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Answer: G.

1. A description of the process by which people identify words that they hear Keywords: description, process, identify words that they hear

In paragraph B, the author explained how we hear words and recognize them “When we hear a word, we don’t hear the entire word all at once: the sounds arrive in sequential order.” Therefore, the answer is B.

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  Word recognition = identify words
  

Answer: B.

1. Reference to some negative consequences of being bilingual.

Keywords: negative consequences, being bilingual

In the first sentence of paragraph C, the writer claimed “Having to deal with this persistent linguistic competition can result in difficulties, however.” “Deal with this persistent linguistic competition” refers to “knowing more than one language” – or “being bilingual”, and “difficulties” is the same as “negative consequences”. Therefore, the answer is C. • Difficulties = negative consequences

Answer: C.

CAMBRIDGE IELTS 12 READING – TEST 3 – ANSWERS

CAMBRIDGE IELTS 12 – TEST 3 – PASSAGE 1

1. 
   Paragraph A
   

The first paragraph is about the inhospitable environment of the Galapagos Islands and explains that “the islands were colonised by one or more tortoises from mainland South America”. There is no heading about the environment. “Colonise” can be considered the same as “populate”. Moreover, the author claims “This inhospitable environment is home to the giant Galapagos tortoise.” Hence, “one or more tortoises from mainland South America” populated the islands. Heading v is most appropriate for this paragraph. The answer is v.

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  Colonise = populate
  

Answer: v

1. Paragraph B

In paragraph B, the author mentioned what happended to the tortoises after human arrival, and those are negative impactsfor the tortoises such as “taken on board these ships to act as food supplies”, “they (humans) hunted the tortoises and destroyed their habitat to clear land for agriculture”, and so on. All of thesecan be considered as “the disadvantage of tortoise populations”, while “human arrival” and “settlers came to the islands” can be seen as “developments”. Therefore, the heading for this paragraph has to be heading iii – “Developments to the disadvantage of tortoisepopulations”. The answer is iii. Answer: iii.

1. Paragraph C

Paragraph C is about a tortoise-breeding centre with its captive-breeding programme. “Work began” on this programme in 1989 andis “dedicated to protecting the island’s tortoise populations”. Hence, this programme was the starting-point

fortortoise conservation. Heading viii – “The start of the conservation project” is the

most					appropriate.
Start Programme		=	=		begin project
Protect tortoise	populations			=	conservation