words and phrases A-F below.

Reintroducing the lynx to Britain
There would be many advantages to reintroducing the lynx to Britain. While there is no evidence that the lynx has ever put (19)………………………….in danger, it would reduce the numbers of certain (20)………………………..whose populations have increased enormously in recent decades. It would present only a minimal threat to (21)……………………….provided these were kept away from lynx habitats. Furthermore, the reintroduction programme would also like efficiently with initiatives to return native (22)……………………….to certain areas of the country.

A. Trees
B. Endangered species
C. Hillsides
D. Wild animals
E. Humans
F. Farm animals
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Questions 23-26
In boxes 23-26 on your answer sheet, write

YES                            if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
NO                             if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN           if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

23. Britain could become the first European country to reintroduce the lynx.
24. The large growth in the European lynx population since 1970 has exceeded conservationists’ expectations.
25. Changes in agricultural practices have extended the habitat of the lynx in Europe.
26. It has become apparent that species reintroduction has commercial advantages.
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